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Board of Education Meeting; Monday, November 20, 2006
Topic Started: Nov 12 2006, 05:45 PM (3,577 Views)
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Livonia Public Schools School District

Regular Meeting
Monday, November 20, 2006
7:00 PM
Board Room, 15125 Farmington Road, Livonia


I. ROLL CALL: Tom Bailey, Robert Freeman, Steve King, Daniel Lessard, Cynthia Markarian, Lynda Scheel, Kevin Whitehead

II. COMMUNICATIONS
A. Golden Apple Award--Beth Buffington, Hayes Elementary School
Golden Apple Award--Beth Buffington, Hayes Elemen
B. Gift from TRW
Gift from TRW
C. Written Communications
D. Audience Communications (Limited to fifteen (15) minutes, with remainder following Personnel Matters.)
E. Response to Prior Audience Communications

III. CONSENT AGENDA--Items marked with an "*" will be considered in one motion. These routine items have been individually reviewed by Board committees and were unanimously recommended for placing on this consent agenda. Any member of the Board may remove items from the consent agenda prior to voting.
Consent Agenda Action Sheet

IV. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES
A. *Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 6, 2006
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 6, 200
B. *Minutes of the Closed Session of November 6, 2006

V. INSTRUCTION MATTERS
A. PRESENTATION--Measuring Up
Presentation--Measuring Up
B. *Recommend Expulsion of One Secondary Student
Recommend Expulsion of One Secondary Student Acti
C. *Recommend Expulsion of One Secondary Student
Recommend Expulsion of One Secondary Student Acti
D. *Recommend Expulsion of One Secondary Student
Recommend Expulsion of One Secondary Student Acti

VI. BUSINESS MATTERS
A. *Bills for Payment--November 21, 2006
Bills for Payment Action Sheet
Bills for Payment Attachment
B. Approval of Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Action
Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Attach

VII. REPORTS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT

VIII. HEARING FROM BOARD MEMBERS

IX. ADJOURNMENT

I really like the new "Board Book". Click on the link below and take a look. Really good detail on the agenda. Is it going to be posted the Friday before the meeting on a regular basis?


http://www.boardbook.org/APPS/BBV2/PUBLIC/...gKey=MTg3Nzg%3D
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one_observer
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Be sure to wear your boots and bring your shovels to the meeting on Monday!
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ILIkeLI
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Three expulsions...one for Frost, Holmes and Churchill.
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livoniafootballmom
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ILIkeLI
Nov 18 2006, 10:24 AM
Three expulsions...one for Frost, Holmes and Churchill.

These have been part of the board agendas for years, literally. More people are just seeing that they are taking place now, because they are actually watching, attending or reading board minutes.
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f11
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More people paying attention, isn't it great?
The status quo MUST change.

LIEpa, your fired!!
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Grant1
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We have just begun to fight!
livoniafootballmom
Nov 18 2006, 04:24 PM
ILIkeLI
Nov 18 2006, 10:24 AM
Three expulsions...one for Frost, Holmes and Churchill.

These have been part of the board agendas for years, literally. More people are just seeing that they are taking place now, because they are actually watching, attending or reading board minutes.

This is still somthing that should be considered as "unprecedented" ...

3 at one time.

Speak to those who know, remember, were involved, elected, or were directly impacted by these events...

They will tell you this is not normal. The PR from the district will tell you just the opposite

Who do you choose to believe at this point...?

Real people...

Or those who have the most to lose/hide?
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livoniafootballmom
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f11
Nov 18 2006, 06:34 PM
More people paying attention, isn't it great?
The status quo MUST change.

LIEpa, your fired!!

I agree, it is good that more people are taking an active interest in things going on, but to say that these things (expulsions) did not take place before the LI is absolutely wrong. You can look back and see that there have been numerous expulsion hearings and recommendations for expulsions, since Columbine, when a harder stance was taken not just in LPS, but in all districts everywhere.
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Oldguard
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You are exactly correct Grant 1...THREE expulsions at one time is unprecidented. Take
it from one who does remember and was involved. Furthermore, expulsions should not be on a "consent" agenda. This is one more case of "sweeping things
under the rug". I would like to point out that these students are NOT ALL secondary students as stated in the attachments to the motions. Only the CHS student is.
Middle school students are ELEMENTARY students. MI is a compulsory education
state. What arrangements are being made for these students education? When a
true secondary student is expelled, they can be immediately enrolled in an adult
ed or GED class...students under age 16 CAN NOT.

Expulsions are permanent and can not be reversed, and should be reserved for
only the most serious of offences (assault upon a teacher, selling/dealing drugs).
For a 7th or 8th grader to commit such acts begs the question, "where was the
intervention?"
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Grant1
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We have just begun to fight!
VI. BUSINESS MATTERS
A. *Bills for Payment--November 21, 2006
Bills for Payment Action Sheet
Bills for Payment Attachment
B. Approval of Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Action
Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Attach


I would like to know why we are so obliging to Jay Youngs home town as to provide them the ability to utilize the LPS Career Tech Center?

If this is one of such items that makes this district a "magnet" then why are we excluding LPS kids from using this wonderful assett, and then providing it to the friends of Jay Young?

Friends and family always seem to come first over the community...such a shame.
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Mrs.M
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As far as I have known 7th and 8th has been considered secondary ed., in LPS. Even the eligiblity for transportation for elementary K-6 was 1 mile and 'secondary' 7-12 grade was 1 1/2 mile from school.

Director of Elementary Education included the K-6
Director of Secondary Education included the 7-12

K-12 is divided much more equally for those admins.

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Grant1
Nov 19 2006, 01:11 PM
VI. BUSINESS MATTERS
A. *Bills for Payment--November 21, 2006
Bills for Payment Action Sheet
Bills for Payment Attachment
B. Approval of Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Action
Cooperative Agreement with Plymouth-Canton Attach


I would like to know why we are so obliging to Jay Youngs home town as to provide them the ability to utilize the LPS Career Tech Center?

If this is one of such items that makes this district a "magnet" then why are we excluding LPS kids from using this wonderful assett, and then providing it to the friends of Jay Young?

Friends and family always seem to come first over the community...such a shame.

Grant1, can you give more details about this?
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livoniamom
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I think Scheel, Freeman, Whitehead, King and Markarian owe it to everyone to voice their thoughts on the 520 student loss. I still can't believe they did not address this during the last board meeting.

Is it just me or all the thank you's getting out of control? They present awards and thank the person. They go off the air to thank them more. Then at the end of the meeting the repeat all the thank you's during the board members time to talk.
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Grant1
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We have just begun to fight!
To much fluff and not enough of paying attention to thier jobs that they were elected to do!
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ktmom
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Grant1
Nov 20 2006, 11:42 AM
To much fluff and not enough of paying attention to thier jobs that they were elected to do!

You can say that again!
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livoniamom
Nov 20 2006, 11:35 AM
I think Scheel, Freeman, Whitehead, King and Markarian owe it to everyone to voice their thoughts on the 520 student loss. I still can't believe they did not address this during the last board meeting.

Is it just me or all the thank you's getting out of control? They present awards and thank the person. They go off the air to thank them more. Then at the end of the meeting the repeat all the thank you's during the board members time to talk.

Thank you! ;)
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