0015:30. >> Okay, it is 5:30. So, we shall call our meeting to order. >> Madam treasure, please call the role. Mrs. Siguin, >> here. >> Mr. Gabart, >> no. >> Mr. Sarfin, >> here. >> Mr. Hower >> here. >> Mr. Parker, >> here. Okay, let's rise for the pledge of allegiance, please. I pledge allegiance 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. >> Okay. Thank you. I'd like to introduce our board. Uh we have Mr. Brett Parker to my right. Mr. Mike Gart is not here tonight. Mrs. Annie Karsten to my immediate left. Mr. Lenhauser. And then we have Superintendent Anne Slush and Treasurer Colleen Ahold. All right, moving along. Looks like we do have
002board recognition. Do you want to discuss it again or >> I'm actually going to turn it over to Amy Higgins. >> Okay. Okay. Thank you, members. Uh, thank you very much everybody. I would like to invite Mr. Brett Laric up here with me. Brett. And I want to read you our certificate. In recognition of your outstanding mentorship in guiding your students to first place among all participating high schools in the University of Cincinnati's stock market game. Your commitment to excellence in financial education and leadership contributed to this outstanding achievement. Congratulations, Brett. GREAT. AND WE'RE GOING to have Brett introduce his students who were the first place team among all Ohio. >> Yes. >> Uh high schools. >> All right. So, our personal finance uh classes play this stock market game through the University of Cincinnati.
003Um it goes like seven, eight weeks through the first semester, then we do it again the second semester. Um but our group this year was first place. Um, we're going to call them up in a minute, but they are first place out of 351 teams across the state of Ohio. Wow. >> In a 7we span, they start with $100,000 to invest. And in a sevenwe span, they made $20,000 that they would have cashed out if they had to at the end. Um, which they won by I don't want to say six, seven, but eight n,000 over the second place. Um, and actually the second place team also was one of our classes as well. So, they were kind of going back and forth the last few weeks, which is awesome. So, we're going to call
004them up here. Oh, they also get to make a presentation um I think it's May and I think it's in May where they get to put a presentation together and submit it to the University of Cincinnati uh to go against other winners from this semester and the other age groups. and the winning presentation would receive some scholarship money to the University of Cincinnati if they were decide to go there. So that's coming up that they'll have to put together um if they wish and we already talked to them so they are. So, like to call them two up here. Um, Anie Buzzard and Mackenzie Whan. >> You know, Mr. Larry, uh I did say to uh Anie's mother or over there, uh you know, retirement's looming in the next few years. I could have used
005this group of Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, >> we'll need some advice here, but congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> All right. Thank you. And then we have another >> for sure. >> And our second recognition also from Ayria High School. I'd like to call up Bo Brilhart. Thank you, Bo. And I'm going to read this recognition for a very cool project that uh he spearheaded over at the high school. In recognition of your outstanding leadership in spearheading schoolwide participation in Lorraine County solid waste management management district's plastic bag recycling. Through your initiative and dedication, your team earned third place in the challenge, successfully diverting over 61 pounds of plastic bags from the landfill. This remarkable achievement has earned a bench made entirely from recycled materials, which will be gifted to Ayria
006High School's science courtyard. >> Awesome. That's not all. >> Thank you for your environmental stewardship and for inspiring students and the broader school community to recognize the importance of recycling and to participate at such a significant level. Congratulations >> so use our people. Thank you very much. Thank you. >> That's awesome. >> Cool. That's great. >> Thank you. >> Okay, moving along. Um, so we have a a school calendar. Ohio Revised Code 3313 uh 48B states not later than 30 days prior to adopting a school calendar. The board of education of each city exempted village and local school district shall hold a public hearing on the school calendar addressing topics that include but are not limited to the total number of hours in a school year, length of a school day, and beginning and end
007dates of instruction. The proposed draft 2026 27 district calendar is attached. Adoption of the 2627 calendar will be on the March 25th, 2026 board agenda for approval. We will now open the floor for public comment related to the proposed school calendar. In accordance with board policy, each speaker will be limited to five minutes. Comments should be limited to the topic of the proposed calendar. Please state your name and address for the record before beginning your remarks. So, do we have anybody that wishes to um come up and speak about the proposed calendar? All right. Okay. Moving along then visitors comments. >> We do not have any visitor comments. So moving to meeting minutes. Uh they have been posted. Do we have a motion to approve the board of education meeting minutes from February 4th? >>
008So moved. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Any questions? >> Madam Treasurer, please call the role. >> Mr. Surf. >> I. >> Mr. Hower. >> I. >> Mr. Parker. >> Hi. >> Mr. Siguin. >> I. Motion carries. Uh we have no board of education items, but it does look like we have some treasurer action items. >> Yes, thank you. To accept the financial report for the month of January 20206, which includes all the bank reconciliations, investor reports, and cash balance reports, and to acknowledge and express appreciation for the following donations from Second Baptist Church, BJ's car stereo, and the American Legion Post 12. Thank you very much for those. Okay, moving along then. Do we have a motion to accept the treasurer action items? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Do we
009have any questions or comments? If none, madam treasure, please call the role. >> Mr. Parker, >> I. >> Mr. Sarfin, >> I. >> Mr. Hower, >> I. >> Mr. Sigin, >> I. Motion carries. Uh, do we have a report? >> Um, a very small report. Yes. I am going to ask to request to move the second meeting in March from the 18th to the 25th. And if that is okay with the board that I'll do a public notice and let everybody um know that. So is that okay if you look at that um your calendars and you can let me know later and then I'll do a um formal public notice for everybody. >> Okay. We can let you know later. >> You want to say? >> Yeah, I'm I'm good with that. >> I'm
010fine with it. >> Let me just >> We're good with it. >> I I just look at this. >> Yeah, I it should be fine with me also. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And then I will also start the monthly financial updates for the board. The first meeting of the following month. So the first meeting in March, I'll give a financial update of February about the whole reduction process and how the finances are going moving forward. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Uh superintendent action items. Do we have any? >> They're just personnel items. >> Um just personnel. Wow. Never had that happen before. All right. >> Seems strange. So, first of all, to approve the home instruction tutor as listed below. Also to approve the resignation of the following certified staff.
011Um, I wanted to note that Val Frank, she's been a phenomenal um, school nurse at, I believe, Eastern Heights campus and she's been here 13 years, but she's going on to a new position with the Cleveland Clinic. and she was very sad to leave but um uh did it for great reasons and we're very proud that she's been a pioneer and will still be a pioneer she said. So also to approve the appointment of the following certified staff as detailed below four new uh substitute teachers. Also to approve the following athletic supplemental contracts for the district certified and classified non-district for the 2526 school year. As you'll see, um, these are for spring. I do want to also let you know, and I know that, um, Colleen is going to reference this in her monthly
012update, but we have about $25,000 that we are saving this spring as well by, um, uh, looking at the number of assistant coaches and everything um, just to start as part of the reduction plan. >> Great. Yeah. and then um to approve the following athletic supplemental contracts for the district certified classified staff as listed below. I know we have um uh this person here and I'll introduce her later um so that she can come up and meet the board, Hannah McCrae. Hannah's been um she played for Larry High and she's been an assistant coach for several years. So, we're excited to have her as the new head coach. Also to approve the resignation of the following classified staff as listed below. And um to approve the unpaid leave of absence for the following classified staff
013listed below. To approve the appointment of the substitute food service worker as listed below. Uh to approve the following district and non-district game workers as listed below. to approve the following OSAA tournament game workers as listed below. And that concludes my personnel action items. >> Okay. Do we have a motion to approve superintendent personnel action items? >> So moved. >> Do we have a second? >> A second. >> Anyone have questions, comments? If none, Madam Treasurer, please call the role. >> Mr. Surfin, >> I. >> Mr. Hower, >> I. >> Mr. Parker, >> I. >> Mr. Siguin, >> I. Motion carries. I'd like to introduce Hannah McCrae. Uh we always love when our alumni come back to give back, right? Um Oh, you're getting paid, don't worry. But Hannah, if you just want to do
014you have anything you'd like to say? >> Well, I'm just extremely excited um to get started with everything. You know, our program has a lot had a lot of momentum these last few years, and I just want to keep building on that. I want to come in um and do something I feel like that hasn't really been done with sports before. and I'm just really excited to see what's upcoming. So, >> okay, great. Good job. >> Welcome. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Okay. Uh quick report. >> Uh first of all, I know uh Colleen announced she'll be doing on March um 4th her financial update. We also are going to, if you remember, we had a a parent talk about facility usage at the February 4th. Um Brian Kokai is going to do um
015a facilities use update at the next board meeting on the 4th. Um and we are also going to give you an update on the pay to participate work. We're trying to um uh gather all of the information and we'll have a report for you that night as well. So, um, also did you have a question? >> Just the facilities use update then. Does that discuss like our policy and what? >> Yeah, it's going to have everything and then once you hear what he says, um, I know that there could be some some uh tweaks you might want to do to the policy to change uh with everything that we've been talking about with the financial situation. um that can be done, but um we wanted you to hear what's the practices that are happening now
016and what we've been doing and maybe then we can talk about where we'd like to go from there. So, also this past weekend, I know they had three two nights in a day of one act plays at the high school, and I've heard wonderful things about them. I was uh down for the count with bronchitis so I was unable to go but um have heard nothing but wonderful things. Um I know that the weekend of April 24th they have Am I allowed to say what it is? Cinderella coming up and there could be some special guest appearances. That's all I'm going to say right now. Um, also the the Special Olympic craft fair on March 28th. We'll um that is the big Easter egg hunt as well in the gym. Um, and I know that
017that's from 10:00 to 3 at the high school. So, I know it's a big fundraiser for Special Olympics. Um, Denise, when is Special Olympics this year? I know it's it's coming up May 8th. I I was just saying that seems so far off, but it's already almost March, so we should probably start talking about it. if you've not ever been to that day, it's a wonderful day. So, May 8th and uh that is all I have right now. >> Okay. Thank you. Um board members, do we I was just going to do a quick comment because um I didn't mention it last last board meeting, but Len Brent and I were judges and and I might not have the I know it was called Flex Factor. >> I don't know. It's it's out of the
018college with >> Yes, it's a program with the college of it was like an entrepreneurial >> program where um you know these these >> high school students made things >> and it was it was it was fun. >> So it was a good program. >> Yeah. >> It's kind of like Shark Tank. >> Yeah. Yeah. It was like >> Shark Tank. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I enjoyed it. >> Any royalties coming back to the district? >> There were a couple pretty good ideas. >> Okay. All right. >> Yeah. I heard that the um concerts last night for the middle schools were awesome. >> Yes. >> Awesome. >> I heard the same. Yes, very much so. >> I was a witness. It was good. >> I think this Friday is the last um >> pre-ournament basketball
019game. Heather. Yes. >> Regular season game against actually. >> Yes. Oh, >> I was one of the >> the tall Griffith kid. Yes. Um but yes, and then I think that uh from what Brett said, we might have a week of buy and then um maybe the weekend of March 7th there is is >> the game on Sunday. >> Okay, perfect. >> Is it home or away? Friday, did you say >> it's home? >> Home. >> Yep. We also had wrestling. The girls wrestling team placed fifth in state. I had the good fortune of watching them over here. It was a Saturday and two Saturdays ago and I will tell you what um you know I know Paul Felton and uh Chris Chidlaw and the I I just want to say the rest of the
020wrestling coaches. I love how our boys and girls teams work together in wrestling. They do such a phenomenal job. But the girls won fifth in state >> for duels. >> In duels. Yeah. State duels. It's weird. Now there's two different states. Now they go to the individual state competition, right? >> That's that starts in week and a half. >> Week and a half. So, it used to only ever just be the individuals and they got the team win from there. But >> yeah, good stuff. And uh fun to watch. Um we have some some really good female wrestlers. Um >> and the boys I think had they just had SWC and got second place >> which is phenomenal climbing >> Avon Lake. >> Yeah. Was that Avon Lake? Avon Lake one. even like one. Yeah.
021>> Yeah. So, a lot of good things happening in Larry schools. Um >> and uh exciting to watch. I know Sophie Feda did very well in swimming. >> Um I can't remember. >> She'll be in districts this weekend. >> Okay. >> Great. What am I forgetting, Heather? Anything? >> Cheerleading is going to state competition on Sunday. >> Yep. They have a clap out Friday or Thursday? Friday? >> Friday. >> Okay. Anything else? >> We got them all. The majorets had a competition where you said spring sports start Monday and moving right on into spring. >> Majoretses had a competition. >> Yes. Yes. And I don't they just competed. It's it's hard to keep track. We have so many wonderful things going on. Um and very proud of the work that all of our teachers and
022coaches and staff are doing. Um, you know, a few years back, we we really committed to to working on um providing whatever was necessary to to our athletic department as far as, you know, getting putting putting some time in and getting um students involved, but not only just in athletics, but also making us money. I'm gonna talk to you, an Annie. Uh, you're gonna make me money, don't worry. Um um but at the end of the day, it just shows uh what we have going on in the Larry City Schools and and something to be very proud of. >> So that is all I have. >> Does anyone else have anything? That's all cuz there is no executive session tonight. So then uh do we have a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. Do we
023have a second? >> Second. >> Please call the roll. Miss Garfin. >> Hi. >> Mr. Parker. >> Hi. >> Mr. Hower. >> Hi. >> Mr. Sean I motion carries.