AAPS Bond Advisory Group
Purpose, Membership and Process

Purpose: 

The purpose of the AAPS Bond Advisory Group is to engage community members and organizations in a collaborative process to help inform and make recommendations to the AAPS Board of Education (BOE) Bond Committee and the Bond’s professional team. These recommendations will reflect the values and direction of the AAPS core mission to deliver a high-quality educational experience for all students. The Bond Advisory Group will assist in communicating bond updates to the community and enhance partnerships in support of bond work.

Membership:

The AAPS Bond Advisory Group will be formed in the fall of 2021. The Bond Advisory Group will include leaders in the Ann Arbor community who are invested in and committed to realizing the short and long-term objectives of the AAPS Bond Program in support of the mission of the school district. 

The Bond Advisory Group members have demonstrated a deep investment in the Ann Arbor community. Members will commit to serving as learners, becoming fully educated on the overall AAPS Bond Program, offering and exploring relevant questions while interacting with the Bond’s professional team and BOE Bond Committee. In their work on the Bond Advisory Group, members will serve as a resource to inform and strengthen the direction and path to fully meet the district’s promises and overarching goals of the AAPS Bond Program.

The Bond Advisory Group members will serve as key communicators of the AAPS Bond Program in the community, sharing their knowledge within their spheres of influence. 

The Bond Advisory Group embodies broad perspectives, values the work of the AAPS and is committed to the betterment of the community through the enduring success of the AAPS Bond Program. They reflect the values and the direction of the Ann Arbor Public Schools’ critical mission to deliver a high-quality educational experience to all students. 

The Board of Education, representatives of the BOE Bond Committee, as well as AAPS leadership team members, will regularly engage with the Bond Advisory Group in roundtable discussions and are committed to learning together through the bond process.

Members of the Bond Advisory Group are requested to commit, ideally, for a minimum of 2 years. Service on the Bond Advisory Group will include regular attendance at monthly meetings and optional attendance at special events. Members agree to have their names and pictures posted on the district’s website.

Process:

Selection of Members

Members of the Bond Advisory Group will be selected through an application process by the BOE Bond Committee. The BOE Bond Committee will recommend the membership selection to the full Board of Education for review and approval.

TIMELINE:

• October 2021         Issue online application and select membership
• Nov/Dec 2021                Initial introductory meetings
• 2022                              Monthly working meetings