10:06Call to Order1min
1.10:06Roll CallProcedural
20:20Oral Communication on Closed Session Items Only
2.1If you have public comment related to a Closed Session item, please post it on the links under Public Content prior to the Closed Session Meeting or immediately upon the meeting opening.Information
30:20Closed Session – 5:45 - 6:45 p.m.
3.1Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Government Code: § 54957) Title: SuperintendentDiscussion
40:20Reconvene to Regular Session at Approximately 7:00 p.m.2min
4.10:06Roll CallProcedural
4.20:20Report Out on Closed Session from April 16, 2025Information
50:28Welcome1min
5.1Welcome by the School Board President, Mike WellsProcedural
62:09Changes to the Agenda1min
6.1Additions, Deletions, or Modifications to the AgendaDiscussion
72:10Approval of Agenda1min
7.1Approval of AgendaAction
82:20Oral Communication
Finbar Rafferty (3min) — A third-grade Orion student described his love of advanced learning (referencing a college-level paleoanthropology course he completed), his ADHD challenges in a non-differentiated classroom, and advocated for more advanced classes in school.
Megan O'Reilly Green (3min) — Advocated for changes to board policy 5123 to explicitly support acceleration for high-ability students, citing research supporting acceleration and warning that without advanced options families will leave public schools.
Saoirse (Usha) (3min) — An Orion student heading to Kennedy next year argued from personal experience that advanced coursework is essential for continued growth and that high-performing students cannot be assumed to thrive without appropriately challenging curriculum.
Elmer Molina (1min) — A KIPP Excelencia parent requested that air conditioning be made a top priority for KIPP students, describing children appearing heat-stressed at pickup.
Jose Talavera (2min) — KIPP Excelencia's associate director of advocacy urged the board to include facility upgrades for KIPP's campus in the facility master plan discussion at the upcoming study session, and invited board members to a campus tree-planting event.
Carmen Flores (2min) — A KIPP Excelencia parent asked the board to include KIPP in the facility master plan budget, citing concerns about heat and water quality affecting her two daughters.
Juan Bale (2min) — A KIPP Excelencia parent congratulated Hoover on improvements and asked the board to similarly consider KIPP Excelencia for facility upgrades, including playground improvements.
Chris Terry (3min) — An Orion parent praised the district's equity efforts but argued that Kennedy Middle School should offer advanced classes so that students who don't attend Northstar have equitable access to accelerated coursework without relying on costly private tutoring.
Pam Barish (3min) — A 34-year kindergarten teacher at Henry Ford raised two concerns: (1) the newly installed temporary AC units are disruptive and unsuitable for classrooms, and (2) kindergarten teachers are losing their traditional minimum-day assessment period at the start of the school year.
May (2min) — A mathematician and Orion parent advocated for policy changes to increase access to advanced middle school curriculum, framing it as an equity issue that prevents financially disadvantaged high-ability students from reaching their potential.
8.1If you have public comment related to a Regular Board Meeting item, please post it on the links available under Public Content prior to the Regular Board Meeting or immediately upon the meeting opening.Information
933:01Discussion Items15min
9.1Board of Trustees Graduation/Promotions Assignments for the 2024-25 School YearDiscussion
1037:24Consent Items1min
10.137:24Approval of Consent ItemsAction
10.237:24Approval of the March 26 Board Meeting MinutesAction (Consent)
10.337:24Ratification of Warrant Registers, March 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025Action (Consent)
1137:40Action Items45min
11.1Approval of the School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA) for Orion Alternative, Henry Ford, Taft, and Garfield Elementary SchoolsAction (Consent)
1249:43Board and Superintendent Reports10min
12.1Report from Board Members and SuperintendentReports
1354:52Information15min
13.1Quarterly Williams Report, 3rd Quarter, January 2025 through March 2025Information
1455:00Correspondence1min
14.1Correspondence
1555:54Other Business/Suggested Items for Future Agenda1min
15.1Possible Other Business/Suggested Items for Future AgendaInformation
1658:46Board Meetings Calendar1min
16.1Changes to the Board Meetings CalendarInformation
1758:47Adjournment1min
17.1Adjourn the MeetingAction