001the regular meeting of the Board of Education of per local school district is called to order at 8: a.m. in the T conference room Mrs Ste here Mrs Foy here Mr Li here Robert Mrs CH here please stand for the pledge plge to the flag of the United States of America and to the for na indivisible with liy and justice May reports um we had a wellness committee meeting and um there was a little bit of discussion about some of the pack what's going to go on with the pack and and allowing our athletes to um be able to access the pack in the evenings without a membership it's something that we're going to talk about a little bit further high school athletes N2 to be able to go in and work out and and
002do um shoot around use a weight room only supervised unless they're old enough to use the upstairs weight room um and so there's a little bit of discussion about that um I think that was about it I'm trying to remember we oh we met with Mrs soda there's going to be a wellness week um instead of every other year they do the car mck car accident so this year they're going to do a wellness week that's being driven by the students so they'll have various activities one day there'll be a pickle ball day one day there's a yoga day um there's a simulator for um in intoxicated driving or distracted driving so there's a couple different simulators they can do so that's going to be the same week in April I think that it usually
003is so um that sounds great and I think that's it we have a safety yes safety you can you go ahead yeah um for the Safety Committee the um the police were called and I he remind me the police were called here on last week to come to the campus for an alarm it was just an alarm oh yeah there was a there was one the alarm that went around um olive olive County that went off that ended up being something out of willbe East Lake but all the lights went off everywhere and all the school districts but followed up yeah came up here turned it off um and then there really wasn't anything from fire no and there's a concern with the doors by the gym uh needing replaced because they don't work bir
004directionally sometimes um we really use them as exits only and so we're looking into how much either to replace or Jim Smith asked fire to look into could we eliminate at least some of those doors and possibly wall it off those are the doors that go straight out of the gym to the hallway straight up that we don't use for entry ride but like said like left there's an emergency I think that was that I just went for Jesse because he wasn't able to make it so I was observing for those as far as those doors go I I know that an issue has been they keep being props open and that's just a safety concern so during volleyball season I know a lot of times they're propped open people are you know not going
005in the proper way where you're going to pay but if anyone's sneaking in there it's just we want to keep everyone safe we got to keep an eye on that that's probably why it came up I think I brought up a few times that was part of it and part of it was them just not working properly all the time an older building than their origin okay meting and we talked about some property um down on Route 20 further down potentially being looked at near per Road for um some sort of data center down there um as well and then I think we we there hasn't been a governmental Affairs meeting scheduled in a while and I'm I'm going to request that one gets scheduled because I think we need an update on the number
006of homes being built in our community that could potentially impact us pretty significantly because there's upwards of 300 being built so that's important to know yeah um is that it administr up please thank you uh first and foremost uh obviously you know our thought and prayers have been uh out there for Mr Roberts and their family as they Embrace yet another challenge of where it is he's going to they're going to get him back here from Florida next week uh so and we wish him well in his travels and uh we know the kind of resilience that family had he's going to bounce back but uh so good news we're going to get him back in Ohio here uh sometime um next week and so uh um it might be an opportunity for us to
007reach out and and for well wishes uh uh congratulations to our national armor Society members uh we inducted I think 8 the other night uh that's something I probably will do when we're being recorded in in on uh an April meeting um and I just want to thank the board uh you know for your due diligence and and your your work uh this week uh there's an addendum where um I've requested approval for my last day to be July 31st 2025 and so that'll be on the addendum uh again uh um you know it's been a wonderful wonderful experience um none of you were on the board when I was selected uh so you inherited me I apologize for that but I will tell you you know you've made a wonderful selection for CFO um
008I have every bit of faith that you're going to do the same for the next superintendent and I would just say uh critical to their success is that you continue to support them uh you know anytime you make moves like that uh the folks the the few folks that are going to criticize will be loud and uh I would just encourage you to continue to provide the support that uh the next superintendent will need um uh to to ensure their success so uh thank you for that work that concludes my report is there any public participation okay um is there a motion to approve the consent agenda second any discussion roll call please Mrs Foley yes Mr lied yes Mrs preser yes Mrs F yes Dr Thompson superintendent report thank you we have approval of
009a paper pencil testing resolution we're stepping back into the 20th century uh the board is asked to approve the assessment resolution below as recommended by the local superintendent and director of student services uh the board is asked to approve uh travel to out of state professional development for Dr mesy to attend uh the AI show at ASU and gsv Summit in San dieo California uh April 5th through the 7th as recom by local superintendent uh this opportunity has being provided by Marth Bing Jennings foundation and will be uh providing $2,500 to cover travel and lodging which is a stretch if you know what it's like to uh live in California but we'll get there approval of sped model policies and procedures resolution the board has asked to approve the resolution below as recommend recommended by
010the local superintendent director uh student services and this concludes my superintendent report he is there a motion Mo any discussion excited to hear more about that conference after you it's going to be taking off really well in the district too for our pioneering teachers I just feel like we're ahead of the curve right now and let's let's keep it that way roll call please Mr Li yes M trer yes M yes yes and drend yeah somewhere let me see if I can find it yes I have accept oh no that's your report sorry madam president do we do that or do I okay um I move that we accept the resignation of the superintendant Dr Thompson effective July 31st 2025 is there a second any discussion well thank you Dr Thompson for all your time
011years effort we appreciate everything you've done for the district and leaving us in a good place well we got some work to do there'll be a lot more discussion in the future date I'm I think so yeah we'll see roll call please mrsi yes Mrs Foley your turn thank you approve of another out ofate travel to slippy Rock the board has asked to approve travel to an out ofate Varsity track meeting slippy Rock Pennsylvania on Friday April 18th 2024 as recommended by the local superintendent athletic director uh the team will use District bus transportation uh to and from the meet and it's approximately me 75 miles away so it's well within the 500 Mile limitation uh this concludes my superintendent's Agenda Report is there a motion second any discussion please Mrs fi yes Mrs FY
012yes Mr Li yes m yes um a approval of financial reports the board has asked for approve the financial reports from February 2025 as recommended by the Chief Financial Officer B tax budget resolution the board is asked to accept the rates listed below as determined by the Lake County budget commission authorize the necessary tax levies and authorize the Chief Financial Officer to certify them to the county auditor as recommended by the Chief Financial Officer see contracts and agreements power for schools board is asked to approve the July 2025 through June 2027 power for school sales confirmation renewal agreement as recommended by the Chief Financial Officer the contracts and agreement Educational Service Center of West reserve section 4.7 the board is asked to approve the addendum to the Educational Service Center West Reserve AG tou as
013recommended by the Chief Financial Officer the approval of expenditure S3 Technologies the board is asked to approve an expenditure of 31,700 of $48. 36 to best three Technologies for theater camera equipment switcher training and labor as well as the removal of obsolete equipment cable as recommended by the Chief Financial Officer inor of communications F acceptance of Grant funds Mar the hold J Foundation the board is asked to accept a mar Martha holding Grant in the amount of $2500 a f Appropriations for such a grant as recommended by the legal superintendent and chief financi officer these are the funds that are to be used for Dr autistic participate I show San Diego G acceptance of fund Grant funds lent the board is asked to accept the GP lent Memorial Grant from the Martha Foundation to the
014amount $1,200 and approve Appropriations for such grants um as recommended by the local superintendent Chief Financial Officer these grants were awarded to uh this where go that concludes my final is there a motion any discussion the um the switch Swit the switcher that was unexpected expenditure it wasn't something we were already planning the theater equipment yeah I would say unexpected not in the but it wasn't in the capital Improvement not expected yeah yeah sometimes theater does uh fall off of Mr SMI radar a little bit because that's Allen's uh looking a lot of that equipment is end of life and we just kind of wait and then next thing you know pop we got to you know change out spotlights and then you know a lot of the the sound stuff is Technical and I
015don't know much about it but uh you know that's that's going to be another update continuous um to make sure we keep that theater nice yeah we have supporting theater and Cher and all the all the s early is that something that we need to kind of put on our radar for like doing a a sweep of it to see yeah I would love that uh because you know he keeps reminding me that we don't have a bud he does uh because it really is unex we just he well we find we find the money that it's really hard to predict um you know when things are going there like uh I mean back when we bought the Kurt that was and cherry red thank you very much if they didn't think it was going
016to be nice but I'm tell you're beautiful and most of that we purchased under Mr gl's tenure cor you know how old it all is yeah but yeah that that you know it's you know it's a I don't want to compare to special ed funding but it's a little bit like that where you you know right well even home budgeting like it's things flow that you weren't expecting and it's also not like safy concern one of those things like a roof or like a pipe bursting it's kind of you don't know the end of life I've seen a lot of movies where sets things and fall on we'll say that was under your yeah the facility is 30 years old and uh particularly in the theater but other areas too technologies have changed do uh
017dramatically so a lot of times it's not just a replacement it's a up upgade to Technologies okay um roll call please Mrs trer yes Mrs gooli yes Mrs Foley yes Mr your light yes is there any unfinished business um new business I would like to make to make a motion to name Joe Clark and Todd corcel as our finalist for the position superintendent theil loal schools is there any discussion we had some excellent candid many excellent candidates um the decision was not made LLY there was a lot of lot of discussion and a lot of consideration yes yes um so we were brought many many qualified and excellent candidates and it was not an easy decision yeah appreciate finding leaders work in hearing us and narrowing that cool down um Ro please um I'm sorry
018one I know alen's on vacation uh buillt the bus call me last week was grumbling that we wasn't getting his uh information and he's not here obviously so there'll be a release out today you're first and then we'll put a release out to U Mr deas so that everyone's informed and yeah I assured him we would let him know yeah it's a transparent yeah we weren't and we weren't sure we weren't keeping him oh yeah he yeah we had to wait till it was official sure oh yeah he well he's yeah got talked to you last December and you me oh I said well okay sorry whatever he can I encourage everyone to watch our meeting talk about everything openly yes we do um roll call please Mr liik yes Mrs preser yes Mrs C
019yes Mrs yes correspondence and announcement there will be no classes held March 24th to 28th 2025 for spring break the next regular Board of Education meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 15 2025 at 5:45 p.m. in the tbook center conference room is there any public participation is there a motion to adjourn oh second V call please trans yes yes it's fing yes life yes