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March 23 AAPS BOE Meeting Notes

March 23 AAPS Board of Education Meeting Notes

These are our notes for the Ann Arbor Public School Board of Education Study Session on March 16. The meeting was held in person at Forsythe Middle School. The meeting also aired on Zoohttps://a2schools.zoom.us/j/96574876150m and on Xfinity Channel 18. The district typically posts the recording split into segments the day after the meeting or Xfinity Channel 18 will often replay it. The agenda for tonight’s meeting is available online.

Note, we are recording the meeting on Channel 18 and will take notes as we have time to watch it. We have filled out an outline based on the Agenda.

Summary

The meeting was disrupted after public commentary by people interrupting the board’s attempts at clarification. From the video recording, this is all that was observable. The report from MLive says that the meeting went into recess because a group of people removed their masks and refused to put them back on or leave. The recess lasted 30 minutes.

The bulk of the meeting centered on Extended Day programming – current state, what they are doing, and plans for next year. There are 9000 open child care positions in the state of Michigan. This is a problem all over Michigan. AAPS has increased wages and added signing and retention bonuses. They are adding new positions that will combine before/after care work and other roles such as lunch supervisors to offer 30 hour/week positions that are benefits eligible. They are also looking to be able to offer some year round positions. They are making a big hiring push in April/May and early summer instead of the traditional August hiring time frame. Please help get the word out on these positions.

Before/After Care will continue at the 8 schools that currently have it (5 offered by AAPS, 3 by long-time partners). It will be added at as many schools as possible as staff is hired. Enrichment classes will continue to be offered in their longer time period (until 5:30) next school year.

The Board approved expenditures for Network Equipment Refreshment, Summer Air Conditioning and Lighting projects, Skyline stormwater and irrigation replacement, and Pioneer High School A/V Equipment and Theatrical Lighting.


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Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 7p. The Channel 18 recording often misses the first few minutes of the meeting

Roll Call

Present: Baskett, Querijero, Lazarus, DuPree

Absent: Kelly, Johnson

Late Arrivals: Gaynor

Other Attendees: Swift, Bacolor

Agenda

The Agenda is available on Board Docs. This is the approved agenda and will include any updates and results of any votes.

Motion to approve the Agenda by Querijero, seconded by Baskett, Motion carries.

Public Commentary

As in the past, we will not be covering public commentary. Text of comments submitted in writing are available on BoardDocs.

Lazarus reviewed the rules for Public Commentary: Public comments pertain to district matters. Comments about individuals are expressly prohibited. Board members do not respond to public comments. We will listen carefully and followup as appropriate. There were 23 signups with only 3 comments submitted in writing.

Clarifications

Before clarifications could start, an audience member started asking questions. President Lazarus was asking her to be quiet, and Querijero requested a recess. The Board went into recess a 7:37p and resumed at 8:07p

Swift: I believe our superintendent update will address the issues that were raised.

Lazarus: I’d like to thank those that spoke tonight or submitted comments in writing. I noticed that several individuals who spoke tonight in person were reading from notes. I was wondering if you could submit those notes to Ms Soderberg before you leave or send by email so the rest of the board and community can read those comments.

Superintendent Update

Swift: It will include an update on Extended Day Program with Ms Bacalor joining us.

We’re wrapping up March and moving into spring break. Our classrooms and schools are busy. I was in Pattengil yesterday and joined Eberwhite today for their staff meeting.

Many of you are aware of Joe Mathis who profiles staff members each week. They’re all worthy, but I want to highlight Ms Gonzalez from Scarlett Middle School. Her parents met in medical school in Philippines and after having their first two children used all their money to move to the US and lived with family, borrowing $500 to begin their quest for the American Dream. Today we have Ms Gonzalez teaching in our schools and sharing experience in our school.

Monday we were delighted to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.. March 21 is the annual celebration and global awareness celebrated by UN since 2012. March 21 (3/21) was to signify the uniqueness of the triplication of the 21st chromosome which causes Down Syndrome. Dr Swift shared a video from Lakewood with a Mom of a 2nd grader with Down Syndrome. They taught the school about Down Syndrome and did a craft to design unique socks. (Video embedded below)

AAPS Arts Advantage continues on display with live in person musical performances. Monday night was Bands in Review at Hill Auditorium – Skyline, Forsythe, AAO, A2 STEAM, Community Jazz Band and Huron, Clague, Scarlett, Pioneer, Slauson, and Tappan. Choral Cavalcade east was last Wednesday at Huron with choirs from Clague and Scarlett. After spring break, Skyline will host on April 7 with Forsythe, AAO, and A2 STEAM. They highlight middle and high school performance. A chance to inspire middle schoolers and see what they will experience at the next level. Dr Swift shared a video from Choral Cavalcade East

March is Youth Art Month. Traditionally downtown businesses offer window spaces for display of student art. This year they have a virtual art show.

Unfortunately, this week we have experienced an outbreak in one of our schools and are working with Washtenaw County Health Department and are taking steps to prevent further transmission and help families and staff who are impacted.

Spring Break is March 28-April 1. We hope our staff and families will have a chance for rest and are excited about the final quarter of the school year. I want to thank everyone for all they do to support all of our families and staff.

Extended Day Program Updates

Swift: Part 2 is something we’ve spent a lot of time working on. Ms Bacolor is joining us via Zoom to update the work that has gone on this year and talk about our next steps. We’re proud to have had quality before and after school care at all elementary schools for decades. We are committed to extending the day through both enrichment and am & pm extended care programming. We had to take a step back during the pandemic. Unfortunately we were tremendously impacted by staffing. Our commitment has not wavered to serving families with quality before and after schools programming. Those programs will continue during 2022 and into the future.

The question we are here to discuss this evening is how we will go about that process and what innovations and strategies we will bring to ensure we can staff these programs. These are subjected to regulations and requirements of day care. We do have to follow those guidelines.

Some background, like many organizations we have had a significant realignment in our workforce. For a long time, you heard from me almost daily about staffing challenges. They have really impacted hourly employees – bus drivers, paras, ta’s, and child care and support staff.This labor force shortage has diminished the number of candidates we have for before and after school candidates. The labor impact continues and is a reflection of a much bigger issue. There is a reference in the presentation that more than 9000 child care positions are vacant in Michigan. That’s an indication of what we are facing. We aren’t accepting that we can’t do this. Because of dedicated staff, we have successfully offered 5 before and after school programs and hosted 3 additional long term partner providers in our school. We have before and after school programs at 8 schools, but agree it is not enough until it is re-established at every school. We’ve added quality enrichment classes to also support families. We’ve had more than 2000 registrations for enrichment so far. I want to share gratitude for before and after school crew they don’t get enough credit. The team of 22 individuals who have sustained it through this challenging time. They are to be commended. We need more like them.

During 2021-2022, we’ve taken steps to align before and after school to attract candidates. Increased hourly pay rate, offered sign on and retention bonuses. Some came from our funds, some from stabilization funds. With these efforts we could sustain the 5 programs. Ms Bacolor will share how close we’ve been on those.

Alongside primary acadmeic mission of Preschool-12th grade, we will continue our longstanding commitment to support students and families with extended day programs with before and after school care and enrichment classes. Recently with our jobs posted for more than a year, we’ve updated them to include signing and retention bonuses, and higher rate. We’ve only been able to hire 3 additional individuals this entire year..

We need more redesign and will chat about that. We’re redesigning them to be more attractive to a wider set of candidates. Including additional daytime hours in school – lunch and recess supervision during the day to achieve a 30 hours per week position. Getting to 30 hours will also include benefits and we hope that will open a wider ste of candidates. In addition to the 30 hour positions, we will continue to offer the very part time opportunities as well.

During April, May, June we will engage in full court press to engage additional staff to prepare for the 2022-2023 school year. Many folks looking for fall work won’t look until summer. We’re pressing out early, hoping to get referrals for fall and begin to re-establish programs.

We will re-establish before and after school programs in school as we successfully hire staff for school programs. We’ll share updates on progress of this important work as we add more staff by innovating with types of jobs we are adding. As we confirm staff, we will confirm that school as we can. We invite everyone in our Ann Arbor Community especially those who love to serve children and families to apply. The very part time positions are currently posted. The more significant 30 hour positions will be posted in the near future.

I’ve shared the big picture. Ms Bacolor will walk us through an in depth update of what we’ve done and hte next steps to prep for 2022/2023

Bacolor: Extended day fits in Rec & Ed’s purpose to provide learning for a lifetime, celebrate diversity and inclusion, promote health, wellbeing and joy, and build community.

Extended Day Program Update 2021-2022

We’re looking at providing safe, enriching environment for Y5-5th grade during critical before and after school hours. Extended Day Programming includes Before/After Care (traditionally called School Aged Childcare) and After School Enrichment Classes (traditionally focused on topics often with a community partner).

Last year there was no before/after care or after school programming. We needed to rebuild this in 2021-2022. We focused on retaining and increasing staff. We signficantly incraesed hourly wage, offered multiple bonuses, expanded recruitment, used more engaging language in job postings.

Also enhanced programming as a strategy for growth with new partners. Most after school class times added 45 minutes. A new after school class based on successful pre-programming from last year. The Let’s Play from last year that uses multiple cooperative and competitive games for students. It’s offered at a lower price. Created small group activity rotations in before/after care to keep students in small groups to minimize COVID exposures. We received 2 significant scholarships, staff bonuses, and other program needs.

5 schools – Abbott, Carpenter, Lakewood, Mitchell, and Pittsfield. Schools were chosen because they have Title 1 programs. We wanted to serve families that might not have other options. We have had 23 on-site staff which includes 5 T/As who work a few hours a week. One admin staff person filling a vacant site supervisor position. Of the 23 staff, 11 are all shifts in a week.

All 21 elementary & K-8 schools have extended time classes. There are 115 classes offered – a 35% increase from 2019-2020. 1421 registrations so far. Previously after school classes were 60 minutes, now they are 112 at elementary and 132 at K-8 buildings. They made sure there were still quality programming with the longer classes.


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Successes & Lessons Learning in 2021-2022

New AAPS Partners in both parts of extended day program. Some of our traditional partners could not return because of COVID. We released a request for information to find other new partners. They include A2 Symphony Orchestra, MSU Extension, Nature Navigators, PandaFit, Nuts About Science.

Pilot classes in fall have led to expanded offerings at other buildings. Popular classes have been increased where possible.

There is more funding for scholarships this year. New partnership with Child Care Network. Additional scholarships for both before/after care program, extended day classes, and school break camps. We have awarded over $126K in scholarships. While this is likely a one time infusion, we are looking forward to partnership with Child Care Network for additional options in the future.

With added time, we are striving to add minutes while maintaining quality. Let’s Play runs 11 weeks, $14/session at $155.

Parent surveys:

  • 163 Parent Responses
  • 72% 1st time taking Rec & Ed after school class
  • 73% Prefer extended time to 5:30p
  • 71% extended classes helped with work schedule
  • Also, some parents asked for more classes, longer sessions, or return of before/after care

Before/After Care Success include:

  • Benefits of smaller group sizes/smaller programs.
  • 36 students in each program
  • Staff can focus more on developing activities and running longer term activities
  • One site, students have learned to sew
  • Staff have higher job satisfaction with getting to know students better
  • Childcare Stabilization Funds for bonuses for staff, tuition reimbursement to parents – $66,500 went back to families

Moving Forward for Fall 2022

  • Three Schedule Options – Full time, am only, pm only
  • Issues with slow state background check process. Some candidates have moved on while waiting for background checks
  • Pay increases, bonuses, and additional recruitment efforts have only been marginally successful. Fifth site supervisor was never hired and is filled by an admin.

Moving Forward to 2022-2023

For after school classes, they plan to continue Let’s Play program and extended time to 5:30 for many classes. Sessions can’t be longer as based on preference of partner. Either they have set curriculum or other restrictions. They will continue hiring TAs and high school students.

Before and After Care Expansion Strategy

  • Redesigned New Positions – existing staff have access to benefits if they work enough hours. It is split shift and hard to get to number of hours. Creating some positions with more hours and more benefits and option for year round work. They are parts of two different union groups.
    • Lunch Supervisor Plus Before and After Care – will get to 30 hours. In past, lunch supervisor hours didn’t count toward benefits, but now they will
    • Program Director – Higher level 30-40 hour with option for 12 months and offer more benefits.
  • This creates career pathway with more education and experience needed and higher pay
  • Maintain higher pay scales across all before/after care positions
  • Increase use of additional helpers – TAs, high school students, volunteers from strategic partners – UM/other partnerships.
    • Very part time, they can’t count them towards ratio needed for licensing
  • Spring/Summer Recruitment – not the traditional time of year people are looking for school childcare job. Will see if they are a fit for summer programming to not lose them before fall.
  • Ready to Go – Licenses are up to date, supplies and registration systems are ready. Once staffing is secured, programs can open quickly for registration

Bigger picture challenge with child care staffing. Between 2010-2017,t here was a 20% decrease in providers in Washtenaw County. Our county had 28% in providers and 9.9% decrease in slots. This pre-dates the pandemic. From Bureau of Labor statistics in May 2020 there were 15,730 child care workers in Michigan. February 2022, there are 9000 full and part time child care openings. This is a tough industry at this time.

Next steps for Before/After Care

  • Recruiting new positions starting mid-April
  • Another update in late May-early June
  • Continued recruitment and hiring all summer ahead of typical August hiring
  • Announce sites as staffing allows us to do so – Posted on aareced.com, sent via school messenger. Will add specific dates to post announcements.
  • Parents can help spread word about jobs. Program director requires bachelors degree.

Swift: If I could warp up. Two things that are important to this. Ms Bacolor can you share what criteria you are using how and in what order we will add to the other 13 buildings?

Bacolor: We’re looking at several factors.

  • Title 1 Status
  • Where we can staff? Based on area of town where people are
  • Size of program before the pandemic. Some schools were much larger than others.

Swift; I know we’ll publish an FAQ that we are working on. We continue to hear whey don’t we just move forward and outsource provision of childcare.. I want to share we are proud of our longstanding partnership with employee groups who do this work. I know you’ve been in meetings with them. I ti si our intention to keep this program lined up more tightly with our other programs. We also know we can then have TAs, paras, and other employees who are in the school during the day and its a familiar face. We hear that question and have considered and are doing every effort to restore them with the licenses we already hold.

With AAPS employees providing care they are embedded in the school and can align with district priorities and practice. Right before pandemic we had district principal come train staff about responsive classroom and a piece that could be done in child care to support social emotional learning. Ability to collaborate with principal, teachers, therapists, etc. We can support students more.

Trustee Questions

DuPree: Thank you so much for presentation. Community is eager to hear about what you have planned. I’m excited to hear about childcare reimbursement. You said $66,500 on average, how much per family and how many families.

Bacolor: The formula was length of time enrolled and number of students enrolled. The lowest was $250 for a recent enrollee and the highest was $800 for someone with multiple children all year. I can get the number for you, but it was around 130 students who generated tuition reimbursement, so a bit less for families. I have th numbers in a spreadsheet.

DuPree: What is cost difference between pre-pandemic and now with new positions, higher wages, etc.

Bacolor: Thanks for mentioning. I meant to talk about it. Fees before the pandemic reflected low waged we were paying. Naturally fees will go up because we are paying more and don’t have any other funding. There is no state funding for schools to provide before/after care. That is the great dilemma. If we’re going to pay a living wage, fees must go up.

Swift: So fees for 2022/2023 will be shared at the time of the announcement. I know we’re working to press with hiring. Those results will help us answer the question. We know it will be more, but not how much. We encourage advocacy for stabilization funds.

Bacolor: We will announce fees later this spring. I want to mention something hopeful. The Michigan Tri Share program. It was a pilot in other areas that is now state wide. It is a good place for parents to advocate. It is parent, employer ,and government working together to pay for child care. Child Care Network will be running the program. We need to advocate for employers to participate and that will help keep child care costs down for families.

DuPree: For program director you say you are working on creating a career path. Has there been any talk about tuition assistance for people to gain the education?

Bacolor: Yes, there is a program called TEACH for that. At Rec & Ed we have participated in it. It is an employer match, not 1:1, but we also provide release time and other supports for staff to attend school. We have had employees take advantage of it in the past. We’ll be doing more promotion of it.

Gaynor: Thanks for the presentation. I was glad to see the mention of inclusion. I know there are some students with serious disabilities we cannot provide for> Can you talk about what we’ve done to ensure as much inclusion as we can.

Bacolor: We have a list of reasonable accommodations we can and do make – Quiet Areas, posted schedules. For students with diabetes we usually hire a staff person which can be hard called a special needs assistant and have been moderately successful> One area we are not able to do is anything related to toileting. Students must be able to independently use the bathrooms.

Baskett: I have quite a few. Thank you so much. My question has to do with the third party vendors. We’ve been thoroough and transparent with staffing, oversight, etc. We don’t have anything on third party vendors. But it basically follows what you’ve outline for us.

Regarding staffing, we know there are bargaining units we’ve been in a collaborative relationship with. I’d appreciate knowing what their staff relationship – are they unionized, offer benefits, turnover, diversity of staff. In terms of scholarship, I noted one said they weren’t taking supplemental pay from HHS, but that has changed, but no clear info on how families apply. Regarding those clients, how many are getting scholarships, are they full/partial, where are they from, how has their pay changed with COVID. I’m assuming they have the same challenges we do with hiring & retaining staff. How many are certified teachers, what are their credentials? I assume since it’s licensed child care they need to meet the same requirements. Regarding the children in these programs, what is their makeup – economic, free/reduced lunch, scholarships, racial, age (older or younger)? And the history of their COVID cases. Who is overseeing those programs? We as the board are ultimately responsible for ours?

That’s just a few of the questions, but you know what I’m looking for.

I have a couple questions regarding our program. We know we must employ adults to count towards the ratio but we have helpers and TAs. The work study program. Who is participating and what does that look like.

Bacolor: Work study is a university program at UM that meet certain income qualifications. When they’re placed witha community organizaiton there is some learning that needs to happen. Pay comes from employer and university through federal funding. They can be excellent for what time they do have but cannot work many shifts per week.

Baskett: So we have a relationship with UM & student body?

Bacolor: We have a relationship, but don’t have any now. We offered to 4-5 but they chose not to work with us.

Baskett: You mentioned the background check being slow in processing more than average educational staff member. Who can we make an appeal to to speed up that process?

Bacolor: Michigan Bureau of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). I’ve been through the process myself and had to drive to Chelsea.

Baskett: So they’re the ones we need to appeal to for speed, location, convenience.

You mentioned TAs and high school students. What is their role? Are they paid, how many hours do they work?

Bacolor: We’ve hired high school students for Lets Play, not before and after care. We’ll probably do it for fall. I think we pay $12/hour. They’ve volunteered for us before typically in summer program. They can’t be alone with kids. They’re often fun for the children to have.

Bakett: Do they undergo the same background check?

Bacolor: No. Minors don’t. The guideline is they’re never alone. They get child safety training with us.

Baskett: There are currently 9000 open child care positions in Michigan. We’re not alone. We just need the people to staff our programs.

Swift: Trustee Baskett I want to share I noted all your questions as part of the report from partner providers. Our focus was to get our plan to the community before Spring Break so really focused on our programs.

Baskett: I appreciate that.


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Querijero: I appreciate the effort in trying to combine positions to find the 30 hours. What is your target for how many employees this will be. Do you have a target to how many you want to follow. I want to get a 5, 6 months, 1 year look. I’m curious about howt hat position came to be and what the plan is for it.

Swift: I really appreciate that question. Ms Minnick and I were discussing is that lunch and recess supervisor is a position we have trouble filling. If we combine tiny number of hour positions to see if we can catch momentum. If we have a school with many part time employees that’s a different relationship than people that work 10 shifts a week. We may need 5 people, but with very part time, it might need 10 people.

Querijero: How many of these positions is it advantageous for us to plan for. Because it doesn’t have a title. I can see they’re lunch, before after child care. Is it something we can sustain if it is successful?

Swift: I believe you’re on target. We’ve had lunch supervisors all along. Ms Minnick is figuring out the financial puzzle.

Bacolor: We have struggled with a name for the position and hope we have a good one soon. We have at least 2 staff right now serving in this role. We’re trying to sweeten the role by including noon hours towards benefits.

Querijero: There’s one question, I heard you say 2 people fit the mold currently. Do you have an idea how many you plan to get?

Bacolor: We’d ideally like to have 5-10 of these staff. Every site is a puzzle. Those closer to campus may be easier for us to get work study students. Those further away are difficult. Some are close to different highways and better for someone from traveling out of town.

Lazarus: The benefit of going last is most of my questions have been asked already. I want to acknowledge Trustee Baskett that transparency of vendor partners is a good report. I was a little troubled by core of presentation – slide 17-18 that lay out where we are and the challenges that we really have. I mirror Querijero’s comments about the combined positions. My understanding is we are short on TAs, have lunch supervisors, and before/after care providers. They’re all at different rates and have different skillsets. I like the creativity, but is it something we can get pople to do and jump one to another through the day. When does the person who has before care, what time do they begin their day?

Bacolor: Before starts at 6:45 or 7a

Lazarus: And end for after care?

Bacolor: 6p

Swift: So its possible you’d have one person who works morning through lunch and another that works lunch through evening. That’s part of the puzzle. It’s probably rare that people would work all. Although we have 11 who work morning and evening. We thought we’d try this and the traditional and post all?

Lazarus: This would be hourly, not salary? Would they get the same rate for all?

Swift: This is the work we’re doing. Ms Minnick has to do the math and negotiate with employee groups.

Lazarus: It’s great that we ca give someone 30+ hours with living wage and benefits. I think that is something holding childcare workers back.

Swift: It will be a challenge, but I’m grateful for ht creative work the team has done. We’re not certain that labor force exists either. But we do believe more hours and benefits might be attractive to a set of candidates.

Lazarus: People are asking us to be creative. This is us being creative working in challenges of

Baskett: I know we want to wrap this up, but one thing not very clear was is the timing. We have 8 programs now and hope to expand, but can’t until we have staff. We can’t answer the question will school X have childcare in the fall. How much time can we really give someone?

Swift: Ms Bacolor has a process that initiates once we have the staff. You make the announcement and give folks the opportunity to respond.

Bacolor: We would set a registration period that would probably be 2 weeks. If there were more people wanting to enter than space, we would have a lottery. We did this lsat year with all 5 schools. Off schedule registration and a lottery in the summer. It is not ideal. I feel for parents. They want to know. The worst thing for us to do is say we’ll add 5 schools and not be able to because we don’t have staff.

Swift; Press mid-April to Md-May to hopefully be able to make announcements before school is out. But we can’t commit until we have quality workers who pass all requirements.

Lazarus: We are looking for workers with certain qualifications and some degrees.

First Briefing Items

There are no items for First Briefing.

Second Briefing Items

Second Briefings will be provided for:

  • AN-2081 Network Equipment Refreshment; Annual E-Rate Application – Kellstrom
  • 2022/23 Air Conditioning & Lighting Projects – Lauzzana
    • AN-2082 Bach Elementary
    • AN-2083 Clague Middle School
    • AN-2084 Eberwhite Elementary
    • AN-2085 Forsythe Middle School
  • AN-2086 Skyline Stormwater Pumps & Irrigation System Replacement – Lauzzana
  • AN-2087 Commissioning Services for Capital Improvement Projects – Lauzzana
  • AN-2088 Pioneer High School Audio/Visual Equipment & Theatrical Lighting Replacement – Lauzzana

First Briefing on these items was provided at the March 9 meeting. You can refer to our linked notes for background.

Dr Kellstrom & Mr Lauzzana report there are no changes since first briefing but are standing by to answer any questions. There were only questions on the Sklyine Stormwater Pumps.

Skyline Stormwater Pumps & Irrigation System Replacement

DuPree: During first briefing I forgot to ask, about the 5 year warranty. What happens if year 6 is a problem and needs repair or replacement.

Swift; If we need to do replacement, the bond or sinking fund would allow for replacing. If what is needed is routine maintenance, we cannot use bond or sinking fund and it needs to come from general fund.

Minnick: Repairs are eligible for sinking fund. Preventative maintenance (such as filter or things that prevent a breakdown) are general fund. It is a funding puzzle.

Consent Agenda

The Consent Agenda includes:

  • Approve AN-2087 Commissioning Services for Capital Improvement Projects
  • Approve minutes of the March 9, 2022 Regular Meeting
  • Approve minutes of the March 16, 2022 Study Session
  • Approve Donations
    • 3 Honeywell Air Purifiers to Bach Elementary from Jill Johnson

Motion to approve Consent Agenda by Gaynor. Seconded by Baskett. No discussion. Passes unanimously

Board Action

These items are voted on individually

Approve An-2081 Network Equipment Refreshment; Annual E-Rate Application

Motion to approve by Querijero seconded by DuPree. No discussion. Passes unanimously

Approve Air Conditioning & Lighting Projects

This includes:

  • AN-2082 Bach Elementary
  • AN-2083 Clague Middle School
  • AN-2094 Eberwhite Elementary
  • AN-2095 Forsythe Middle School

Motion to approve by Querijero seconded by Gaynor. No discussion. Passes unanimously

Approve AN-2086 Skyline Stormwater Pumps & Irrigation System Replacement

Motion to approve by Querijero seconded by Gaynor. No discussion. Passes unanimously

Approve AN-2088 Pioneer High School Audio/Visual Equipment and Theatrical Lighting Replacement

Motion to approve by Gaynor seconded by DuPree. No discussion. Passes unanimously

Approve a Closed Session

The board wants to hold a closed session on April 12, 2022 at 6:30p at Skyline High School for attorney/client privilege.

Motion to approve by Querijero seconded by Gaynor. No discussion. Passes unanimously

Items for Agenda Planning

None

Items from the Board

Baskett: I want to alert the community about 2 petitions being circulated about funding for private schools. Let MI Kids Learn would let donors to receive tax breaks for donating to private education. This would allow tax write-offs for donations to scholarship granting organizations notably less for public schools and more for private schools. The second would create student opportunity scholarships also known as vouchers. They would divert tax revenues awway from public schools – up to $1 billion. They should be voted on by the people of Michigan, but it’s suspected they’ll pass veto proof legislations if they get enough signatures. The Michigan constitution clearly states state funds can’t be used for private schools. Remember they can lie to you about what you’re signing. I recommend you take a picture of the petition you are signing.

Adjourn

Motion to adjourn by voice vote by Querijero. Seconded by DuPree. All in favor. Adjourned at 9:54p.

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