001All right, we're at 45 minutes ago. I was just on a call. >> Okay. >> All right. All right. It's 5:45, so I'm going to call this meeting to order. We do have a quorum. Barely. Um, Mr. Juror, if you will do roll call, please. >> Mr. Bennington, >> here. >> Mr. Anderson, >> here. >> Miss Minky, Miss Lmer, Miss Roland Miller, >> here. Um, let us stand for the pledge of >> allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. I know um, Miss Lmer did text. She was running a little bit late and hopefully we'll be here in a few minutes. Um, we do welcome everyone.
002It's always wonderful to see the seats filled, especially with so many students tonight. We welcome you to the Commodore Building and we thank you for attending the meeting tonight. We do want everyone to be safe um while they were here. So, please note that there are exits on both the east and west sides of the cafeteria. In case of emergency, there is an AED located right outside those doors up on the wall in the hallway. Uh if emergency vehicles are needed, uh please tell them that you're at 140 East Indiana Avenue. Uh thank you for joining us. We have a proposed agenda in 2.1. Um I don't have any changes to it. Can we have a motion to approve the agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Mr. Mr. Anderson, Mr. Bennington, Mr. Drew, a
003roll call, please. >> Mr. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mr. Bennington, >> yes. >> Miss Roland Miller. >> Yes. We have an agenda. Um, first in our order of business, our recognitions for tonight. And so I'll turn it over to Dr. Anstat to begin the recognition portion. >> Good evening everyone. Could I welcome uh Brent Sports Miller, our director of teaching and learning. He has our first recognition. Hi. Do we happen to have our friends from Tutor Smart? Hi, Tiffany. So, I want to um to thank the board of education for the opportunity this evening uh to recognize a meaningful partnership that we have that supports our students. tonight's meeting. We're honored to accept a generous donation of $7,500 from Tutor Smart in support of our students supporting other students tutoring program, the SLS program at
004Parisburg High School for the 202526 school year. Um, for many years um well, this program started and continues to be funded uh from the Ford Cell Coughfield uh foundation. uh following the passing of Ford Caulfield in August um he made arrangements for Tutor Smart to continue uh this important work. His legacy in investing in young people in the lives of and education um lives through this partnership and we are grateful. Um, a bit about uh, Tutor Smart and you can correct me. Um, founded in 2017 uh, with the help of Lords University and greater the greater Toledo Community Foundation, Tutor Smart is known for its focus on targeted academic interventions, researchbased instructional practices, and datadriven results. All values we hold here at Parisburg schools. Um the SOS uh tutoring program began in 2013-14 um academic
005year and is officially uh one of six that Mr. Cfield funded in this fashion. Um two in Illinois, one in Michigan, and we are one of three in the state of Ohio. So this program has been incredibly positive for our high school, not only for providing academic intervention, but also empowering students to help their peers succeed. So um this evening we're pleased to welcome Tutor Smart Executive Director Tiffany Adamsky. Um and I haven't met you. >> This is Hifa Hifa. >> This is Hifa. I'm sorry. >> The director of advancement. >> Director of advancement. Um on behalf of Parisburg schools, we're proud to formally recognize you and thank um both of you and Tutor Smart for your generosity and partnership and continuing the program for our students. Thank you. >> Yeah, sure. >> I think
006we're going to get a picture for you. I didn't realize that the uh my son would have been a freshman in 1314 and and it just seems to me that this program has always been there and always been there to support students and so I'm really grateful that there was a way to continue that and I thank you for the partnership you have with our community and our schools but most importantly with our students. So, thank you and thank you for coming tonight to be recognized. >> All right. Next up, we are recognizing some really amazing students. Uh, National Merit Semi Finalists. Uh, I think Miss Bacon is going to come up and do the official honors. I am very proud to announce that this year four Parisburg High School students have earned recognition as
007National Merit Scholarship Semi-finalists, one of the highest academic distinctions available to high school students in the US. To put this honor in perspective, more than 1.3 million students nationwide take the PSAT and MSQT each year, and only about the top 1% are named semi- finalists. These students now have the opportunity to continue in the competition for national merit scholarships, which recognize exceptional academic promise, leadership, and community involvement. This achievement reflects not only their individual talent and effort, but the outstanding instruction and support provided by our teachers and families who've helped them along the way. At this time, I'd like to proudly introduce our four National Merit semi- finalists, Hannah Davies, Madison Fischer, William Hollandbeck, Carson Clapper. Please join me in congratulating them for representing Parisburg High School and our community with such distinction. [Applause] Adore
008you. Thank you. And thank you to their families who I know really encourage them along the way. Uh you don't become a National Merit semi- finalist without a lot of team behind you. So congratulations to all of you. Next I have the distinct pleasure of announcing uh an honor that I'm just so grateful to be here to see. So do you want to read the resolution first? >> Sure. >> All right. Tonight we're going to recognize Dr. Chris Fogle, a longtime volunteer. Whereas for more than 23 years, Dr. Chris Fogle has devoted his time, intellect, and heart to Parisburg schools, serving as a trusted volunteer, researcher, and community partner whose insights have shaped how the school district understands and plans for the future. And >> whereas drawing upon his sharp analytical mind and PhD in
009chemistry, Chris brought exceptional rigor and clarity to his work using data not only to reveal patterns, but to help the district and community make thoughtful evidence-based decisions. And >> whereas Chris has been an invaluable resource to the school district's leadership and the community, gathering and analyzing data about student enrollment, housing trends, community growth, and voting behavior to help ensure decisions were rooted in fact and context. end. >> Whereas his work has resulted in dozens of detailed reports and countless hours of analysis that have helped the school district better anticipate needs, guide strategic planning, and communicate transparently with the public. And >> whereas Chris approached every project with precision, humility, and genuine curiosity, asking the right questions, uncovering new insights, and always encouraging those around him to think more deeply about the why behind the numbers.
010And >> whereas he enriched every discussion with thoughtful reflection, patience, and good humor, whether through his hundreds of emails offering perspective or his steady presence at committee meetings that often stretched late into the evening. And whereas those who had the privilege of working alongside him know that Chris brought far more than data. Or is it data? I'm not really sure. Uh he brought wisdom, warmth, and an unwavering commitment to truth. Never shying away from complexity, but always grounding the conversation in what was best for students and the community. And >> whereas his contributions reflect the spirit of service that defines Parisburg, extending also to his community involvement through Rotary and other civic efforts where we continue to model the values of integrity and compassion. And >> whereas his personal passions and experiences, his love of
011opera, cats, and swimming, his fluency in German, and his distinguished career as a retired executive added richness to every interaction, reminding us that data and humanity are not separate but deeply connected. And >> whereas he has been a steadfast example of commitment and kindness, an amazing husband to his late wife Maryanne, and a proud father to Annie and Peter, whose lives and work carry forward his spirit of curiosity and service. >> Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Parisburg Board of Education extends its heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Chris Vogle for his extraordinary service, his enduring influence on our understanding of the community we serve, and his example of thoughtful, fact-based, and compassionate civic engagement. >> Be it further resolved that this resolution be entered into the official record of the Perryburg Exempted Village School District
012and presented to Dr. Vogle as a tribute to a life of service that continues to make Parisburg schools and all of us better. So we have um not only that resolution Chris who I dodging here but um we also have a certificate that we would like to present um award of exemplary service presented to Christian Vogel PhD for 23 years of outstanding service and dedication as a data analysis volunteer with Perryburg schools. So, um, Chris, I I'm thankful you've always been a part of this community, as far as I'm aware, and I learned early on, even before the schools, of your abilities and willingness to share, um, which is really unusual. And I'm really thankful for all that you've done. And I'm thankful that you can now, um, move and be closer to some of
013your family, too. I would say after return to my client was superintend German I did. How would you do it? How much do school district. All very much enjoy My pleasure. Have I probably the least experience with Chris only been here four years by walking my first finance committee meeting and there's Dr. Vogel beats everyone there and uh no one no one warned me about the commodul I was about to deal with but uh Dr. provog does not suffer fools lightly and he's he's going to tell you what he what he feels regardless of how you feel about it and I've always appreciated that honesty but more importantly I felt you know how I he welcomed me to the community and rotary with Chris he I sat by him as as long as the club
014could stand and they moved me away from him so I wasn't old enough to sit at the kitty table anymore but no Chris has been great one of the first people I ever ran into who really understood what was happening at the state level in terms of school funding as well as our local an data analysis and uh I get these part of the things I work on the forecast is is enrollment growth and everyone keeps saying you know you look at live births no you look at Dr. Vogel's data that's what you look at live births don't mean anything to a community where moveins all right so Chris thank you very much for the friendship and I appreciate the four wonderful years and uh I appreciate I hope I want to be like you
015when I grow up so Yeah, I guess up at this table I may have um at least as far as involvement with the school board the most uh and and uh it even predates back when we were working on levy campaigns together. So your work goes back into providing support and analysis and details and you your your ability to cut the data and make us understand uh kind of by precinct where the hot points are and and all that. that has just been invaluable to us. And I always appreciate your your way of being and your ability to tell me to I guess I'll be kind to myself and say look at that a little differently, Eric, without making me feel stupid has always been very much appreciated. And um yeah, just thank you for
016everything you've done. You the district may be able to duplicate what you've done, but we'll never be be able to replace how you did it. So, thank you, >> Mr. Vogle. They they both mentioned the thing about fools or being kind and not feeling stupid. That is probably one of the things about you I will always hold dear. That for somebody who looks at numbers and glazes over or breaks out in a cold sweat and and you never put me down for that. You always taught me. You always kindly explained. And I I actually feel more comfortable with it all now and understand I can never do what you do. Your job is secure here. But I just I got I got to tell a story though. I happened to run into Chris at Kroger
017on Conan Street not too long ago and he mentioned to me that he was moving. Now most of us would say we're moving to Cleveland or we're going to be near a friend's, you know, my family or whatever. Not Chris. He says, "I'm moving across the hall 132 miles away." And I knew that 132 miles was accurate. You know, just I'm still laughing about that. And I just thought, "Oh my gosh." And so that's Well, I'm sad that you're going, I think it's a wonderful new adventure for you. And um I hope you go to Oktoberfest this week because it sounds like a fun party over there. Can we do a picture with you for a picture, Chris? >> Okay. green. He got sting. [Music] Thank you all so much. What I can say is
018one of my heads to do [Laughter] this. >> Thank you all very much. will follow the upcoming election. And if anybody needs data, I got mountains from >> always need data, Chris. Also, >> everything is public record. >> We're going to take a five minute break right now. Um, so it's I forgot my phone. 6:05. So, we'll be back at 610. So, I'll call us back into order at this time. If there's no objections from the rest of the board, I'd like to move um item 17.1 public comment topics other than agenda items um up to kind of merge that with our 5.1 public comment of agenda items. the three people who are uh signed up to speak all are speaking at the levy about the levy and um technically we don't have that as
019part of our agenda. So I'm going to suggest that we move that up if there's no objections. >> Okay. So at this time um we'll have public comment. The purpose of public comment again is normally to provide input to agenda items. We're moving it up. So this last part is usually to just provide the board um questions or input on things that you want them to consider. Um per policy um there is a threem minute limit to um each person speaking and I'm going to ask for some help in tracking that because I often forget. I will ask you to approach the microphone here in the center in the order in which you registered. Once I recognize you, I'll ask you to um state your name and your address and >> and uh possibly if
020you have any group affiliation that you want to identify. Um and I think that's probably it. So I'd like to start off with Maddie Ganoski. Um, if you would come up to the microphone. >> Hi. >> Um, wait. So, >> so say your name and your address. >> Mattie Mattie Gancowski, 697 Indian Wells Lane, >> Parisburg. >> Hi, I'm Mattie Gancowski. I'm a sophomore at PHS and member of both band and choir. and I'm here to speak about a student's perspective on the levy cuts. Ever since last year's failed levy, there has been such a huge impact made on the students in Parisburg. We have lost many of our favorite teachers. Those teachers being the ones who have helped students such as myself find confidence in ourselves as performers and musicians. After seeing this huge
021impact and seeing the proposed cuts for the upcoming levy, I've decided to speak up and share my opinions on the behalf of myself and others who may be afraid to do so. I think that is important for voters to see the perspective of a student who is directly affected by it and how the student experience will suffer with further cuts. In Parisburg, students have the option to start their music journey as early as fifth grade and continue music throughout their schooling until senior year. The music department at Parisburg is a big deal. Every year, we consistently receive superior ratings at OMA contest in band, choir, and orchestra. If the levy fails, that will no longer be an option. Students will not even have the opportunity to start music until two years later in seventh grade.
022And even then, there will be no performances in junior high nor high school. No concerts, no contests, no competitions, no musicals, no marching band, no bandon parades, stages both in the community and in the schools left silent. It shouldn't have to be this way. It can't come to this. There is much more, not including music that is on the verge of being cut. I could talk all day about the impact that will be made by cutting extracurriculars and the impact on student athletes by cutting their sports. But since I don't have time, I'll leave you with this last thought. Think back to your high school years. Think about the sports, extracurricular activities, or music that you and your friends participated in or attended. Think about the friendships you made and the dedication and passion you
023had towards those activities. Think about how that added enjoyment to your high school years and took some of the academic pressure off of your shoulders by spending time with your friends through shared interests. Now imagine how you would feel if that was taken away from you in an instant. Would that affect what you did in college, maybe even what you're doing now as an adult? Now think of the students who won't get to pursue interests similar to you just because they were denied the opportunity to explore and try new things during high school. We are constantly being encouraged to get involved, but with the loss of these opportunities, that is almost impossible. Many students will lose the feeling of belonging in school because they won't have the outlets to meet meet people with similar interests
024to them, and they'll never meet those unexpected friends that will last a lifetime. If we are denied these opportunities through our schools, the experience of many students will suffer. Talents will suffer. Students will feel disconnected from each other. Schools will become something that students are forced to do rather than something they enjoy. and the overall experience of our seniors will be lost. It can't be this way. The student experience that Parisburg is known for will be lost. Thank you for listening and allowing me to speak today. You >> next I have um Maddie Flower Flower. Sorry if I just mispronounced your name. You can say your name correctly when you get up here. Um, Maddie Flogger and then 9889 Parliament, please. Good evening. My name is Maddie and I'm currently a junior, a junior at
025Parisburg High School. I've been a part of the band program for six years in a marching band for three. I wanted to come here and talk tonight about the upcoming election and what this loveby means to the students like me. If this levy were to fail again, I would lose my senior year of band, something I've worked towards since middle school. This would mean missing out on senior night, our Disney trip, and all other traditions that make senior year special. It's hard to think about not being able to experience those things after so many years of dedication. But this isn't just about me. If the levy fails, students at the intermediate schools will also lose their chance to join band and learn an instrument. I don't think it's fair to the young for the younger
026students to miss out on the same opportunities that I had that I and so many others have had. Just a few weeks ago, we hosted our eighth grade band night. It was amazing to see how excited those students were to be were to be part of the high school band. If this levy doesn't pass, that opportunity disappears from them. The impact goes far beyond music. My brother plays on the JB football team, and he's always dreamed of finishing high school, his high school career, as a Parisburg Yellow Jacket. A failed levy would take away sports programs that have shaped so many students, including those who go on to play at a collegiic level. These programs give students a sense of belonging, teamwork, and pride that cannot be replaced. The same goes for our gifted students.
027Taking taking away gifted programs will make it harder for those who need more academic challenges to grow and stay engaged. Every student learns differently, and we all deserve the chance to be supported at our level. Transportation is another big concern. If busing is eliminated for high school students, many families will struggle. Not everyone has access to a car or a parent to drive them to school. Some students might have to transfer to other districts just to continue their education and activities such as sports, clubs, music, and many more. Finally, the reduction in reading intervention programs at the elementary level would hurt students who needed that early support. I know this personally. When I was younger, I struggled with reading. Thanks to my reading intervention teacher, I caught up and even began reading at a high
028school level by third grade. That changed my life and gave me a love for reading that I still have today. Every child deserves that same chance. Larger class sizes and fewer resources would also make it harder for teachers to give each student the attention they need. It's not fair to ask teachers to do more with less or for the students to miss out on the support they deserve. In closing, this levy isn't just about numbers or budgets. It's about people. It's about every student in this district who wants to learn, grow, and be a part of something meaningful. By voting yes, you're investing in our future in musicians, athletes, scholars, and leaders of Parisburg. Thank you for listening and thank you for supporting our students in school. >> Thank you, Maddie. >> Thank you. >>
029And Veronica Falter. Hello. I'm Veronica Falter. Uh 1993 Lexington Drive, Parisburg. When I was a senior in high school that fall, Genanoa schools was also fighting for a levy. Of course, the teachers would encourage us students to go home and tell our parents to vote for the levy as I am sure is happening this very day. Naturally, not understanding what all school leveies were about, I would go home and tell my parents they had to vote for the levy, especially since I was a cheerleader, you know, because of the important things to a schoolage girl. For some reason though, I attended my one and only meeting between the residents of Genanoa and the school board. A businessman, Mr. Samson of Samson's Furniture, was there and spoke up. He said something that has stuck with me
030all these years because it made sense to a 17-year-old girl and had it has been 50 years since I graduated from Genanoa High School. So, it maybe it was meant for such a time as this to quote Esther in the Bible. He made the point that just as all schools do when they're pushing for a levy that they feel fear is going to fail, the first thing that is played on is no sports, no extracurricular activities of course in my mind to get the students riled up. But this time here in Parisburg, all of that and oh my goodness, so much more. I was shocked at the list of takeaways that the board listed and went on and on. What Mr. Samson said was, "Okay, so you take away all the sports, which is self-
031sustaining by the way, and these extracurricular activities, and you keep the school going for another two weeks. Then what?" So I asked this board the very same reason, this very same question, and I would strongly suggest that every parent that has a child going to Parisburg schools refuse to be threatened by this ploy. And every resident of Parisburg asked themselves the very same question. So, school board, you keep the schools going for another two weeks. Then what? At this point, so many financial questions have been raised and have not been truly addressed. And there just has not been any accountability for the expenses, only that we need to spend more to keep the school system going. Plus, there has only been an increase in administrative expenses. that should be cut first, but it's just not
032happening. Our students and teachers are uh truly Parisburg's badge of honor. For that very reason, I pray this board is flipped this November from this overspending practice back to one of financial accountability to the people of Parisburg and back to the conservative core values at every level of the school system, which was the reason my husband and I moved here 30 years ago and one that is accountable to the residents of Parisburg. that accountability will return back the re opportunities that Miss Gancowski and Miss Vlogger stated because it truly is about budgets and numbers. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Right. That concludes our public comment section. Uh thank you to everyone for coming and sharing. I'd like to now turn it over to the superintendent for district update. Good evening everyone once again. Start
033with the superintendence report. Uh here we go. All right. I don't like I'd like to remind everyone of our mission ensuring all students achieve their greatest potential and our vision where passion drives exemplary education. We are here to prepare future ready jackets who are thoughtful problem solvers, purposeful communicators, respectful collaborators, persistent innovators, lifelong learners, and empathetic citizens. Our core values are we value students as individuals. We inspire students to discover their passion. We challenge our students and ourselves. We provide a safe and inclusive environment. We manage resources efficiently. We enrich our community. And we are trailblazers. The board purpose and responsibilities are to establish the school's district mission and vision, set strategic objectives for student achievement, and ensure necessary resources are available. The board's responsibilities are they plan for the future, engage the community, monitor
034student achievement, provide, and steward, hire, support, and supervise the superintendent and treasurer, set policy, and educate the community to advocate for public education. So, I'd just like to go through a few great celebrations over the last month uh that we've seen. So, this is our beautiful Frank Elementary School walk-athon. I was talking to this principal today. It's uh National Principal Month and we're going to celebrate each of our principles over the next eight days. Each one of them will get just a couple minute Zoom call with me and then we'll publish that for all the community to see. We have amazing leaders in this district, just amazing principles who do such a great job at the school level. And so one of my initiatives is to kind of let our community get to know those
035principles a little better. So, um, I think they were a little nervous because sometimes people can be unkind on social media, but I assured them that that would not happen here because they are highly respected and loved. So, this this happened to be one of uh this principal's favorite memories. I asked him for a special moment and this was one of hers. She just loves this event, the Frank School Walkathon. It was a huge success. Uh this I know is a is very popular. As a matter of fact, I was at the football game Friday night and one of the students that went on this uh experience, which is grant funded, uh came to me to tell me what an incredible leadership experience this was and that it kind of changed her mind about what
036she wanted to do as a career. She's now considering education, which I love because she was very excited about being able to be this kind of an influence uh just as the hip leaders are. So, this is our these were our hip leadership kids. Our high impact peer program, it's been around for decades here. Focuses on anti-bullying and developing leadership and self-confidence. And every fall, 24 to 26 students are chosen by faculty and adviserss at the junior high based on their skills that they already possess, but also on potential that they show. So, this was an incredible experience for them and it was great to hear from them to see what a great time they had. A big thank you to Jackie Dur who's the high school STEM teacher and also hip adviser and also
037the Parisburg Schools Foundation who made this happen. The Wood County District Public Library Bookmo has been visiting with first grade students and you can see that they made some great choices there. Everybody that goes to the junior high recognizes this event. They love it so much. Again, just J thank you so much to JPO um who is with along with the uh Parisburg Schools Foundation, a lot of volunteers um who did not leave clean. Um no one gets out of this event not looking somewhat like that. You end up with some kind of colored powder. Um the uh annual jacket color run is in its eighth year. They exceeded their goal. Um and obviously this is something that JPO does for us in supporting positive student incentives. Um Mrs. Lmer and I heard about this
038at the how much fun these kids had and uh really supports our jacket weight program this two weekends ago I guess it was or was it this past weekend I can't even remember it's two weekends ago right so the Parisburg High School interact club teamed up with Parisburg Rotary in a let's build beds and this is an event that creates safe and comfortable beds for kids in need. I can tell you I came from a district that had a lot of kids that did not have beds and they benefited from this program. It's amazing to me how many kids just don't have a bed. And this program um allows kids in underserved areas to get their very first bed. So, a big thank you to uh Serve Ohio for partially funding the product through a
039make a difference day grant. Custodian appreciation day was early in October and this is an especially fun picture. This is Doug Russ laying on the floor there. The entire staff and many of the students dressed like Mr. Russ that day because it was to honor and appreciate our custodians. So, this was kind of fun. And I know all the buildings had something special planned for their custodians who keep our buildings clean and safe and in good repair. And we're grateful for all of them. And this was a really fun day for him. I know he he was absolutely flabbergasted and when I talked to him he could barely make words. He was so excited about the way we honored him. These little dolls um at preschool, the preschool art show was an exhibition that highlights
040creativity and developmental growth of our very youngest learners across the river there. This showcase celebrated the artistic process, imagination, self-expression, adorableness of our preschoolers. And certainly we're recognizing these yellow jackets. This was literally just maybe today or the last couple of days. All five of our Woodland Elementary School's third grade classes have this great option of taking a walking field trip through Woodland Park because it's the city of Parisburg Sculpture Walk. And so they get to go through and go bless uh Robin Balmer who will do this multiple times this week. Um she'll kind of narrate the tour. She does a fantastic job. Um, Mr. Jurer and I saw her at Rotary and she kind of had slides of all this, but there's nothing quite like seeing these sculptures in person. If you haven't taken
041the time to pull into this park and walk through this sculpture walk, I would highly encourage it. It's it's really just such a special thing. Just another one of the things that makes Parisburg so special. Um, I had a great time last Thursday volunteering at the HPI Literacy Center. This group of really dedicated moms and parents meets on Thursdays to kind of reorganize, label, inventory, repair the books that are in each of our literacy centers at Hall Prairie. It is a really big job. A really big job. And so it was just a pleasure to spend time with them, talk to them, um, and get to know them a little better. All right, and that's that one. Any questions about any of those events? No, we're good. >> A lot of fun. >> It was
042so much fun. Lots of fun. I'm having just the time of my life. I really I'm having such a good time. So, uh, we've been talking about this. Uh, this is often a question that we hear out and about. Uh, and we had a very talented, uh, person kind of put this together for us. And I thought it was worthy of sharing. Um, Mrs. Roland Miller shared it first, I believe, at uh, >> Ch No, not Chamber. Yes, Chamber. at chber portions of it >> and yes, portions of it and we're going to share it here tonight and we'll continue to share it. Uh it seems to be very popular. So I think it's I think it's a really good run through of how we do operate here. It's a question that's often asked. Why
043can't schools run more like a business? Or I know how to make my company more efficient. Why can't schools do that? And here's the truth. Parisburg schools already run like some of the most high-erforming and efficient businesses around. And if anything, businesses could probably learn from us. We have 5,500 customized products every single day. We don't turn out any two that are alike. Imagine a company that had to do that. Every one of them is unique. Every one of them is changing over time. Every one of them is influenced by forces that are well out of our control. Now, imagine that those products are independently reviewed and ranked in the top 5% of more than 600 competitors across the state. That's what we do here every day. Not only do we deliver high quality outcomes,
044but we do it at a cost per student that is lower than the state average. Just let that sink in a minute. Lower than the state average. We perform at five stars and spend less. In other words, better performance, lower cost. That's a business dream scenario. Regulation without escape clauses. Schools do not operate just in a competitive environment. They operate in one of the most regulated industries in that there is. There's always new rules, new mandates, new training. It's constant. And unlike businesses, we can't delay or push off to the next quarter or discontinue a model. Every request for customization has to be filled. Every student who walks in our door is served. No exceptions, no waiting list, no out of stock, and might I add, with a whole lot of love. Management, we are
045lean, responsive, and relentless. In the business world, it's accepted that one manager oversees six to 10 employees. At Parisburg, our aur administrative load is 20 plus employees each. That's 20 plus evaluations. That's 20 plus walkthroughs. That's 20 plus people that have a variety of things going on. Every one of our administrators manages at least 20 people. And their role doesn't stop there. Unlike most business managers, school leaders are expected to directly respond to thousands of customers. Families who rightfully want updates, attention, and accountability for how their child is doing. Principles, assistant principles, and district leaders spend countless hours outside of the typical day returning calls, answering emails, attending meetings, and addressing concerns. These aren't extra tasks. They are fundamental to how schools must operate as institutions of public trust and service. So, while a typical
046business manager might focus solely on operations and metrics, our administrators juggle compliance, staff oversight, and continuous customer engagement, all at twice the scale of the private sector. Shareholder value that is off the charts. So, what about returns for the shareholders? If property owners are treated as investors, they've seen a 38.9% increase in property value over the last five years. This comes from Zillow. We double checked with a few real estate agents and they're like, "Yeah, it's about it's about as accurate as you can get." That's not just growth. That's marketleading growth. The workforce challenge, highly educated and yet shrinking in supply. The workforce of a school district is uniquely comprom comprised of highly educated professionals. Every teacher, every counselor, every specialist is not only trained but also licensed. Yet our pipeline is eroding. The number
047and proportion of new college graduates with education degrees has been steadily failing falling. Education degrees once led the list of bachelor's degree awards by 2021 had dropped to roughly 10th the most common major. That means that Parisburg is operating in a talent constrained environment, forced to retain, recruit aggressively, and offer incentives to attract top people, all while delivering exceptional outcomes. In the business world, we can delay projects until the next quarter. Here, we have to deliver every single day with no exceptions. In a business world, they can discontinue unprofitable products, but not here. We have to serve every student in every need. Managers oversee six to 10 employees in a business world. Our administrators oversee 20 plus employees and thousands of families. Customer support. Sometimes you know this. You call for customer support, you get
048transferred to the optional service line. Not here. Families expect and deserve daily responsiveness. And that's what we do. In the business world, they're competing for market share. Here, we're consistently ranked in the top 5% statewide. I cannot stress to you enough what an amazing accomplishment that is. Investors expect steady returns. Home values are up 38.9% in five years. And in the business world, I would say this is a challenge in the business world is two too, but they can recruit from growing talent pools. And our talent pool is really shrinking. As fewer and fewer students enter education majors, more and more of us are looking for those education majors. and we're competing with the districts around us. The bottom line. So the next time someone says to you, "Why don't schools run more like a
049business?" Maybe the better question is, "Why don't more businesses run like Parisburg schools?" Because if they did, they'd be producing toprated products under budget in one of the toughest regulatory environments imaginable while also responding personally to thousands of customers, recruiting from a shrinking pool of highly trained professionals. That's not just efficiency, ladies and gentlemen. That's excellence. That's all I have for you. Thank you for that. I think one of the things that um struck me as I was first reading through this was that um you know that customer service in many businesses is this separate piece. you know that there's people trained in customer service or that are doing just that. And it it is true that every single one of our staff members, whether it's a teacher, an administrative, someone here in the administrative
050offices, they're all doing customer service. And the customers, we talk about the families, but it is also the entire community that we are customer service reps for. So, um, again, I I've always been amazed by our staff and what we've asked them to accomplish with the cuts that we had to do after the last levy rejection. We were asking them to do even more and then I'm reminded of how much they're doing that I don't even think of on a daily basis. So, thank you for that. All right, we'll move over to Mr. Drewer and the treasurer's report. and how do I follow that >> with excellence. >> We really really appreciate that you know that um perspective on the schools. I tell you was a when I saw it last week it was just
051a pep talk. It's just like every day you want a pep talk just go through th those things and you realize you know why we got into this to begin with. Um, want to go back to um, build the beds day. Want, you know, uh, Sue and Susan were both there and Tess came to help, too. And >> she was >> we built 30 beds in two hours. So, put that in perspective. And, uh, it, uh, the waiting list goes for 700 beds. >> Yeah. >> So, they're always looking for some opportunities. So, all right. So, let's move into the more fun stuff. Um, financial. So like I like to want to do once in a while is remind ourselves even though we don't need a reminder at this point of why we do what
052we do. You know top 5% below you know at below state average and costs. This data is 2024. I'm sure the 2025 data when it's available will come out. That dark circle is Parisburg. This is us against Wooden Lucas County Schools. Second highest performance and well below the average for the area. That's not state average. That's for the area, our schools around us. We outperform all but one school district in the area. And we spend per student less than most of them. So really nice. But then, as Mr. Schwarz Miller likes to point out, that's not really who our target is. Our target are are the districts who are most like us. The the Auroras, the Avon Lakes, um Beaver Creeks. Again, these are the pure these are the districts that look at like us
053in terms of demographics, you know, um wealth and other diver demographics. You can see again we're right up there as one of the top performers and below costs per student versus our peers. So, it's a kind of reminder what we do. And to me, it's an external validation that we're we're on track and the naysayers can say what they want, but this district delivers the goods and has for a long time. There's there's my little pep that's best I can do for a pep talk for today. Um, financially, let's go on to general fund. We are three months into the new fiscal year. The trend on the on our cash flow and cash balance just what you expect between now and January and February. Our cash balance will continue to drop as we are in
054between our tax payments and how much that drops obviously is very dependent on what happens in here in a couple weeks. So nothing unusual there. Um just again this is this year and a so the um light green line at the top is our cash balance the red is our revenue and the dark green our expenses you know our expenses a reminder are relatively flat during the year they don't vary a lot but our revenues do right that's why we carry a cash balance because our revenues are going to be up and down um as a year goes on so looking at the general fund we are at 148 true cash days um as of the end of September. Um last year at this time we were at 166 days. Our revenue is down about
05517% year-over-year and our costs are down about 1% and this is we're seeing the impact of the reductions, not just the reductions we made this year. Remember with the custodial reductions we saw last year that made us come in last year a lot better than expected. Of course, those are carrying through. So, but again the we are you know we are tracking where we where we expect to be at this time. I want to hit on just a couple line items real quick. Real estate taxes you can see year-over-year that's the impact of the levy failure from November. So last year at this time we had collected over 22 million. This year 16 and a half that's the that's the difference in that in that in that levy. Now, on the state aid, this this
056one's a little more complicated because the bianium budget, which was approved in June, the school funding portion of that does not really take into effect until October. So, at this point, you don't see the impact of the bianium budget on our funding. We're essentially being funded at last year's level through the first three months. So, our first payment um on the 10th was under the new form. I won't say new formula, the new funding model which included our essentially bonus for being a high performance district and having enrollment growth. And so you'll see a nice little bump in unrestricted state aid because of those starting in October. So we we do this banning budget did give us a bump for those two things, but it doesn't really increase our per pupil because they've kept us
057flat funded otherwise. On the expense side, I just want to look at salaries and benefits. Again, we all know this is our biggest cost area. 80 plus% of our costs are in are in salaries and benefits. We are a people business. We don't inventory anything. We don't create widgets, right? As we've talked about, we have 5,500 plus beautifully customized products that we have to deal with and it's done with people. And you can see our salaries and benefits just a little bit of increase year-over-year. Again, that's the impact of the cuts coming in this year. Um September is when we see the first significant change because that's the the um teachers contracts go from September 1st to August 30. Right? So we don't see the impact of those until September. So now we are seeing
058those impacts. So that that's really it on the on the um general fund side. Any questions on that before I move on. Okay. On the agenda tonight is for the board to approve um our health insurance premium for the next calendar year. Our health insurance pre premium dental and and medical go on a calendar year. Um, so each year at this time we we work with the various partners to generate a recommendation for the board. So I'm going to walk you through the process. We have three goals when we look at our health insurance program and the and the premiums. We want to protect the integrity of the plan. That is keep it solvent. We want to minimize the financial impact on the district and the employees because remember both the district and employees contribute
059premium to the plan and we want to balance risk. Right? We're making some calls here on the riskreward. If we're risk adverse, we would just collect all we can and get the biggest pot of money we can, but we know that that's not practical. So when we make this decision, we're using supple inputs. We're looking at some current trends of revenue versus expenses. Um, we look at high claim analysis. Our actuary looks at the numbers, but we what the actuary doesn't have is data that Don and I have on high claims and membership and those kind of things. So, we factor that into it. Like we know if there's some high claimants who are no longer on the plan, etc. And of course, talk about actuarial inputs. We get to these numbers. These aren't just,
060you know, Don and I sitting there staring at each other. We bring in experts in the area to run the numbers and they and they have to certify to an audit that that we're solvent and that we're making the right decisions here. And then of course we do we do have a consultants with Savage Associates. They're kind of our bounce things off of. They're the experts. As smart as Don and I think we are, we're not experts, right, Don? >> Truth is, >> and we can admit it, so it's hard for me to do sometimes. But anyway, this is our trend on our self- insurance over the last five years. The green line is our cash balance in our insurance fund. And the blue line is the revenue and the orange red line is the
061expenses. So, we've had a really good run over the last five years. Last year was the first time where our expenses outran our premiums, but fortunately, we had a cash balance. We could absorb that. That's what the That's what the reserve is for, to be able to absorb years like this. and we had some high unusually high claimments that drove that higher than you know what we would expect at that point. So there's no panic here. It's healthy. Our average um premium increase over the last 5 years has been 4.25%. I bet there's some private companies would love to be able to have that trend for the health insurance for their employees because the national average is well over 8 to 10%. So, so we look at the trends and then we look at the
062stop-loss, lasers, and exclusions. What that is, we buy insurance that protects the district from high claims and that's that levels $170,000. So, if I need a treatment, I got heaven forbid cancer. The a plan will cover up to $170,000. Then our stop-loss insurance picks up after that. except the stop loss will laser out known highcost members. We know this member is going to be high cost, so they may make that 250,000 or $300,000. Then they'll also can exclude people from the stop loss. We know that this person is going to be a high claimant and they're not they're not going to insure them. So the the plan has to take over the the complete risk. This past year we had a person who um a me who was excluded that cost us well over a
063million dollars and there's some you know won't go into details here if you want I'll share it with you but um again a stop loss there to protect us but it's not completely complete protection and of course we look at membership changes right people retire come off our play and we look at that we look at that risk so there's a bunch of numbers here I'm not going I'm going to assume you don't have to stare at all of them. I don't want your eyes to glaze over yet. But this is our actuarial looking at our our trend lines. And what he is looking at um is our reserve. That's kind of his his if you will goal line, maintaining a reserve at least 50% of claims. That's the goal. And so he he modeled
064that out and said, you know, if you look at one way to look at it, 6% increase this year, then 8% in in future years and maintain that 50% target. And in fact, in the forecast, 8% is built into my forecast or premium increases after this year based on it. And he looks at another way, you can't see these numbers. It's okay. I'll pull them up. So looking at claims rates then he goes and compare them to what our our consultant is saying they're back and forth is his recommendation was a 5.42% increase in premiums you know just again forecasting the rates that we have on um claims and other expenses. So we took that data and combined it with our understanding of our high-cost claimants and our loss. And so talking with the consultants
065and the actuary, we all agreed that a four to 5% increase on health insurance is warranted. And dental, our claims rates are great. There's no need to make a change there. So um Mr. Christie and my recommendation to the board is a 4.25% health insurance premium increase effective January 1. We believe it's it's on the a little bit on the optimistic side, but we have a healthy balance in our um insurance fund. We we we can accept that that risk at this point. You know, if I be more conservative, it would go a little bit higher, but with our tough cash times like this, this is a way to kind of preserve general fund cash but still fund the insurance fund adequately. Mr. Anderson, if I have a question. >> Oh, yes. Yes, I was.
066So, the risk of going a little bit low on this is that next year's premium increase may end up having to be north of 8%. >> Probably higher. I mean, we can't We are We are an interesting situation for a self-insured organization. We're small. We're relatively small. Most organizations our size are in consortiums where they can group the risk. So, I as we talk with our health insurance committee recognize that all of us who are members of the health plan are sharing the risk for each other. So, that's the that's the risk. You're right. You know, if we have um a million-doll claimant or multiple, it's going to put the planet at risk. But but you are right. That's we're we're betting on ourselves a little bit. We're betting on our ability for our wellness
067efforts. We're we're betting on the effectiveness of our healthcare clinic, which done a great job with our members. Those kinds of things. Well, and we we we talked about this in in a little bit of detail, too, because because, you know, and I'm a having sat on other benefit committees in the for-profit world, I'm a big believer in the cyclicality of health care costs. You see trends that occur every four, five, or six years that you can almost set your watch by. And um this was a high claims cost year. We're kind of at the high point of that cyclicality. So, you use the word bet. I don't like the word bet. Hope is not a strategy. No, no, but you know the the the the data and that history says that if we're to
068feather back a premium uh increase this year and it's still an increase, right? It's not nothing. You know, this is the data is saying this is a year to do that. So here yet that risk exists but it's a calculated risk with some grounded assumptions. So let me just go back a little bit here to this graph here. So what we've done over the years is taken small increases sometimes a little bit bigger than we needed to to prepare potentially for a bigger year. And so that's kind of, you know, we've stayed that we've kept that trend. Now we think we we can take a little more risk in this coming year. So that's our recommendation. That's what we're asking the board to approve um tonight. >> Could you speak a little bit to the
069impact on the projections that I assume are built into this? I couldn't find that, but I know you're looking forward more than backwards. Um, you know, we we have approximately, you know, 56 58 less staff members that we're needing to consider. How does that how has that played into this projection and and into this increase estimate? >> Honestly, it it doesn't um because I didn't go back and look at everyone to see what their claims rates are. Um I prefer from my seat that I I know some of the the big numbers but not to look at individuals if I can avoid it. Um and certainly we certainly can do that. We know some larger cost individuals who came off the plan. We do are aware of those but the average um the only thing
070I've done like built in the forecast is those who came off our plan that's built into the benefits costs right because not everyone who came off who left the district were on our plan. So in some cases if a if a person left they may have had health insurance they may not have with us. >> So those projected expenses rec you know recognize that there are less employees that are going to be filing claims though. >> Yes. And the high cost claims again came off the plan. >> The highest cost came off the plan. >> Came off the plan. So, >> so the word that I got caught on was that we're small. And I thought, okay, if we're small, is there an advantage to us somehow being bigger? I know we have the wellness
071center, which was a genius idea from ARA, but I wonder are there other people, other groups that we would want to bring in to help? We we explore that regularly. There are other options. The down there's up there's the the upside obviously is the sharing the risk. >> The downside is we lose our control. We were in the Wood County Consortium. When did we leave Don? Do you remember >> Dean? 20 years ago. It's been a long time. >> The Wood County, we were in with other school districts in Wood County Consortium. They made some changes. We we went along with it and no one else did what they said they were going to do. So, we pulled out and so we were accountable to ourselves. What I do know across the state in talking
072with other consultants, there are some very well-run consortiums and there's some very poorly run consortiums and you got to find the right thing. But Don and I have that conversation with our consultants all the time. What is the right plan? maybe a you know a fully insured plan right or which means that right now we are the insurance company so we're ins we're insuring our employees maybe we do a fully insured plan mutual health anthem but we we look at those things regularly and right now we feel like and Don correct me if I'm wrong here our having local control is worth the risk but at some point in time joining a larger consortium makes some sense to share the risk But again, you end up being one voice, one vote, and you're at the
073mercy of others. And I can tell you my experience with some court, three consortiums, two are not wellrun, and it was frustrating. >> Okay. >> Well, as I recall, that experience you referred to that Parisburg was in some, you know, two decades ago, did not work out well. Was not rather said was not to Parisburg's benefit financially. And and I can tell you Wood Wood County Consortium >> rate increases have been significantly higher than ours. >> Well, and that's where the proof is in this. I mean, that's how you back this up is the low claims experience. Um 8 9% you know co costs a 4.25% health insurance premium increase. I mean the plan is working really well as designed. Throw some salt over my shoulder when I say that because you know that's anything
074could happen tomorrow. We we just got to recognize there's risk that we're just it's the risk that we that's and we just got to have our eye our eyes open on that risk. It's done well. We're doing well. We've got it. We I think we got a really good >> reserves are the reserves are >> reserves are good. We have a health care committee that is really getting engaged. They got some great suggestions how to do better job educating our employees to make better >> decisions about their own about health care. And we all got a vested interest in this, right? Because we're all part of the plan. And and that's part of it owned. Yeah. >> So, this will um approving this rate increase is 15.2 in our consent agenda. Um so, we can
075certainly pull it from the consent agenda if we want to discuss it further at that time, but are there additional questions related to this because I know there's another part of the presentation. So, are there additional questions we want to get into right now? >> Okay. >> Thank you for the conversation. So, let me I want to move quickly through these last couple things. So in parallel to the the um rate um premium increase we're looking at we have a self- insurance fund right we right now we don't have a policy around how to manage that fund we have a policy around how to manage our general fund reserve we need so I've sent the reviews the finance committee we've sent this we'll send us the policy but we're we I'm asking that board at
076some point in time approve a policy on our insurance fund which essentially says this our target is to maint you know obviously you're not going to sit right there but you're going to have a range. If we get too low or going to project to be too low we have to take that little higher increase or if it's going to if we start getting too high then we can either dial back the increase or there's some other things we can do. So that's coming your way. It's kind of this is kind of a preview. Um I think unless Eric or Laura want to make any more comment about that. Um we went through finance. It'll go to policy at some point in time. There's no rush on this. >> So that's not in this first
077read of the policies. Okay. >> There's no rush on this. But the key players in this is it's a it's a team effort. You know, Don and I will will kind of lead that effort. we'll have an actuary involved and then the finance committee we kind of play that key role then on on that decision making and then obviously the board makes the final decision on premium changes and that kind of thing. So that's coming. Last thing I think it's the last thing on my route just revisit Route 99 property reviewed us last couple months with the finance committee. Again, we have 75 acres there east of Route 75. About half of it is used for Parisburg soccer club and the other half we rent is farmland. Um right now the soccer club maintains their
078acreage, no cost to the district. We do use that area for practice on occasion and then there's about 40 acres south that we lease that we'll look at um negotiating that lease at this point. Couple other comments there. There's no water and sewer in that area yet and the parcel south of our property has been on the market for four years with no with no sales. So, um and so I really I shouldn't call it a lease. I should have changed this. Our agreement with the Parisburg Soccer Club is a use agreement. There's no financial consideration other than if they're maintaining it and that and they sent us written notice that they want to renew the want to renew and we have the ability to terminate the agreement with six months notice. For those reasons,
079I'm recommending there's no action that needed to take at this time that the the agreement will get renewed and if the board decides what they want to do something else with the property, you've got six months to notify the Persburg soccer club on it. So, um, Laura, Eric, you want to make any more comments on that? >> I mean, the if the the So, one, you know, that it's a really wellused piece of property by that Parisburg soccer club. And when you look at the success, do we mention the success that both soccer the varsity soccer programs have had, both NLL champs, I believe, and on their way on to the next round. So, you know, that all starts with what goes on on that property, you know, every weekend this time of year. You
080can drive by there and see how well it's used. So just a great community partner and like every other community partner that we have, you know, we're recouping the costs on that just like we do when the community theater group used to be able to use our buildings and they would repay for custodians and things like that. So the the financial benefit in there is it's cost neutral to the district. If anything, they're taking care of stuff we would otherwise the district would otherwise have to pay for. And probably my second thought on this is it's really compelling. You know, when there's property to the south that has been for sale that has had no activity, this property undeveloped, no sewer, no, you know, this also sits with a for sale sign on it for
081years. So, there's not a sense of urgency when I believe the property is already at its best use as it is right now. >> Okay. Anything else? All right. All right, wrap up here real quick. Um, our financial audit is essentially complete. You all should have received emails from the auditors asking for you to fill out a s quick survey on any knowledge you have a fraud. Um, that that'll be wrapped up as soon as our financial statements are wrapped up, which have to be done by the end of the month. So, it's all coming together. Um, our audit was another clean audit. So, woohoo. Um because and because of the um capital conference, I'm going to be out the rest of that week. Finance committee is going to be moved to a week earlier
082to November 6th. So, it's a change. I'll be rushing the financial statements stuff ready, but that shouldn't be too big of a problem. And my last item is I will be out of the office tomorrow. I'll be in Columbus testifying on House Bill 186. Um it's critical at this time. I don't know how good it will do, but you know, right now the worst case scenario, it it uh it'd be devastating to us as written essentially would because the main thing is they're going to make it retroactive. So, they'll go back two years and then this year and then next year. So, it has a three-year impact. It's close to $10 million. So, um we're not going to take that lying down. >> No, it's retroactive. Okay. So, >> well, we can and I think
083um we can talk about that now. We could also talk about that during the board discussion time. >> Well, the only other if I can make one more comment about finance committee as a reminder to the public that these meetings are open >> to the public. So, you know, when I when I hear that there are still unresolved questions about this district's finances. Okay. Um I participated in maybe 120 financing finance meetings for this district roughly. Don't check my math, but I could probably count on one hand, if I really think, maybe two hands, the number of people that have come to these finance committee meetings to ask questions. Uh, I have a sense that even these comments for those that are are going to be watching this later aren't going to be heard because
084most people probably skip over this section about finances. So, the again, we sat in this room for the finance committee meeting last week and it was empty other than the committee members. So, come join us. I find this stuff interesting, so evidently other people do, too. Uh, so just a a nice reminder that the these meetings are open to the public. I think the district has a good idea of the way of Randy right now, and he's happy to talk and answer any questions that may be out there about our finances. >> Sorry. >> No, >> I want to make a comment on the health care cost. Having been in a district that was in a health care consortium, anytime that you can have a health care cost increase that is under two digits is
085a good year. And I know that's hard for some people to understand, but nine nine and below is awesome. So, and the fact that we're only at 4.25 >> is great. >> Thank you. We have in 7.2 to um a motion would entertain to approve the uh September 2025 financial report. >> So move >> second. >> Miss Mankey, Mr. Bennington, Mr. Jur, roll call, please. >> Miss Mankey, >> yes. >> Mr. Bennington, >> yes. >> Mr. Anderson, >> yes. >> Miss Laru, >> yes. >> Miss Roland Miller, >> yes. Are there any other um 7.3, you all had a very full agenda. Are there any other items that you want to highlight from that? I think Mr. Drew recovered it. >> Hearing none, we will move on to 8.1 student achievement. Mr. for Bennington. >>
086So, it was a it was a full meeting, but it was a it was kind of it seems to be light on agenda items, but you started with uh the the state report card was kind of new uh on the date of that meeting when we met on October 7th. But, um you we we talked about kind of some of the high points that were coming out, you know, some of the initial reactions. I wrote down uh a couple of of interesting data points that was highlighted you know um of the five-star districts I don't know if this in the state our district is the has the second highest percentage of teachers with zero to four years worth of experience you know that is that's a little bit of a a mandate and a shift
087that was done in the hiring practices maybe you know many years ago um to to to to you look at less experienced I'd say teachers in the hiring. Um, so to be able to, you know, see that data point to me says, you know, what a great job our administrators do, our more experienced teachers and the mentoring of the less experienced teachers. Um, what a great job our less experienced teachers do in the buildings. You know, how coordinated we are with our teaching and learning rhythms to give the teachers the resources they need to be able to do the great work that they do for our students. Um, you know, so that's really to me that that one that one kind of hit me how it all comes together for a district like this thanks
088to, you know, the work of everybody, our administrators, our teachers, our building leadership. Um, so and it's it's it's typical of the teaching and learning um gentlemen, you know, even though we're we may be five stars in a certain area, Mr. Schwarz Miller, Mr. still beating up those those areas to figure out how can we still be better. You know, five stars is not good enough. I guess they're trying to get to five and a half, six stars. >> Sure. >> Uh so they are also doing some deep dives. I believe they had one uh earlier in October right after our uh student achievement committee meeting, but uh doing some deeper dives for staff. I believe the board members received invitations or were made aware of the dates. There's two more coming up uh in
089the next uh in the next several weeks. taking a look at uh starting to set the table for the data review. Uh there's some dates in the minutes about when the the talking with building leadership and the student achievement committee uh about the data that's important as we take a look at our one plan and our strategy and and what's important to consider there is ongoing. um continue to take a look at one plan, putting together uh a format to present the data that we have, collecting data for year two and taking a look at the lessons learned on the year one data collection in order to see what's needed to help support that uh support that initiative. um behavior data, you know, continue to look at processes for uh addressing physical and verbal aggression.
090That continues to unfortunately, you know, see a a a high point. Um so, you know, seeing where where uh how to address and how to categorize, you know, the disrespect uh class disruptions and the defying of the of the teachers in the classroom. Uh then on the elementary side um you went over the elementary dashboard at a at a fairly high level. One of the data points I'll pull out of there is you know the number of our students that start out on um uh reading interventions on rims like 23 and a half% which is feels you know is awfully high. Obviously, we'd like to get that that down, but it's noted, you know, through fourth grade how many come off and what a low percentage that is again due to intervention specialists and the
091curriculum and the work of our teachers. Um, I think those are probably the high points that that I recall that I pulled out. Miss Roland Miller, anything else that hit you, >> Mr. Schwarz Miller? Anything? Thumbs up. Thumbs up. Thumbs up. We'll move on. >> You get an A. Yeah, we did we did more data diving which shouldn't surprise anybody. >> Yeah. And yeah, and to that point again, take a look at the minutes. The data is there. The dashboards there. I encourage you to take a look at uh it's all out there in the open to review. >> Okay. I'm not sure what happened to community engagement. So I'm So as part of nine, I think we'll first move in. So again um just a reminder maybe to the people who are listening that
092finance uh student achievement and community engagement are our three standing board committees. Again those are always open to the public um policy as well that's on an ad hoc nature but um yeah I'm not sure what happened to that and but we did not meet this month but I think we wanted to do a check-in with everyone. Um, we are meeting, we had to reschedule, so we are meeting next Tuesday. Um, but I think we wanted to do a check-in with everyone on um, whether to continue to go forward with the Saturday morning coffee, meet a board member, and some brief discussion about that. Um, I think there was a question of whether we wanted to continue to do that. I, you know, um, Mr. Anderson and I did the September one. was we were
093there before the parade and then hung out during the parade and then were there after. Um we probably had about a half dozen or so people. Um it was a good time actually then during the parade for the two of us to kind of touch base on a few things. So I I found it valuable. I was really grateful for the people that came and asked the questions or shared the things that they wanted to. So I I think it's been valuable. So I I would encourage continuing it, but I that was me. >> I'm sorry. Is there a date set for a proposed date for the next >> I don't know what >> there were but since we pulled it back to library and other forms are we going to go continue forward every
094month with this or did we want to go in the direction that Katie was going with other events? I I mean I think what we had talked about last month was the idea of can of us spreading out and getting to the booster and parent groups on our own and then teaming up with Dr. Anstead when that was appropriate or when she was available and then just the board being available on those Saturday morning events that we had talked about that there's there's things Dr. Anstat's going to do for community engagement. there stuff we want to do together and partner on and then this could be in that lane of things that the board does on a >> and my question was specific to the Saturday morning board yeah initiatives which if I'm hearing that
095that those that have done it believe that they're worthwhile I would support continuing to do it >> agreed >> so I don't I think we could probably skip over October since >> it's too late >> yeah well I mean we're doing a lot of outreach right now thanks to Dr. exper but we've and I've done my two parent groups which I w one thing I wasn't sure but as I was going through these parent groups I really liked being a part of that. Um I learned a lot especially at the junior high HPI one. It was a lot of fun. I still want to go to Boo Fest. Um, I'm wondering if that shouldn't be not just that we should keep doing those because that that was I I found it really interesting to if
096not to be a, you know, like part of their committees or anything, but just to be there um to learn that it helps me understand more intimately what's going on that they're the things that they're doing. And it was it was really a lot of fun. Um so I did two of my three. The third one never responded. Um and as far as the Saturdays are concerned, I would say I don't know. November could be kind of rough too because of things that we got going. But I think we should I would we're just doing them every Saturday or once a month. >> I think the plan had been just one it was second or third. um Saturday every month. >> Second Saturday. >> Yeah. I think >> second was that what we had agreed
097on? >> Well, if we find that community stops coming and they're not interested in it, then we can re-evaluate then. But if you had as many as six people on a day when we're taking over the uptown with a parade and everything, I think that's a pretty good turnout. >> So, is that November 8th? >> Yes. >> November 8th. Any anyone available to go? I'm going to be out of town. >> I I'm available, but I I got to do it in September, but I'll do it again if no one else wants to. >> November 8. The other the other November would be the 15th, which is right before capital conference, which is no big deal. But I could do the 15th. I can't do the 8th. >> And I can do the eth. So,
098>> you want to do it? Think of the eth or the 15th, we've got them covered. So, >> yeah, eighth would work well for me. Okay. >> All right. So, we'll do that the 8th. Do we want to look at December? >> Sure. >> 13th. >> We want to do the 13th or when when do we have our holiday parade? Are we doing Are they doing that? >> That's going to be the It's on a Sunday the 7th. I think it's the weekend after Thanksgiving weekend, I think. Don't quote me on that, though. >> Do we think it would be better doing it in conjunction with that and trying to do one downtown? >> Well, it's an evening. That's an evening parade now. So, I would say to keep it off that. Okay, makes sense.
099Plus, I we ended up there two and a half hours because we >> Yeah. >> like put a pin in it during the parade and then continued on afterwards and two and a half hours I think was a lot of time. >> You had to spend it all with me. >> No, no, no. Didn't mean that. Okay, now I have to apologize. All right. So I would say December 13th if >> if >> I'm available the 13th. >> Okay. >> So we do these at the library. >> That's I we it's at the library. I like the fact that you can come for free. You don't have to feel like you buy anything. It's available. It's a public space. And because we had the parade that day, it also just made a lot of sense.
100So, >> anyone else? >> Is that Is that where we prefer to have it now? Is the is the library? >> It It's my prefer I just like that people can come without feeling like they have to buy something. >> Okay. >> So, that's my preference. >> Do we Do we prefer to have a room downstairs or is there a spot that we want? >> There was a table that we've now used a couple times up in that main part of the library and they just put a sign on it that said Parisburg schools and we just sat there. It's near the kid area, so it's already kind of noisy. So, we were able to carry on conversations and didn't feel like, you know, we weren't out in the study areas, but we were also
101visibly accessible. And I think in the basement that is less >> I like the I like that table up there. We just had to move the checkers board that worked out. Okay. >> Oh, I wouldn't have moved it. >> I would have moved it back, but somebody was playing with it when we left. >> Oh, yeah. >> All right. So, if Eric and I are on the 8th of November, I have Sue and does somebody want to join Sue on December 13th? >> Everybody jump at it? >> You can council me. I think I'm available on the 13th. If if not, we'll figure it out. >> Okay. And what time or is that up to you and me? >> You want to do 9:30 to 11? >> Sure. >> Okay. >> What time is the
102library open? >> 9. >> Okay. Yeah, that's right. >> Yeah. >> Okay. We're set for that. And I guess yeah, I've um I was able to attend the athletic booster levy information session. I attended Frank Parent. I um was I was going to attend Parisburg theater boosters and then I wasn't able to go. It was good because they had changed the date and I didn't know. So make sure you check in because they do move dates. >> Um and again and use that uh Google sheet to fill in if you're going because then Dr. Anststead can check that and come along for fun if she has all lots of lots of free time. No. >> Okay. Anything else with community engagement? If you think of anything, we meet next Tuesday morning at 7:30. All right.
103Um Okay. Other committees. Um I think I started at the I'm gonna start in the middle. Parisburg Schools Foundation. Mr. Anderson. >> Yes. So we met um primarily uh the meeting this month was uh looking at the variety of different funds that they have available across the different endowments that have been brought in which is good because as the cuts are continuing to work their way through the foundation starting to see more and more grant requests coming in to support uh things that used to be supported um and working through doing that. They're constantly looking to find ways to enrich student and teacher activities within the boundaries of the the grants and the funds that they have. So, it's uh doing a good job on that. >> Didn't they raise like $6,000 at the football
104game for the for the puppy dogs? >> Something like that. >> That's amazing. >> It's dogs. >> It was dogs. Yeah. trying to help uh we tried to help Tass out, but we didn't we didn't get him across the finish line, but he's a good he's a good boy. >> See, I should have brought Tass and we could have made even more. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Anderson. Move up. Uh human resources. >> So, yeah, we did that did that one as well, right? Most of that was on uh we covered a lot of it in the working session was around the recruiting or the search for the superintendent >> was the primary focus we covered for that >> operations. >> Uh if you look at the are the notes published anymore? No. So
105you all don't get the the operation notes. Um >> I was saying I have them if you don't. Yeah, if if you look at those um you'll see talked about staffing, talked about staffing, talked about staffing, all all of the main areas um the reductions in staff either by retirements or medical or whatever. Everybody is running in a little bit of a panic. Um, >> I understood that the we had heard last month that the custodians were um kind of short staffed and then I heard at the Frank Parent meeting that it sounds like the maintenance staff is also >> Yep. He's down in maintenance as well. He's down a grounds crew and he's down I've got down to two. I don't know if that was down to two or down two. >> Down two
106custodians because they're out for surgery. >> Yeah. Um and then Brent is also down to that seems to be the number down to on his tech people. Um they are they they have an AI subcommittee which I think is really pretty cool. It's it's teacher run uh and based and Jason Hubard is is kind of run kind of running that which is good because obviously there's a lot going on with the AI thing. Um uh in the transportation she's running into trouble. There's two out on medical um and some family issues that are going on. She's got four that are training though. Sad thing about that is that it takes four to six weeks before they can get started. So there's a there's a big delay there. Um so to keep it short and sweet.
107Um and James is going James is doing James. He is out bidding on the gas and electric um things this month and we know that if there's a deal to be made, he's our dealer and chief and he will uh he will find it and do it. >> Did you get any information on that? No, but I just want to make sure the board because of the nature of this when he gets a price and if he thinks it's good, he needs to lock it lock it down. The contract will come to the board kind of after the fact. But James and I have this conversation. It's not the price is only good for that moment. Literally, it's not 30 days or anything like that. So, um, as the business manager, I kind of see
108him as authorized to be able to negotiate that and then whatever those terms are, the board would then would see them. >> So, hopefully that's comfortable with you. So, >> knowing how James analyzes everything, I I would be more than comfortable to let him do that. So, I'm sure there's a spreadsheet he has already on it. So, um, couple of things to add that I found, um, there's a couple things concerning and a couple things a interesting band-aid for our issues, especially with the short staff part. Um, they were looking at a grant that was coming up for a robotic floor scrubber to kind of help alleviate the areas, especially with the janitors where they're short. Um there's a new transformer that was being put in because the one and I mean this is only
109a few years ago for the high school portables was leaking. Um the water water shutdowns at Woodland were going on during PD days and basically that's to replace the uh back flows. um something called infosc was is replacing no before. So if you see that come up instead of your no before um there's a replacement of vape detectors and kind of multiaceted capability um devices that they use. The one is in the junior high is being replaced. Um, interesting how they work. If kids try it out, it's basically an instant alert. So, um, the thing that I found most concerning, we were have we're having some problems recalls on our propane buses. Um, not very happy that they don't give us a replacement or our laner. We have some that have been down there for
110a while. >> Oh, almost a year. Isn't one? >> It's the first I've heard of this. So, >> we were talking about it in operation. So, >> I think it was almost a year, I think. >> I mean, I was really looking forward to these propane buses working out, but if this is going to be a long-term issue for us, of course, if busing goes away, then that won't be that much of an issue, but um the fact that we paid for something and we're not able to use it is a concern. >> I I got a lot of confidence in the propane bus. Westerville runs their whole fleet is propane has been propane for almost 10 years now. So doesn't excuse this. I'll get with James and figure what's going on. >> So um
111and that was pretty much it. >> There's always a lot going on in operations. >> Pupil and student services we meet tomorrow. So next time we'll have a report on that uh development. >> Mr. Bington, >> we have that meeting on Monday. >> Okay, lots of reports next time. And policy, uh, there is a first read of the policy changes in 15.1. I saw almost all I think all but three were required by legislation, but um, >> yep. >> Thankfully, Miss Lmer and Mr. Anderson have taken up that fun task. I don't know if you want to add anything here. >> Some odd pages. 107 I think of legal changes. Yes. >> Thank Columbus. >> He's he's a boss on this. He he caught some inconsistencies and the wording and it was it was actually
112kind of fun. It was a it was a fast couple of hours. Um, the one thing that wasn't in there that we that Chris also remembered to do was adjusting our own policy about um conducting interviews for interim positions. So, that was kind of like yes, duh. We So, we tried to tweak that. So, if nothing else, be sure to look at that and see if you like the way it's worded. Yeah, thank you for doing that. I did see that. You know, one minor comment would probably be replace the word large with a number. Say >> I know I didn't like the vague subjective. So, you know, >> yeah, that's a subject term, isn't it? >> You know, may have 10. If if there's 15, we can still or future board could interview 15,
113but >> otherwise, yeah, nice nice change. >> And I'm going to review that one. I think one of the intentions was not only that we wouldn't have to interview 20 people um but also the idea that maybe there would be some flexibility in how we conducted those interviews. So maybe we would have talked to all 20 but not all four of us would have needed to have met. So I just I'll look at that language and see if there's a way that we could at least say we're going to interview everyone but not say the board is going to interview which seems to to me imply that all four of us are in the room. So like all four like all the interviewees would go through a committee of two maybe and or >> we'd
114have some kind of rubric or I mean like a normal interview process that you would do um you know I would never try to inerson interview 24 person in my work. So >> well I think I think the key is to get the flexibility in there that that basically allows the board to decide how they want to manage the >> process within some boundaries so that we don't end up with we're just going to pick the one person that we want. >> Right? So that was some of the discussion we had. That's why we went with 10 is we want to keep it to a reasonable number but we also want if people are interested they should get a fair shot within you know 24 seems excessive >> and again like that if there are
11524 intriguing candidates so the board has a flexibility >> they can do it yeah it's not a requirement y >> so >> all right >> other items for discussion before we move to the consent agenda item did we want to say anything more about property tax reform I I guess I I didn't realize I knew that we were looking at possibly losing the you know two to three million a year with that and there's a lot of different versions of that but I didn't realize it was also retroactive >> that's the key and it goes back and reason we get hit so hard because it goes back to guess when our reappraisal year >> so that's why it's capped and it impacts so it goes back two it's two years this year and the next
116year and you know so It's it's it's painful. And there's a couple different simulations out there. I'm not sure which one is the right one, but I'm going the one I'm using is the one, you know, Oaso has been giving us come from the LSC, but I think Bass has circulated a slightly different one. But I look down I and you can tell exactly what counties went through reappraisal at the time because those are the districts that get hit. You know, we're getting hit by a large number, but let's say not Sego is a large percent. So we're we're not the only ones in that in that boat. Uh but it's it's just not fair because we've operated within those certain rules, right? We forecasted, you know, when I was doing the forecast, I planned
117on the reappraisal bringing in new revenue, right? And all of a sudden, two years later, you're going to change the rules on us. You know, how does a board plan, right? And then we made some decisions on this levy ask that was, you know, I think very rational based on what we knew at the time. So now all of a sudden again you change the rules on us that how does that build financial stability? How does that build confidence in the community of we know what we're doing? >> I mean there's so there's other certainly other I think reasonable and understandable um you know different proposals that have been made that would reduce taxes for seniors. there's, you know, whether it's an extension or expansion of the homestead exemption or a limit on, you know,
118taxes being frozen or so, you know, read those. And then there's the certainly the concern going forward that inflation, you know, that the reality is is that we build in those inflationary increases and without new without new levies, we have no increases. Um, so maybe there needs to be a cap on those. I understand those. Is there any sense that at the state level that any of those I think more reasonable um proposals are being listened to in Columbus? >> I would say Speaker Huffman is bound and determined to go all the way. >> Make as big an impact as he can. I'm be real candid about that. And you know, and here's what hap you know, the unfortunate thing this last couple few years has been a once in a-lifetime event where districts hit
119the 20 mil floor and we had huge valuation increases, right? House Bill 920 had had that had prevented that from happening and now we're all there. We all, you know, these districts did a great job of managing our our resources and then they're going to get punished for it because of, you know, all these these tides have come together in this thing. But I don't think there's an interest in the leadership in Columbus to um take a more um how to say introspective route. >> Okay. >> And and I you know it'll be interesting. I'll be down the House of Ways and Means Committee. I would not be surprised if I get down there and they said we're not going to hear testimony. We're just going to vote. That wouldn't surprise me. Okay. >> Even
120though you know we submitted testimony. I don't know if they really want to, but we're going to speak up regardless. And again, we need our communities to ste speak up because, you know, as we all the data shows how much the the the state decisions are pushing the pressure on local funding. We're having these discussions about the levies and stuff. None of us want to levy any more taxes, but that's where we are. >> I think one of the interesting things about this bill is this is not the original version of it. The original version did not have this clawback feature. The clawback feature is what really significantly impacts us. So they could have gotten reform without going back a couple of years, but they chose not to. They chose to claw back a significant
121amount of money from many districts. This will be devastating for many districts. I think after tomorrow, we got to get through one day at a time, right? And I think even after uh we get through this levy cycle, we do have citizens here that have expressed to me their interest in becoming more legislatively involved and I think that's a great thing. Um certainly our professional organizations OASBO and BASA provide a lot of support when someone but a lot of people just don't know how to talk to legislators or how to write the letter or how and I think that we can help with that. Um, and I think that that will be a very important item in the future to address, I would say, immediately after the levy because this isn't going to stop. I
122will say the legislature is very worried about the idea that this could go to a vote by the public next year and who wouldn't vote for lower property taxes. I think almost everybody would out of their control. It's out of their control at that point. Um, today, I don't remember if it was OEPI, someone released a number today. it might have been the Capital Journal that they believe income tax would go to 13% uh just to cover the loss. So, it's coming from somewhere. I think that's the frustrating part is but I do think the legislators are in a bit of a panic right now because they want to do something to maybe slow down this public opinion train which wants to eliminate property taxes altogether. >> Yeah. and we were kind of built in
123the House Bill 186 in its original form would have kind of capped us a little bit going forward and we could have worked within that. We could play in that but when you go backwards it's that's the clawback part is what the difficulty is. >> What's the clawback hit us for? What would the impact be for next year? >> $10 million >> 10 million for next year. >> It'll come I don't know how they're going to do it. They're >> you have to pay it back. I mean, >> I'm sure what they'll do is withhold 10 million out of our next our February settlement. >> So, it's a one-time go back basically. >> Well, I mean, Vic, I think it'll be six million out this year and then next year they'll reduce by another four
124million. >> Does it reduce the ongoing collections from property tax then too? >> So, what's the ongoing then? >> That's going to be that $4 million a year. >> Okay. No. >> So you take what I have in revenue for out past 20 27 beyond, subtract $4 million from it. So million out of the cash. >> Yeah. See, it was 10 million in True Day's cash. And then you're going to have to recoup that money with some sort of income tax. Probably half a percent to a percent in that ballpark to come out depending where it is. So half percent probably. But yeah. Ouch. >> Let's get to pass. Yeah. get through this next couple weeks and then go from there. But anyway, we'll keep battling. >> Um any, you know, that we continue to
125have presentations and discussions out in the community about the levy. Is there are there any concerns or questions that we're hearing that maybe we're not addressing right now? The information that the community is looking for that we're not presenting right now. getting appreciation for, you know, Dr. Anstep, Mr. Jury, or other members of your team for the Facebook live and the engagements that are out there. Um, I think that's it. It feels like it's been pretty effective because I'm not getting a whole lot of questions. What I am getting is kind of that that I'll call it fear now or that oh my gosh, what do we do? I mean, it's it's been more than a handful of of connections. People have come to me. They're looking for houses, you know, they're they're they're looking
126for alternative uh uh athletic programs for their children now. Kind of that fear of what happens if this doesn't pass. So, that's what I what I was thinking about that that that question, you know, that's that's what I'm hearing is, you know, looking I mean, literally looking for houses in other other communities here that they may pull the trigger on in the next >> few months depending on what happens in uh two weeks. Disturbing. >> Yes. And I and I think you know one of the things we I want to address is that um you know there were some questions I the woman who had asked them has already left so I'm sorry she was not here to hear that but we've presented some information that shows very clearly that athletics isn't it is not
127self-supporting and not even close to self-supporting. Um and so that's that is one of the concerns I think that that's an important question and discussion point to raise that um while it generates about uh a third of the costs um are generated that's the self-sustaining part between the fees and the gate but there is um you're going to have to tell me the 800 $900,000 figure and that's more >> it's about a million dollars. Our gates are around 300,000 330,000 at the high school level and >> 50,000 at the junior high level. >> That money does not go to salaries. So the million dollars is salaries, transportation. So it's it's not even close to self- sustaining. And yet from our students tonight, the most memorable moments of their high school careers, right? It's it's about
128orchestra and about their clubs and their activities. Uh and it's an important part of any kids's well-rounded education. We've talked a lot in my groups too about uh in in athletics and in some of the others about property values and you know the quick impact that it will have on property values. The and I've said this before there's there's no need to have scare tactics. This and come to a finance meeting. can come, you know, look at a 5year forecast and then look at a 5year or fouryear forecast now 3 + >> and then imagine someone coming in and saying just kidding. We're going to claw back another $10 million out of what you've already spent. So, it's it's a very difficult it's a very difficult question to answer, but there's no way we're kidding.
129We're not going to eliminate reading and not eliminate athletics or activities. No one wants to do this. This is the most painful thing I think that any district can go through. We've watched other districts go through it. They're serious about it. We're serious about it. We don't like it. Not at all. But we don't really have an alternative, especially if the state comes and continues to claw back money. >> All right. Um, I wanted to raise we had um scheduled at the work session a special meeting on November the 13th. Um, I'd like to suggest that we move that to 5:45. We had originally calculated that we would have three or four presentations that evening and wanted to make sure that we could get out before we were all going to bed. Um there as
130of right now, one of the firms that we thought would be submitting a proposal has told us that they are already um committed to too many other districts and do not have the personnel to submit um a proposal. So um and I I just want to raise that. I think the one of the questions that we've certainly have heard is that we're jumping the gun on the next board and taking responsibility and for something that we should leave to the next board. And and I want to say very clearly we're doing this in order to set the next board up for success that we we we were um late enough that we um that they were already maxed out with the number of districts that they're working. So we're right on time for what we
131need to do um to get the search committee um in place. And so I I'd like to suggest that um we move that meeting to 5:45 as a start time on the 13th. >> Okay. I know there's talk about having those who are elected involved. Do we know if everybody who is out there on the ballot is is available by that time from their workday? >> We we um decided just for scheduling purposes to try to get something because we had I think when we looked at dates there were like two dates that we could that we could attend. I know you weren't able to be a part of that conversation but um at that point we said that we would set the date. We certainly will let immediately let know all the people who
132are elected know that date. You know, if they're >> well, they know it now to the meeting. They should be listening. >> Yeah. Hopefully, they're listening and know that date. Um if they can attend, then we we need to keep moving on this. So, if there are people who are elected that can't attend. Um it's a public meeting. We could certainly um record it. I guess we'll have to talk about that. Um but that no since we the five of us make this decision um that that that the five of us need to be there and that those who are elected whether it's two or three um if they can't attend they'll they can certainly you know talk with us beforehand. >> Yeah. We won't be taking action in that meeting. >> No, we won't
133we'll take action at the regular meeting to hire the firm. So they also have that time between the meeting and when we make that decision at our November regular meeting, they could certainly engage us in conversation and ask questions about it. They're just with the capital conference in particular, we ran out of we very quickly ran out of dates to interview and we wanted we did want to wait until after election day so whoever is elected at least has the opportunity to attend. Hearing that our choices in search firms is being limited by the timing puts an exclamation point on on um the need to get this going because that's going to also then translate into the quality of candidates that will >> eventually be able to field for this process or I'm sorry the
134next board will be able to field for this process. >> Yep. >> Okay. So, is everyone okay with moving that to 545? >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> So, did you get your question answered? Which firm? Oh, I'm sorry. You had >> Which firm cancelled? >> Uh K12. >> Oh, K12 >> said they were too committed. Otherwise, did not submit a proposal. >> Well, I'm glad that they let us know, but that that does make it a little bit scary that there's if they're so busy looking for other superintendents for other districts, where does that put us? >> Yikes. >> All right, other items for discussion. Okay, we have a consent agenda. Um, I want to highlight that, um, gosh, 12.1, we're there's we're already addressing retirements for the end of this school year and there
135are literally dozens of years of service in the folks listed in 12.1. I don't Yeah. Um, >> and we expect more November meeting, too. That's >> they've got a they've got a deadline. Teachers do. >> Okay. >> Let me just say these are some all stars. >> These are big shoes to fill. >> Yeah, very big shoes to fill. >> Huge. >> Okay. Does anyone want to pull anything from the consent agenda? >> And policy is in there. The um health cost increase. >> I just had a few questions on um 12.6 six. Is that something that we usually do and we just didn't have that filled or do do we have a need that is popping up? >> So, in previous years we had a high school dean. Um, this year we do not.
136And so, we do need supervision and it's really great when someone knows the kids. So, um, that's the reason for that. >> So, the dean position was eliminated with the reductions in this >> and that was part of her duties contract, >> right? Was part of her contract. So, this fills that void. >> You had another one. I think you said I think that's pretty much it. That's it. >> I'm sorry. My ear is clogged. Did you say that was okay? Fix it. >> All right. Um, so we have the consent agenda 10.1. Can I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. Mr. Anderson, Miss Larmer, Mr. Drew a roll call, please. >> Mr. Anderson, >> yes. >> Miss Lammer, >> yes. >> Mr. Bennington, >> yes. >> Miss
137Mankey, >> yes. >> Miss Roland Miller, >> yes. Um, we do have um in 16.1 other items for consideration non-consent agenda item um an acknowledgement of Candy Crawford um resignation term of contract after July 10th without consent. Um can I have a motion to approve that? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Mr. Bennington, Mr. Anderson. Any discussion? >> Um, I I really I don't I don't understand what this actually means. >> This is when someone has left when they were under contract and we did not approve it. This allows us to fill it, but does not say that we approve the resignation. So, we've done it with other positions in the past. >> Okay. >> Is that a fair description? Okay. Yeah, it's um Yeah, so she'll be finished in December and then we'll be
138able to replace the position. So, yeah. >> Other discussion, questions? Mr. Dur, roll call. >> Mr. Bennington? >> Yes. >> Mr. Anderson? >> Yes. >> Miss Lmer? >> Yes. >> Miss Minky? >> Yes. >> Miss Roland Miller? >> Yes. There is no objections. I'd like to adjourn the meeting. No objections. We are adjourned.