001I like to call the meeting of the Springfield Board of Education to order Tuesday, April 7th, 2026. Mr. Adams. Mr. Warner. Yes. This is Warner. I'm sorry. I looked at this for a minute. Mr. Mason. Yes. Mr. Gober. Yes. Mr. Lyons. Yes. Mrs. Perrault. Yes, I'm here. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. At this point, seeing no this would be citizens' comments, and I don't think we have any comments, so we will go on to number five, which is personnel. It is recommended that the board accept or approve the following personnel items. 5.1 is a resignation. Accept the retirement resignation of assistant treasurer Kathy Christie Trog, effective May 1, 2026.
0025.2, employment. Employ the following certified staff, per the collective bargaining agreement and proper licensure and pre-employment screening. Uh, this would be effective for the 2026 uh 2026-2027 school year. And uh we have Adam Dallmus, Olivia Melanie Thompson, and Isabel Salsgiver. Gaver, I'm My eyes are blurry. And at this point do you want to I'll make a motion in a second. I'll make a motion. I second. I'd like to introduce you to We have Adam Blalock. He is here. He is joining us. He's finishing up his student teaching right now over at Lake. He has also worked in Jackson Public Schools as a teaching assistant for I believe it's four years. Yeah, yep. For four years. So, he's coming to us after earning a degree in communications, he has then moved on and decided that he
003needs to be a teacher. And so, we are lucky to have him with us here at Springfield starting this next school year. He will be over at Springfield as our physical education teacher. Awesome. We also have Isabella Saus- I I don't know if I should Hold on. Saus- Gaber. Sausgaber. Sausgaber. Okay. We have She is joining us from actually here. She's student teaching up at Springfield High School right now, which is where she will actually be placed up at Springfield High School. As she worked her way through college, she's actually spent several years I believe in the Center for Literacy. So, she has a good literacy background and as a side job she works at Candle City Mall. Not the one nearby. So, we're lucky to have her join us here at Springfield. So, these
004are two of our three new hires. Unfortunately, they won't be making it tonight. If Isabella Mayes isn't here, could you tell us about her? Absolutely. Melanie Thompson is joining us. She is right now working She has received her degrees in linguistics and then went back and got a master's degree in Spanish. She will be our Spanish teacher. She currently is working in as a teaching assistant and a grad assistant at Cleveland State University if I remember correctly. So, she is excited to get into the the public school system and be able to use her language on a daily basis with our students. So, and she's heard great things about Springfield. She said, "I heard Springfield is awesome, so I'm glad to be there." Awesome. Thank you. Well, good luck, guys. Glad to have you. Mr.
005Adams. Sure. Mr. Mason. You got to make a motion. Yes. I'll go again. Yes. Mrs. Warner. Yes. Mr. Hofer. Yes. Mrs. Froelich. Yes. Mr. Adams. Yes. Congratulations. Welcome. So, I hope I can get to know you before I go away into the Yes, I understand. So, if you would like to leave, you do not have to stay. It looks beautiful out there. I hear the weather is not that great in Sunshine and Sunshine. Say goodbye to them. Thank you. Thank you, guys, so much. Thank you. Very excited. Very excited. We're excited to have you. We're looking forward to seeing you in the office. Yes. She's hired. Thank you. Number six. It is recommended that the board go into executive session this time for reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with employees. So moved. Second. It moved
006and seconded, Mr. Adams. Mr. Mason. Yes. Mr. Hofer. Yes. Mrs. Warner. Yes. Mrs. Froelich. Yes. Mr. Adams. Yes. >> I move that we adopt the motion to come out of executive Motion. Second. It's moved and seconded, Mr. Adams. Mr. Adams? Yes. Mr. Mason? Yes. Mrs. Prola? Yes. Mrs. Warner? Yes. Mr. Hofer? Yes. Motion passed. Number seven, resolution adopting tentative agreement with the Springfield Federation of teaching professionals. Uh it is resolved that the board hereby adopts the tentative agreement reached by the Springfield Federation of Teaching Professionals on April 7th, 2026 for a successor three-year labor agreement and authorizes and directs the superintendent to execute the final agreement reflecting that tentative agreement on behalf of the board. So moved. Second. It's moved and seconded, Mr. Adams. Mr. Mason? Yes. Mr. Hofer? Yes. Mrs. Warner? Yes. Mrs. Prola?
007Yes. Mr. Adams? Yes. Motion passed. Thank you. We don't have citizens present to make comments, so uh board members and informal I I'm going to say that first I I want to thank on behalf of the board the negotiating teams both for the teachers and the district for working through this and getting the contract resolved. We're grateful for your support tonight. 80-20 split. I did what you just said. Oh, you did a what? I did a what? Yeah. Uh I'll I'll I'll I guess third that. Um only other thing is the uh sports booster reverse raffle this Saturday night. Uh there's still a just a couple tickets left uh if anybody still needs one, but if you haven't been before, come on out. It's a good time. Um it's a good time. Down at Guys
008Party Center, so it'll be even better than previous years. So, Um I also want to thank the uh teachers as well uh and everybody on our team as well for creating something I believe that is actually sustainable for our district and I think that's very important, especially with everything going on in the state. Um our community will see that we're one of the leading figures in this area. As I've said before, often times we look we're looked down on and I think it's important that we be at the top of this one. And maybe we'll be in charge of I agree with that. I think both sides did um a great job at coming to a a resolution. I do want to bring up one fact that I was approached that um a community member
009basically said that, you know, I heard that you guys voted and um we won now. And I just just for transparency issues that our board never voted until today on uh any resolution to a contract. Um I think it worked out for both sides, but I I do want uh to say that because I was questioned just to make sure that people know that that did not happen until today. Okay. Anything else? All right. I motion to adjourn. Second. It's ready to be the meeting be adjourned at this time. Subject. Second. Moved and seconded. Mr. Adams? You got to do it twice just by the rules. Okay. This is Mason. Yes. Mr. Warner. Yes. Mr. Harper. Yes. Mr. Lance. Yes. Mrs. Rhodes. Yes. Thank you.