001I'd like to bring the meeting to order. If you could stand for the pledge. >> 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. >> Beth, roll call, please. >> Mr. Burman, >> here. Mr. Manfried >> here. >> Mrs. Miller >> here. >> Mrs. Stone >> here. >> Mr. Watsman >> here. >> I need a first and a second for approval of the agenda. >> So move. >> Brian, >> I'll second it. >> Linda. >> I'm sorry. I was right. Linda. Any discussion? Beth. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Burman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiseworth. >> Yes. >> Mr. Manfried. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stone. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller. Yes. >> I need
002a first and a second for approval of the minutes. I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? Beth, roll call, please. >> Mr. Wsworth? >> Yes. >> Mr. McFred? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stone? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller? >> Yes. >> Mr. Burman? >> Yes. >> Okay, John. Student services. Okay, I'm going to shift a little bit from student services to workforce development. I know that uh we've had a couple updates about the new campus and I'll share some updated pictures of that, but I I want to start off um first by just talking a little bit about our workforce development program. We do have a an advanced manufacturing pathway now through the state. And so that consists of a couple different tracks. We have and I'm going to try to highlight um
003we have a track aggra business uh production systems uh where we're partnering with Great Lakes Cheese and that happens in this building. So in our old homec room is where that that uh pathway runs through and we have essentially a four-year program but eighth graders also participate in the program. So we have um an intro course that serves both programs and that is our um our SAKa um credentiing program. It used to be certified production technician but now there's a um uh automation credential that a lot of businesses are are replacing their certified production technician credential with. So, a lot of our sophomores will take that as an elective and that's part of both programs. But there is a freshman level um sophomore level, junior and senior level course within Agra business that then leads
004to a really nice um apprenticeship over through a AWT, the Alliance for Working Together in Great Lakes Cheese. And then our mechanical technology program is in partnership with uh Preston Superstore and that's what we have over at the um the campus that we're calling the Bergkshire Workforce Development Campus. So just a a quick overhead view of the campus. You see this is 87 and this is Rapids Road. We the the big garage the big main garage that used to be the main ODOT garage. We call that building A now. And half of that garage serves the Preston uh commercial services fleet. That's where they do repairs on the on the big commercial diesel type vehicles. The other half of that is our transportation department and our buses park along here. Building B is next year
005going to become our power systems pathway. It's where our we'll use the Ohio CAT curriculum. Uh and our kids will learn uh diesel operations this year. It's where the the diesel class is starting while building D which is going to be over here. That's what we'll we'll see the pictures of. That'll eventually house the diesel and the mechanical tech program. And then building C is the body shop and Preston runs a body shop out of that. Now, coincidentally, uh we are working with Auburn on some satellite programming. So, we'll we'll potentially run uh autoc collision repair satellite where we'll partner with Preston on getting kids in the body shop. And then an automotive um satellite where our kids will work with the Ford, uh Chevy, and Kia technicians. And then that will be an Auburn
006course. So they won't have to go to uh Payneesville for that campus. They'll stay here. As well as K kids from Chardan or Middlefield, whoever would attend Auburn could attend that program here. And then our diesel will work with the the heavy diesel machinery. And um in addition to CAT, Ohio Machinery also owns Peterbuilt. So we'll we'll incorporate Peterbuilt certifications. um in for diesel and then our power systems will be another official state approved credential that will have an Auburn teacher attached to it that'll be out of building B and then they'll learn generator work and that kind of thing um out of that program. So the the new building that the Preston's are actually in the process of building for us uh this these pictures were taken uh this afternoon. So, you can see
007uh the roof is complete. They're starting to put some siding on the outside of the buildings. Uh you can see kind of in the back the siding was starting to go to go up, but those are just some pictures around the building. This is inside that double garage and you can see that the uh uh insulation starting to go up. We're hoping that by uh mid to end of the week the sheetrock uh will go up and then uh we have a kind of a a goal of midocctober to be moved into that building for the diesel classroom. There's just more inside the garage more inside the garage. Then this is one of the classroom buildings and you can see there's a large window that looks into the garage and a large window that looks
008into the officeconference room for the teacher. So this is this is a view of that office andor conference room. But if you're in that conference room, you can see out one side. You can see all the way into both the classroom and the lab. So lots of uh visuals. Uh we'll be able to keep eyes on everyone in there. And then another shot down the hallway. This is the front side of building B. That's that building I I circled on the overhead. So right now inside building B, we have a classroom set up. That's where the the the diesel class this year is getting their classroom instruction. And then those two garage bays, we have the diesel equipment set up. You can see the two chassis. This one is for uh brake line repair and
009uh I think the other one is for electrical work. So we we have the the different um work going on right now. We we actually do have two West Giaga students in the program and um the West Giaga administrators have reported that they've come back excited every day saying it's their their favorite part of the day. So um we're looking at we have interest from Crestwood and Revena uh for for kids to go in the program. So we will have once the new building is is complete enough room for about 48 seats in the morning and another 48 seats in the afternoon and outside districts that come in they they essentially pay the district for seats in that program. So it's a revenue generator for us. And then once we have the satellite program set
010up with Auburn, um those West Giaga, Ravena, and Crestwood students will be outside of that compact as well. So that'll bring in additional state funding that we will split with Auburn. So this this not only is a great program for our kids, gets them great experience and it's great for Preston and essentially Junction or Coonley or Arms or um Countryside or Great Lakes Cheese, whoever wants Tex, but it's also going to bring additional revenue into the district that'll help us um cover some of our other costs um and continue to sustain the program. So good for everyone all around. Any questions about the program or right now we have 26 kids in the program. Mr. Hornai, go ahead. >> Oh, the the uh the salt dome budget dependent is going to be dis demolished and
011that'll just be additional parking. Uh right now we have a commitment from Preston that if we can't if we don't have money left in the budget, they'll help with the demolition because no one wants the salt dome up there. The roof of the salt dome is really nasty and um so we thought about trying to do something inside of it, but it's just hazardous. So it's going to end up coming down. Okay, John, thank you. Thank you for the update. >> That is exciting stuff. >> Um, if if that building is opening in October, um, we we could still have our meeting in here, but love to go up there for a little show and tell if there's any public that would want to go in there and see it. >> Yeah, potentially mid-occtober, so
012maybe a November board meeting. I do have um the Burton Chamber of Commerce wants to do their November meeting over there. So, we're probably going to do the November Burton Chamber of Commerce meeting um either in that new building or if it's not ready in building U B. Uh and then the I'm I'm on the um I'm on the executive committee for the Education Service Center of Northeast Ohio's Business Advisory Council. They want to do a November meeting there as well. So, uh, we got lots of people interested and lots of people wanting to come and, uh, and look at the site and see the progress we've made. >> Great. Thank you. >> It'll be full in no time, I'm sure. >> Yeah. People start getting >> It's popular. It's a popular program. >> Yeah.
013>> Okay. Um, at this point of the meeting, it is public participation. If you'd like to address the board, please come up to the microphone, address the board, and um you know, you have your chance to to tell us or ask us questions. Okay. Okay. [Music] With that, treasurer's report. [Music] Let the record reflect the treasurer submitted a statement to the board and to the superintendent showing the revenues and receipts from the sources derived. the various appropriations made by the board, the expenditures and dispersements, the purposes and balances remaining in each fund, the financial statements for the period ending August 2025 has been submitted subject to audit and includes the financial summary, appropriation and revenue summary, check register recap, and bank reconciliation. >> Have a motion to approve the following donations as listed. >> So
014moved. Jody, >> I'll second it. >> Linda, any discussion? Um, Beth, roll call, please. >> Mr. Manfried? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stone? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller? >> Yes. >> Mr. Burman? >> Yes. >> Mr. Watler? >> Yes. >> Thank you. Can I have a motion to approve the following financial amendments? >> Some move. >> Brian, I'll second. Any discussion? Beth, roll call, please. >> Mrs. Stone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> Mr. Wadsworth, >> yes. >> Mr. Manfred, >> yes. >> Thank you. Can I have a motion to accept the participation in the 2526 Ohio School Council Cooperative School Bus Purchasing Program and authorize the Ohio School Council to advertise and receive bids on behalf of Berkshire Board of Education as per the specifications submitted for the
015cooperative purchase of two 72 passenger conventional bus chassis along with one passenger van. >> I'll make motion. I'll second >> Jody and Dan. Any further discussion? Uh, Beth Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> Mr. May, >> yes. >> Mr. Wsworth, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Still, >> yes. >> Thank you. Can I have a motion to authorize Mahalik Associations and Auctioneer LLC to sell three storage tanks that are no longer needed by the district? These are located at the ODOT facility. Um, we could have sold them ourselves on gov deals, but I just feel like we're not going to get the right exposure. So, I think Scott has um, you know, contacts within that industry that could use those tanks. So, that's why I wanted to have
016him list them on his online site. >> Can I have a I'll make the motion. I'll >> second. Uh, >> John, could you bring up the picture of the OD property again? Sure. Brian. >> Okay. Beth, is it behind building B? Those three? >> Yes, those three tanks. So, one had >> they called it beat heat. >> Isn't there a stainless uh system that's back there, too, or is that gone? >> So, that stainless system is going to come out. It's never been a t It hasn't been used in years. >> So, we could sell that as well. >> Um, yes. >> But we're actually gonna, I think, put it into scrap. >> Do we ever Well, I would let Scott decide it's scrap. Um, do we have any other equipment or anything else that
017we need to sell districtwide that we don't need that you can put it in this? >> Yeah. So, we I mean, we list stuff every month. That's something Jamie does. So, she's got a bus on there right now. >> Okay. >> Um, >> well, it's just if Scott's going to be here, I'm just saying >> put in whatever you need to put in. Any further discussion? Um, Beth, roll call, please. >> We did. We get a second. >> Yes. I second. >> Yes. M. >> Mr. Wsworth? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stone? >> Yes. >> Mr. Manfred? >> Yes. >> Mr. Burman? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller? >> Yes. Uh, thank you, Beth. Superintendent's report. >> Okay, before I um get into the personnel, we do have uh Mary McCaulay here, who is our new first
018grade teacher. So, I'm going to give Mary a chance to stand up, uh, say hi to the board, tell you maybe about the exciting start of her first year with us, and then if you have any questions for her. >> Hi, I'm Mary McCauley. I am teaching first grade this year and I just recently graduated from Miami University of Ohio and um anyway so now this is my first year teaching and I have been having such a great time so far. I have a great group of kids and it's just so great being able to like really put everything that I learned into actual teaching. Um so so great and it's you know it's been exhausting but a good exhausting and I am loving it. >> Do you uh grew up live around here? >>
019Yeah, so I grew up in Chardan. I just moved to Mayfield Village. So I'm still like kind of in the area but um but yeah, grew up in Shardan but I like being out here because you know there's coffee corners right around the corner. Oh. >> So, no, but it's it's been great and it's been so great having, you know, such a supportive staff. Like the first grade team has been like just amazing in getting me acclimated. So, it really has been a pretty easy process. >> You related to the McCaulay's John and Char. Any relation? >> No, but I am asked that all the time. >> Oh, okay. >> No, I'm not. No, there must be another mau. But >> yeah. >> Well, good luck. Welcome. >> Thanks. and um we think it's a
020great place to be. So hopefully you'll see the same. >> Great. >> Thank you. >> Have a great year. >> I'd like to request a motion to approve the following personnel for certified and classified as listed. >> So move. >> Brian, >> I'll second. >> Jody, any discussion? Beth, roll call, please. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> Mr. Wsworth, >> yes. >> Mr. Mr. Manfried. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stone. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. >> I would like to request a motion to approve the following volunteers as listed. >> So moved. >> I'll second it. >> Linda. Any discussion? >> Beth. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Wford. >> Yes. >> Mr. Manfried. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stone. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bur. >> Yes. I would like to
021request a motion to approve the per student payment in lie of transportation for the 202526 school year as per Ohio revised code 3327.02 as listed. >> So moved >> Dan second >> Brian >> and if you weren't aware um that is the state requires us to either transport children to private school or reimburse the parents if transportation is not feasible for us. >> Any further discussion? Beth roll call, please. >> Mr. Manfred, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stone, >> yes. Mr. Wazworth, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> I would like to request a motion to approve the following contracts as attached. So moved. >> I'll second it. >> Linda, any discussion? >> Beth, roll call, please. >> Mrs. Stone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman,
022>> yes. >> Mr. Wodssworth, >> yes. >> Mr. Manfra, >> yes. >> I would like to request a motion to approve the athletic worker salaries for the regular season games as attached. It's a salary schedule. So move >> Brian. >> Second. >> Dan. Any discussion? >> Beth. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. >> Mr. Burman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Watts. >> Yes. >> Mr. May. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stone. >> Yes. >> I would like to request a motion to approve the first and final reading of the following Neiola policies. Um, these are required by the state. Um one is information security is a cyber security policy and then in continuity of organizational operations um in case something would happen in our organization as attached. >> So moved. >> I'll second it. >>
023Linda any discussion Beth. Roll call please. >> Mr. Burman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wisworth. Yes. >> Mr. May. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stone. Yes. Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. I would like to request a motion to approve the Department of Education and the workforce special education model policies and procedures for the 202526 school year as attached. >> So moved. >> Jody, >> I'll second. >> Dan, any discussion? Beth, roll call, please. >> Mr. Wsworth, >> yes. >> Mr. May, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. experiment. >> Yes. >> Thank you, John. Old business. >> Just quickly with the uh Berkshire Early Childhood Center, everything is approved and classes have started. Uh building looks incredible. Staff loves it. Students are having a good time. We did have a slight
024uh issue with a sewer line on Friday, but it was fixed in a matter of hours and everything's good to go now. Good. Okay. Any new business? >> Uh, just a quick update on Auburn stuff. Um, I haven't been doing a good job of keeping this board informed, but the new superintendent started recently and is doing a I think a great job already. Um, I know there's been some interactions like Dr. Stoddard mentioned earlier uh with um our school and everything seems to be going well. Um the long uh class action lawsuit that was going on with the uh uh union uh that Auburn has uh was finally resolved as of last week. So 13 years of litigation is now closed and everybody's ready to turn the page and uh keep expansion going. So the
025school itself is growing very quickly and uh it seems like there will be more opportunities for satellite um opportunities like we're seeing at the workforce development campus. So um lots of positive things going there. Uh and I'll do better from now on of keeping us kind of better informed. According to John, the superintendent's been great to work with and he is aggressively wanting satellite locations, which we keep putting our hand up and saying, "Let's bring it here." Because if we save our kids from having to ride that 45 minutes each way uh and to have them here or close by, it's it's such a benefit. >> For sure. >> Yep. they actually get more education, which is what we want them to do. So, um, anything that you can do, Dan, to help, kudos. It's
026great. >> Yep. Good stuff. >> Um, any further new business. Okay, our next board meeting is here, October 13th. And uh I I did mention it if if our building is completed like to go over there afterwards maybe or invite the community to be able to go into there and see it. So we'll see how that goes. That's October 13th at 6:00 p.m. Um any executive session needs? >> None for me. >> Okay. What? We're at the adjournment part of the meeting. I need a first and a second. >> So moved. >> Brian, >> second. >> Dan, any discussion? >> Beth, roll call, please. >> Mr. Ry, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> Mr. W. >> Yes. Very good. You got a half.
027Cool.