001all right well good evening and welcome to the north bridgville City Schools Board of Education meeting for Tuesday March 4th if everybody can please stand FL United States America and the repic for sing us one nation under God recommended the Board of Education appoint Wendy to the treas treasur protm for the purposes of recording the minutes of the mark fourth meeting moved move by m McCarthy second by Mr Haynes Ro please M mcy yes yes gisby yes Jackson Yesa yes roll call please gby here HKS Mr par here mson here Mr V here finalization of the agenda is there anything to add or remove the agenda is final is presented awesome move right into the superintendent treasurers report okay excellent I would like to invite Miss jie Vance to the podium to share with the
002board a little information about our students with disabilities and our state profile good evening good um Welcome to our visitors I don't know if you'll be happy that you were here for my presentation or not they're gonna love okay so um it's it's nice to be with you today and I have um great news to share with you um with what I'm sharing so um it it is always a joy to share the work um and that it's recognized here in the state of Ohio um we are I'm going over the special education profile summary um and so I have a few slides that are big picture um and then I have some picture some more specific to the ratings um and the profile reports that we get from the Ohio Department of Education and
003Workforce so big picture um in North Bridgeville City Schools North Bridgeville City schools has 14.86% of their student enrollment as identified with students on IEPs and then we have approximately 85 .4% um without disabilities so as you can see when you look left to right as a comparison with the state of Ohio we're pretty much in line um generally speaking there's always been a a theory of you want to be around 133% um that's like you know research says um I think North Ridgeville is unique because of the enrollement and I think that we've always hovered right in this area so we're not out of bounds we're not in an area of concern that would cause any um alert to anybody but um I'm really um impressed um that we do have the families that
004are moving here and and seeking services and feeling positive about the services that they're going to receive here in North reville for special education on our next slide um there is a breakdown not going to read like word for word everything but this is the disproportion or the propor distribution of students and what disability areas that they qualify in our highest area is specific learning disability it is the disab category um that students frequently will qualify for um and when you look at the state um the state that is the one area that we are above where the state average is and that is where I see the difference in enrollment um I really uh one of these days I really want to do an analysis of the numbers of students that enroll in our
005district and kind of how they fall into this um and it's not a bad thing it's just information um you know we also have a very high um number of students um for the size of District we have um a lot of our students that require more involved needs that we service in our able classrooms we now have nine units I will tell you those nine units are pretty much full and so um we are getting to a point um that we need to be considering what are the next steps for those uh students and how do we support all students but then also encouraging us to look at opportunities for students that are in our able classrooms to have more opportunities for inclusive um interactions with their peers and in the general education um
006so this again is just a visual again comparing comparing across the state I'm happy to report that not only do we get a special education profile but we also get an overall annual rating and that always comes out in the spring um and I was trying to see if I presented last spring and if I shared this and I I couldn't find it but I'm happy to report we met requirements and um the goal is to get a 4.0 we got a 3.93 um and annually we receive that so we receive this profile it's usually a Christmas gift is usually what I call it we get it like right before Christmas break um and then our spring profile comes out somewhere April May it changes um sometimes but I want to explain to you just
007very briefly that 3.93 as you know in special education we're very compliance heavy you know federal and state law requires us to follow a lot of compliance um and deadlines and um I reported to you previously that you know I have an admin assistant that enters hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of data points um and unfortunately sometimes we miss one and we enter it incorrectly and what I'm proud to report is that any time that we have not made the 420 or the 100% it has been a data error um and I'm proud I'm not proud that we have it but I'm proud to say it's not because we didn't meet the requirement so we're always able to go back fix that and we're also able to do um corrective action plans so that we
008can improve that like okay so how can we make it better so that this doesn't happen and so that's why we have the 3.93 and it isn't because we failed to provide the service or enter the information or do it in a timely manner so going on to the next slide very briefly these are the six um questions that guide the special education profile I'm going to go over each of these as I present the slide and information but I will point out that the number three question it says to what extent do students with disabilities have access to the general education environment and it's not reported currently so they didn't report on that in this most Rec recent profile because they're switching that question over to the annual rating um why they didn't just
009take it out I don't know but on the report for the profile that I shared with you um a couple weeks ago that is blank there's just no information there so we'll cover the other ones as get to them so the next slide is the first one is are young children with disabilities entering kindergarten ready to learn and so this rating reports of nrcs um was compliant with all timelines for students transitioning from early intervention through Lorraine County to preschool Services by their third birthday there are certain timelines and um before a student turns three when we need to hold meetings have meetings and have everything complete and I'm happy to report we 8 100% the next question is are children with dis disabilities achieving at high levels and we want to be less than
010or equal to 1.00% it's interesting this is based on our alternate assessment data and so in the state of Ohio districts are required to have no more than one% of their students participating in an alternate assessment so our students that have um the most involved needs um typically are nonverbal typically need more help with daily living and high um and really require more supports hand overand to be successful dayto day those are our students that are to be taking the alternate assessment um five years ago um we were at a 1.56% when I had arrived into the district and the state has done a lot of work this is not just me um but the state has done a lot of work of restricting and putting in um guidance so that we're not providing it
011to students that should not be having that but I am proud of the fact that we are not only are we below 1% but pretty much we're below 75% and the reason why those numbers are a little different is sometimes you don't have to take a science test for every year and sometimes um students once they pass a test they don't have to take the test again so that's why the numbers get a little off but I trust you trust me that they're all taking that they what they should our next slide so this one is a little more involved um and it's our youth with disabilities prepared for life work and postsecondary education for years special education has always needed to follow up with students after they've graduated from high school we always did
012these transition surveys we reached out to families um the state would rotate when you needed to do it and you would have to collect data on students um progress and report that to the state that is now a requirement for all students and so not only are we doing it for our students who are on IEPs but we're doing for our general education students so when students leave here their senior year we have to make sure we get contact information from them we need to get their personal emails their uh cell phone what parent can we contact and it can be really hard um for our students in special education I always feel like we've had a good process of getting that but it's harder to do it on a grander scale um but I'm
013happy to report and share with you um those the graduation um it's that number is based on our students that graduated by me the same requirements as their typical peers I want you to know that we have more students graduating in special education than 69.23% but what's key there is that they did not have any exemptions that they weren't excused from consequences and that they met the testing requirements in the same way as their typical gears so that's a positive number I hope to see that higher because remember this data is from 2223 that's the challenge of this report sometimes it's so far delayed but I know that we have made great efforts with our Pathways um you know to provide students opportunities so we are not accepting them and they are meeting the requirements
014just like their typical peers dropout rate I'm rarely 2.5 oh go back yep 2.56% the state average is 18.36% we can be proud of that um one of the things is also is now this is the first year that students that drop out um or leave us and if they reenroll in other districts then it we they get counted it used to be that if they reenroll we never get credit for that or acknowledgement of that secondary CR transition that's when our students when they turn 14 were required to provide transition services and that's just making sure that we do that that is a requirement to be at 100% And we are response uh rate so that is actually that was something um in regards to that the parents surveys at north richeville city schools
015and um our response rate um there was 80.5 n% and so again you share it out with everybody if everybody does it but 80% I think is pretty good when we're looking at completing surveys from families and providing input these next three are very unique higher education higher education or um comparable um or employment um and ultimately what those three ratings are sharing is it measures the percentage of students with IEPs who left school and enrolled in one year into either higher education competitive employment or educational training and so that breaks down for you those three areas okay so those are specifically students on IEPs that it's referring to and again above the state average the next uh information shares with you does the district Implement idea to improve services and results for children with
016disabilities so that is again um our special education survey we met it's not something we have to do every year so but last year our families did and that's an indicator 11 child find timely initial evaluations that is a DAT data entry error we had entered an evaluation as a reeval and it was actually an initial um and so we just had to swap that it was done and is an initial but it's still rep pedaled for that so oh and that 110% is incorrect clearly a typo we're supposed to be at 100% apologize for that the next slide our children receiving Equitable Services and supports I'm happy to report that evaluate disproportionality in the following areas so representation of racial groups identification for special education placement of students with disabilities and discipline of students
017with disabilities and so the key um report here is that we're below um or less than at or less than 2.5 0% which is the target for the state um they don't give us any additional information um but this is again based on groupings so um you know in order for data points to be um organized they're they go by what's called risk ratios and that information um has minimum so if you have 10 students um that are Asian or 10 students of um African-American or you know and it goes down a long list of um different areas so it depends on those group sizes and then finally I just want to share with you just an overall glance at the district right now so total number of students serviced on an IEP is 749
018students um total number of students accessing the John Peterson or Autism scholarship there are 55 so I just wanted to point that out um you know that 694 service by our district and the other 55 are accessing it through the scholarship programs but remember we are responsible for providing those services so we still have to um write IEPs for them total number of students at 504 plans recently um I did some analysis for the principles and we were talking and that number has stayed pretty steady um and in the regards that it hasn't gone up super high hasn't gone super low but I will tell you that we continuously are getting requests um as more and more students are finding difficulties and being diagnosed um with um disabilities that could required accommodations total number of
019intervention Specialists is 65 total number of pair of professionals is 84 that number is significantly higher because it's based on the needs of our students really in our cable classrooms um we have um some students that really need a lot of support um and in order to do that we need more staff so we're we're thankful to have that and then finally the total number of related service staffs so that's our sites our slps our OTS and PTs who are amazing individuals we have a total of 24 and I'm so blessed and they are so thankful to have the opportunity to do the work that they need to do not just paperwork but to work with students and and really develop um programs that can um see students grow from year to year and so
020again that's all I have for you today um but I always remind you to see the able and not the label and that goes for all of our students um and I appreciate the overall support that you guys provide us any questions yes um with your the students graduating from special art programs are they given copy of their IEPs absolutely and told to keep them for college yes they they go through a process it's called summary of performance um and every graduating senior ending of services so whether they're graduating their 12th grade year or they've extended and added additional they have a summary of performance at the end of that meeting we usually do those meetings within the last two months of the school year um and they get a copy of their ETR copy
021of their IEP and the copy of the summary of performance in addition to that some of our students receive resources of you know opportunities for Ohio with disabilities maybe they receive resources about the rain County Board of DD maybe there's job boards or resources that we have also that we provide to them next question uh you said it ESS 65 special teachers and um 84 PA of professional do you feel that you need more space for the incoming FL student well that's a good question a little bit I mean what I we may need and I have already approached this is we may need to add another classroom or two in the upcoming years for our able classrooms and if it's not for our able classrooms it's um you know sometimes you have students that
022you know really have a lot of great skills and they can access the general curriculum but they need a lot of support and so that sometimes can be a challenge some districts have what they're called cross categorical game classrooms we do not currently have that model um that would require more space um I I think we're okay I mean but would you know like one of the things that's been great at eclc because we didn't we didn't need to open up another kindergarten classroom our intervention Specialists were able to have an opportunity to have a space at EC students that's um same thing with Liberty my goodness the is's over there are just overjoy um because they have a space they have places to go to work with students so that's really good I would
023say generally speaking you know the future of the high school we're going to be great I people don't believe us yet but like it's you know um it's going to be amazing so and last question yeah with the pair of professionals helping the students like a now um are there modalities that would help them they have to lift the student somewhere that's a great question so we have um uh students so we have three students currently at the high school that require that are in wheelchairs and require um their older students they taller um list over there that we just added last year I'm so excited that we added that um and that's where we need it um that can be moved it's a mobile Boer lift that we purchased on p on purpose but
024if I needed another one that's definitely something I could purchase um and we also was it last year we um through um help me with um workman's whatc ewc we got a grant to um add um the changing tables that are electric so they go all the way down and come up and so that has been big really big really helpful for our students so they don't have to get up there they don't have to climb up there um the teacher the staff you know also aren't having to go down and up and LIF in that way so those have been a blessing for everybody so we've had that I'll be Qui now okay I don't mind the question Miss Man known that we're responsible for the 504s and IEPs for students that attend private
025well are those reflected in these numbers as well or these just in yeah so I don't mind 504s in private schools um and that log it's a little funny as to whether um if if a school private school is receiving Federal funding then they are obligated to provide 504s they can ask us that there are students they can ask us to write them but they would have to implement them for our students who are on IEPs those 55 so there was 749 total and then there were 55 of that number John Peterson that are John Peterson and autism scholarship and so um do they have to follow everything it's not the same they do not have the same regulations that we have here in the public schools they can take our document and they can
026do whatever they want with it they can add additional Services they can remove Services they can say I don't want to provide occupational therapy or I'm not able to provide you occupational therapy um the IEPs I think generally the programs follow them but they also don't have to report data in the same way that we do um we have to provide data that is measurable um that's a number that you can understand and um providers are not required to do that which makes it difficult for us when we have to write an IEP um but they're getting better there are some providers out there that really work hard to work with us and we have very positive relationships Dana Edis and Elizabeth f um my coordinators do a lot of work to ensure that we
027have positive relationships with them um and to maintain those relationships with families um I will tell you just in the last week we've had five requests um so I see that number we were we were really going up really quick and then it kind of leveled out a little bit but now I feel like it might start to increase a little bit more so we'll see what happens so would you say they're typically at the table when we do our annual evaluation of an i yes they have to be they yeah they participate uhuh yeah a lot of those are done via Zoom but they absolutely have we participate and they participate I I'm not aware of any provider that does it yeah and then Mr Hayes asked about space I'm gonna ask about Staffing
028are you happy with your Staffing levels and well I would never turn people away but I will tell you that we're struggling to find staff I mean I right now I have two positions that I've been trying to bill for two months um I think that um I think what is really nice is that we really work hard to see how we can service our students and maximize that support you know um this student needs some support and this student needs some support can we work that together so that's one person you know versus it being a dedicated one-on-one um I really work hard I don't believe that one-on ones are the best answer for our students I I think our students need to experience and and go through what I would say is a
029healthy struggle and not become reliable reliant on other adults so it's a slippery balance but I'm not sitting here saying that kids don't need health and support and we don't need one-on ones or a pair of professionals um but I would say right now we're doing okay we're doing okay um you know and but at the same time you know if somebody said you know uh you could use could you use I mean I think we could always benefit so in some capacity it's an honest Dan question I try to look at the need though we know that Mr VOD look at the need I need to be Pally responsible and we don't doubt that always want you to know that we're available to support the needs of our students so all right if you
030need more I'm joking but know there might be another unit down the road that's so yeah don't ever hesitate to ask that to everybody on the record I've said it to all of you one one more question and that's it right 2020 cohort prepay kindergarten first over you see an increase in B fours IEPs and how was that coming there are some higher needs in those grade levels but I will tell you is that what we're seeing is our youngest population coming of students coming in are even having greater impacts which I know sounds crazy because they weren't a part of the pandemic if they're three four or five like they were just being born but I think the lifestyle changes that people went through um and also the connection to devices potentially um social
031interaction is a challenge and I think that um you know I think that you know we need students to have social engagement they need to color with crayons because they's spine motor pieces they need to lay on the floor they need to play on the floor and you know do things that help them with building up their fine motor strength and gross motor strength and also cognition um but we do have some high numbers um we've added every year um because of that um the numbers but it's hard for me to say is it just the pandemic I mean the enrollment the needs um I think all of it contributes I'll be completely thank you all right thank you thank is there any announcements this evening spring bre yeah what is spring break we yeah
032spring break will be in the mon of at March 17 March 17 yeah so uh actually our second board meeting of March will be held during spring break which means we will move our students of the month for March to the first April meeting and then at our second April meeting as per usual honor our April students at the month perfect thank you now here's an opportunity for hearing of the public if you're in attendance this evening and would like to address the Board of Education please approach the podium if you haven't signed in in the lobby please sign in and state your name and we typically allocate three minutes to this can I say here yeah believe address phone number topic all of that or just like uh number that we address Valencia Adams
033hey my son Kenneth attends EC and my daughter Regina attends Liberty El infantry since the school year started there has been several incidents that have left me feeling apprehensive and inst care about sending my children to school school should be a place where children feel protected and a place that parents should be able to their children and feel that they're safe within the last 6 months I've had three emergency room visits and about seven office visit follow-ups my son has had four traumas to face one of these traumas resulted in a nasal bone fracture to this day he still has recurring those bleeds my daughter has been punched in the stomach by a male student in recess which resulted in a bruised lad when I inquired about removing the student from my daughter's class I
034was told this is not likely to happen as the stud student had no record of discipline within the past two weeks there was another incident at recess where my go daughter was had buttt by another male student and the same student Twisted her arm when I inquired about video footage I was told that because of the location I could not view the incident when my son had his third bow to the nose this incident was also not able to be viewed due to the due to the positioning of the cameras my daughter reported to me that a teacher grabbed her again this incident could not be viewed on camera my children tell me repeatedly that they no longer want to ride the bus because of things that are said and done as a mother this
035is upsetting because I unfortunately cannot be in two separate places at the same time to pick them up school I am not speaking negative about Northville City Schools as I feel the school district has potential to strategize and make us make the school a safer and more trusted place for students I have been asked several times by different staff of North W what do I expect to happen or where do I want to come out of this and the answer is simple I want reliability accountability and trustworthiness for my children I encourage bus monitors on on buses I have brought this to transportation's attention I've also mentioned this in a meeting that I've had with uh superintendent Roxy and Ramy casario sorry if I said that wrong um and assistant superintendent David Prett I understand
036that it currently may not be in budget but budgets can be revitalized I also think asking for volunteers is an alternative option placement of cameras should be better strategized that way when incidents are reported staff should be able to obtain an appropriately review footage despite the location of the incident bullying needs to be consistently discussed bullying should be incorporated into the school's curriculum it is often believ that a person being bullied is the victim however I don't believe this to be entirely true I believe that the antagonist is is also the victim most times bullies bully others because they are victims of some sort of unresolved trauma or because they are being bully themselves working to limit buling is a start to a robust learning environment for students I've had a tremendous amount of report
037from North Ridgeville uh some of North ridgeville's parents students and even North Ridgeville alumni it has been reported to me that students who have graduated have experienced billing par parents have graduated and now have children of their own have also confided in me with their stories this tell me that this is a past issue a present issue and will be a future issue if we don't unite together to end it North RFI can be the first school district to recognize there's a ban issue take accountability and fix it recognizing issues contributes to a good school district recognizing and doing everything within your power to fix the issue is what contributes to a great School District if we have the opportunity to improve the quality of learning and better assure our children's protection why would it
038we thank you for your time thank you thank you thank you we moveing to the consent agenda this evening education report from sax yes we have two items under the education report the first item is the 2025 summer school brochure including updated fees next would a supervised overnight field trip for North Ral High School girls soccer players to travel to Eerie Pennsylvania on the campuses of Mercy Hurst University and Penn State that they they R I don't know I'm trying campus for the girls soccer team camp this trip is set for July 20th 2025 to July 23rd 2025 this is the first reading for these items the second reading and consideration for approval will be at the March 18th regular meeting thank you Communications report Mr gby M B it is recommended that the Board
039of Education accept the following Gifts of appreciation the Rotary Club of North Vell Don a $200 for prizes to support the writers in the ridge program the north viil Education Association donated $500 to support the amazing Shake event the N also gave a $500 sponsorship for the Liberty school fund run 84 Lumber donated various Lumber materials and tools for the construction of a new Garden at the North vital academic Center uh North FAL band boosters had a $54 contribution to the band account from concert donations northal band boosters donated [Music] $36.50 to assist the cost of concert programs strive CLE counseling gave a $250 sponsorship for the Liberty school fund run Sun Side Automotive also they donated $500 for sponsorship that same fund run Smith martial arts $100 sponsorship toor ship for the the res
040School the Veterans Memorial committee donate donated three cameras two camera lenses and various other items to support the north vial High School broadcasting class the BFW North vial gave a $500 sponsorship for the Liberty school fund run the Lions scho Open with rual doned $372 by the Lions educational outreach program to the teachers and staff members of the NCS prep baseball report tournaments great l great name uh donated $3,200 to go towards the north FAL High School baseball team and as always we thank our community for the tremendous support of our schools and students thank you Mr ask a good question where is the um New Garden going to be so it's actually going to be on the south side of the three4 wing up against Ranger way sort of nestled in between the the
041main entrances okay thank you Human Resources report Mr HS thank you m f we have five items in the Human Resources report one administrative staff leave of absence five certified staff leave of absence two support staff leave of absence once support staff resignation this is the first reading of these items the second reading and for consideration approval will be on the March 18th regular meeting this concludes this far of the human resources rep all right moving into another human resources report Mr H certainly we have two items that consider under Human Resources report one summer school coordinator contract one certified building substitute contract two support staff appointments one non nrea supplemental contract two unpaid volunteer recognitions two support staff substitute contracts one certified staff resignation I move to approve the human resources in one reading
042second move by Mr haes second by Mr mcarthy is there any discuss roll call please Mr hes yes mcy yes Rich G yes Mrs jaon yes Mr yes all right we have one more item to consider under Human Resources report I'm making a motion to approve the resignation of Michael Pacini and related agreement and authorizing the board president and District administration to take all actions necessary in fance of the same second by Mr Hayes by Mr McCarthy all call please Mr Hayes yes Mr McCarthy yes Mr gisby yes Mr ton yes Mr vaka yes it is Rec commended the Board of Education enter into executive session uh to discuss the appointment employment dismissal discipline promotion to motion compensation of public employees and matters related to the negotiations of public employees there will be no action
043to follow no second move by Miss McCarthy second by Mr brigsby roll call please M McCarthy yes Mr brisby yes Mr yes Mr Jackson yes Mr yes than right everybody thank you for coming in this evening