001e uh good evening everybody uh I'll call this meeting to order it's just a second Mr ler uh it is the February 20th 2025 regular meeting of the Oni uh Local School Board of Education I'll call this meeting to order hold on it's still we're still we're we're working through it so uh we'll take our roll call in just a second we've done this before once yeah once yeah it's really slow for some reason okay right good all right Mr Jenkins if you're ready Mr Lester here Dr dabco here Dr Wallock here Mr O'Brien here all right please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance amendments anything right uh all right hearing none uh can I have a motion to approve the agenda so moved second second all right any discussion a hearing none Mr
002Jenkins Mr Lester yes Dr dbo yes Dr Wallock yes Mr O'Brien yes all right first of all I welcome everybody we always love having people uh come to the board meetings especially so many students I know some of you here for presentation and some are here maybe for government classes or something like that but really appreciate you being here and uh and the community members as well unfortunately uh Miss shriber is not able to be here tonight as uh everybody's aware the flu is going around so we wish her the the best of luck and recuperating as we get through that um I have a couple things I want to hit in the board uh president's report tonight uh so first of all uh as we discussed at our last board meeting it is budget
003season uh so the governor uh as we talked about last time has hit his uh his initial proposed budget and then there's going to be continuing discussions over the next you know five six months or so as the as the legislature works with him on the funding priorities we talked last time that one of the things that the bu uh Governor put in uh his original proposal was fully funding the fair school funding plan which is a good step we appreciate that that that is a priority for him uh while the challenges though is that that plan is really only as good as the data that goes into it and there's some concerns about the cost sets that are being put into that and as Mr Jenkins explained in his treasures report last time that
004can have a a swing of a couple hundred dollars or so per student which when you have as many students as we have that's a pretty significant funding swing um that you know right now based on the data that they're using that has a pretty we're going to be on the lower end if that would continue to hold so we encourage Community to really be aware of these things to go out to to learn about what is in the budget because every dollar we get from the state there one less dollar that we have to get from the local community and while we are very very conscious of our um responsibility to be good fiscal stewards and work to save money wherever we can it's a fact of life for public schools that you have
005to have operating dollars and that comes from local property taxes it comes from State funding um so we'll continue to have that discussion with our legislators we just wanted to stay really a focus for the community as well um the second thing I want to highlight um right now there are a lot of developments both at the state and the federal level around um you know new guidance or new you know laws that are coming out um and you know sometimes that feels like it it happens really quickly and and people aren't really sure what all that means right um we as a district work very closely with our legal council to understand and evaluate these things these are things that sometimes as we see new stuff come in it it takes a little bit
006of time to process and understand um we are really committed as a district to communicating about what those changes mean as they come out I know Mr Myers's going to talk a little bit about that in the superintendence report especially around uh Senate Bill 104 which is one of the things that that uh we're managing we're also going to be looking at any policy impacts that any of this stuff has so that's going to be coming up through our board policy committee and we'll have first readings and second readings and all of that sort of stuff that's kind of the normal Machinery of how we as a district manage change in law or guidance or that sort of stuff what I want to be very very clear about is that our fundamental value of of
007putting together a safe and supportive and welcoming and inclusive environment for all of our students and families is not going to change these are the fundamental values of who we are as a school district and if we don't have a supportive and safe environment for our students they can't do their best they can't learn uh so we we that is going to be the Bedrock of where our values are we'll continue to have those discussions but I want to be very very clear about that and as we continue to talk about that and communicate with the community we hope to make that clear um the last thing that I want to note is as we've really worked um you know we as board members our our fundamental responsibility is to stay in touch with the
008community um to bring the community's views to bear as we are helping to guide the Strategic direction of the board um that requires us to stay in touch and to to have these sorts of conversations in a lot of different ways we all go out and talk to folks in in different um in different areas we've tried a lot of different ways to have some of those conversations um one way that uh last year around the levy that we did was have some office hours at public libraries and so Dr dabco and I in about a week and a half on March 1st are going to uh set up some office hours on as a Saturday uh from 10: to 12 at the Liberty Branch of the the uh Delaware County Library it's the one
009close to Liberty High School it's a beautiful Library if you have haven't been there and now there's a dut store close by too which may be a draw for people as well um but we're going to be there from 10: to 12 in Liberty study room 4 we'll send this information out and anybody in the community that wants to come by and just talk with us about your concerns or thoughts things like that uh we're happy to to welcome you there and then we'll see about having maybe some additional sessions as we go along so just want to put that out there um I realiz I've talked a lot uh and I'll I'll wrap up quickly but in terms of committee updates we had the mental health committee uh last night the Dr Wallock and
010I were at um had a really great discussion about all the progress that we've made there over the past couple of years that that's a committee that started about three years ago or so um and really we spent a lot of time making recommendations about different ways bring in community members and their perspectives on on ways that we can help to to grow our Mental Health Services and improve and make those more efficient um one of the things that I'm really proud to talk about and Dr we really credit Dr baren and Dr Branson and well-being department is we were selected by a group called The Jed Foundation uh to uh have a two-year partnership with them where they're going to come in and evaluate our Mental Health Services um help us develop a mental
011health strategic plan gather data about all of it and really put this all together um it is about a $992,000 value and it is costing us zero absolutely nothing to to work with them uh which is a really amazing thing and I think will help make our Mental Health Service is even better so that's great I really really appreciate the work that you know Dr BR you've done and your team has done um and then we just continue to talk about our work to to help support um specialized populations like student athletes or you know gifted students that sort of stuff their special mental health needs okay I've talked a whole lot here anything else no I mean I think you covered it I'm excited about the this Jed Foundation scenario too because I think
012you know we're getting it's basically like an external audit and which which is really helpful when you have somebody who's not just on the inside looking at what we're doing but when you get somebody from the outside to come in um you know to really analyze what we're what we're doing here and again to provide the the data and metrics that really help us to know um if what we're doing is working or where we're lacking or anything like that so I'm very excited about that too and it really I mean we weren't exactly throwing a party but it was a lot to celebrate last night because when we look at um what those goals were and how many you know boxes you could really check off and say um all that has been accomplished
013in the last 3 years it was a tremendous amount it was the vast majority I think of the goals that were set were really accomplished or on ongoing yeah so Kudos that's great um I know facilities was prior to the last meeting was there another Mee was there Finance not at home um we had a finance and audit meeting about two weeks ago U where we covered the Aker and the paer which for those uh in the audience who don't have those memorized are um our annual financial report for the 2324 school year and then the paer is a condensed and more user and Community friendly version of the same uh and this report would have been what was mailed recently to all of the residents uh throughout the district so those of you that
014are residents in the you know adulta District that got this the paer is a really a wonderful document it lays out all of our financial operations it's clear it's concise it's understandable for those of you there kids in the audience ask your parents to to give it to you and and share it with you it's a really great document um and it's a lot of work goes in and and Miss Davis's team did a lot of wonderful work with you all as well so really want to recognize that yes oh I just thought of something else not a not committee specific but last week I was able to attend the Ohio Ed Tech conference uh downtown and there was and our Tech Department was represented there uh continuing their education as well as presenting um
015and showcasing some really cool um uses of instructional technology here in the district so thank you uh to the district for showing up like that that's great okay anything else good all right then we are going to move to our first presentation the on heni high school Deca program so I look forward to to hear about it um my name is Eric Wells I'm the adviser at ol and Tangi High School's Deca program and the marketing teacher there um give you a little bit of background of what Deca is DECA is the co-curricular student Organization for students interested in careers in business um students to to be involved in Deca students have to be involved in a CT program Career Tech program um over the last 16 years uh programs got revamped a little bit
016here and there um to the point where we're now pretty much 100% Project based um all of my students are doing projects with local businesses doing things within the school within the community over the last 16 years I've had groups that have worked with the district in a variety of different ways uh going back to a group that worked with the project 2020 group that looked at the need for a fourth High School I've had groups that have worked with the district for dual enrollment I've had groups that worked um in 2019 with the reason why we have all the Vape detectors and uh in all the middle schools and high schools and six years ago had a group that did a presentation just like tonight and sitting behind the district leadership team and they're
017talking about Fina accounts and you see a couple of the district leadership team you know kind of conversating back and forth with one another about what's Fina well fake Instagram accounts which they found out about in a in a few more minutes there um then Co hit and kind of wiped some things out and uh now it's nice to be able to get back together with with the district and uh doing some different projects there um with the last two years being involved with bridg Ed and having that um trying to get that motivated and getting that rolling in the right direction um had a group this year that's taken on our career development project and they've worked with bridg Ed they've worked with Molly Preston and with the um help and guidance of Nicole
018CRS our building principal U they've been able to do a lot they've been able to do a lot of different things over the last few months and that's what they're going to share with you guys tonight so Laney Josie Elena come on up good evening my name is Elena Smith I'm Lany ramire and I'm Josie alteri and today we're going to share with you our Deca project find your fit so our Deca project is a career development project and these were the guidelines given to us we took these guidelines and we applied them to problems that we saw in our own school so we began with our secondary research first to get a sort of Baseline of what issue that we're facing so we used um a few reliable sources such as Brookings in Goodwin
019University and we found that many people are misinformed by their communities about career routes and options that are available to them and for more specific information we surveyed students from our school and parents of ol Tangi students and just to hear their personal thoughts and experiences shifting over to the planning aspect we wanted to provide opport opportunities for students that are unsure about their future paths following high school as well as communicate information to unsure students lastly our executions we held a Career Connection series as well as created a college Business website and then lastly we presented at Liberty Middle School for their career exploration day and talked about Deca and the business World okay so these are some of our survey results so we found that 63% of parents olangi parents doubt their child
020success without going to college and onethird of students feel parental pressure to attend college so this gives very little room for kids to explore any alternate routes that may be a better option for them and only 6% of students have received career guidance they feel they've received career guidance from ol Tangi and then only 2% have heard of bridge Ed which is obviously holding them back from all the amazing opportunities that they have available working with many different businesses and organizations by partnering with bridg Ed we got the opportunity to hold the event the Career Connection Series this series was held during our Flex periods which is on Wednesdays and we brought different businesses in to present to our students and they shared things about their company along with opportunities that their company can provide
021for our students so this is the outcome our event so we have pictures from D Russo real estate agent company OSU wexer Medical Center and also Columbus State presentation we also included pictures of how we promoted this event through our social media and due to the high interest we extended our series another four weeks allowing us to conclude our series on the 29th of January with the co-owners of bridge Ed through this event we were able to give students mentorship internship and field trip opportun opportunities we also found with our survey that 93% of students at olangi are planning on attending college and there's still very limited resources given that Aid them in actually choosing a college and going about choosing a college so that's why we created our College Business program website and this
022this is because business is typically one of the majors with the most interest for students so we surveyed Business program students from the colleges below and here are some examples of survey questions we asked um the reason we created this website was obviously for the kids who are set on attending college so that they can make a more educated decision on a college that best fits their wants and needs and this also gives students students a more um honest and reliable tool to discover specific programs because it's coming from students that are actually attending so that they can feel more confident in their college decisions the final event that we attended was the career exploration day at Liberty Middle School we came in we presented to the seventh graders about what Deca is along with
023business classes that on Tangi offers our goal for this was to educate middle schoolers on career Readiness thank you all right any questions for the group so what one thing I'll note is um th this is really so I work in higher education and what we see um too often are people that get to college and then they sort of meander a bit right and it takes them a lot longer to to graduate and to get onto their career because they're not quite sure what they want to do um and so there's been a big push over the past 10 years or so ago to start to help you don't want people to feel like they have to decide their career in seventh grade right but you want them to at least understand do I
024like this do I not like this is you know what does this look like what doesn't this look like and the more information you can get people about that the bet you know the better choices they're going to be able to make and sometimes people still you know decide oh I want to switch or whatever but but you you want them to to be armed with that stuff as early as possible so being really thoughtful asking these questions how do we make these connections I me this is where this stuff falls apart sometimes is you just don't have that right connection and so finding those those ways being really curious about it um and then taking steps and introducing it to you know to your peers three or four years behind you that's great right
025you're really building that pipeline um and that that's so effective so I you know I really want to congratulate you on this work and I really want to congratulate you not just on the work itself but on the thoughtfulness that went that went into it thank you so much okay great thank you all right Mr Maya the superintendent report so as a former Deca Deca teacher and I told them way back in 1991 they looked at me like I was very St 1991 but great job on the presentation so competition where where are we in a level of competition District on the way to so States and then Nationals Nationals this year is in Orlando that's what you told me well good luck so um thank you for your work all right well welcome everyone
026uh few things I want to highlight um this evening uh one is our third professional development day of the year was uh February 14th so you can see some pict pictures there but I know I have um representatives in the curriculum department so I do want to um commend them on their continued work and focus and how intentional we are um with our professional development development opportunities that we provide for our staff I actually spent about an hour and a half over at ol Tangi High School um on February 14th uh with our high school staff and attended um three or four different sessions in in very very engaged but one I just want to mention um we had in the auditorium um members of my superintendent advisory um which are students across our four
027high schools I think uh two of the high schools were represented there on the panel but uh had a student panel I think about two 200 uh High School teachers um attended and it was just very genuine and authentic um dialogue back and forth with teachers asking uh students questions about um their experience in school uh experiences everywhere from challenging courses courses where uh they just like to take uh take based on passion and based on interest um rigor of the courses stress anxiety uh cell phones even came up um but uh really really uh great to be there and observe that uh conversation um just uh after each professional development um we do survey staff um so one thing I want to highlight uh today I found at least one strategy or tool that
028I was able to implement in my classroom or practice because that's uh effective professional development where where you're able to take something from what you learn and then obviously apply it in your classroom so 95.1% of our staff agreed with that um question so again good job to our curriculum department and thanks to um our staff for Contin ually learning and at the last board meeting we heard a presentation from uh some of our e Middle School ELA teachers and it's um very very evident here in all Tangi also uh want to congratulate Mr Kevin ball um one of our transportation drivers and you've seen his name uh come across uh many board meetings as the state Rodeo Champion he was nominated by Dr fetty for the rise award um so he was selected as
029one of two in the state um receiving this award inspirational School Employees award um goes to two classified U members across the state of Ohio so uh ODU was here and surprised him at our driver professional development on the same day um where he received his award and then also Advanced to the national uh level where he's a top five finalist so extremely proud of Uh Kevin and uh for him being recognized you know not only by staff but also parents and students uh of who he transports each and every day when I when they asked me I described him in one word uh humble humility is is how I describe um Kevin because he shows up to provide the best service that he can um for our students and families and really uh does
030not want credit for it okay uh congratulations uh to High School Performing Arts students named to All State and orchestra band and choir so you can see all four high schools represented uh there and uh students who have received um All State honor so want to congratulate um those students in our Performing Arts across our four high schools um as Mr Lester said I want to give a final update to the board on Senate Bill 104 um Senate uh Bill 104 is the bathroom bill which goes into law goes into effect um next week on February 25th um mandating all schools designate restrooms locker rooms and similar facilities based on individuals biological sex as defined uh in the legislation so uh things that we've done proactively to address this transition uh we met with principes
031athletic directors and school counselors to ensure that they fully understand the legal directives and the district's expectations for implementation and then ALS also having conversations on how we can work with students and families uh through this transition so uh building administrators engaged in discussions with impacted students and families to address their individual concerns explore available accommodations and reinforce the district's commitment to fostering a respectful inclusive School environment within the framework of the law as uh Mr Lester you mentioned um in your board president report uh single occupancy restrooms staff or family will be clearly labeled in all of our buildings along with um our boys and girls restrooms uh as as far as um the single use occupancy restrooms um so that's how they'll be labeled in every one of our buildings um the legislation
032also impacts overnight and out ofate field trips so we will continue to work with students families and coaches and advisors as needed but also wanted to point out um an updated FAQ that will be available on our district website uh that answers some questions um that uh parents and students may have but um our school Personnel are well equipped in our buildings to have these conversations um with students and families but I wanted to give one final update to the board as this laog goes in effect um next uh Tuesday February 25th I just want to highlight two things on this first of all I want to I really appreciate the work not just meeting with the principles and and all those folks but actually talking to the impacted families right that's very important that
033you we we sit down and really work to understand the impacted to understand the secondary and tertiary impacts and provide support that we can I do just want to be clear about this so that it's it's understandable that this this bill does not impact the use of single occupancy restrooms anyone can use a single occupancy restroom correct and we have those in all of our schools correct correct absolutely so um so as we uh move forward like you said uh we've had those conversations and we plan to move forward uh next week um superintendent action items so approve administrative employment so we have two administrative employment recommendations uh Melissa abovitz um who is being promoted to technology Service Des supervisor and line yabara um who will be joining us as a mental health uh specialist
034both these positions are replacement positions um from resignations that we've had had in the last couple months um I'll have certified action items as recommendations and do want to we have one uh retirement uh Julie Leonard who is a longtime employee um she's a library Aid at uh en Tangi High School actually when I was the principal or Orange High School when I was the principal at Orange High School I uh hired Julie way back when so she will be leaving us with uh 17 years of service to uh en and Tangi school so want to wish her the the best in retirement also have a list of uh student overnight out ofate field trips and then one business management uh item on the agenda recommend acceptance of the bid and approval to enter into
035the contract with capital aluminum and glass Corporation in the amount of $75,000 for district window uh Replacements again this is part of our Capital plan um each year we're uh selecting certain buildings to do window replacements because um they need replaced in this year five buildings we'll have window replacements wind. run uh Alum Creek Elementary Arrowhead Elementary CER Ridge and Os which if uh when reading through the list some of our oldest um elementary schools and obviously oldest high school so coming up important dates want to highlight uh next week uh state of the schools so that'll be Wednesday February 26th at olangi High School from 6:00 to 7:30 um and also want to uh point out the last day to submit feedback on the 26 27 dis uh District calendar uh a few meetings
036ago Dr fetty presented to the board um we've put that out but there's the uh uh Friday February 28th will be the last day to submit feedback and then we as a district will uh look at that feedback and we'll bring back um that information to present to the board uh and then next uh meeting um right here Thursday March 13th um at 6:30 we're approaching spring break Winter's almost over did somebody say yes yeah probably some requests for snow days before then we'll see any questions for Mr Meyer okay oh all right uh Mr Jenkins [Laughter] Mr Jenkins is this when you talk about free vending machines this is when free vending machines talk about many things that I'm the one who actually calls off school closing School Jake Jake is clear room yeah
037you're still sleeping when when we make that call I know well done scholar Who's ah is that one of his graduation yeah I don't blame you I'd go too uh thank you board members um just have a few brief items tonight uh wanted to talk about our latest um piece of good news as a district uh we've talked about the fact that we are doing a bond refunding uh for lack of a better word uh that's like uh getting a new mortgage on your home um refinancing when you do that uh you get a what's called a credit rating an Institutional credit rating uh we do ours with S&P standard and pores and our credit rating was a AAA rating which is the uh highest uh tier of um credit that you can get uh
038from S&P it also has a stable Outlook so the comparison that I would give here is before you buy a home uh before you might want to borrow money to pay for a car uh most individuals are aware of something either called their Beacon or FICO score uh the higher that score is I think it goes up to a scale of 900 so if your scale is 750 or higher you are noted as having exceptional credit and that will allow your overall borrowing cost in the terms of what you pay an interest rates to be much much lower this is the same thing uh with institutions uh ORS businesses or any organization a AAA rating uh reflects the highest uh creditworthiness for the ol Tangi schools uh that will uh create for us in any
039future borrowings including the borrowing we're currently doing to refund a borrowing uh that we get the lowest interest rates possible that the market would have to offer when we go out to bid for those kinds of things it's reflecting uh consistently uh consistently positive operating results and a robust Reserve position we know we have increasing costs in the coming years in our five-year forecast and our financial statements um but it was this is taken obviously from their report which is why it's italicized uh but experience Management in the district and revenue raising flexibility uh they believe it allows to support uh those potential Growing Pains uh we know and we've talked a lot Mr Meer and I about 7,000 homes that are currently in some phase of development you know whether shovels are turning or
040whether it's just platted ground we know those 7,000 homes uh lead to about 5,500 students um that we are expecting over the next 5 to 10 years the rating also is reflecting uh positive Financial results over the last four consecutive years a thorough and experience management team and then finally a manageable debt profile uh our current debts are only about 10.4% of Revenue so great news um that we have as as noted the highest credit worthiness uh that can possibly be attained uh through standard and pores wanted to kind of keep in front of our community um Mr Lester had mentioned earlier about the budget Bill process uh the budget bill has a number uh it's House Bill 96 if you can remember the last time I talked about it it it seems counterintuitive it
041should be one but but it's not uh it's 96 um so we've highlighted and read where we are right now uh the house has the bill um in fact the Senate educa beg you pardon the house education uh committee next Tuesday and Wednesday uh we plan to be there um Mr Mari if you didn't know it you do now we're going to go down one of those two days and we're going to testify uh to the senate committee I keep saying Senate house committee um it obviously starts in the house um my guess would be based on some conversations that Mr Meer and I have already had uh the house would expect probably to turn this around and send it to this uh send it to the Senate uh 1 of April uh the Senate
042feels pretty confident that they can get it uh their work done by the middle of May uh so that we can then come down the stretch uh for about a 3 to six week process for the conference committee uh assuming that um they don't have perfect harmony which they obviously never do so we wanted to keep this slide in front of our community as a continual reminder of what we're talking with our legislators about what can our community do uh Mr Lester mentioned earlier every dollar we get from the state is one less dollar that we have to raise locally we can ask our legislature to continue to adjust the cost inputs but certainly nothing less than 3% per year in the current version of the funding formula as was noted earlier they're using 2022
043cost in inputs so we're already starting to make our case with the different legislators that that is something that has to be adjusted we shall see uh whether that trigger uh is actually pulled uh or if it's left alone we are asking uh for full phase in good news second bullet point right now uh is in the governor's version that's in the House's version um what that means is that uh currently we are getting about 2third of the increase that we were supposed to get over the 2020 school year next year it'll go to 83 and 13% the following year it'll be fully funded that is a key uh component that we're pleased to say is still in the formula but the the last one is probably uh on top of the cost sets the
044most impactful right now the formula when it is all said and done only guarantees 10% of Base costs um that's a start uh you know we're pleased it's not five which it was in the previous um bium but we need it to be 20 um we've done math we've provided it to our legislators it needs to be at least 15 to 20% to be sure that we get as a district at least as much um as we've talked that number around $ 14 or $1,500 that a private school student gets in public dollars uh for that private school for administrative um and also for auxiliary funding so we believe that we offer a very high quality public education and our general Mantra has been you know at least fund us uh at the same level
045of the public dollars that would follow a student to a private school questions finally we're starting a new uh thing that's a fancy word um no but very appreciative of uh the Communications Department um thank you ol and Tangi and we're going to start talking about your tax dollars at use and how ol and Tangi schools is constantly working to wisely use resources or to get more resources and so tonight is a did you know have you ever looked at your cell phone bill or maybe your internet bill and down in the fine print have you ever seen a little thing that says USF tax well we're going to learn what that's about tonight there is a federal program actually run by a nonprofit called the United sorry the universal service administrative company it's abbreviated
046usack and it's overseen by the FCC usack is a entity that puts that USF which stands for Universal service fee uh on all Communications devices internet hookups and that little bitty tax I think I looked at mine it's you know couple bucks a month that allows the federal government through erate to heavily subsidize the Telecommunications that are used by schools and libraries and by telecommunications I'm going to widely paint the the the brush Strokes of internet and uh back in the old days when we had old pots lines and telephones which we don't have anymore uh but now it would cover Voiceover IP it would also cover Network equipment in our case uh for ol and Tangi schools our reimbursements are 40% um we can get either technological equipment or Services both can have reimbursements
047attached to them so here's the for instance of what we've done this year uh work very heavily with Mr seon and the um instructional Tech folks and the tech folks to do eate for funding year 24 so if we don't have enough confusion we have calendar years we have fiscal years and then the federal government steps in and has a totally different year so even though we're in fiscal year 2025 we're right now in e- rate year 2024 don't ask me why I don't know so for this year we spent last year about $5.7 million on technology leases so that our students have uh the most upto-date our staff has the most up-to-date technological equipment we filed the forms and it would just be a matter of invoicing at some point in time usack and
048we expect to get we have what's called a funding commitment uh decision letter for $2.3 million in a reimbursement that will be coming back on our purchases for this year additionally if you look at what we spent on the internet services side our internet connection uh is mostly through uh meta um those costs are about $336,000 and we expect to get back about $130,000 $256 on those services so this is again uh something that is available to all schools but you have to do the work uh you have to be diligent um there's a a bidding process uh to award the contracts you have to work with the federal government which in and of itself is always a fun thing to do but hopefully uh this slide shows that we're doing everything we can to
049maximize the funding stream that we get and manage our assets wisely as a district so any questions uh about those items finally the treasur action items the first four bullet points will be considered uh as a consent agenda the last item is Standalone um that has to happen by law uh so we will be considering as one single motion uh and then action the recommendation of the board minutes from February 7th the approval of a donation of $400 from Grand Canyon education to the academy uh the acceptance of the January 2025 monthly financials and the fy2 updated Appropriations then as noted there is a standalone set of resolutions uh for the most recent slate of board of revision complaints uh that we want to authorize our legal councel uh to file on the district's behalf
050I will entertain any questions or comments just to be clear about this on that last piece and we've talked about this and these are things that come to over time but I always think it's a good opportunity to educate the community because this is also an example of us trying to do the best we can for the community in terms of maximized Doge can you just speak very briefly about what the purpose of this is so a board of revision um complaint or the the process I I I use the word complaint and counter complaint they they sound you know dirty but they're at the end of the day they're just legal terms um so if you're an attorney that's what you do is complain um so anyway what happens in a um Bo complaint
051is we look at different property values throughout uh our community and so that the owner of a residential home does not have more of their proportionate share of the tax burden uh than what they should have we are always interested in making sure that the value of properties in the district are appropriate in many cases you may get a scenario where a home or a property and that would be what all of these uh complaints are based on a um and let me take a step back because we don't file on homes we don't file on residential but we a business or an industry uh would have a recent arms link transaction sale that is markedly above what the current value is we're interested in finding out you know why where what and how and
052certainly if an increase in value is warranted then that needs to take place again this is not to punish or go after anybody it is just making sure that the true value of property throughout the district is distributed the way that it should be um so all of these will be resolutions where we have found properties around the district that have had a recent arms link transaction Market what appears to be a fully market value sale but if you look at the Auditor's website at the assessed or um taxable value of that property it's and we're not talking just you know a few dollars we're talking half a million dollars or more of uh Delta between the value and the sale value so again this keeps everybody's uh at the end of the day this
053keeps everybody's tax bill proportionately where it's supposed to be and again it's all commercial properties that is correct yeah yeah sorry my example I said home we only file we we take this so seriously if you remember we passed the policy um I think it's 6225 uh so that policy is uh there for any of our community members to see and it outlines all of the different things that have to happen before we even uh take this approach do I remember seeing more in previous meetings there's only 20 on this list of properties it seems like in years past there was like you know dot matrix print UPS of these extensive lists of properties that's we had an exceptionally large one last year when I say exceptionally large there was a um apartment complex which
054is commercial that for lack of a better word turned almost 80 units into a condominium 80 different Condominiums and when it's sold you have to because of the law you have to list every single residence and so it was exceptionally large the other reason it would have been large a year or two ago it was it was on the 2023 taxable value which was a complete reappraisal year you'll always have more activity in a reappraisal year we're right now kind of in the two Plateau years we had a reappraisal in 2023 for the most part uh all values in the district stay static for 2024 and 25 and then in 26 there'll be what's called a trienal update so you'll have if you look at uh real estate patterns you'll have an increase and then
055flat two years and then you'll have an increase and then flat two years and so we're in one of those Plateau years all right thank you Mr Jenkins and I unless there's one floating around I do not have any request um for public participation okay great thank you so much all right we will uh then move to the consent uh action items uh down here so the treasur consent action items Mr Jenkins if you want to present those yes board members as mentioned in the presentation um I'm asking you to uh move on and consider uh by one single uh action 10A uh recommending approval of the board meeting minutes from February 7th B approval of the noted donations C the acceptance of our January 2025 monthly financials and then finally D our updated Appropriations
056for fiscal year 2025 again all of these are being presented and recommended as one single action item unless someone would like to pull one out and discuss it separately anyone like to discuss any of these separately all right hearing none can I have a motion to approve them as one slate of action items so moved a second second any discussion I hearing none Mr Jenkins please call the role Dr dbco yes Dr wallik yes Mr O'Brien yes Mr Lester yes all right and then the separate treasure action item yes as noted uh these are the resolutions that I'm asking uh for us to authorize legal council to file on behalf of the district I I have a motion to approve this item so moved a second I'll second it uh any discussion are you hearing
057none Mr Jenkins Dr Wallock yes Mr O'Brien yes Mr Lester yes Dr dco yes all right Mr Meyer the superintendent consent action items thank you Mr Lester board members I recommend approval of the following superintendent consent action items a through G um a specific human resource items administrative B specific human resource items certified C specific human resource items supplementals D specific human resource items classified e specific human resource items classified substitutes F recommend approval of student overnight and out ofate field trips G uh recommend approval for business management and facility items and again this is for the window replacement um I'm asking you to approve these items by one single action and vote unless you'd like to discuss any of these items separately but anyone like to discuss any of these separately right hearing none
058I have a motion to approve as a Full Slate sure so moved and second I'll second it again uh any discussion all right hearing none Mr Jenkins Mr O'Brien yes Mr Lester yes Dr dabco yes Dr wallik yes all right uh I'll will now entertain a motion uh to enter into executive session pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 12122 G1 to discuss employment or compensation of a Public Employee uh I'll note that uh we will only be returning to a journ after this we will not be taking any substantive action I have a motion to enter into executive session so moved and second second any discussion all right Mr Jenkins Mr Lester yes Dr dabco yes Dr Wallock yes Mr obrien yes all right we are head to Executive session all right you F go
059you don't have to you don't have to wait for us e e e here sen what are you going to do after school to Kenyon nice oh ni very cool that's great nice what do you want to study uh History Nice and what are you going to do with that you want to teach at a higher level good for you what are what what's your favorite area it's my last question probably American and European those are love it good for you that's awesome good for you all right are we uh we ready what okay it is 7:58 and we are uh coming back into Open Session I will now entertain motion to adjourn so moved second that was quick any discussion where are you guys on the other motions jeez CU are jumping on that
060one yeah uh any discussion right hearing none uh I will take down the ROP Mr Jets is gone uh so it was uh dbo and wallik uh Dr Dabo yes uh Miss W Dr wallik yes Mr yes uh and Mr Lester yes all right we are adjourned all right thank you thank you good luck Martin what was that in was that some audit what was the thing that uh you're listed as uh Dr Kevin O'Brien did you see that yeah I was like you go Kevin get your PhD in the in the thing that comes from the auditor's office it lists the board and on like page 18 is Dr Kevin O'Brien I have a picture of one that has it says um Kevin Barts and Roger O'Brien