BHS: Board of Education Meeting May 19, 2025

Chapters

Call to Order 00:00:15


Attendance 00:00:33


Board Committee Reports 00:01:19


Strategic Planning Update 00:06:20


Sinking Fund Discussion 00:27:06


Closed Session per MCL 15.268 Section 8(a) 00:48:26

Rick West, Superintendent, I move the Board of Education to convene a closed session in accordance with MCL 15.268 Section 8(a) to discuss the evaluation of the Superintendent.


Reconvene at 7:30 p.m. 00:53:16


Pledge of Allegiance 00:53:23


Board Intern Program Report 00:53:46


Celebrating Success: 2025 Oakland County Support Person of the Year Award 01:13:21

Andrea Berry, Oakland Schools Education Foundation Director, and Katherine Hunt, DH/H Supervisor Staff being recognized: Christine Spike, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Speech and Language Pathologist


Celebrating Success: 2025 Oakland County Excellence in Transportation Award 01:21:01

Janavia Williams, Transportation Supervisor Staff being recognized: Christine Donalson, Bus Driver, and Willard Dean, Lead Mechanic


Celebrating Success: BIFF - Michigan Student Broadcast Awards 01:24:25

Danielle Tier, BHHS Teacher Student being recognized: Eugene Belski, Jonah Frank, Evie Keough, Kaden Kouyoumjian, Magdalena Leonard, Aiden Lindblom, and Jaden Ryke


Celebrating Success: National Scholastic Art Awards 01:28:01

Tessa Basirico and Matthew Beauchamp, BHHS Teachers Students being recognized: Sage Booth and Dylan Psenka


Celebrating Success: Bloomfield Hills High School Science Olympiad Awards 01:30:33

Lindsey DeLuca, BHHS Teacher Students being recognized: Eliana D'Mello, Hasan Farooqi, Natalie Gyarmati, Sara Ibrahim, Jinglu Jiang, Brooke Panozzo and ChoCho Yi


Celebrating Success: Model UN "Best School Award" 01:34:10

Matt MacLeod, BHHS Social Studies Department Chair Students being recognized: Ali Abukamil, Charles Baker, Lily Booth, Sage Booth, Quentin Bouchou, Thomas Bouchou, Benjamin Donnellon, Habeba El-Haddad, Mariam El-Haddad, Baird George, Riordan George, Nikhil Gupta, Riley MacLeod, , Kate Malloy, Rishab Monga, Audrey Ng, Lucas Oram-Mitchell, Hasan Ramadan, Mikael Sparkes, Mayas Smith, Grayson Stricher, and Gabriela Yi


Celebrating Success: Bloomfield Hills High School E-Sports Honors 01:39:43

Aaron Stanger, BHHS Teacher Students being recognized: Nicholas Clark, Ava Delisi, Jake Desmon, Riley Forester, Patrick Fritz, Myron Hubert, Angelica Johnson, Derek Johnston, Jacob Kalusniak, Canon Lucai-Sample, Julia Mahoney, Keira Mahoney, Anna Pniewski, Hannah Rosenstock, Logan Witherspoon and Eric Young


Celebrating Success: District IV Orchestra Teacher of the Year 01:44:27

Dr. Dan Hartley, Bloomfield Hills High School Principal Staff being recognized: Sean Brennan, BHS Director of Orchestra and BHHS Orchestra Teacher


Superintendent's Report 01:47:58

Rick West, Superintendent


Board President's Report 01:51:51


Consent Agenda 01:54:13

Carolyn Noble, Board Secretary I move that the Board of Education approve the recommendations detailed in the Consent Agenda, as presented. B. Request to Approve Minutes from the Meeting of April 28, 2025 Carolyn Noble, Board Secretary I move the Board of Education to approve the minutes from the meeting of April 28, 2025, as presented. C. Request to Approve Disbursement Reports Kandice Moynihan, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services I move the Board of Education to approve the disbursement reports, as presented. D. Request to Approve Monthly Financial Reports Kandice Moynihan, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services I move the Board of Education to approve the monthly financial reports, as presented. E. Request to Approve Millage Rate Development for Fiscal Year 2025-26 Kandice Moynihan, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services I move that the Board of Education authorize the administration to develop the 2025 millage rates in compliance with state guidelines and furnish such rates to the appropriate taxing authorities by May 31, 2025, in order to levy and collect summer property taxes for all BHS voter-approved millage rates for the 2025-26 fiscal year. F. Request to Approve Nonresident Tuition Rate for 2025-26 Kandice Moynihan, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services I move that the Board of Education to approve the nonresident tuition rate of $13,650 for students K-12 enrolled for the 2025-26 school year, as presented. G. Request to Approve Purchase of State of Michigan Filter First Program Filling Stations, Filters and Supplies Jake McDermott, Director of Maintenance and Operations I move the Board of Education to approve the purchase of bottle filling stations, filters and supplies in the amount of $189,205.40 to Best Plumbing Specialists, and to be paid for from Filter First Healthy Hydration grant funds, as presented. H. Request to Purchase Bus Replacements Jake McDermott, Director of Maintenance and Operations I move the Board of Education to approve the purchase of four 65 passenger conventional buses totaling $631,460 to be paid for by the Sinking Fund, and three special needs 53 passenger buses totaling $484,266, as presented. I. Request to Approve Revision to BHHS Graduation Requirements from Class of 2026 to Class of 2028 Sarah Fairman, Executive Director of Learning Services I move the Board of Education to approve a revision to the graduation requirements to correct the applicable graduating class year from the Class of 2026 to the Class of 2028, as presented and as reflected in the updated Bloomfield Hills High School Graduation Requirements. J. Request to Approve Personnel Actions Keith McDonald, Deputy Superintendent I move the Board of Education to approve the personnel actions, as presented.


Request to Approve Amendments to Oakland County School Boards Association By-Laws 01:54:35

Carolyn Noble, Board Secretary I move the Board of Education to approve the proposed amendments to the Oakland County School Boards Association, as presented.


Request to Approve the New and Revised Oakland County School Boards Association Resolutions 01:55:47

Carolyn Noble, Board Secretary I move the Board of Education to approve the new and revised to the Oakland County School Boards Association, as presented.


Adjournment 01:56:19



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