May 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll call: Ruth Coppens, Dr. Katherine Ellison, Laura Sue Holcomb, Ruth Ann Knapp, Lisa Hubbard

4. Minutes

4.A. Approve the April 9, 2024, regular board meeting minutes (ACTION REQUIRED)

5. Positive Highlights and Celebrations

5.A. Congratulations to Chevaski James, Jr., a 9th grader from Carrollton High School, for being awarded the Superintendent's Choice Purchase award for his entry "Star Vibes" in the Saginaw County Art Exhibit in April. 

5.B. Congratulations to Meagan Ratzlaff on her promotion to Payroll Specialist from her previous position as Program Secretary at Millet.

5.C. Saginaw Intermediate School District received ASBO’s Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the fiscal year 2023.

5.D. The Saginaw ISD Board of Education received the prestigious 2023 Distinguished Board Award from MASB at the SCASB Spring Dinner Meeting on May 7, 2024.

5.E. The Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Jerome Preschool Renovation took place on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.  

5.F. The 28th Annual Turnaround Achievement Awards Program was held on May 14, 2024, where we celebrated 37 Saginaw County students who have demonstrated effort, perseverance, and commitment in turning their lives around. 

5.G. Great Lakes Bay Early College has been recognized nationally in the 2024 Best High Schools rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

6. Communications

6.A. Written

6.A.1. Received a letter from the IRS regarding Buena Vista School District and the inspection of tax returns between 2018 and 2020.

6.B. From the public

7. Information

7.A. Head Start Policy Report - Sabrina Jackson

7.B. CTE and GLBEC Report - Jenny Geno and Kevin Summey

7.C. Gallup Results - Scott Sawyer and Coty Kuscinsky

7.D. Superintendent Report - Dr. Jeffrey Collier

7.D.1. Communications Report - April 2024

7.D.2. Talent Together Update

7.E. Receive the Student Handbooks for Transitions Center School, Millet Learning Center, Great Lakes Bay Early College, and Saginaw County Juvenile Detention Center for 2024-2025 (1ST READING)

7.F. Receive Board Policy Updates for Spring 2024 and Title IX Updates (1ST READING)

8. Finance

8.A. Payment of Bills (ACTION REQUIRED)

9. Items for approval

9.A. Approve the 2024-2025 school calendars for Saginaw ISD (revised), Great Lakes Bay Early College, and Saginaw County Juvenile Detention Center, and approve the 2025-2026 school calendar for Saginaw ISD (ACTION REQUIRED)

9.B. Approve the updated 5-year common calendar (ACTION REQUIRED)

9.C. Approve a recommendation to change the name of the account at the Saginaw Community Foundation from "Hartley Foundation Special Education Fund" to "SISD Special Education Fund" and remove Eric Rutherford, Program Director, from the account (ACTION REQUIRED)

9.D. Approve the Saginaw ISD Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) membership for the 2024-2025 school year (ACTION REQUIRED)

9.E. Approve the quote from Wobig Construction for Saginaw Career Complex infrastructure work, reimbursable to SPSD upon the completion of the work and the invoice received by SISD (ACTION REQUIRED)

9.F. Approve the quote for the Jerome Preschool asbestos abatement services from MidWest Environmental, Inc. (ACTION REQUIRED)

9.G. Approve the Jerome Preschool renovations LAN cabling replacement and abatement from SSD Cabling & Cameras, LLC, of Milford, MI (ACTION REQUIRED)

9.H. Approve the request to carryover the approved budget amendment of unexpended salaries and fringes in Operating Funds into the 2024-25 program year (ACTION REQUIRED)

9.I. Personnel Recommendations (ACTION REQUIRED)

10. Addenda

10.A. Visitor comment

10.B. Board member comment

11. Adjournment