001All right. Like to call our May 7th, 2025 board meeting to order. Um, so if we'd like to all rise for our pledge of allegiance. Call a roll. Wait, roll call. Sorry, I knew I was missing something. Mrs. Seuin here. Miss Garfin here. Mr. Gabart here. Mr. Mr. Hower, Mr. Parker here. Okay, we can all rise for the pledge of allegiance. Yeah, I guess it's on this wall. Okay. 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. Uh this is exciting. We're at Northwood. We're kind of going around to the various schools. So, this is our second school visit. Um, so I'd like to introduce our board. We have Brent Parker down
002to my far right, Mr. Mike Gart. To my right, Annie Karsten, our vice president to my left, Len Hower is not here tonight, and Miss Ann Slush, our superintendent, and Colleen Ault, our treasurer. Okay, it does not appear that we have any board recognition tonight, but we do have some presentation which our superintendent is going to tell us about. Thank you, uh, Madame President. First of all, uh, I'm I'm just going to, uh, go with the first one and then I'm assuming it'll just roll right in. Okay, I'm getting the nods. So, first we're going to go with the Northwood pass on culture and the veterans. It's all yours, Northwood. Welcome to the I love about is that all the projects that we do like that I read about like space and um that should
003be turned off a little. Should we get that turned off? Yeah. My favorite class was making a diarama and that was really fun. Hey Amy, we can't hear Mike. Could we turn this fan off by any chance or his microphone up? Um, yep. We've got Eric on the case. He's behind you. Little peacock, do you mind starting over? [Music] I hate to miss it. He got his nervousness out. Welcome to nervousness. Um, I love about learning about space, fairy tales, and learning about animals habitats and crafts and stuff. My favorite class was um making my daughter grandpa and taking them into school, telling the class about them. That was really fun. All right. Good evening. Good evening board members and community. My name is Brian Large and it's a truly a privilege to stand before
004you as a passionate first grade teacher at Northwood. As a proud member of the equity and PBIS committee, a veteran and a malaria high alumni, my roots in this community run deep and I'm excited to share some of the wonderful things happening here at North. In my role in the equity committee, I recently had a rewarding opportunity to coordinate some truly inspiring events alongside my dedicated challenge. One highlight was our cultural night which saw an outstanding turn turnout from our students and families. It was truly heartwarming to witness all of the enthusiastic um all the enthus enthusiastic people at the event trying new foods, engaging in diverse cultural activities and learning basic phrases of different languages. The energy and engagement in the room were truly remarkable. Beyond the vibrant cultural night, our equity committee also
005actively promotes inclusion. We recently organized an autism awareness incentive where students decorated puzzle pieces into pins. This fostered an understanding and and support for neural diversity. Similarly, to celebrate World Gal Syndrome Day, our committee encouraged a schoolwide wearing of crazy socks, a fun and supportive way to promote acceptance and to spark conversations about inclusion. Our equity committee also spearheaded a schoolwide kindness rock project. This initiative empowered students to create and share painted rocks with uplifted messages and artwork. These small acts of creativity have the potential to spread positivity throughout our entire school and community beyond. Fostering a culture of kindness and thoughtful connection among our students is very important here at North Elementary. I'm also excited to share the impactful work of our PBIS committee. This dedicated group has fostered a positive and supportive climate
006by proactively rewarding students for their positive behaviors. Some of the engaging incentives we implemented have been fun celebrations like our net assembly and our school of dance party. These are always a huge hit and a great way to build connection within our students and to build our community. Additionally, our PBIS committee has developed a schoolwide economy system. This innovative approach not only recognizes positive choices but also provides students with valuable life skills like by teaching them the fundamentals of earning, saving, and spending school currency in a tangible and relatable way. Adding to the strong sense of community and positive culture at Northwood, I also want to highlight our deeply meaningful Veterans Day celebrations. As a veteran myself, I'm always incredibly touched by the heartfelt Veterans Day celebrations here. Our celebration includes a wonderful parade around
007the school where students enthusiastically show their appreciation. It's truly moving to see the signs that the kids have made for everyone and to hear their cheers. Furthermore, our students actively participate in um collecting change for honor. This demonstrates their understanding of service and sacrifice. And of course, we bring the school community together to honor our veterans with a small gesture of donuts and coffee. This provided provides an opportunity for connection and gratitude. All of these wonderful initiatives and supportive environment at Northwood Elementary hold a significant place in my heart as I am a proud Olri High alumni. Growing up in this community and now having the privilege of teaching its youngest learners and serving on these vital committees feels like a full circle experience. My time at Ayria had provi pro provided me with a
008strong foundation and it's incredibly rewarding to now to now contribute to the generation of learners at ina space. Thank you for your time and your support of all of the students and staff here at Griffith. It's truly an honor to be able to speak with you all tonight. Thank you. [Music] Hi everyone, my name is Riley Minn and this is just a small part of the quad 7th 8th grade choir ensemble here at Northwood. We are under the direction of Miss Amaroni but unfortunately she did not attend tonight. We are going to be singing A Million Dreams and I hope you enjoy. [Applause] [Music] Close my eyes and I can see the world that's waiting for me. Call my through the [Music] dark. It feels like they can say they can say it all sounds
009crazy. They can say they can say I lost my mind. I don't care. I don't [Music] care. We can live in a world that we desire. Every night the brightest color. A million dreams are me. [Applause] I think of what the world could be. A vision of the one I see. A million dreams. It's going to take dreams for the world we're going to make. There's a house we can build. Every room inside is filled with things from far away. Special things I each want them to make you smile on a rainy day. They can say they can say it all sounds crazy. They can say they can lost one. I don't care. I don't [Music] care. Run away to the world. Every night I lie in bed. The brightest colors fill my head. A
010million dreams are keeping me away. I think of what the world could be. A vision of the one I see. A million dreams is always going to take dreams for the world. [Music] however small let me be part of it all. Share your dreams with me. You may be right. You may be wrong. Say that you'll bring me along. To the world you see. To the world I close my eyes. See, I close my eyes and see what I am. The brightest colors fill my head. A million dreams are keeping me awake. Think of what the world could be. A vision of the one I see. A million dreams is all it's going to take. A million dreams for the world we're going to [Music] make. For the world we're going [Applause] Okay. So, we've
011got two students that are eighth graders that are going to come on up and they are going to talk about all the things that they've learned here at Northwood campus and what their future's holding for them. Lots of bright ideas. Hello, my name is Mara Thomas and I came here today to say a few words about the school that I've had the privilege to attend for the past 5 years. First off, I would like to thank each and every one of my teachers who have supported me and helped shape me into who I am today. Each and every one of them have helped me to achieve so much, not only through teaching me new concepts, but by encouraging me to make mistakes and allowing me to grow from them. They have taught me valuable lessons
012that you can't always learn in a book, but through experiences as well. I have learned that there are all types of different ways to look at things. And I know that although middle school has had its challenges, the knowledges the knowledge I have gained and lessons I have learned will help me throughout my high school career and carry with me for the rest of my life. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here today and share my experience as a student of Northwood Middle School. Hello, I'm Bren Walker, an eighth grade student at Northwood Middle School, and I was also given an opportunity to state how I feel about our school. There's a lot there's a lot I could say as I've been here for years, but I can stick what to what
013I personally think is important. A big reason why I adore and appreciate the school so much is because of our staff. Although having a perfect perfect group of students is almost impossible, uh the teachers still strive to help us reach our goals and learn in a way that we enjoy. Both of our moms are teachers and we both know how stressful it can be. By the way, happy teacher appreciation week, guys. And no kid wants to sit in a room just sitting there. And that's why I think it's important how we do hands-on stuff and learn by experiencing ourselves. For example, just yesterday in Miss Lawrence's science class, we explored kinetic and potential energy by designing mini roller coasters. Over the years, I learned how I can express myself in different ways, and I thank
014the teachers along the way for showing it's okay for myself. Our principles connect with the kids and the staff, which I think is very important to have a healthy and safe environment. All of this time that I've been here, I have never had a bad interaction with the teachers. They're always so kind. And if someone has had a hard day and can get stressed, they know that there are people within this building that care and are there to talk. Another thing I would like to talk about is all the opportunities. As an advanced student, there are high expectations for us and we learn at a high degree and I know other students agree. Going along with opportunities, we have plenty of physical activities options to get students moving. Not just physical things, but also mental.
015I feel like I feel that the school cares about our mental health, which I think is super important in these times. There are places to go and people to talk to when students are upset. Next year, I won't be coming here every day, which is going to disappoint me, but I know that I've been set up for success at LCC's early college. Thank you for listening. It means a lot to me, and so does it to Northwood. [Applause] Is that everything? Okay. All right. Thank you. Those are wonderful uh examples of our students and teachers at Eastern or not Eastern Heights, at Northwood. All right. Moving on to visitors comments. We have none today. Uh the meeting minutes have been posted. Do we have a uh motion to approve the meeting minutes? Second. Please call
016the role. Mr. Parker, I. Mr. Gart, I. Miss Garurfin, I. Mr. Siguin, I. Motion carries. Okay. Board of Education items. We have none of those. So, we'll move on to treasurer action items. Thank you. Uh to approve the three-year consulting agreement with Gallagher and then also to approve the agreement with Ohio Medicaid School Program Services with uh Western Herd. Okay. Do we uh have a motion to approve? Oh, sorry. I forgot about the donations. Sorry. Oh, Andre would like to acknowledge and express thank you and appreciation for we have two donations. Blackbod for $10,000 for Emerson Trust and um Eramar $10,000. So, thank you for those. I'm sorry. Now I'm finished. Do we have a motion? So moved and a second. Second. Okay. Okay. Does anyone have any questions on treasury action items? Okay. Please
017call the role. Mr. Gart, I. Miss Christophen. Hi. Mr. Parker. Hi. Mrs. Sein. I. Motion carries. Is there any treasure or other? Thank you. I could hear it was in a tunnel. No treasurer or other. I do have a small report though. Okay. Um I wrote you guys an email, but I wanted to follow up um just in the report. Um, one of the things that we're trying to do uh to save money is I'm recommending to smaller our um annual financial report. There's options that we could do an annual financial report a caffer about 200 pages which we do and which we have been doing for 20 years. Um but there's an option to do a smaller report to do some cost savings. So I have uh in the email attached it and then
018also in your packets have given some of the um pros and cons about what the two different reports do. So it was just a report for this time to talk about it but then in the next board meeting I'll have on the approval to approve which report we want to use. So we have to approve one of them. Our contract is up. So it's just if you want to do the huge annual caffer or if you want to do a smaller general purpose report and the savings would be approximately 13,000 a year. Okay. And that's all that I have. Okay. Superintendent action items. Thank you. First of all to approve the following consulting um insight contract for the 24 25 year. also to approve the sponsorship agreement at the athletic um complex from GGNC. Um
019if you remember our concession stands used to be our previous bus um company and GGNC has agreed to take it over. Wonderful. Uh also to approve the Aramark Educational Service um amended agreement as listed below and to approve the stipen of $100 for seaste and suicide prevention training to the following staff members. And that concludes my action items. Do we have a motion to approve the superintendent's action items? Do we have a second? Second. Do we have any questions? No questions. Please call the role. Mr. Parker, I. Mr. Gart, I. Missurfin. I. Mrs. Sigin. I. Motion carries. Do we have superintendent other? No, just personnel though. Personnel. Yeah, it looks like it. Um, at the end of the personnel, I'll have a few people also to introduce. Okay. Uh, first of all, to approve the
020retirement of an administrator, Carrie Pope, who's been a special education coordinator for a while, but I think began as a teacher, but she's been in the district for 37 years. Wow. She is hanging it up, but we will miss her and wish her luck in her new endeavors. Also, to approve the resignation of the following certified staff is detailed below. Um, some of these you'll know, uh, Heather Baker is deciding she's going to um full-time at the Twist and Shake, which we're okay. We want the ice cream shop to keep going, but we will miss her dearly, and she's done a lot for students um over the years. We also have a few more that are leaving. One name you'll see there, Jud Miracle. I don't know that a lot of people know this, but
021she retired a long time ago and I think taught another 20 years. So, she's got a lot of years in in her well finally in retirement. and we have several teachers moving and um going to other jobs. So, we wish them all well. Also to approve the resignation of the following athletic supplemental contract for 2526 to approve the retirement of the following certified staff. I think as you know STRS just changed their requirements again. So, we had a few more. Uh Sean Shawn Arno has been in our district for 15 years but has enough to retire from other districts. and also Julie Porter, a third grade teacher at Eastern Heights, and we wish them well as as well. We also have to approve the appointment of the following certified staff. Um, and we're in hiring
022season again and I will um make sure that I introduce those that are here also to approve the supplemental contract um for the following certified employee um Captain Colonel Coco. They they gave me initials and I don't know all the prompt but I think it's Colonel. Thank you Xander. You have all the answers. um he is uh every year takes our JOTC students to a camp and it's a wonderful experience. So we thank him and also to approve the following athletic supplemental contracts for the 2526 school year. Um, Loko is also um doing a JOTC instructor five-day mandatory um JOTC annual workshop. Um, and also to approve the retirement of Cheryl Rodri. She has only two years in with us in her most recent stint, but has enough to retire and we do wish her
023well. Also to approve the appointment of the following Larry High student workers in the performing arts center. To approve the resignation of the following classified staff as listed below. To approve the unpaid educational leave for the following classified staff member. To approve the unpaid leave of absence for the following classified staff members. To approve the appointment of the following class classified staff members. a few moving from one job to another. And that concludes my personnel action items. Okay. Do we have a motion to approve superintendent's personnel items? Action items. So move. Do we have a second? Second. Madam treasure, please call the role. Miss Garfin, I. Mr. Parker, I. Mr. Gabart, I. Mr. Siguin, I. Motion carries. Okay. I'm going to go ahead and introduce a few if you don't mind. Okay. Um, first of
024all, we have Miriam Sedu. Um, Miriam is one of our new prek intervent itinerants at the EEC. So, we welcome Miriam. You can stand and wait. Also back for a second round, Lesie Kosid. She left us and she missed us. So, she is back. She will be a new kindergarten teacher at Hamilton Elementary. We also have Tiffany Eastston. She came and did a a long-term sub this year. Did a fabulous job and we had an opening. So, she's teaching kindergarten at Eastern Heights Elementary again. Lisa Masters, I think you've been doing some sub work for us, Lisa, over the years. Or no, no, I had that wrong. I'm sorry. Um, oh, that's right. But you did work for us. Gotcha. I knew I didn't. Okay. Intervention specialist at for Mild Mod um at Westwood Middle.
025So, thank you. And I think I got all of them. We have one Alison Brady to join us. She's our new instrumental teacher at Eastern Heights. Yay. Taking over um a legend, shall we say. But don't worry. No pressure. You'll be just fine. So, welcome Allison. And um that is it for my introduction. Okay. Do we have a superintendent report? We do. Let me shift gears here. All right. First of all, um Friday Special Olympics and uh the weatherman told me 60 and sunny, which I thought was perfect. I'm holding to it. Yeah. Okay. Right. Right. Okay. Let me check the weather again. Um but it's a great activity. It'll warm your heart. So if you can please stop out. One of my favorite days of the year. Um also um just want to say
026great job to the high school. Um they uh Monday night was National Honor Society inductions. Last night was Scholastic E. and we had a very large group of seniors getting the Scholastic Eye, which you have to have a 3.75 or higher. Um, and just so proud of everything that they put into uh being a great student at Ayria High. So, congratulations again to all of them. Please don't forget graduation is on May 27th um at 7, but of course we always get there a bit early and I've been told it won't rain anywhere around that day. Okay. Yeah. Uh oh. Last two years have not been the greatest. Um, we have students from the middle schools right now in Washington DC and in Michigan and it's that time of year where they're taking all their
027fun trips. So, we see all the pictures on um social media and and we know they're having a blast. Also, Young Authors is coming up and we have many students participating in that. And I'd also like to just personally, and I know I'm sure the board will echo this, um thank everyone who worked on the levy um over the last few months and also everyone who came out and voted. Um we can't thank you enough. We have such a supportive community and I know that uh we will um we will work hard and and obviously um we'll need to reenter this coming up. But um thank you so much for everything that everyone did and and for all the community members that um took the time to vote. And that is the end of my
028report. Right. Um moving on to board of education items. Uh, I'll just give a quick shout out. I know Brent and uh Ann were both at inter um Eastern Heights International. I don't know if they call it a festival, but it was really uh a neat thing. I uh it was huge. I don't know how they pulled it off, but that was last Thursday. Does anyone else have any anything else? Okay. All right. We do have an uh executive session. So we are requesting do I have a motion to request an executive session for the purpose of the appointment employment or compensation of an employee or official as provided in revised code 570940 to revised code 570943. So moved second. Uh madam treasure please call the role. Miss Chrisin I. Mr. Parker I. Mr. Gart.
029I. Mr. Siguin I. Okay we are. With no action. No. Okay. With no action to follow.