DPSCD Regular Board Meeting, 6.10.2025 part 2

    2:56PM Jun 11, 2025

    Speakers:

    Keywords:

    Deportation issue

    Davis Aerospace Technical High School

    FCC license

    avionics

    Marcus Garvey Academy

    Malcolm X

    Detroit City Airport

    Michael Bucha

    public comments

    closed session

    personnel actions

    administrative determinations

    terminations

    summer events

    board meeting.

    Yeah, we can, let's just pull it from the resolution.

    All right, let me, let me just ask a question the remainder people that are online, is it still in support of this of the deportation issue? So if it is, we all agree that we need to make a statement. I so you're not speaking on that. All right, please come forward, and this will be, if this is the only one that is not referring to this, this will be the last so that the board can go to work. We've heard you. We agree with you, but you gotta let us go to work. If we keep hearing more comments, we're going to miss our window. So, so will you allow? Will you allow? Will you, will you allow us at this point to go and get the statement? Will you allow us? Thank you, Miss. Kendall Walker, thank you.

    Thank you. Beverly Kendall Walker, on behalf of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Detroit chapter and black bodies of America, friends of Detroit City Airport, we have worked very hard to get to where we are today 13 years this community board has met almost every week since then to make sure that Davis aerospace Technical High School was being made whole. It's still not there yet all the way, but I know in the next curriculum year, we hope to add FCC license for avionics. That's the next thing. We want to make sure that we have an amp, airframe and power plant. We want to make sure that happens. So if you go up to the city airport right now today, you'll see some development that's happening because we're trying to receive the school back in time enough to do what they need to do to turn out the product that the aviation industry is looking for out of Detroit. So I appreciate all of you. I can say you kind of late comments, some of you, but some of y'all been in it for a long time. You know, I got you. I'm looking right at you. My other issue that I want to talk about. I'm a graduate from this school, this glorious school, Martin Luther King High School, 1972 telling my age. So I'm 70 years old, but my other love is Marcus Garvey Academy. I graduated from that school when it was but so Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X are the only two Afrocentric schools left in Detroit. We had an abundance. We have a lot of schools named after Black people who struggled and added to the value of human life in this city of Detroit, we have a lot of schools named after Black people today, June the 10th, 1940 the honorable Marcus Messiah Garvey passed away. I was at that school today, because I live in the neighborhood, the flag was flying half staff in honor, I claim the honor that they was attributing to their namesake, the Honorable Marcus Messiah Garvey, who was pardoned this year by President Joe Biden. So we appreciate that we understand about deportation, because he was deported from this country on trumped up charges by the FBI. So I feel, I feel for Michael, and I feel for everybody, but I had to use my space today to talk about the effort, the struggle. My shirt says, Because of them, we can that's my shirt says, because it's a lot of black folks on this shirt. Marcus, Garvey Malcolm X doctor, Martin Luther King, Harry Tubman, Rosa Parks, all these people is part of a movement. We are tonight is part of a movement. So let's get it. We got 1520 minutes to get it. Somebody with the camera. Let somebody know that this is where we stand with our student in Detroit, Michigan. Thank you,

    Madam Chair,

    thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Board Member, Angelique, I have a statement here.

    I was going to say, can we just pull so that we can get this statement together? Can we just pull language from the resolution that was sent earlier so that we don't have to spend a lot of time trying to create one? I think I have a statement. You have one. Okay?

    Thank you. Thank you. This concludes public comments. Thank you. What's the next thing on the agenda? Thank you so much. This is what we need to do now. Thank you all. Um, can we look at item number 14? And so. It is now that we go into closed session. I do have a statement, and we can go back and make the statement to the press. We have television cameras here. We can actually do it here. All right, Roll call, please.

    Monique Bryant, present, yes, yes,

    we're going into closed session. Yes,

    yes or no for closed session? Oh, I'm sorry we were having a can. I know. I'm sorry. We wanted to know if we were reading the statement before we go to

    I need to know. I need to confer with the board before we actually do the statement. I have the statement. I'm sending it to our so if we can go into closed session, I gotta meet with you in closed session. Okay, so you want us to hear it, yes, yes. I want the board to hear the statement, yes, yes. Who the motion was to

    go into closed session?

    You're session. She

    said, Yes. She said, Yes, we're doing a roll call next.

    But yes. Angelique Peterson, maybe a Yes. Doctor Iris Taylor, Dr Ida short, Patrice McClendon, Bishop. Coletta Vaughn, yes. Madam Chair, you have a quorum for closed

    session. Thank you. Would you all look at Your text message? Please call

    this Is Testing,

    testing, testing, one two is gone. Thank you.

    Testing. We've tested it legally, and we've, you know, made it so that it does not impugn the family in any way, and that it does not put Michael in any further harm. The Detroit Public School community District Board of Education stands firmly with our community in demanding the immediate stay of deportion for our student, Michael Bucha derate, is part of our dpscd family, and we are heartbroken by the fear and the disruption that this situation has caused his loved ones, classmate, school and community. We the board call for the immediate release of my god and request a formal stay of his deportation. We want him to complete his coursework and graduate with his high school diploma, just as he has worked so very hard to do. Thank you. Say

    his name for me, please. Michael, so just Michael. Yep, good to just get in with the right I feel like it's good to just get something out as soon as

    possible. Hear you and then touching our hearts, we are mothers, and it breaks my heart when that mom stood up there and I working on so thank you for being persistent. Thank you for staying long, and thank you for being alive

    and right. Thank you thank you when

    we. Work into the minutes I Know

    if read now.

    The I got it. I got you. Got you. Thank you. Motion to come into closed session. Roll call, please. Did you because you already broke? You made the motion. Support. All right, Miss, Miss Moore, please roll call

    Monique Bryant, Sherry gay, Daniel go, Dr Iris Taylor, Dr Ida Simmons short, Latrice McClendon, present, Angelique Peterson, Mayberry, Mr. Coletta Vaughn, present. Madam Chair, you have a quorum to come out of closed session. Thank

    you so much. Thank you so much. Before we move to the items that need to be handled in item number 15. Personnel actions, 1501 1502 and 1503, I would like to read into the minutes the public comment that was made and released to the media on behalf of the board, the Detroit Public School community District Board of Education stands firmly With our community and demanding the immediate stay of deportation for our student, Michael Bucha Detroit. Michael is a part of our dpscd family, and we are heartbroken by the fear and disruption that this situation has caused his loved ones, classmates and school community, we call for the immediate release of Mikhail and request a formal stay of his deportation. We want him to complete his coursework and graduate with his high school diploma, just as he has worked hard to do. In addition, we the board will also continue to keep in touch with the family and keep the school community updated. Thank you so much. Moving to policies number 12, I'm sorry, two personnel actions, 1501, administrative determinations. What is your desire board support motion

    to approve 15 points. Zero

    revision, uh, motion to amend or to approve, with the exception of one. Hold on, let me find it. MC, number three. MC. MC, yes, so we want to Bishop. We would like to take out a take out. MC, okay, which is number three our

    list. Thank you. So 15 01, is modified to remove MC, correct. All right, all in favor. Aye. So moved 15 02, terminations for calls. So moved,

    I'm sorry I move that we support the superintendent's recommendation for 15.02

    Thank you. Supported. Probably moved in second, all in favor. So moved 15 03,

    motion to approve the superintendent's recommendation. Support

    board, thank you so much, all in favor. So moved. Thank you so much. Just in terms of announcements to be read into the record, today was the last day of school for our students, and they are upcoming summer on the block locations. You will find them on our website. Those of you that are still watching my stream. Wednesday, June the 18th at Dawson, from 12 to two. Mumford from 430 to 630 Thursday, June 26 at Nichols from 12 to two, and Carson's from 430 to 630 then on Thursday July the third, at circle from 12 to two, and at Emerson from 430 to 630 so that our community is engaged our finance meeting, Wednesday, June the 18th. 18 at 3pm the academic meeting. Wednesday, June 25 at 430 parent listening session. Tuesday, online, June 24 at 11am and we also invite our community to the next board meeting. July the eighth, 530 here motion to adjourn.

    Uh, Madam Chair GIS information camp.

    Uh, Frederick Douglas will be hosted June 24 through June 26 Thank you. Absolutely free. Please go to Frederick Douglass website for more information. Fantastic.

    Thank you. Motion to motion to adjourn consent is all Yes. Thank you so much. Good night. You.