001You got yours? >> How? >> Did you use your >> Dude, that is >> I used I didn't get a new one. >> So, I'm going to try this old one then. >> That is insane. >> You got a new >> Oh, no. >> I'm not. >> All right. >> Thank goodness you're sitting. >> Yeah, we are. You know, I'm not going to worry about it. Did you try meeting. May I have a roll call? >> Mrs. Edison, >> yes. Here. >> Mr. Simmons. Mrs. Calhoun. >> Here. Mrs. D >> here. >> Mr. Wiznooki >> here. >> Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the fors. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. >> Let us observe a moment of silence.
002>> Are there any additions or corrections to the agenda? >> May I have a motion to approve the agenda? >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Recognition of public. 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 requests shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent and the board president per board policy 0169.1. No participant may speak more than once on the same topic
003unless all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard. All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer. No person may address or question board members individually. Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to three minutes duration. Please note that since this is a designated this is designated in the 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 is our face of a Raven Awards recognition. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, if I could have all the award winners um, meet over here on this side of the stage.
004Um, find your principal. If you're a student, we're going to have the adults first and then the students, if you can line up in building order. Board members, if you could head up to the stage at this time. [Music] So, we'll need the shirts. and bumper stickers first. Shirts and bumper stickers. Yep. >> Okay. So, uh, our face of a raven awards every month, uh, this is our first one of the year. Um, recognizes outstanding adults and students for their great behavior andor something great that they've done here uh, at or for the school system. Um, it's a prestigious honor that I like to recognize every month. Um what we're going to do is I'm going to call each individual. They're going to come across stage, get an award from one of the or from
005the board members, shake hands. Um after we get through all we're going to take a brief recess and we'll go out into the cafeteria so that everyone can get pictures out there before we leave. Um everyone is more than welcome to stay for the board meeting, but don't feel obligated. If you want to leave after the uh recess, you're more than welcome to do that as well. Okay. All right. Our first staff member is Britney Pendleton. She's a custodian at Brown Middle School. [Applause] Uh Britney was nominated by a fellow staff member. It said Miss Pendleton was nominated oh by several staff members at Brown. They praise her for working very hard every day. Britney is an amazing employee. She works hard and shows up. We can always depend on her. She comes in with
006a great attitude and is always willing to help. She's gone on to a day shift uh this year, so it's a little bit of a different role, but we're really thrilled uh with her work ethic and congratulations, Britney. All right. Uh our next staff member is Miss Miss Angela Epley. She's an intervention specialist at Revena High School. [Music] Staff member wrote that Angela is a the face of a raven. Driven, thoughtful, and deeply committed to meaningful learning. She works tirelessly to provide her grade 23 students with authentic work experiences that go beyond the textbook and connect to the real world. She goes above and beyond to ensure each child's needs are being met in creative ways. Through her creativity, dedication, and unwavering care, Miss Epley sets a powerful example of what it means to lead
007with purpose and heart. Congratulations. [Applause] Our next staff member is Miss Amy Silverston from Revena High School, also an intervention specialist. [Applause] Amy is the heart of her classroom and a true example of what it means to lead with care and confidence. As the face of a raven, she brings strong problem-solving skills and a calm, steady presence to every situation. She approaches each day with a positive attitude that lifts up both her students and her colleagues. No matter the challenge, Amy is always ready to step in, offer support, and find a solution. She goes above and beyond to make sure her students feel safe, supported, and inspired to learn. Her dedication, kindness, and work ethic make her a valued and a respected member of our school community. Congratulations. Our third intervention specialist from Revena High
008School is Miss Addison Manowski. [Applause] Addison is truly the face of a raven. Smart, thoughtful, and always one step ahead. She brings strong problem solving skills to everything she does. Whether it's finding creative ways to support her students or helping her team work through challenges, her positivity shines through every day, creating a warm, and encouraging environment for both students and staff. Addison consistently goes above and beyond for her class, putting in the extra effort to make sure every student feels seen, supported, and valued. She leads by example and shows what it means to be dedicated, caring, and driven. She is more than just a teacher. She's a role model and true leader in our school community. Congratulations, Addison Manowski. And I just want to point out these three have a really difficult situation this year
009at the high school. they've taken it on head on uh together as a team and uh they've really worked hard to problem solve and get through that with the uh difficult situations that they're dealing with in their classroom. So, thank you. [Applause] Our last staff member is Miss Andrea Morgan. She's school counselor at Brown Middle School. Before I read this, uh Mrs. Morgan's been at our elementarymentaries for the last few years. How many years at the elementaryaries, Andrea? How many years down there? >> Uh, 11 years. >> 11 years. So, uh, we've changed a little bit in our format and I brought her and Mrs. Curtis Lure together and Miss Morgan jumped right ahead and said, "We got a plan. We got this solved. I'm ready to go to Brown and help out." So, um,
010the staff member wrote, "From the moment she began at Brown, Miss Andrea Morgan has been a force of positive change with an energy and enthusiasm that is truly contagious. She has not wasted a single day. Instead of a slow transition, she jumped right in to getting to know our staff and students. Her office is always a buzz thanks to her ability to quickly and effectively build relationships with Brown students to where they feel comfortable sharing anything from academic struggles to navigating friendships, middle school life, and so much more. She has proven herself not just a listener, but a proactive problem solver, too. She has seamlessly integrated herself into the fabric of her school. Students trust her, the teachers respect her, and the parents feel confident in her abilities. Congratulations, Miss Morgan. All right, ready, Miss
011Coleman? All right, our first student from preschool is Lennox Hager. [Applause] Lennox has grown so much since he started preschool last year. He follows school rules and is the biggest cheerleader for all his classmates. He loves to tell everyone what a good job they are doing. Congratulations, Lennox. [Applause] >> All right. [Applause] Job, Lennox. Our face of a raven from Williard this month is Laya Burl Burrell, second grader. Ila is an amazing role model for her peers. She is a wonderful leader who is always offering a helping hand. She works hard in all she does and has already made so much growth in her academics. She is respectful, responsible, and in control. And her teacher said how lucky she is to have her in class. So congratulations. [Applause] Our West Main student is Kaden Hen.
012Hayden, sorry. Fourth grade. Kaden is always looking out for her his classmates to make sure they are being respectful, responsible, and in control. Kaden has shown his fourth grade teachers that he is eager to learn and excel this school year. We are excited to see him flourish academically and socially this year. Great job, Kayen. Congratulations. All right, our Brown Middle School student of the month is Thomas Han, fifth grade. Thomas was nominated by multiple teachers. Mrs. Miller, in particular, said the following. Every time I see Thomas in the hall, he is on track and happy. He is a ray of sunshine. He embodies respectfulness by greeting people when they enter and doing as he is told. Thomas is very responsible, appropriately using his devices without complaint. Thomas is in control of his emotions and is
013respectful while doing so. Mrs. Remley also mentioned that Thomas comes to school happy and ready to learn and always ready to help others in the classroom. Congratulations, Thomas. Great job. [Applause] All right, our final student is from Ruba High School, Alexis Brown, grade nine. [Music] [Applause] Mr. Parker nominated Alexis. He said, "Alexis introduced a new student to me as she was showing the student around to her classes. She did an exceptional job with the introduction and conveyed certain information in a very discreet and compassionate way, making me aware of circumstances while m maintaining privacy and preserving the respect of the student. Congratulations, Alexis Brown. [Applause] I did want to mention we did have a community partner today, Mr. Rick Hoverver who was un able to make it tonight, but he's a physical therapist here that
014we uh contract out with and he had multiple nominations from the preschool about how great he works with the students going beyond uh routine physical therapy and um unfortunately couldn't make it tonight, but I wanted to recognize Mr. Rick Hoverver, our physical therapist. Okay, we're going to take a brief recess out in the cafeteria for a few minutes for pictures. We'll organize together and then come back in after a few minutes. Thank you. Thank you. Um, tonight I'm going to defer to Mrs. Kendra Fashing. She is our curriculum director and since report cards just got released, uh, I've asked her to give a brief summary of our, uh, outcomes and projected, uh, work ahead. So, I'm going to turn it over to her and let her discuss our report card, please. >> Good evening. So,
015I'm here to talk about our ABCs for success, attendance, behavior, and curriculum. Sure, I will. They told me that way. Okay. So, we did have a two and a half star rating, which is exactly the same as the year before, but I would like to highlight some positives within this West Maine was a three and a half star school and I want you to focus right on the middle bottom of the screen on progress. They are five star I'm so sorry fivestar school for progress. The progress component is a measure of the amount of growth that students are making on their state test. So five stars for that. If we go to the next slide please. The high school was a three-star building and again if you look at their progress four stars on progress
016and I would like to focus on what's happening at the high school. Okay, my clicker works. So on algebra 1 proficient is a 700 and higher. We had an average scale score of 700.5 on the algebra 1 test. American government is on the right hand side a 710.1. American history was a 718.2. And if you look at that bar graph on the left, the orange is proficient and then purple is accelerated and blue is advanced for biology, we had a 715.1. And again, orange and purple and blue, if you take a look at the scores there. So, we are doing great work at the high school. We do know that we need to work very hard though to increase our student achievement in all of the buildings. We held our first district leadership team meeting
017last Wednesday and I was very impressed by the data talks that were taking place with all the buildings that were there. First, we're focusing on attendance. Our attendance liaison, Mara Boltz through a grant from the ESC is working directly with Williard and West Maine. We're also continuing our partnership with the Cleveland Browns through the Stay in the Game program to reduce chronic absenteeism and get more students in school every day. Please remember that chronic absenteeism is missing more than 10% of the school year for any absence reason. Students can't learn when they are not in school. So, we are working diligently to get kids to school. Sorry, I'm supposed to stay on this slide. I even have a note for that. Next in the middle, behavior. We are strengthening behavior support. All of our buildings
018are using PBIS strategies to create positive learning environments. In addition, on November 4th, Miki Wiggins from the Northeast Ohio ESC will lead professional development for staff on deescalation strategies to help minimize disruptions and keep students focused on learning. When students are acting out in class, that takes away from the learning environment, which is why we are implementing PBIS strategies in our classrooms. And then next, we have the curriculum. Academically, we are building on strong foundations. In reading, we are in our fourth year with the CQLA, Amplify, and ELA curriculum for grades K through eight. And teachers are using benchmark data to target daily interventions and enrichment. In math, we've launched our new K to2 illustrative math curriculum. It's a big adjustment, but our teachers are working hard to learn the curriculum while also closing learning
019gaps. To support them, we have a summit ESC math coach who will be working with Williard teachers, upcoming professional development for grade level bands, and even classroom support from astro of math representatives where they come in person and do learning walks to give advice on what they see as happening. It will take time for the improved results to show, but creating math problem solvers in our students is going to be beneficial in closing the gaps in our math achievement. We need to stay dedicated to the curriculum and the work it takes to properly properly implement this in the classroom. Our professional development day is on November 4th for staff and it's a collaborative effort between the staff and administration with targeted learning opportunities that focus on attendance, behavior, and curriculum. This has all been based
020on the data from our school report card, teacher surveys, and our PD committee meetings. We have a great selection for staff that we feel meet the needs of what our data is telling us. Finally, Mr. Ryland, Gina Simick, and I are out in the buildings on a daily basis to support staff and students. It's not enough to just tell the staff. We need to show and support them as much as we are able to. We are dedicated to this work and with everyone working together, we are confident we will see growth in our test scores. So, let's remember, attendance plus behavior plus a strong curriculum will eer equal higher achievement. With everyone working together, we will see growth. Thank you. And with that, are there any questions? >> It's I think it's important to note
021that, you know, we're not going to settle for where we're at. Um and that we although we did not go down, you know, our goal is to continue to increase. Um three is the standard for uh standards met throughout the district or the whole district and we were at two and a half just below that three star rating. you know, we're going to continue to put the work in. Um I think we have a a real, as Mrs. Fashion pointed out, a real um pointed direction in where we want to go now that we know where we're at. We have a starting point to move forward from um with lots of new people that are eager to do the right thing and and continue the ABCs of of where we're at here at Revena. >>
022Any questions from any of you for Mrs. Fashing? Okay. Next on our agenda. >> Thank you. >> Next on our agenda is the treasures update. >> All right. Well, I'm going to be doing my presentation at the podium. All righty. So, my name is Kristen Pageman. I am the treasurer for Revena School District. And it is that time of the year for us to present our financial fall forecast and assumptions. So, what is a financial forecast? The financial forecast is a mandated reporting document from Ohio revised code and it's used for a couple purposes. First of all, it is our basis for our certificate 412 where we are stating to um the state that we have sufficient funds in order to pay our bills. Additionally, it's an engagement tool with the community and stakeholders on
023financial planning and decisions. and it's a communication to our state auditors and the Ohio Department of Education on any potential financial problems. There's been a few changes that have occurred um beginning this fall of 2025 um due to House Bill 96. So, a couple of the changes are we have to do two required submissions, but the dates have changed. Normally, we would do our fall submission in November and our spring submission in May. Beginning this year, we are required to do our fall submission by October 15th and then our well, I don't know if I'd say spring, it's maybe more of a winter in February. And why was that changed? So that was changed because they wanted um us to be able to present to the community earlier financial forecasts of our district in order
024for our community stakeholders to make decisions on maybe upcoming November or May um ballot levy items. Secondly, um the forecast used to be called a five-year forecast where you took some historical years, your current year and four future years. Now, it's being required that we do our past, our current, and three future years. So, why did they reduce it from a five-year forecast to a four-year forecast? Well, the reason why they did that was because they feel that as you get further out in your projections, the the data maybe isn't as um true to where where it is. And I'll actually um showcase that this evening when we go through um some of the five-year forecast. So, for this purpose of this presentation and most treasures are still presenting to the boards and the community
025a five-year forecast um as we would like to present as much data as possible to our stakeholders, but when we're going to be submitting it to the state, it'll be in the format of a four-year. Can you please click on that? Thank you. So what does the um the for financial forecast um contain? So this is and like I said it's very hard to see so I'm going to be breaking the components off but this will be available on our district website tomorrow and long and along as oh sorry accompanying with that will be also the very detailed assumptions um projections that are associated with the forecast. For the purpose of this presentation, I'm going to be taking different components of the forecasts and presenting them in more of a visual and in some communication.
026Can we exit out of that please? Okay. So, what are the components of a financial forecast? So, we have our revenues and our other financing sources. We have our expenditures that are gum being paid out. We have our debt services, other financing uses. And then there are some really key components of a forecast. We have line 6.010. And that is taking what are we achieving in what are we bringing in our revenues and other financing sources and how is it relating to what we're expending out. We always uh we want to make sure that we're trying not to have deficit spending where our expenditures are greater than our revenue. and financing sources. Another key line is at line 15.101 which is our cash balance or fund balance. Um how are we looking as the year
027ends? What are we projected projected to have? And we always want to have a cash balance that is positive because as we have known if we have negative deficit spending and a negative cash balance then we're going to be put into fiscal oversight by the state. All right. So let's look at our revenue. So what comprises our revenue? So if you look at the green parts of it, that is our local taxes and our local taxes uh contribute about 45% of our revenue sources. Last year our local taxes contributed 40%. So because of having the um the new levy funding, it's able to contribute more because as you'll see, our funding from the state has decreased. So, our local taxes equal our real estate taxes. This is um about 38% of it. And the real
028estate tax is not only our residential tax, but it's also our agricultural and business tax. And out of that 38%, 68% of that comes from um homeowners where the remaining um 32% comes from our businesses. Um the next item in taxes is called our pup tax. is our public utility tax and that is coming from our utility companies in the area. So that's about 5.7%. Um our district like most districts does not do an income tax. The next area of revenue is that 51% and that's our state sources. So this is also referred to as our governor's budget. So this is the money that comes to us um guaranteed for like a two-year um period. So, right now, the governor, I'm sure many of you have heard in the spring, um I think it was
029June 30th, he signed off into two-year budget. So, we know what our budgets, what our funding is going to be for the next two years from the government. So, the state sources are broken down into three areas. First of all is our state funding and um our state funding is also known as our unrestricted funding and that is comprised of our casino tax. So this is very interesting because everybody thinks that districts get a lot of money from casino tax. The amount that we received last year was $127,470. So that is what we received for casino tax. We also receive our per student funding. So there's a many formulas that are used in the calculation. They use um our student enrollment and then they um assess what they feel is our community economic um demographics.
030So there's many components that calculate that. The next one is called our state share um of local property um taxes and that is comprised of our roll back. So we get a 10% um homestead act and then we get the 2.5% roll back. Our other sources of income of revenue and other financing sources is our 4%. And the 4% is um it is our a Medicaid reimbursement. It's tax abatements that we receive and then it's our rentals. So we currently are renting our tap and building to education alternatives. So that comprises our revenue and our other sources. So now I'm taking from that five-year forecast that big long sheet I'm showing you this is how our revenue and other financing sources look from three years past our current year of 26 and then our four
031future years. So that is how our revenue is looking. The next are our expenditures and expenditures are broken down into three areas. The first is our personnel costs. We are a ser um school districts are a service industry providing the service of education to our students. So of course that's going to be the highest amount. So our salaries and wages um are 82%. Um so salaries would be our earn our regular wages they' be our supplementals our stipens and then our benefits are our medical dip dental benefits our STS um life insurance so that is our 82% as our salaries and wages in the blue you'll see 14% 14% is our purchase services so what constitutes our purchase service these are any kind of contracts that we have so with our attorneys Um, we have
032our insurance for the district. We have certain students that are um in um in our special ed programs that have um based upon the IEP team decision, they're um best served um at um different places that we have to pay tuition. The other component is 4%. And that 4% is our all our other expenditures. So you have our supplies and the definition of a supply is any item that's a consumable. So that can be um anything that would be just used for one year. You have your capital which is another word for equipment and very fortunate Revena school district has a PI fund. So we do utilize our PI funds in order to make any of those equipment or capital purchases. Then we have debt. So, we do have to pay to the Portage County
033Auditor's Office a fee in order for them to collect our taxes. So, we do have to pay those debts. And then we also, if we have any transfers or advances, and the district does do some transfers to our athletic fund so that we can make sure that we're offering it um a free paytoplay for our students. And again, I took the expenditures and the other financing uses and it is um located on this part of the five-year four-year forecast. So now, as I said, line 6.010 is very important. How is our revenues comparing to our expenditures? So, we want to be blue higher than yellow. So, blue is your revenues, yellow is your expenditures. So you do see we get a little bit in 2029. It's about a little bit of deficit spending. It's a
034little around 30,000 and then it does increase in 20 um 2030. But again is going back to House Bill on um not having a five-year forecast. This is kind of the trend for most districts is they do have um revenues decreasing and expenditures increasing until you get closer to those target dates. cash balance. This is another very important line. This is the last line on a forecast. It's line 15.010. And this takes what is our available fund balance. And as you can see, the district is um quite healthy at the end of 2030 with a $4.3 million cash balance, which is very, very nice to see because we haven't seen that in the last couple years. Oh, this is an interesting statistics here. So, it is recommended for all school districts to have 60 days
035of cash on hand. So, I went and looked at last year fall forecast. So, this year we're expected to have 44 days. And the reason why that's a little bit lower is because we will not start collecting on the new levy until January of 2026. Last year we had three days. For 2027, we're at 68 days. Last year, we were at -12. 2028, we're at 77 days. Last year, we were at -41. And for 2029, we're at 73 days. Last year, we're at 84. And I don't have 2030s statistics. As I stated, the full financial forecast and the assumptions will be available on the district website. um by tomorrow. And if anybody has any further questions or would like to meet, they're more than welcome to contact me. I provided my email address. And that
036is it. Much better than last year's forecast. >> Thank you. Okay, next are the reports of the board. U Maplewood report. Uh yes. Um we had our usual Maplewood meeting last Thursday. Uh one of the neat things about uh being on the Maplewood board is we get to um go and visit some of the different programs. Um this last meeting we went to the cosmetology uh program. Um, it is a fullscale salon in there, which I was never actually really aware of. Um, they do hair, uh, makeup, nails, pedicures. Uh, they are open Monday through Friday. Appointments begin at 11:30. Um, so go in there and and see some of the students and the great work that they do. Uh, the program helps get these students ready to take their um their state boards for
037cosmetology. Uh but also in the program they they can learn um to be a a salon owner or manager, makeup artist. Um so it's not just hair that they go above and beyond for that. Uh they will be open for the um uh Christmas in the Woods event which is October 31st. I know it's on Halloween um but the salon will be open and uh taking appointments for that evening also. So, if you would like to call uh up there to get an appointment during the week, the number is 330-2350021. Um, so I encourage everybody to go up there and and check out the uh the students and the amazing work that they do. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mike. Vana Parks and Recreation Report, just one thing. Uh we do have a new parks
038and recreation director who started um on September 8th and his name is Mr. Chris Bundy. the board will be meeting with him um early October and hopefully I can um share some more information about his vision for our park system and um moving forward with um a lot of the changes that are happening. Report to the treasure. >> Uh yes, we have a consent agenda items 12 A1 through 4. 12 A1 is the approval of the August 25th business meeting. 12 A2 is the acceptance of gifts and donations. 12 A3 is our August financial reports and 12 A4 is the approval of then and now payments. >> We have a motion to approve >> 12A items 1 through 4. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison.
039>> Yes. >> Miss Dukes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki. >> Yes. Motion carried. >> Okay. The next we have is um 12A5. It is a standalone. It is the approval of the permanent appropriations for FY26. >> May I have a motion to approve item 12A number five? >> Some move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison? >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. The next item is 12A6 which is a standalone. It is the approval of the resolution for the fiscal officer certificate 412. >> May I have a motion to approve item 12A number six? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. Yes. >> Mrs. Dukes. Yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki. >> Yes.
040>> Motion carried. The next is item 12A7, standalone, the approval of our September 2025 forecast and assumptions. >> Have a motion to approve item 12A number seven. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison? >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. And then we have item 12 A8 is the approval of Reed Memorial Libraries rate resolution for budget year 2026. >> May I have a motion to approve item 12 A number eight? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Next are the reports and recommendations of the superintendent and other administrators. >> Thank you. Uh
041if you'll take a look at 13A1, it's a standalone. This is to approve athletic worker rates. Uh there's a 0% increase for the year, but it's for the 2526 school year as we do each year. >> May I have a motion to approve item 13A number one? >> So move. >> Second. Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dennison, >> yes. >> Miss Dukes, >> yes. >> Mr. Wizooki, >> yes. >> Motion carried. Number two is to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Kent city schools um regarding title one allocations. So they'll be providing tutoring services for Ravena students that reside here but attend St. Patrick's school and since St. Pats resides within Kent City schools they'll be providing those tutoring services. >> Okay to approve item 13A number two. >> So
042moved. >> Second. Roll call. Mrs. Calhoun, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dennison, yes. Miss Dukes, yes. Mr. Waznooki, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. 1383 is to approve a contract agreement with Learnwell um and the Reba school district for the purpose of meeting the educational needs of several of our students and necessary services on IEPs effective for 2526. >> May I have a motion to approve item 13A number three? So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison? >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> 13A4 is to approve an amendment to the Revena High School parent student handbook. Um, we had to update our honors diploma requirements as those have just changed uh through ODEW and Mrs. Stashing is
043recommending the change so that our students uh are in good standing to receive their honors diploma. >> May I have a motion to approve item 13A number four? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. 13 A5 is to approve payment in lie of transportation agreements for the following families as listed. Um per the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce um students that are residing in the school district and eligible for transportation services and we do not provide those they can receive this payment in lie um for 2526 school year at the state minimum. Okay. May I have a motion to approve item 13A number five? >> So moved.
044>> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> M. Dukes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> 1386 is to approve a purchase service agreement. Um, we received uh funds through the school improvement grants uh through ODW this year to work on our attendance at Willard Elementary School. Um, we are recommending Mrs. Mara Boltz as the homeschool liaison to focus on attendance here through a purchase service agreement with the EFC of Northeast Ohio. >> May I have a motion to approve item 13A number six? So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison? >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rosski? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> On to uh items 14, personnel considerations A 1
045through three as a consent agenda. The first is to accept the retirement resignation of Lenora Gano, family and consumer science teacher at Vena High School, effective at the end of this school year, which would be June 30th, 2026. Number two is to approve employment of resident educator men stipens as directed by ODW, as well as the importance of getting our new teachers menners. And number three, the employment of the following substitute teachers as listed. May I have a motion to approve item 14A, numbers 1 through three. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dukes? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rnooki? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. 14B. Uh, this will be a consent agenda for 1 through five. Number one is to approve the
046amendment to employee substitute employment resolution for wrestling. Originally we had approved Michael Prickle III as an assistant wrestling coach at Brown. He is switching to a volunteer. Number two is to accept the resignation of key club advisor Mr. Steven Farhat effective September 1st of this year. Number three is to approve employment of coaches as listed for uh the high school and middle school. Number four is to approve extracurricular and co-curricular advisors as listed for several of the schools throughout the district. And number five is to approve the employment of an athletic worker as listed. >> Okay. May I have a motion to approve item 14B numbers 1 through five? >> Some move. Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennis? >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiznooki? >>
047Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Under 14 B6 and seven. These are uh a consent agenda. Uh were pulled uh because of the employees listed. Uh number six is to approve the employment of two middle school coaches as listed. And number seven, uh, to approve the extracurricular co-curricular activity advisor as listed. >> May I have a motion to approve item 14B? >> So move >> six and seven. >> Sorry. So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Abstain. >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki. >> Uh, yes. >> Motion carried. We >> I'm sorry. >> Oh, d >> Okay. On to 14C volunteers. The first resolution standalone is to improve employment of the following volunteers as listed for bowling and wrestling. >> May I have a motion
048to approve item 14 C number one? >> So moved. >> Second. Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison? >> Yes. >> Miss Dukes? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiznookski? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Uh, the final one on here is 14D. This will be 1 through 7 as a consent as listed. Number one is to accept the resignation of a bus monitor. Number two is to accept the resignation of a bus driver. Number three is to approve unpaid leave of absence or um attorney leave. The number four is to approve custodian to be hired. Uh number five is to approve the employment of a bus monitor. Number six is to approve the employment of an educational aid. And number seven is to approve a long list of substitute employees in the classified
049ranks. >> May I have a motion to approve items 14D 1 through 7? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. Yes, >> Mrs. Dennison. >> Yes, >> Miss Dukes. >> Yes, >> Mr. Wizooki. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Okay. Recognition of public. Any person or group wishing to address the board on non-aggenda 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 affiliations if and when appropriate, and the topic to be addressed. Such requests shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent 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
050on that topic have been heard. All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer. No person may address or question board members individually. Each statement made by a participant should be limited to three minutes duration. Please note that since this is a designate this is designated in the 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. And I believe we have two people to um speak. Danielle Payot, is that correct? >> Is it okay that I'm up here? I So, I am Crystal Williams and this is my sister Danielle Pyatt. um kind of
051advocating for her to speak. Um our my niece, her daughter is a cheerleader with Revena Youth Cheer and loves it very much. On Wednesday, when Danielle picked up McKenna, um the co-director, Miranda, and the high school cheerleader coach, which is Am I allowed to use names? Um the high school cheerleader coach um uh stated to Danielle um she wasn't very clean at practice tonight, meaning she had like noodle arms, if you will. And so they said, "If you do not, um improve tomorrow at practice, you will not participate in the competition, which was on Saturday." So um she came to my house after school practice. She know she knows the routine. She's been at all but two practices since mid July. Missed one game and um has been practicing very hard so there should be
052no issue. Um I dropped her off at practice on Thursday and Miranda sorry um the co-director stated um hey I know do you know the conversation that we had with mom? I said yes. Um she's practiced she knows the routine. she knows that she needs to be clean and show everybody she can do what you know you she what you know she can do. And so we stated with um she went to practice and then the coach the co-director said you know it really was just a scare tactic. We did that because we know she can do this and we just want her to practice that way too. Okay. She invited me and my fiance to come to practice to observe her to make sure she was clean. She was. We went to pick her
053up and this is where we are at now. I am here to um ask that it be considered to be revoked because both Danielle and um the child's m uncle Frank have been trespassed from Revena City Schools because after practice was over we were um waiting to speak with the director, the co-director um and the coaches as far as the decision and they decided that it was a no-go. she would not be competing. And it wasn't for a lack of knowing her stuff. It was because she decided that she didn't look right. So, she tried the coach decided to move her here and move her here just because she didn't fit. And um when asked, Danielle asked the high school coach, you said that you would put her in the competition if she improved. Did
054she improve? Yes, she did. However, after they practiced the routine multiple times, she was tired. Obviously, she had school, she had practice with me, she had practice. So, the conversation got a little bit loud as people were trying to talk over one another. So, >> um it was >> made to our acknowledged. >> I'm sorry. We're at three minutes. >> Sorry. Okay. >> Okay. So, >> you both have to speak or >> Yes, you're listed. You're you're Crystal. No, that was Crystal. I'm Danielle. >> That was Crystal. Okay. You're Danielle. Okay. >> Okay. So, I was waiting for the director to speak. The director approached the coach, told her to speak. I said, "Okay, so what exactly is holding, you know, her from going? What did she do wrong?" Well, first routine she did great,
055but the second time around she got a little tired and it wasn't as um on point. And I said, "Okay, but did you see per our conversation, did you see appropriate?" She was like, "Yes." Um, I was like, "Okay." Well, then the coach mom kind of jumped in and started talking over me and was like, "Well, all these other things matter." And I said, "No, no, no, no. They don't because this is based off of a conversation the day before." So, I went from the conversation the day before and I went back to the coach because the director just she told her to speak versus the director actually approaching us and speaking as the adult. Um, so I went back to the coach and I said, "So, you saw improvement, right? So, now you're going
056back on your word. This kid worked her butt off today and now you're going back on your word saying that she wasn't good enough because the second time around she didn't fit in." And she was like, "Well, I tried to move her here. I tried to move her there. And she just didn't look right anywhere I put her." Okay. Well, I don't know how that's even fair. Um, so as I was speaking, people started speaking over me. I didn't cuss. I didn't threaten. Now, I did. When people started speaking, I got louder. I wanted to be heard and I stepped forward kind of like I just did. Not to be intimidating. It was like getting closer because people were yelling behind me, people were yelling beside me. So, I stepped closer. When I was told
057that I did this, I immediately told the director, um, I apologize. I didn't mean to intimidate the coach in any way, shape, or form. And um you know, please let her know I have no way of messaging her because there was no way to message anybody privately on the app. So I did get loud. That all happened. The next day, probably around 3:00, I was served trespass papers um stating that I couldn't attend anything that my daughter is in because I threatened a high school student and I cussed at a high school student. Those things never happen. And part of my problem was is, you know, they told the kid one thing and then they went back on it. And then come to find out, they didn't even do the showcase anyhow. So what was
058she the only showcase? Um, which is even more frustrating. I tried multiple times to have things with the director, uh, meetings with the director. She never returned any of my calls, my texts, nothing. And I have them to show if we needed. And then, um, Mr. Haggard had got on there and he said he was the president and I should address Tia. And I explained to him that I did so and that she wasn't responding. Um, and the only way I got a response is by saying, "Hey everybody, this program make sure you're asking questions because they weren't direct. They said something different. Initially when we started it was practice is not is mandatory. It's not a choice. And if you don't attend, you can be asked to step out of games and practices and
059whatever." So, and other activities when comp came up it came up for that. >> Okay. Thank you. Your three minutes is up. >> Thank you. >> Items any EA day is on Friday, October 10th. There will be no school. End of the first nine weeks will be Friday, October the 24th. And our next board of education meeting is on Monday, October the 27th at 5:30 at the Vana High School. And the board does have need for 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. In accordance with Ohio Revised Code 121.22, 22. The Ravana Board of Education will go into executive session for the sole purpose
060of the consideration of any of the following matters. To consider one or more or applicable of the check mark items with respect to a public employee or official and ours is number two, employment. May I have a motion to enter into executive session? >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Calhoun. Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. Yes. Miss Dukes. Yes. Mr. Ruski. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. back on record. We have returned to the open meeting. May I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Um, Mrs. Calhoun. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dennison. Yes. M. Dukes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wizooki. Yes. >> Motion carried. Meeting is adjourned. Thank you very much.