001Thank you. Mrs. Dennison, it's 5:30. >> I call to order the July 21st, 2025 business meeting of the Revena School District Board of Education. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Mrs. Dennison, >> yes. >> Mrs. Seaman, >> yes. Here. >> Mrs. Calhoun, >> here. >> Miss Dukes, >> yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki, >> here. >> Please 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. >> Please join me for a moment of silence. Are there any additions or corrections to the agenda? Yes, we have one on uh number 13E4. Uh it says the start date of August 11th for uh Mr. Powell. Um and that's
002going to be the 25th of August just due to his when he has to resign from his previous position. >> Okay. May I have a motion to approve the agenda with the change? >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes. Mrs. Seaman. Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> Recognition of public. >> We have none. >> Okay. Any person or group wishing to address the board on agenda items is requested to register their intent with the superintendent secretary prior to the beginning of the board meeting. Persons are asked to give their name, address, and telephone number, their group affiliation if and when appropriate, and the topic to be addressed. Such request shall be the subject shall be subject to the approval of the
003superintendent and the board president per board policy 0169.1. No participant may speak more than once on the same topic unless all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard. All statements shall be deliver directed to the presiding officer. No person may address or question board members individually. Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to 3 minutes duration. Please note that since this is designated in board policy as a time for the public to provide comment, the board of education and the superintendent will not respond to any comment during the meeting. We will however provide a written response to each member of the public who is recognized either by email or the US Postal Service. Next on the agenda are is the treasures report followed by the superintendence update. >> All
004righty. So I have a few updates in regards to our fiscal operations. So tonight on our board agenda, I am presenting to the board our normal monthly statements and our June monitoring workbook which we have to complete every month due to our fiscal oversight. I am very happy to say in our communication with ODW that pending our August 11th um revised um five-year forecast and our workbook that we will be released from fiscal oversight. So we are very very proud of that and per ODW they said that we are the first district to ever be released within one year. So we're very very happy with that. Um so that'll be August 11th that will be presenting a revised five-year forecast in the revised workbook. And then with the um governor's made some changes in the
0055-year forecast with the dates. So normally we would have to do our fall forecast by November 30th. That date has been pushed up to August 5 October 15th and that'll be done at the um September 22nd board meeting. So then I'll have that and it's not going to be a 5-year forecast anymore. It's going to be a four-year forecast, one current and three um future years. So, today um in or in the news, you probably heard um that there were some vetos that were pending um votes. So, there's three um vetos of the governors that our house and senate are looking to override. So, today was one of them. So, it's line 66 and basically I kind of took a note of it um what that one says and basically it was voted 61 to28
006to override Governor DeWine's veto of item number 66 which restricts public subdivisions including school districts from pursuing replacement property tax levies as well as fixed sum emergency substitute emergency and combined school district income tax and fixed sum property tax levies. So, basically what that says is um and based upon the information that I received today, I'll get more clarification that school districts or entities won't be able to do any more 5-year upand cominging levies. So, they'll have to either just be doing a continuous levy for um moving forward and uh those that already have 5-year emergency levies, which is the one that we passed, is able to still be able to be renewed with fiveyear increments. Um, but this is obviously um I got this at like 3:30 today, so there's going to be more
007clarification which I will provide. The other two vetos have not been voted on um but they do not impact us. One of them is um the politicians do not like that um the governor allowed um carryover for districts to be at 50%, they wanted to go back to the 30% which doesn't impact us. We are below the 30%. And then the other one is when uh school district is at the 20 mil floor, which we are not. Um they currently only put in their continuous levies to calculate that. Uh now they're um wanting to put in all their levies, the emergency um all their um combined levies, which will result in many districts being pulled off the 20 mil floor, which is going to be a pretty huge loss to those districts. We are not
008impacted by numbers two and three. Potentially maybe impacted by one, but we will wait and see. Uh, another thing that's been very um talked about is about title funding. So, um, we were really strong and um really enhanced our workbook by increasing our bottom dollar by increasing revenue and decreasing expenditures. Unfortunately, there's been some changes in title funding that we're still waiting on, which has kind of gobbled up a little bit of that, but still have left us in the position that we've predicted in April. So, uh, for example, Title One, which is student achievement in reading and math, came in about $338,000 less, but that was due to more of our enrollment, not due to any, um, governance by the federal government. Uh, title 6B, which is special ed, came in $56,000 less. So,
009we had to do um, convert those items back to the general fund. Uh title two is PD and title four is student achievement in terms of non-core things like STEM, foreign languages, school safety, um technology. Um we were allocated the money and then we got a message at night from the uh state of Ohio from the federal government that um the federal government is pulled back on the allocations to all states pending a review. So, we had to take those funds that we were normally going to use title funds for, like our SRO, and put them back into the general fund. But, as it all shook out, we ended up still being um kind of where we were expecting to be. Um, that is my update. Thank you. >> Uh, just got a few updates.
010Uh as uh the summer is progressing, we are working on staffing obviously as we prepare for the upcoming school year. I wanted to compliment um Mr. McDev about the buildings and grounds. If you've been around the high school, it looks great on the outside. They continue to make improvements as the custodians and maintenance staff at all the buildings have been working extremely hard as we closed West Park and had to do a major move this summer. So, thank you to Mr. McDibet. Our athletic programs for the fall have begun. Um, practices are beginning and actually I believe the first uh scrimmages are coming up this week. Um, test scores have been mailed out from this year. Um, actually they've been digitally sent out to all families uh via parent square. Um, we will be sending
011home hard copies of the test scores um that we just actually received this week um from the state. We will be sending those out uh at the beginning of the school year with the students. Um Face of a Raven, we haven't had those this summer, but those will uh continue once school starts back. And finally, uh as you'll see in the agenda later, we've had some changes to administration. Um, and staff, if you're watching or here tonight, I will be sending out email communication to both uh buildings as well as the rest of staff, updating you on on the changes and explaining uh our thought process be behind everything that we've done this summer. >> Thank you. >> Reports of the board. Uh, Maplewood report, Mrs. Seaman. >> Um, yes. Um the um current enrollment
012for Maplewood this year is 300 as of uh June 11th. So that probably will change. Uh there are seniors that are enrolled and 427 juniors for a total of 788 students. Revena is sending uh for the juniors I believe um 60 students as of June 11th and again that may change. The majority of the students have um enrolled in these particular programs. animal science, autoc collision technology, carpentry, cosmetology, culinary, uh uh de dental assisting, medical assisting and uh welding. Welding was a big one and robotics and computer tech. Those were the biggest program uh biggest amount of our kids that were going into these particular programs. uh others are going into some of the other uh auto programs and and uh technology programs that they have, but uh the majority are I think there were
013around 30 35 that were going to be going into these particular uh programs. And that's my report for Maplewood. And if you're interested, I do have the Maplewood student handbook here if you'd like to see it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mrs. Seaman. um for Revena Parks and Recreation. Um the parks and recreation director um Judy Watkins will be retiring in September, September 5th. Um so that position has been posted and is on the city of Rana's website. May I have the reports of the uh treasure? >> Uh yes, we have a consent agenda 11 A12 3 and 4. Um 11 A1 is the approval of the June 23rd business meeting minutes. 11 A2 is the approval of the June 30th special meeting. 11 A3 is gifts and donation. We would like to thank the
014Rotary Club of Ravena for their donation of $800 to help support our um summer um student summer events such as the BASH. and 11 A4 is our regular monthly June reports. Our bank reconciliation, budget status report, cash position report, and check register report. >> Okay. May I have a motion to approve consent agenda 11A items 1 through 4. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. Yes. Mrs. Dennison. Miss Dukes. Yes. Mrs. Seaman. Yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. The next one we have is a single item 11 A5 which is the approval of our monthly monitoring workbook for the month of June. >> May I have a motion to approve 11A item five. >> So move second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison.
015Yes. Miss Dukes. Yes. Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. May we have the reports and recommendation of the superintendent and other administrators? Thank you. Number one, 12A1 is uh to approve substitute rates for the 2526 school year. >> That's a standalone one. >> Okay. We have a motion to approve 12A item one. >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennis? >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Seaman? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki? >> Yes. Number two is also a standalone to approve the renewal contract agreement with Full Spectrum Marketing. As you know, we have um reduced this contract drastically over the last couple years, but they will continue to provide public relations services for 2526. It's a one-year contract.
016>> We have a motion to approve 12A item two. >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. Yes. M Dukes. Yes, >> Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes, >> Mr. Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Number 13, personnel considerations A1 through three are consent agenda. Number one is to accept the retirement resignation of the assistant superintendent, Mr. Smith. Number two is to accept the resignation of the director of student services, Jessica Haynes. And number three is to accept the resignation of principal Katrina Sedan Burwell, principal at Brown Middle School. I have a motion to approve 13A items 1 through three. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes. Yes. >> Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes. >> Mr.
017Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. I'd like to thank all three of them for their service to Revena and appreciate uh them helping me through that transition. So, thank you, Mr. Smith. Good luck in retirement. Number four is a standalone. This is to approve a three-year contract for Shawn Dockerty become the new principal at Brown Middle School effective August 1st through July 31st, 2028. >> May I have a motion to approve item 13A, item four, >> second roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dennison, yes. >> Miss Dukes, yes. >> Mrs. Seaman, yes. >> Mr. Wookski, >> yes. Number five is a standalone to award a one-year contract to director of student services for Gina Simsac starting August 1st and continuing through July 31st, 2026. >> May I have a
018motion to approve 13A item five? >> So move. >> Second. Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. Yes. >> Mrs. Dukes. Yes. >> Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Just want to take a quick moment. Mrs. Simsac was a teacher and principal here at Revena years ago. Uh she's been at Burton Birkshshire and uh Brexville over the last many years uh as uh principal as well as director of student services. She's here tonight. I just wanted to recognize her and welcome her to Revena back to Revena. So thanks. Okay. Number six is also a standalone. This is to approve a one-year contract for principal at West Maine uh for Rebecca Randolph starting August 1st, 2025 through July 11th, 2026. >> Okay. May I have a
019motion to approve 13A item six? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennis? >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes? Yes. >> Mrs. Seaman? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> Again, Mrs. Randolph is here. She's been a longtime teacher here at Revena and uh our union president for the last many years also and uh we're thrilled to have her leading West Main uh this year. So congratulations. >> All right, number or letter B certif uh certificated. This is for one through nine. Um, number one is to accept resignation of Natalie Gray as an intervention specialist at Brown. Two is to accept the resignation of intervention specialist Jessica Edwards. Three is to accept the resignation of a guidance counselor Skylin Marts. Four is to accept
020the resignation of science teacher Courtney O'Donnell at Revena High School. Five is to accept the resignation of intervention specialist Alexis Kmer Kramer at Williard. Six, accept the resignation of intervention specialist Joshua Rubin Rubin at Rubana High School. Number seven is to approve an unpaid leave of absence for Rebecca Randolph, K kindergarten teacher for the school year as she's moving into an administrative role. Number eight is to approve limited one-year contracts for Casey Henderson, Lefon Rohal, Regina Shilcowski, and Harrison Hughes. And number nine is to uh approve employment of extended work days, which we do each year for our counselors, Sykes, um and media specialist. We have a motion to approve 13B items 1 through nine. >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. Yes. >> Miss Dukes. Yes.
021>> Mrs. Seaman. Yes. Mr. Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> C. Under supplementals. This will be uh all one vote for the employment of coaches as listed for our fall sports. >> We have a motion to approve 13C. Item one. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mr. Dennison. Yes. >> Miss. Dukes. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiznookski. >> Motion car. >> Uh, number two is to improve the employment of assistant coaches. Um, these are a standalone. Um, I believe we might need a extension on these as listed. May I have a motion to approve 13 C item two? So >> moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun abstain. >> Mrs. um Dennison. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dukes >> abstain. >>
022Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wnooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Number three is to approve employment of athletic workers for all of our events. These would be clock managers. um ticket takers, um event coordinators, um and announcers for the 2526 school year. >> We have a motion to approve 13C item three. So move >> second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dennison, >> yes. >> Miss Dukes, >> yes. >> Mrs. Seaman, >> yes. >> Mr. Wizooki, >> yes. >> Motion carried. Again, this is a standalone to improve the employment of extracurricular and co-curricular adviserss for marching band. >> We have a motion to approve 13C item four. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Abstain. >> Mrs. Dukes. >>
023Yes. >> Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Letters D and E are for volunteers and classified. One is to improve the employment of a volunteer for girls tennis. E classified one through five are to accept a resignation of a secretary at the preschool. Approve employment of an educational aid at Brown. Improve approve employment of a C4 custodian at Tapen and Carlin. Um four is to improve the employment of a maintenance worker. As we remember, we did adjust that date to August 25th. And number five is to approve substitute employees for transportation. >> May I have a motion to approve 13D number one 13E numbers 1 through five. >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes.
024>> Yes. >> Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. [Music] Informational items. There will be a special board meeting on Monday, August 11th, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. at Board of Education. Back to school bash is on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. Time >> 5 to 7. Staff convocation day is Friday, August 15th, 2025. Teacher work day is Monday, August 18th, 2025. First day for students is Tuesday, August 19th, 2025. Our next board of education meeting is Monday, August 25th at 5:30 p.m. in the high school. The board has need for an executive session. May I have a motion to enter into executive session? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. Yes. Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes. Yes. Mrs. Seaman. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Razooi.
025>> Yes. >> An executive session or private session of the board is controlled by the Sunshine Law and may only be used for special purposes outlined in the law. No action can be taken by the board during executive session. And in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 121.22, the Revana Board of Education will go into executive session for the sole purpose of the consideration of number two employment. Number seven, compensation of a public employee or official and B to consider the purchase of property for public purposes or for the sale of property at competitive bidding. If premature disclosure of the information would give an unfair, competitive, or bargaining advantage to a person whose personal, private interest is adverse to the public interest. May I have a motion to enter executive session? We've done that already. Okay,
026we've done that already. Okay, we are now in executive session. >> Thank you. back into regular session. May I have a motion to adjourn this meeting? >> So second, >> sorry. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun, Mrs. Dennis, Miss Dukes, Mrs. Seaman, Mr. Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. Meeting is adjourned. And thank you. I won't say Halloween.