001I'd like to bring the meeting to order. If you could all stand for the pledgece to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands nationy and justice for all. I will do the roll call. Mr. Berman >> here. >> Mr. Manfried here. >> Mrs. Miller >> here. >> Mrs. Stone >> here. >> Mr. Wsworth >> here. >> Uh, I need a first and a second and a name to motion for the treasur prom. Beth is not here tonight. I make the motion having Jody Miller second. Brian a second. Any discussion? You better do a good job. >> Okay, Jody. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> Mr. Many, >> yes. >> I abstain. Mrs. Stone, >> yes. >> Mr. Watsworth, >> yes. >> Uh, I need a first A
002second to approve the agenda. >> So moved. Linda. >> Linda. >> I'll second. Brian. Any discussion? >> Joey. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Manfried. >> Yes. Mrs. Stone. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wadssworth. >> Yes. >> Mr. Burman. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um, I need a first and a second for approval of the minutes. So, >> I'll second. >> Joby, any discussion? >> Jody, roll call, please. >> All right. I am a yes. Mrs. Stone, >> yes. >> Mr. Watsworth, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> Mr. Manrey, >> yes. >> Okay, John. Summer staff. >> Okay. presentation summer technology interns. >> For our presentation, I'm going to introduce Mr. Alvon Torsk, our director of operations and technology, and he's going to talk and I assume have our summer tech interns talk a little bit
003about what they do. Or maybe we just have one of our interns here. Hi, good evening everyone. >> Um, I'd like to introduce at least Savannah uh Brockway. Uh, Cross, I'm not sure where he's at. Maybe he'll roam roam in here in a couple minutes. Uh, Cross was is will be a senior and this is his second year working here for us in the summertime. Savannah um this is her first year and her grandfather helps out with some of the science experiments and stuff like here at this school too. Um and I already have our 10th grader interested to do this next year if if uh if Mr. Snder will let us. Um I try to rotate the students around. So I have a 10th grader, 11th grader, 12th grader. So one helps teach the
004other ones as they're doing projects and it g them a little bit of you know it gives them a little bit of leadership uh experience maybe if you want to call it that. Um and you know it helps train or mentor the you know the newer students. Um I think we've been doing this for four years already. So um I think it's been working pretty well for us and it saves Justin and myself a lot of time with some of the tasks we've got to do. Um Vanessa Carwin our grants and professional development director was able to enroll us with the state of Ohio with the state of Ohio workforce transformation program that's called youth opportunities unlimited. The state actually will help donate some funds for us for the interns to pay the interns during
005their time here. And then they have to put in about 120 hours and from that I believe when they graduate they'll get a seal on their you know their diploma and um and plus you know when they go if they go for a job someplace they could say I do have experience in it working in a summer you for three months in the school district. Um I think it's an overall good good program. Um you want to say [Music] um you can ask your questions. Um some of the things they've been helping with they we uh work on Chromebooks that that the students turned in. Uh some of the laptops, uh they'll go through the staff laptops and do upgrades to them, load new software, check our antivirus software, make sure all that stuff's up
006to date. Um making sure the chrome the computers are back in the classroom connecting to the screens and the touchcreens and things like that. Um today they spent some time in here setting up all the sound equipment and the video equipment um and making sure everything works. And um they get to see you know how stuff works and what happens when it breaks and you know how you go about uh you know troubleshooting and you know doing some some of that and uh you know we also went through the security aspects of you know why we have security here you know what we have to look for and what we can allow and not allow. question. >> What was your favorite and least favorite thing to do? >> But don't get me started on the
007stickers. They're horrible. I do love the learning aspect of it though and getting to learn more about it. We just recently started the stage up here. That's probably my favorite part. >> Great. Thank you. Why did you choose to do this? >> Well, I was offered and Mr. I referred me, >> and I was like, Yeah. >> Cool. Do you think you can fix the screen that's starting to roll up? >> That's probably just >> every now and then technology has a mind of its own. >> What are you planning to do in the future and how would this help you? I'm not fully way back when I wanted to do commercial videos like anything wheating. That was my same question. >> We're glad you were here to help. It's a great help to us.
008I know that it's beneficial to you guys as well. You get to earn a little bit of money over the summer and you get some experience that you can put on a resume and build some skills, but it's also helpful to us because, you know, the Chromebooks are a pain, but every single one of them has to be touched in order to be updated. And then I know last summer all those phones had to be updated. We had that whole building that we just opened back for preschool. Lots of different things that need to be done and they get lots of uh time and attention. And uh it's nice to have uh kids cycle through that. And then I think uh Al uses them during the school year as well when he can too. So
009if they have like study hall or something and they want to come help, they I know that last year a few of them spent a lot of time without. >> Yeah, I think more so now that I was probably definitely taking a Chromebook and then putting them back together except for when they decided to give off a little smoke. >> That's also the benefit of having someone like Mr. Castillia in the maker space where he can work with kids and then refer them to Al because they have a skill or an attitude and and then it works out well for us. >> Thanks for all your hard work, Savannah. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. U we are at the point of the meeting for public participation. You want to come up
010front if you want to address the board. Uh please talk into the microphone so when you're being recorded um they can hear your conversation. So if there's anyone that would like to come up, please do so. Okay. We'll move along. Jody, the treasures report. >> Let the record reflect that the treasure has submitted a statement to the board and to the superintendent showing the revenues and receipts from whatever sources derived, the various appropriations made by the board, the expenditures and dispersements there from, the purposes thereof, and the balances remaining in each fund. The financial statements for the period ending July 2025 have been submitted subject to audit and include the financial summary, appropriations and revenue summary, check register recap, and bank reconciliation per OC 3313.29 as listed. And then I need a motion to approve
011the following financial amendments as listed. >> So second it. Any discussion? Jody. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Watsworth. >> Yes. >> Mr. Burman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Many. >> Yes. Mrs. Stone. >> Yes. >> Day in the sun is now over. >> Okay. Superintendent report. >> All right. Right. The first thing on the superintendence report is personnel. And before we get into personnel, I would like to introduce to the board Julia Lombardo, who's with us in the crowd. Julia will be a new third grade teacher this year. So, I'm allow Julia to stand up and tell us what she is most excited about for coming to Bergkshire. >> Hi, I'm Julia Lombardo and I'll be the new third grade teacher. I'm excited to meet my students and their families and watch them grow and learn
012this year and get to with and know all the staff and teachers and be a part of a great community. >> Awesome. Thank you, Julia. Julia comes to us with lots of great experience from St. Rita. >> We're so excited to have you. Thank you. >> And with that, I would like to >> split up. Oh, wait a minute. >> Sorry. >> Okay. >> All right. With that, I would like to request a motion to approve the following personnel. certified and classified as listed. >> So moved. >> Joey, I'll second. Dan, any discussion? >> Joey, roll call, please. >> Mr. Burman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Many. >> Yes. Mrs. Stone. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wodssworth. >> Yes. >> I would like to request a motion to approve the following volunteers as listed. So >> Brian,
013any discussion? Um Jody, roll call, please. >> Mr. Manfred. >> Yes. >> I'm a yes. Mrs. Stone, >> yes. Mr. Wadsworth, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> I would like to request a motion to approve the following contracts as attached. >> So moved. >> I'll second it. Any discussion? Jody, roll call, please. >> I'm a yes. Mrs. Stone, >> yes. Mr. Watsworth, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> Mr. Manfried. >> Yes. >> I would like to request a motion to approve the first and final reading for the following NEOLA policy. It is policy for personal communication devices. As you are aware through updates, the state has um changed the law outlawing cell phones during the school day. Our policy allows possession but not use. So um we're leaving it up to
014each building whether that is to be just put away, turned off, or put in lockers or stored somewhere else. But uh the policy outlines the nonuse of personal communication devices unless they're required by IEPs or other such things um as stated in the policy. >> So Brian, >> I'll second. >> Jody, any discussion? >> Jody, roll call, please. >> Mrs. Stone, >> yes. >> Mr. Wadssworth, >> yes. >> Mr. Burman, >> yes. >> Mr. Many, >> yes. And I'm a Yes. >> And as we updated the policy, we also had to update student handbooks. And then we also have early childhood center parent handbook and Badger Care, which is our Latchki parent handbook. So I would like to request a motion to approve those handbooks for the 202526 school year as attached. >> So move
015Dan. Second, >> Linda. Any discussion? >> Chile. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Watssworth. >> Yes. >> Mr. Burman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Manfred. >> Yes. >> I'm a Yes. Mrs. Stone. >> Yes. >> Thank you, John. Uh, old business. >> I do have some old business. I have a quick update. I took some pictures uh earlier today. I want to give you a quick update on the Berkshire Early Childhood Center. As you can see, the uh building is um outback ready to go. And we have some pictures from inside. So, you can see the you know, the classrooms are starting to come together. They look really nice. We do have our um occupancy approval and we have we had our fire inspection. We have our food service permit. And uh now we're just waiting for
016the final preschool inspection before everything's official. But just take a look at some of the different classrooms and how nice they are set up, how nice it looks in there. Really, really large uh classrooms. Should be very conducive to lots of learning. And then in addition to that, we also paved that entire back parking lot. So what used to be kind of a rocky and bumpy and puddly mess will now be nice smooth paved parking for mainly students but also some staff and then for um activities and things that we have after school. Also have a quick update on the workforce development campus which is our partnership with Preston. The uh building you see there the the uh roof trusses were going up today. That's the new building that the Preston's are building for us.
017That's where our what we're currently calling diesel, which will evolve into mechanical technician. There'll be two uh garage bays and then a classroom on either side. I've got some pictures of that building. Here's a side view and then another side view. Uh that's the entrance to one of the garage spaces and then that's the entrance to one of the classrooms. And on the back side of that building, there will be an office, a meeting room, and then boys and girls restrooms. Um, so will be really nice. We're thinking that that will be ready by the end of September. Uh, at the beginning of September when we start school, we'll start the diesel class in building B, which you can see here, the building B has a new roof. And then inside that front where you
018see that front grade door, we have a classroom ready. uh Auburn Career Center uh donated some uh workshop style uh chairs with desks. So that's where that will be. And then inside those first three garage bays uh is where we'll set up the uh the diesel classroom for the time being. And then you can see in the in the background of uh these pictures the two chassis that were in the fairgrounds building. So those are the parts that the uh the students will um tear apart and that's how they fix brakes and things like that. That will start the um the diesel class in there. When the diesel class moves into the new building, our Ohio Machinery Company, Ohio CAC curriculum will move into this building. We'll have generator certifications and and things like that
019for the kids. Ohio machinery is working with the state of Ohio on the first, it's called power systems. It's not the first pathway for power systems, but we'll have the first of its kind in the state, an approved generator certification program. And then so Bergkshire will be one of the first high schools to offer this type of program anywhere. Uh so that'll be really nice for us. Also on that campus there, the three end garage stalls are where uh first student will do our uh a lot of our bus uh repair work. In that first stall, we increase the uh the size and you can see the little yellow outline for where the bus goes. That's where bus work will happen. In stall two, we'll do a lot of van work and other types. And
020then stall three will be kind of an overflow so that gives them some more more room to work. But that's uh so first student is completely moved into there and all of we we were out of the fairgrounds building on Thursday, July 31st. And then on um Friday, August 1st, all of the keys and everything were turned over to the uh the fair board. And so we're completely out of that building and into our new campus over uh with Preston Auto where we are going to start a lot of really successful proprietorships in the future. That's my old business. >> New business? None yet. Okay, we're about to start a new school year, but >> here um our next board meeting will be held in this room 6 pm on September 8th, Monday. Okay. Um
021John, is there any need for executive session? >> Not from my not that I'm aware. >> Okay. I need a first and a second for adjournment. So Brian >> Dan, >> any discussion? Shall we >> Mr. Burman? >> Yes. >> Mr. Manfried. >> Yes. >> I'm a Yes. Mrs. Stone. Yes. Mr. Watser. >> Yes. 621. >> Okay. >> Thank you all for coming.