001Well, good evening and welcome to this regular meeting for Tuesday, August 5th, 2025. Everybody, please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Gby, >> here. >> Mr. H, >> here. >> Mrs. McCarthy, >> here. Mrs. Texas here. Mr. Rock >> here. Finalization of the agenda. Is there anything to add or remove? >> The agenda is final as presented. >> Thank you. We'll go ahead and move right into the superintendent charter report. >> Excellent. We would like to present Miss Carlyanne Schroeder, director of operations. Talk to us a little bit about our partnerships with Paramark and some exciting new items for the upcoming school
002year. >> Hello everybody. Good evening. I'd >> like to take a moment to introduce someone who plays a vital role in supporting our students every single day. Leslie McKimmy, our food service director from AirArk. Leslie leads our district's food service operations with dedication, professionalism, and a deep commitment to student well-being. From managing daily meals to leading special initiatives, her work ensures that our students are wellnourished. Tonight she'll be sharing a brief overview of the past year and plans for this upcoming school year. >> All yours. >> So this will be my fourth year um as you service director here. I can honestly still say this is same speech every year. I still love my job. Um, so I still have switch to next slide. Still have um, we all know that starting a meal, your
003day with a meal and a good lunch is better for your education. Next slide. Uh, with that being said, air and myself are committed to following all the nutritional standards that are required by the state. Next slide. Uh last year uh our breakfast sales were up 3% over the previous year and lunch was up 5% over the previous year. So we have no growth. Uh something that came out last year uh well it was actually improved last year was student viewpoint survey. Um it was actually live results put out QR codes. We even had a drawing for dairy grow gift cards. Okay. So we had the highest ever percentage of people that did our survey and with that we found out that lunch was our highest participation. So next slide. Um we want to increase
004our breakfast and with that uh we decided we're going to do smoothies. We did roll them out last year towards the end of the year and on smoothie days it's huge. So we're definitely doing more smoothies. Um, in the bottom lefthand corner, you can't see it from here, um, but that's a brand called Super Bakery. And for example, like those London breads and there's the banana bread. They have five grams of protein in them, just that one piece of bread. So those are amazing products. Then we have perface. And then Uncrustables. On the last day of school last year, we're trying to move some products. So we threw out some Uncrustables and they moved in a minute. Like these kids want Uncrustables for breakfast. So every day we will be serving uncrustables for breakfast this
005year. Next slide. Um the second thing that we saw on the menu around the survey was that people don't know where to find the menus. So next slide. We have a new and improved social media account. Um NRCS nutrition. It was NRCS cafe. Um, but with this I'll be posting menus, um, pictures, all kinds of updates. I'm committed to it. I always wanted to be social media really, really excited about it. >> Okay. And so then the third thing on there uh, was what the students wanted. They wanted more salad options and more drink options. So, we have 10 new salads coming out this year that are pre-made. Um, there are five of them that you've sampled tonight with our homemade dressings. Uh, they're in a small lounge if you haven't seen them yet. Uh,
006Asian, Mexican, Italian, a fruit salad, and a cop salad. And then we have six new drink options. They're available for 5 through 12. Unfortunately, state guidelines, so we can't do anything for the little guys. Um, so six new drinks coming soon. Uh, next slide. Also, at our high school, we uh revamped our coffee program. We are now called Ranger Grounds. We will have a cool new coffee table with somebody actually working that station for breakfast and a featured breakfast item. So whether it be a donut or a croissant sandwich, it'll be featured on there. Hopefully boost some sales and the kids will really enjoy. Excellent. Um, this past summer, just last week, we had seven, >> seven more employees who put through our Surf Safe program. Uh, bringing our total up to >> 25 of
00730, >> though, we're still lugging away on that. Slowly but surely. Next slide. Uh, one of the things that we did over the school year was work with the um ABLE team. This was the fifth through 7th grade. >> Yes. Okay. Uh, we brought them in and we made some cookie baskets with frosting in them uh for Easter. Um, and I'm already in talks with that teacher of doing some more stuff this coming year. Next slide. And then for appreciate employee appreciation day, we partnered with Able Not Label and had the t-shirts made for all the employees. Um, and then I don't have a picture of the last thing, but we're in talks with the ABLE team that does plants like herbs so that we can start using those in our kitchen. Fantastic. The breakfast
008options have come a long way since the super donut super >> glad to see that >> every year the options you roll out to the kids is amazing. Those salads look great. >> Thank you for be choices. >> Yeah, >> nice job. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Great announcements. Just the car. >> Yeah. So, we have more news out of Columbus. >> On July 21st, the House of Representatives voted to override Governor Dwine's veto on line item 66, which is legislation that eliminates specific levy types for public schools. Um the Ohio um Senate has not yet voted on this matter and they might not vote on it until they return in September. Um, but we're urging people to call and contact Nathan Manning, our senator, and um, demand slurge more demand, then he vote
009no on this vi veto override. Um, the stakes are high in this situation. Our current substitute levy brings in about $12 million annually and it's set to expire in 2029. under this new legislation, we would be prohibited from renewing that levy. That means we'd be forced to go back to our community and seek new funding just to maintain our current um operations. And that puts us obviously at a devastation of um at risk for a devastating shortfall. Uh we are not if we are not able to pass a new levy before 2029, we could be looking at drastic cuts, building closures, rolling back extracurriculars, transportation cuts, and staff reductions. Doesn't just affect North Ridge City Schools. It affects all Lorraine County schools. The total um which Lorraine County schools are at risk of losing is
010over $60 million when levies expire. There's more information on our website of how you can contact the senator and some talking points um that you can uh use to when you talk to the senator or email. Um, we will be continue to be strong advocates for our schools and for financial security, for public education. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Of course. >> Any other >> on a happy note, Ranger Rally's coming up? >> That's on Friday, August 15th at the kickoff to um the school year featuring opening of the time capsule from Willox Elementary, the year 2000. So, if you were around in the year 2000, especially at Willox Elementary, we invite you to come out. That opening is at 5:30. Groundbreaking of our new high school is at 6 p.m. And overall, the event
011runs from 4:30 to 6:30. Going to be fantastic time. We have lots of um community partners coming out and um things for everyone to do and food and so it'll be fabulous. >> Now, is there a possibility there'll be anything in that capsule from you, Miss McCarthy? >> No, there will not. >> Alumni North But I'm excited to see what's in it because it's been 25 years already. >> So I'll never forget when we tore down Wilcox, we had to go through it one more time while my kids went through it. My wife went through it and we got there and the yearbook, an old yearbook was opened up and Becky's picture was actually two of the pages that were opened up. Then I had to console my unconsolable wife because the reality hit that
012the school she went to and that my kids went through was being torn down. >> Did not expect that. But yeah, she's really excited about this the time capsule. >> All my boys plan to be in there. So >> that'll be fun. >> That'll be cool. >> Yeah. Interesting. >> And the groundbreaking for the new high school. Can't forget that time capsule. But that's even better yet, right? >> Big deal. >> All right. There's an opportunity for hearing of the public. Anybody in attendance this evening that would like to address the board of education, now is your chance. You can come to the podium, sign in, state your name and address. We allocate three minutes per individual up to 30 minutes total so we can continue to conduct regular board business. >> Hello, good evening
013everybody. My name is Bernard Garcia. I live at 7324 Root Road here in North Ridgeville. I'm also a 2008 graduate of North Ridgel High School. Proud to be an AR a Ranger alumni. Um I came there's a lot of interesting things happening with schools. I think that's wonderful. They've needed them for years. When I was in high school, we didn't have air conditioning. Uh we were three to a locker in the high school. Um we got a day off because the school flooded from the inside, not the outside. >> So it's it's something that absolutely needs to be done. Um, but as I've made my way through this world and I now work in the business world with heavy industry, um, I'm the guy with a corner office and I've noticed a trend when it
014comes to manufacturing and jobs and things like that. We can't find people and I think it's wonderful that all the school districts and colleges, they preach STEM, they preach technology, they preach all those wonderful things. I absolutely believe it has a place in this world. But moving forward, I would hope that you guys would consider when it comes to the planning for the new building and stuff like that to really take into consideration the skilled trades, shop classes, you know, the different operating uh engineers like operating equipment and truck drivers as well because there are some really good opportunities for kids. Not every kid's going to be a scientist or a mathematician or an engineer. There are a lot of people in North Ridgeville that can make a good living, start their own business, and
015be very well off and do it in a blueco collar fashion. Um, just so you guys know, there are students in Lraine County, North Ridgeville included, that are so far from the vocational school that there are students in Erie County, Heron County, Madina County, and Ashlin County that are actually closer than various students here in the city of North Richard. So, it is very important that as we move forward with all the planning and logistics that you guys, you know, take a a closer look at how this could benefit not only the students but the community as well. Um, I want to see everybody succeed. I want to see everybody in this room, you know, continue to um, you know, do the best thing you can for this community. Secondly, briefly, while it's not truly
016a education issue, I do think it's important that we take note that the city has tried to get funding, they may have done it already, for the roundabout at Bay Bridge and route. That is one of the most heavily um traveled intersections for pedestrians, especially children. And while roundabouts, they talk all the time it's safe for cars and things like that. I think that's great, but they don't think about how some kid is walking to the library or the park or the cross country team is running through that intersection. So, if you can, as I have, if anyone in this room is a North Ridgel resident would be willing to speak up, I've gone to the city council meetings and voice my opinion a couple times, um, just let them know that that may not
017be the best option for there. I'm not saying that the city doesn't need to build roundabouts, but I do feel that that's a very dangerous situation for children, middle school kids, even high school kids, whether they're going to play basketball at the park, they're going to read a book at the library, they're walking to the cornfest, which is this weekend. So, just remember that, you know, I just wanted to be safe for everyone as well because I do live right on that corner. So, I do know the impact. I see people go by every day. But, thank you guys for the opportunity to speak. May you guys have a good school year and thank you to everyone who in my life was a wonderful um person who helped shape me from the north city schools
018and may you guys continue to have that impact on the children of this community. >> Thank you. >> I do want to share one thing for you. We pride ourselves very much so on meeting the individual needs of every one of our students and uh creating opportunity for them to do what they envision for the rest of their lives. We no longer have college fairs. We have future affairs and these future affairs we invite out local manufacturing businesses all five branches of the military trade union groups are represented there as well as colleges. So we truly do uh address the needs of all our students and we encourage every student to follow the path that they envision for themselves versus a cookie cutter approach to education. So we're doing some of those things that you're
019asking us to look out for and we will continue to do that. But thank you very much. Thank you. >> All right. Consent agenda. Education report. Miss Saxa. >> Yes. We have two agreements for your consideration. Under the education report, it is recommended that the board approve the amended agreement with the suburban health consort consortium. We also have an agreement for Murray Bridge Center School for the 2025 2026 school year to serve students with developmental disabilities in grades K through 12 who require additional services beyond what can be provided within the district. This is the first reading for these items. The second reading and consideration for approval will be at the August 19th regular meeting. >> Thank you. Mr. Rebecca, can we have um an update on the Suburban Health Consortium from Andy, please? >>
020Sure, absolutely. Uh the Suburban Health Consortium is our, you know, healthc care and um medical benefit uh program that we're in with a group of other public schools. Uh this is simply an amendment to um their bylaws mostly pertaining to the board of directors um how many times a year that they meet um differing how they're in staggering their start times and end times on those committees so that they're not losing all of them at the same time. Um those are just a couple of examples but it just kind of um it was a look at all of their bylaws for that. >> So nothing um currently it's not anything dealing with our health plans. No, it does not make any changes to our current health plans for our employees. >> Thank you. >> All
021right. Communications report. Mr. Briggsby. >> Thank you, sir. It is recommended that the board of education accept the following gifts with appreciation. The RHT PTO donated $4,73.33 uh for school initiatives including $683 for testing snacks, $1,350 for staff appreciation, $1,326 for PBIS prizes, $52 for nurses supplies, $663 for reward trip transportation. The NAC 3 to4 PTO donated $985 where proceeds for the field take t-shirt sales donated to Lisa Burners gym and equipment fund. ECLC PTA donated $1,32 in support of teacher appreciation week. The athletic boosters donated $40,000 to the athletic department in support of district athletic programs. And as always, we thank our community for the tremendous support of our schools and students. >> Thanks. All right. Uh under buildings and operations we have one item to consider under the buildings and operations report. We
022have the declaration of impracticality of the schools listed and offer payment in lie of transportation to parents uh guardian/guardians of those schools. This concludes the buildings in operation reports human resources. Mr. HS we have a number of items in the human resources report. 10 certified staff contract adjustments. Three support staff contract adjustments. This is the first reading of these items. The second reading and consider consideration for approval will be on August 19th regular meeting. This concludes as part of the human resources report. >> Thank you. Mr. Hans will continue with another human resources report. >> Thank you. We have several items considered under this human resources report. Six support staff appointments, three support staff substitute contracts, two summer preschool assessment contracts, one unpaid volunteer recognition, one certified staff contract adjustment, five support staff resignations. I
023move to approve the human resources items in one reading. Second move by Mr. Haynes, second by Mr. Die. Is there any discussion? >> Roll call, please. Yes, >> Mr. Briggsby. >> Yes, >> Mr. McCarthy. >> Yes, Mr. Samson. >> Yes, Mr. B. >> Yes. >> Recommended the board of education adjourn this regular meeting. >> Moved. Second. >> Miss Saxon. Second by McCarthy. Roll call, please. >> M. >> Yes. Mr. McCarthy. >> Yes. Mr. Dying. >> Yes. >> Main. Yes. >> Mr. Rock. >> Yes. Thank you everybody.