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Board reviews draft land acknowledgement, plans Feb. 17 joint meeting and nominates CASB candidates
Summary
Board members reviewed a draft land acknowledgement, discussed a Feb. 17 joint board meeting with student involvement and Chartwells-provided dinner, and agreed to nominate Catherine LaValle for a CASB citizen award and consider Toni Artis for nomination.
Board members reviewed a draft land acknowledgement, discussed logistics for a Feb. 17 joint board meeting and agreed on nominations for the Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) awards during the Jan. 27 Battle Creek Public Schools Board of Education meeting.
Board President Bobby Fulbright circulated the proposed land acknowledgement and said he would offer it after interpretation at the start of meetings. A trustee said she had spoken with an attorney at the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB), Brad Nasik, who told her there was "nothing illegal" about reading a land acknowledgement but cautioned that it would not include stating the Pledge of Allegiance in the same context. Trustees invited review and feedback on the drafted language.
The board confirmed a special joint board meeting scheduled for Feb. 17. The meeting will follow the format used at a September session, will include dinner provided by Chartwells in the commons, and will feature student involvement: STEM students will handle recording for public access and ambassadors from the career academy will participate. Board members discussed asking the district band to perform and will check feasibility.
On nominations for the CASB awards, trustees agreed to nominate Toni Artis again for a citizen award and to submit Catherine LaValle for the citizen category; board members asked colleagues to provide brief write-ups to an identified staff member (referred to as Miss Kalita in the meeting) before the Friday deadline so staff can draft the nomination packet.
During the land acknowledgement discussion one board member read an additional passage aloud that invoked historical racial struggle and collective resolve; that reading was part of the discussion and was not recorded as a formal motion or adopted text.
No formal votes were recorded on the land-acknowledgement language or the joint-meeting logistics; the CASB nominations were advanced by consensus and staff were directed to prepare the nomination materials before the stated deadline.
Discussion/next steps: Trustees will submit suggested language edits for the land acknowledgement, staff will prepare the CASB nomination write-up for the Friday deadline, and staff will confirm student participation and any musical performances for the Feb. 17 meeting.
