001Well, good evening. Welcome to this regular meeting for Tuesday, April 1st, 2025. Everybody can please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Stupid. [snorts] It is recommended that the board of education appoint Wendy FA as treasurer pro 10 for the purpose of reporting the minutes of the April 1st, 2025 regular meeting. Second move by Miss Saxon. Second by Mr. McCarthy. Roll call, please. D. Yes. Mr. McCarthy. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Hanks. Yes. Mr. Baka. Yes. All right. Roll call, please. Mr. Here. Mr. Hanks. here. Mr. McCartney here. Jackson here. Mr. B here. Finalization of the agenda. Is there anything to add or remove? The agenda is final. Right into the superintendent's complaint. Okay. This has been an exciting afternoon already and there is nothing more exciting than recognizing the incredible people of our community, our students
002and our staff members. And I would like to begin tonight's superintendence report by inviting Anthony Oliva, Sergeant Deir, not going to even try the last name, and John Montgomery from our service department to come forward. So, we would like to thank the North Bridge Fire Department, North Bridgeville Police Department, as well as public works department. Uh, they hosted a basketball game between the three uh groups and working for public works, I'd like to proudly say public works took it to him. [laughter] But but in the pro but in the process they raised $1,300 that they then donated to North Ridge City Schools to help uh with any of the students that had outstanding lunch day. So like to thank all three unions for coming together and we really appreciate it. There's still time Andrew, you
003want to get in? Hey, fire. Just so you know, we did let everybody know that public works. Do you want him in? I want Bren to come up. All right. So, one, two, three. Why? Okay, as if that wasn't enough and so generous of all of our city groups, we appreciate you so much. We also have Lacy Rutherford and our friends from Between the Bun uh who held a fundraiser and also for the same reason donated to our So Lacy and her family um held a fundraiser at Between the Buns offered raffle basket and were able to donate to our schools $2,000 to help. Thank you so much. So many good things happen. Okay, so let's continue this evening. I'd like to invite to the podium Miss Andre Vance, principal of ECLC, who's going to
004present for two students of the month. Miss Advance. [laughter] Good evening everyone. Um I have the pleasure tonight of introducing our two students of the month. The first student that we will um start with is Liam Rosio. Um and uh Liam is in Miss Ricardo's preschool classroom. Liam, can you wave your hand? Um Liam's uh Miss Marcato said and she's here tonight. Thank you for joining us that Liam has shown progress this year in school. um in communicating with others, engaging with play with friends, and being more confident by participating in the classroom routine. Liam is now able to regulate his emotions and join in activities with his peers. He has become a great helper and is always excited to have a classroom job. Miss Ricardo says she's so proud of his skills that he's
005accomplished this year and she's excited to watch him continue to grow as he transitions to kindergarten next year. Great job, Liam. Our next student of the month is Annie Carver. Annie, can you wave? Uh Annie is in Miss Mseri's kindergarten classroom and Miss Mseri says that Annie has been an exceptional role model in class, showing kindness, enthusiasm, and wonderful eagerness to learn. We are so proud of Annie's accomplishments and her positive energy she brings every single day. Congratulations to Annie on this welldeserved Turn it over to the principal at Liberty. Okay, we'll get a picture. Sorry. Okay. So, everybody can see you and you say hi. Good evening everybody. Um, tonight I have the pleasure of introducing our two students of the month at Liberty. We have two first grade students tonight. First, I have
006Christopher Pinkerton. Say hi, Christopher. Um, and Christopher's teacher is here tonight, Mrs. Wigan Horn. She wrote that Chris has grown so much this year. He is a hard worker and he gets really excited to share what he is working on. He tried to be a good friend to others and has really embraced our classroom friendship challenge. Keep up the great work, Christopher. We are so proud of you. And next I have Eli Baka. He is a first grade student in Miss Moore's class and she is here tonight as well. Can you pick that up please? She'll pick that up. Thank you. There you go. Eli has worked so hard and gives the very best effort every day. He is kind, caring, and has such a big heart. We are so proud of all your hard
007work this year. Keep up the amazing George. There you go. And next, um, Mr. Sullivan from ENRACH will introduce his students at the [laughter] Great. That young man has some enthusiasm. Um, it's great to see everybody. Uh, this evening, Interact has four students of the month. So, I appreciate your patience as we go through. And I will call each student of the month up individually so we won't have a, you know, too many people up here. Our first student of the month is Kayla Conrad, fourth grader. Come on up, Kayla. Fourth grader. I'm going to say some nice things about Kayla. Kayla, here is what your teachers have said about you. Kayla is a hardworking student who is always polite and respectful. She walks into the classroom with a smile and a morning greeting. Kayla
008is always prepared for class, raises her hand to participate in class discussion, and listens as others speak. She is definitely an awesome example of being Ranger strong. Keep it up, Kayla. Our next student of the month is Mason Braander. We'll come back. Our next student of the month is Pace Men, sixth grader. Come on up, Pace. Case, here is what your teachers said about you. Case consistently demonstrates outstanding dedication and responsibility. He is always on task, prepared for every challenge, and goes above and beyond to help his classmates. His hard work, positive attitude, and commitment to excellence makes him a role model for other students. Keep up the amazing work, Case. We are so proud of you. Congratulations. Our next student of the month is Lauren Barney, eighth grader. Come on up, Lauren. Lauren, here
009are some amazing things that your teachers sent you. When you picture a Ranger Strong student, you picture Lauren Farney. She welcomes everyone with a smile and is very respectful to all her peers and her teachers. She takes pride in her work, puts in her best effort daily, and strives for success. Lauren, we are so proud of you. We know you will do great things in softball and your high school career. Congratulations. Our last student of pupander's we have nominated for showing ranger major strong attributes. Mason demonstrated growth this year by actively engaging in his lessons during whole group. He has proven committed to learning, especially during math time where he completes the task asked of him and is a leader to his peers. Mason is a joy to be around and a great friend to
010those around him. Mason, congratulations on being student. Hello. I am very excited to introduce two students of the month to you today. Um, one of them is here with me. The other one is joining on Zoom. So, our first student of the month is Alex Plus. Um, Alex is a joy to have at school. As a matter of fact, I would hire her if I could. Um, she is in fourth grade and was nominated by her teacher, Coach Rollsick. But she literally will take on anything that she sees needs to be done at school and she will do it. Um, so this is what coach Kay had to say about Alex. Dependability is the perfect description for Al. She is always prepared and ready to help. If we have a guest coach, I always know
011I can depend on Alex to help them access our slideshows and get the material they need for the day. She shows kindness and respect to her classmates and coaches. Thank you, Alex, for all your help and for being Ranger strong. Our next learner of the month is Shane Hayes and he is joining us on Zoom and he was nominated by coach Dissio. This is what coach Dissio had to say about Shane. Shane is not only known for his kindness and great sense of humor, but also for his unwavering work ethic and curiosity in the classroom, especially when it comes to science. He's always eager to dive into new concepts. As a natural leader, he leads by example, using his humor and inquisitive nature to inspire his peers and create a positive, engaging environment for everyone.
012Keep up the awesome work, Shane. I am so proud of you. Now, I'm going to introduce Mr. Mueller, who will recognize our high school students. While Mr. Mueller is making his way up, families, I just want to remind you that there will be an opportunity for photos of all of our students of the month. If it's hanging out, we'd love to capture the memory for you. Thank you, Mr. Mu. Good evening. We got nothing tonight. Sorry. [laughter] You know that's an April Fool's. And you know that you know that April Fool's Day is celebrated in many cultures around the world and it comes from a variety of sources. But the most popular interpretation of April Fool's Day has to do with the the change from the Julian calendar invented by Julius Caesar which had New
013Year's Day on April 1st. And I think Julius Caesar wanted to be remembered more for the calendar than the salad. and Pope Gregory the 13th, the Pope of Western Christendom, who held a lot of sway in the world, more so than current religious leaders, who decided to align New Year's Day with the winter solstice so that it lined up better with religious kind of events. And those news didn't travel fast. and those people who continue to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1st, we're referred to as April's fools. So, this board of education and our [clears throat] audience usually knows that I always have something to present. And the best thing about what I have to present are the North Ridgeville High School students of the month. And [clears throat] this month is no exception.
014Our first student of the month, Casey Melvin, could not be with us tonight because we we had the audacity to conflict with Rangers girls softball. You can't win that. We are the threetime defending Southwestern Conference champions running and this is Casey's senior year. Which would mean today that Casey is at the back. [laughter] That just came to me. Casey is a senior. She's been involved in varsity softball, as I said, for all four years. She also has been involved with Champions for Life, Prom Committee, Spanish Club, and other leadership events. Her favorite class is anatomy and physiology, and she enjoys hanging out with her friends, family, and softball teammates in her spare time. She will be attending the Ohio State University in the fall, majoring in health and rehabilitation sciences with the hope of eventually
015becoming a physical therapist. Congratulations to Casey Melvin. So, our next student of the month is North Bridgeville High School senior Kyle Miller. And Kyle is also four years basketball, three letter winner on our basketball program. He's our point guard. He is in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and is a member of the National Honor Society. His favorite class is strength and conditioning. His favorite hobby, basketball. His dream college, Bowling Green State University, and his dream job is a successful job in the finance field. Sounds like a great high school athlete. Yeah. Wouldn't you agree? He's really good and he has brought us a lot of joy at home games in in our gym, but that's not why he's being recognized. Kyle Miller is an outstanding student. I looked at Kyle's records when I was considering
016who's going to be nominated and I went back. I went all the way back. Every record that we have for Kyle Miller in every course he's taken in every quarter. [laughter] One quarter. What'd you get? Dang it. every course, every quarter for his entire career. Educational, not high school. A for Kyle Miller. This young man is a star. Believe in yourself forever. He is a great teammate. He cares more about the team and his teammates than he does for his own glory and gratification. And the entire high school is proud of him. And this entire community is proud that we have young men and young women like Casey Melvin and Kyle Miller are speaking the public. Mr. Mueller always makes it so difficult for me. But I do know that we can agree on one
017thing. We have excellent staff um in this building and that is what I get to recognize on behalf of the board of education every month and that is evidenced by how many teachers we have in the crowd this evening who are here to support their students who were just recognized. So congratulations to all of our students and I thank you um to our staff and I have two special staff members this evening that I would like to recognize as our March staff members of the month. Our first month's uh award winner is Mrs. Kaylin Carlo. Mrs. Carlo was hired in July of 2013 as an intervention specialist. She currently works in our ABLE classroom at the high school and she has been instrumental in starting our ABLE not label program. Kayn has also taken on
018her key adviser and is teaching our students the importance of volunteering. Kayn has been nominated by many, but one of her colleagues shares the following. Caitlyn Carlo is the most motivated, hard-working, and humble teacher. Her title teacher is just the beginning of what she does daily. She is also an entrepreneur, curriculum creator, graphic designer, social media manager, nurse, intervention specialist, and inspirational leader. Not only is she an amazing intervention specialist who creates and implements differentiated instruction so students of all ability levels can succeed, but she is also the founder and director of Able Not Label. Caitlyn's [clears throat] vision and work ethic launch the Able Not Label into superstardom. And not only do students learn employability skills for their future, but they also raise funds to host schoolwide events and field trips so that students
019can practice social and independent living skills. Congratulations, Caitlyn, and thank you for all new. Our second employee this evening is Amy. Amy was just hired this September 2024 as a secretary at the academic sector. Prior to her hire here at NRC, she worked at PNC Bank and um received her bachelor's degree in business and accounting from the Cleveland State University. Mrs. Offman has been has also served important volunteer u work as a parent. One of Amy's colleagues had this to share about her. Amy has been a wonderful addition to the ENRACH 58 office. She comes into work happy to be here every day. She has been doing an amazing job with coverage and always treats everyone with respect. She isn't afraid to jump in and help where needed and we are so happy that she
020is here with us. We have been very fortunate to have Amy as a member of our office team and we thank her for all that she does. At this time I think we're going to break for pictures. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you everybody. As you can see, we have some amazing students in North Ridgeville City Schools. And we have the most passionate, caring staff you could ever hope to be educating our children. They're all absolutely amazing. So, we'll go ahead and take a brief recess. Uh, actually, one more thing. Miss McCarthy, you have an announcement this evening. Do you just want to make sure that everyone is aware um of the recognition that was recently received by Liberty Elementary School. And I don't know if um superintendent exterior wants to speak a little bit more about
021that or principal um but I think it's worth um recognizing. So recently as Mrs. McCarthy said um Brie Pulio, principal of Liberty Elementary and assistant principal Jen Fenzone worked closely with our curriculum department Stacy Roco and Dr. Heather Miller to find themselves to be one of 47 elementary schools in Ohio to be recognized under the Governor Science of Reading uh recognition program. And we are so incredibly proud of the work that the Liberty Staff are doing. Um it is hard work, but it is work that is teaching our students lifelong skills of reading that truly will change their lives. And and Mrs. Polio, I know you are in the audience. If you would like to say anything, feel free. you don't have [laughter] you don't need to. But I do think it's important that we
022recognize the hard work that the staff of Liberty along with our curriculum department um have been doing and again to be one of 47 schools recognized in Ohio is pretty outstanding. So congratulations Bri, congratulations. Um, thank you to the board. No, I did not have any plan. Um, thank you to our board. Thank you to our curriculum department. Dr. Miller's not here right now. Maybe she's here. Um, but especially thank you, I think, to our staff, to our teachers, our I was new to Liberty last year as the assistant principal. This is my first year in the principal role and seeing all that our teachers do to give our students high quality literacy instruction, all the activities and lesson plans, time and effort that they put into it. It truly goes to our staff and
023our teachers, um, our pair professionals even supporting students with those things and supporting our teachers. So, thank you to everybody for the support, but really thank you to our our staff and our teachers and then families as well for just constantly giving us that support to do what's best for our kids. So, it's a great honor. Thank you. Congratulations. Okay, so now we are going to take a brief recess at the conclusion of the pictures. If you'd like to make a bolt to the parking lot, you're more than welcome to come back to the meeting, but I promise it's not nearly as fun as students ever. Okay, we're going to go ahead and call this meeting back to order. Oh, yeah. Here's an opportunity of hearing of the public. If there's anybody in attendance this
024evening that would like to address the board of education, now's your opportunity. Okay, seeing none, now we will move into education report. Miss Saxon, yes. We have one agreement for consideration in the education report. This is an agreement to renew our multi-year contract with the Educational Service Center for the 2025 2026 school year. This is the first reading for this item. The second reading and consideration for approval will be of the April 15th regular meeting. Thank you, Miss Saxton. Communications report, Mr. Griggsby. Sir, here we go. It is recommended that the board of education accept the following gifts of appreciation. Those that give towards student lunch assistance are the city of North Bridge Police, Fire and Public Works departments, $1,300. Between the bond, $2,000, Jessica Fellers, $100, and the ECLC PTA donated $400 towards the
025Launch account. The North Bridge band boosters gave $1,385 to purchase two Model 9 podiums for the marching band. Paige Ola donated a gently used Ludwe percussion kit for the NRHS band. Liberty PTO $330 for staff appreciation lunch and snacks. The NRA3 to PTO $372 for snacks during taste testing. Those that donate towards RH or sorry these are RHD PTO contributions for school nurse supplies $20.98 shirts $214.50 50 PBIS prizes $150 depth appreciation $8653 LCPTA gave uh $55.16 for the preschool holiday concert props $21.90 for the dinner for the ECLC staff during spring 56 following our adaptable athletics event sponsors and their donations Miller home title $500 new auction SBC $100 $1 property group 200 Bob Schmid Homes 100 Casey Oconor EDS $200 manufacturing $250 Bioane Coated Webbing donated three tents and two coolers. NRCS Food
026Services provided 170 cookies. Legacy Roofing donated one tent and two dart boards. and Chipotle Donate fundraiser donated $279.75 for adaptable athletics. The Ohio Kanis $100 towards the be the hero project. The North Vidal Athletic Boosters gave $1,350 for Royal Blue starting blocks for the track team and $450 for a communication device for the softball team at the high school. Liberty School fund run event sponsors were Kale Coding Incorporated $50, Dress Healthcare Services, $100, Hazel Joy Memorial Foundation, $500, and Georgia Awake gave $100. We thank our community for their tremendous support for our schools and students. Thank you, Mr. Yeah. Uh, building and operations report. We have one item under the building and operations report. We have a 5-year lease agreement for copier services with Xerox. This is the first reading for this item. The second
027reading and consideration for approval will be at the April 15th meeting. Human resources report. Mr. Haynes. Thank you, Mr. P. We have a number of items in the human resources report including the annual renewal of staff contracts, seven certified staff continuing contracts, 161 certified staff limited contracts, one building nurse limited contract, 70 support staff limited contracts, three certified staff leave of absences, one administrative staff benefit, one supervisor manager benefit hook, one nonrepresented support staff benefit book. This is the first reading on these items. The second reading and consideration for approval will be at the April 15th regular meeting. This concludes this part of the human resource report. And Pat, we have other board business this evening. Mr. [laughter] He'll follow Mr. NS. I would love for them to approve. [laughter] Uh we have three items
028to consider under human resources report. One administrative staff contract, one administrative consulting contract, one administrative staff contract addendum, one certified staff appointment, three support staff appointments, two substitute staff contracts, two administrative staff resignations, one certified staff resignation, one support staff resation. I move to approve the human resources items and now read. Second move by Mr. Haynes, second by Mr. Griggsby. Is there any discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Y. Yes. M. Yes. Mr. D. Yes. Mr. Ba. Yes. All right. I was just so excited to approve them. I know. right up front. It is it is hiring season and so here we are um welcoming people and some returning rangers and some new. So I would first like to um recognize Kathy Brady. She would join me up here. We are fortunate um to have Kathy
029joining us from the Avon Lake City School District. And so um their loss is our gain. She is joining us at ENRACH as a gifted um teacher. Um Kathy is a very talented educator who is coming to us with um years of experience and um she had received her bachelor's degree from Cleveland State and she also has a master's in curriculum and instruction and she also has a master's in educational leadership. And so all of those experiences along with some of the things that she's done with STEM um and her gifted students had led us um to selecting her as our top choice. And we're thrilled to have her working with our students, but we're also thrilled because she will be working with all of our students and all of our staff. Um so she
030will be benefiting all in this building and um not just our gifted students. But welcome. Thank you. We have a little gift for you. Get a little sunny. Excellent. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. I'm truly honored to be a part of another patrol. Thank you. And then for exciting news to share on our North Bridgeville High School principal search. So we would like to announce this evening and with the board's approval, Mrs. Megan Hignight is going to be our next principal of North Richville High School. Please. Um, I'm going to read because I want to give it the due diligence that it deserves. I'm so excited. Um, we hired Megan uh as an assistant principal two years ago and she has just grown um, you know, tremendously and was a great asset
031to us then and has really um, led us to this, you know, um, position. I would like to thank all of the candidates that we had. It was a great experience going through the candidate pool. Um, for those of us that got to to meet them, it was such a um it was a it was a very wonderful group of educators. And so, but Megan, um, you know, her being our internal candidate and just so skilled, um, with what she does and allowing us to continue some of the great things that are happening at our high school and she sees the vision for what we want um, in a high school and what we want for our students most importantly. So, we're excited to have her and for her to build her team um, as
032we would have an assistant opening now that we're moving up. So, we're we're very excited. Um, you know, some of Megan's strengths, she has established um some very positive relationships uh with our staff and works very well with them. Uh, her attention to detail is just something that is um impressive and um, you know, I I have all these other things on too that I can't see without glasses, but no. um she makes decisions based on what is best for kids and I always feel that that is the most important p you know part of being an educator and so we're thrilled to have her and we would love for her um to officially come on Perfect. [laughter] Love it. and a brand new high school in three years. Oh, yeah. [laughter] And then I
033will see you post one, too. My mom's ready. [laughter] Congratulations. We're so excited to work with all of you and and make this amazing. So, thank you so much. Thank you. Awesome. It is recommended that the board of education adjourn this regular meeting. Second by Mr. McCarthy, second by Mr. Haynes. Roll call, please. Mr. McCarthy, yes. Mr. Bates, yes. Mr. Grisby, yes. answers. Yes, Mr. V. Yes. Thank you everybody.