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The board approved the meeting agenda at the start of the session in a roll-call vote after a motion by Trustee Laster and a second by Trustee Rogers. The board also approved the consent agenda, which included approval of minutes from the Feb. 24 regular and closed meetings, the financial statements for February 2025 and bills for payment submitted by the district finance officer totaling $2,776,685.73. The consent agenda motion was moved by Trustee Davis, seconded by Trustee McCarthy, and approved by roll call.

Later in the meeting the board approved a bid authorization presented as work in partnership with Ashley Capital. The board voted to authorize the bid authorization motion (mover: Trustee Rogers; supporter: Trustee Kennard) by roll call; trustees voted unanimously in favor.

The board then voted to authorize administration to seek sealed bids for the purchase of 45 LK bottle-filling stations (bottle-filling drinking fountains) to replace older unfiltered drinking fountains across the district. The motion (mover: Trustee Kennard; second: Trustee Davis) passed on a unanimous roll-call vote. The district said the project crosses the local bid threshold and therefore must go out to competitive bid.

District staff said the bottle-filling station procurement will be funded by the Filter First Hydration Grant (grant code cited in board materials: 112615990000002665). The district also noted that prevailing-wage requirements apply to contractors performing grant-funded installation work, which affects vendor eligibility and pricing.

No contract awards were approved at the March 10 meeting; staff said formal award recommendations would return to the board after the bid process is completed and staff analysis of proposals is complete.

Votes at a glance

- Agenda acceptance (03/10/2025): Motion by Trustee Laster; second by Trustee Rogers. Roll call: Laster yes; Rogers yes; Kennard yes; Kamal yes; McCarthy yes; Davis yes. Outcome: approved.

- Consent agenda (minutes, financial statements, bills for payment $2,776,685.73): Moved by Trustee Davis; seconded by Trustee McCarthy. Roll call: Davis yes; McCarthy yes; Kennard yes; Kamal yes; Rogers yes; Laster yes. Outcome: approved.

- Bid authorization with Ashley Capital (presentation/exhibits in board packet): Moved by Trustee Rogers; seconded by Trustee Kennard. Roll call: Rogers yes; Kennard yes; Kamal yes; Davis yes; McCarthy yes; Laster yes. Outcome: approved.

- Authorization to seek sealed bids for 45 LK bottle-filling stations (Filter First Hydration Grant 112615990000002665): Moved by Trustee Kennard; seconded by Trustee Davis. Roll call: Kennard yes; Davis yes; Kamal yes; McCarthy yes; Laster yes; Rogers yes. Outcome: approved.

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Janelle Edwards, interim director of teaching, learning and professional development, told the board the partnership agreement with the Michigan Department of Education and Wayne RESA set three measurable goals: increase proficiency on state ELA assessments, increase proficiency on state mathematics assessments and develop a districtwide professional learning system. The assessment baseline is taken from tests administered in April 2024.

Scott Brooke, the district data coach, said the high school met some local NWEA growth targets but failed to meet the state SAT benchmarks in both ELA and math. \"Our total district status is off track with progress,\" Brooke said, noting that one campus meeting more state benchmarks would still leave the district off track because the high-school state results weigh heavily in the partnership review.

Seth Petty, Romulus High School principal, described curriculum adoptions and interventions already implemented at the high school: new ELA and math materials, assessment teams led by department heads, a math coach in the first half of the year, partnerships with external providers for individualized math professional development (Big Ideas), and new SAT prep and Read 180 courses. \"We've seen growth in NWEA performance,\" Petty said, while acknowledging the school did not meet the state's established targets for the review period.

Krista Sailor, an instructional specialist on the TLP team, described on-site coaching and classroom work: \"I spend two days with the middle school and two days with the high school,\" Sailor said, and added that she works directly with teachers and small groups of students during coaching cycles. The district also reported participation in a culturally responsive mathematics institute and other professional development supports.

Board members pressed for clarity on monitoring. One trustee asked why the district had not been on target; Edwards said the benchmark review used April 2024 assessment data and that some report summaries were presented to the district in October 2023. Edwards said she received the formal benchmark information about two to three weeks before the March meeting and since then had discussed restructuring the Renaissance tutoring program and creating individualized math teacher professional-development plans.

Brooke and other TLP staff described the district's Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System (eWIMS) process for identifying students with risk flags based on attendance, behavior and course performance. Brooke said the district holds weekly data meetings and quarterly pulls of eWIMS indicators; the weekly meetings identify students who then receive targeted support through PBIS coaches, attendance liaisons or teacher-driven academic interventions.

The TLP team outlined specific next steps the district plans to pursue: restructure Renaissance tutoring to create rotating skill groups; expand daily reading groups and SAT practice; provide individualized professional development for math teachers (including Khan Academy and Big Ideas support); sustain PLCs and instructional leadership routines; and increase progress monitoring frequency so teachers and leaders can intervene earlier.

Superintendent Benjamin Edmondson framed the presentation as both an assessment of current supports and a call for urgency. \"Do you have the will to do what is necessary?\" Edmondson said, adding he will pursue focused changes and may ask the board for support on implementation steps.

The presentation included a question-and-answer period during which board members and staff discussed the frequency of common assessments (currently about once or twice per quarter), the structure of PLC time (four two-hour PLCs and two three-hour PLCs across the school year), and the district's plan to increase interim assessments and SAT practice so teachers can identify and reteach specific standards before summative tests.

The board did not take any formal action to change staffing or curriculum at the meeting; presenters said revised recommendations and bid-related items tied to facilities would return to the board after further development.

Looking ahead, the district said it will continue eWIMS weekly data meetings, target individualized PD for math teachers, restructure tutoring, and monitor progress more frequently. The TLP team and district leaders pledged to return to the board with further updates and any formal recommendations for policy or staffing changes.

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