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Assistant superintendent highlights Livonia student programs, events and community partnerships
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Phil Francis presented a slide update covering classroom projects, music programs, vocational donations, school athletic achievements and upcoming community events (Dollars for Scholars, Kappa Arts Camp, chili cook‑off).
Assistant Superintendent Phil Francis delivered the district update at the Livonia Public Schools board meeting on Dec. 16, highlighting classroom activities, extracurricular achievements and community partnerships across Livonia schools.
Francis narrated a slide deck showing a range of student work: Churchill High School seniors reenacting Greek architecture in humanities class; kindergartners practicing letters with shaving cream at Nijiero; Cooper students’ constellation posters; and Rosedale fourth‑graders’ gallery walk. He also highlighted music and performance programs: a Franklin Veil Canto choir appearance, a combined Frost and Churchill band/orchestra concert featuring roughly 300 student musicians and a Kappa Vocal Jazz Ensemble performance for a Rotary luncheon.
Francis noted community service and giving season efforts: Churchill’s food drive exceeded a stated slide goal, listing 15,425 cans (estimated to translate to 9,394 meals and a slide total of £12,522 of food in the presentation), Franklin’s baseball team donated toys to Grant Elementary and Stevenson softball made blankets for hospitalized children. He also mentioned a donation of two Mustangs to the LCTC Auto Shop from Bill Brown Ford to support hands‑on student learning.
He announced administrative changes and recognition items shown on slides, including new assistant principal Joe Shively at Riley and Larissa Burke as Webster Elementary principal. Francis closed with event reminders: the Dollars for Scholars luncheon (Jan. 30), a Kappa Arts Camp for grades 3–8 (Jan. 11, $25) and the annual chili cook‑off (date shown on slide; board members noted a conflicting flyer date and said they would verify whether the event is Jan. 18 or Jan. 20).
“It's exactly why we get these dollars,” Francis said when describing the use of Act 18 funds to support specialized playground equipment for Roosevelt’s ASD program, explaining the purchase is meant to provide a fenced, lower‑stimulation play area for some students who might otherwise elope. The update concluded with thanks to staff who prepared the materials for the slideshow.
