001Good evening. I'd like to call this April 28th, 2025 board of education in order. Can you call the role? Miss Hoffman here. Mrs. Conklin here. Mrs. Lavallet here. Mr. Feller here. Mr. Bowden here. Thank you. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. I aliance 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. Okay, here with you, thank you, Miss Hoffman. Good evening, everyone. Um, my superintendent's report is rather short this evening. I wanted to share with um our board of education and those folks who are here joining us and those who may uh watch this at a later time that we are putting our final touches on our district digest which is a mailer that
002we send to our community members and we anticipate that document arriving in your mailbox soon within the next I would say two two and a half weeks. So, we're excited, but we want to put everybody on alert that we take a lot of pride in sharing the wonderful things that are going on in our district, the accomplishments of our students. There will also be a financial update, a message from our board, and just showcasing all the wonderful things we have here that truly makes Sylvania an outstanding district. Also, we have started the end of the year events marathon. Um, I had the pleasure of seeing the Brother's Grim last Friday night at North View. It was amazing. Our students continue to be so talented. This weekend, I'm going to You all right there? Yep. Okay.
003Um, Charlie and Chocolate Factory at South View for their musical. I will be there for opening night. So, please feel free to come out and join us. Also, I know that we have a number of banquetss that have been taking place. We've had at the athletic banquetss. I believe we have an orchestra banquet this week, but it's just the time of year where we have the opportunity to celebrate our students and their accomplishments and all of their efforts. Um, I also attended a National Honor Society induction ceremony at South View. We had a couple awards banquetss last Friday also at North View and South View. I mean, tid this season, but we can't be upset about it because there's wonderful things happening in our in our schools and across our community. So I just wanted
004to showcase those few items this evening. Thank you very much. Also to say okay accommodations. Accommodations. Well I am absolutely thrilled um to share tonight and I just was given the word that we have someone special here along with three of our educators. Um tonight we are recognizing and I want to make sure I say this right because I did practice today. Caleb Masheski, is that correct? Yay. And we have Caleb's grandmother here to accept the award. I think that's wonderful. Thank you for coming. Um, I want to explain why Caleb is being recognized. And in addition, we have the North View Art Department. Small but mighty. We have Lauren, Taran, Ryan here today, uh, also to celebrate Caleb's accomplishments. But as noted in our board agenda, um we are commending Caleb in Ohio's ninth
005Congressional District Invitational High School Art Expedition. Ex exposition exhibition exhibition exhibition. Thank you. As the first place winner, Caleb's artwork titled Outside in will be displayed, get this folks, in Washington DC for one year in the canon tunnel of the US capital. Is that not amazing? So, congratulations to Caleb. Um, teachers, I don't know if you had any words that you want to say, but you have to be boasting with pride and just so happy for Caleb. No. Well, since I'm designated to do this, um I I I just like to I'd like to comment about Caleb, also my colleagues who have been so instrumental in his development. Um, but I'd like to say too that he is he is the perfect example of of a kid who was kind of lost a little bit
006when he was a freshman, really struggled, um, a bit marginalized and he found a home in the art room and he flourished and he I I in 30 years it's hard for me to think of another kid that has progressed as much as he has, at least in our department. Uh, it's his home. um it gets him to school every day which is really important. Um so we're really really proud of him. But I also want to plug our art show because that's coming up um on May 7th, our closing reception where you'll see Caleb's display as well as other talented seniors. So and the reproduction of this work will be in Oh, will it be there? Good. Good. That's wonderful. Well, I know the art teachers came in order that they could accept Caleb's
007award, but Grandma, I think you since you came here. I don't know, Miss Hoffman, if you would like to join me. We present this award to Caleb's grandma. On behalf of Kathy Renegar, it's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for coming. And if you could give this to Caleb, thank you so much. What an honor. Oh, goodness gracious. I hope she's okay. make money. Okay, we understand. That's a responsible kid right now. Thank you very much. Thank you. I would also say send say kudos to the art department. You all bring so much out of our students. It's amazing what you are able to cultivate um and how they develop and show their talent and how like over time and I know I've shared this with the three of you before. is one of
008my most favorite annual events is to come to the art show and I do have to judge and it's so hard between that and the superintendent's art show. It's so hard because I want to do more than what I'm allowed. So, but I look forward to seeing that as well. So, thank you. Um I would also like to commend we have a number of other students listed on the board agenda tonight. Uh for North View, we have students that are um noted that earned an ACT score of 26 and above. And I believe we had one student on here on the agenda that scored 600 or above on the SAT. And those are my recommendations for board accommodations and recognition of achievement. I'll move approval. I'll second. Any comments or questions? Congratulations. Congratulations. That's awesome.
009And I of course we'll see you at the art show. I never see you there. Okay. Thanks. Oh, yeah. Feel free. Somebody has to make dinner. Thank you very much. Julie, yes. Kim, yes. Tammy, yes. Greg, yes. Dan, yes. This is the first opportunity for public participation for items on the agenda. Seeing none, we are at retire, which I will send over to you. Mr. Thank you. If we uh just have public comment for retire rehire for consideration of the reemployment of these following teachers, Kathy Ty, Nancy Brown, Michelle Irwin, Katherine Korn, Susan Schmer, and Margaret Walsh. uh to be retired, rehired into their same positions for school. We don't discuss it. No public comment then. All right. So, we'll do consent agenda first. Uh we have three items. Uh minutes of previous meetings. Uh
010March 17th and April 14th. 6.2. treasures report for the month um trending you know nothing's changed too much there I will report and present uh financial forecast the update the midyear update or obviously it's past the midyear but that will be done in the second meeting of May so on our regular meeting I'll I'll present the updated forecast see where we are trending towards the end of the year and whatnot so that's 6.2 two 6.3 just one availability of funds uh that announced certificate uh for one of our um grant funds approval on a consent agenda basis 6.1 through 6.3. Second. Any comments or questions? Adam Julie, yes. Greg, yes. Dan, yes. Tammy, yes. Kim, yes. And then 6.5 is appropriation and minor certificate changes. We got some um budget revision from the grant side
011of things. Uh so we got some few extra dollars there and then I I cleaned up some other funds with the appropriation. So hopefully this is my last appropriation and amended certificate changes for the year and then we'll approve the final ones in June. Approval. I'll second. Any comments or questions? No. Julie, yes. Kim, yes. Greg, yes. Tammy, yes. Dan, yes. Uh 6.6 is a resolution to establish a capital projects fund, which is uh fund 070. Uh we use this fund to um uh accumulate funds for the acquisition or maintaining of our capital assets and it will also allow us to set aside some some funds for buses, maintenance vehicles, repairs to our buildings and any other capital expenditures throughout the district. So um you know with the capital um strategic plan or the um
012uh master's facilities plan um you know there's nothing not a need now right but uh we will look to save some money for the future if we need it as as well approval. Any comments or questions Julie? Yes. Dan, yes. Greg, yes. Tammy, yes. Kim, yes. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. I would like to recommend item 7.1, the acceptance of gifts. We have two listed this evening. won a donation from Brenda Coat and Melissa D from Directions Credit Union in the amount of $500 for the medication, food, and ongoing preventative care for the Arborho school therapy dog, Storm, who's absolutely adorable. And then also uh we have a donation from Lee Omi who uh came today actually to deliver uh a $2,000 check from the Masonic Lodge uh for food negative balances for our seniors
013here in the district. So we had a little photo opportunity here right here in this very room earlier today. Adam accepted the check so we could put it on the books. So I recommend item um excuse me 7.1 for approval. Home of approval. I'll second. Any comments or questions? Thank you so much. It's very generous. I love that. Julie, yes. Tammy, yes. Greg, yes. Dan, yes. Kim, yes. I want to say they added this was the second year. Second year that Masonic Lodge has um Does it covers? I don't think all seniors. I don't know if it covers all of the senior balances, but it puts big dent. Yeah, puts a dent in it and we'll divide it among equally so everyone will reduce the balance. Yeah. Thank you. I recommend item 7.2 that the
014board approve a contract for Mr. Joshua Tyerski as the executive director of human capital from August 1, 2025 through July 31st, 2028. I'll move for approval. A second. Any comments or questions? Hannah. Tammy. Yes. Greg, yes. Dan, yes. Kim, yes. Julie, yes. Congratulations, Joshua. Thank you. Appreciate it. Um, I recommend item 7.3, which is a resolution authorization of the installation of a play of the playground equipment and accepting the donation from the Strand Parent Teacher Association per um the article under public content. approve. Second. Any comments or questions? So, does this mean construction's going to start this spring? Yes. I want to say they have a day. Is it May? It was going to be Father's Day weekend, so maybe it's June. Yeah, there's two backto-back weekends in June. Um, they're doing like a community
015builds. Um so looking for volunteers to help and with the overse the company will oversee it and and the experts there but a lot made kind donations and things. All right. So for those who are tuning in again later on feel free to log on to the Stranahan um elementary school website. I believe there's a QR code available there that you can scan and um find out the details about the community build and also sign up to volunteer. Thank you again to Australia Parent organiz Association. Julie, yes. Greg, yes. Kim, yes. Tammy, yes. Dan, yes. Thank you. I recommend item 7.4, an overnight field trip for Jeremy Davis to accompany choir students to New York City in February of 2026. approval. He's organized. Julie, yes. Greg, yes. Tammy, yes. Dan, yes. Kim, yes. Thank you.
016I recommend item 7.5, which is a memorandum of understanding between the board of education and the Savannah Educators Association for a calendar change for the 2526 school year. I'll move for approval. Second. Any comments or questions? Tim, would you like to explain I'm sorry. Would you like to explain a little bit about the calendar? Yeah. Um, so when we met the districtwide calendar committee back in November, just picking spring break, winter break, start date, we started talking a lot with not a whole lot cuz we were getting in the weeds a little bit with um elementary teachers and administrators just the lack of intimacy on open house. I think we've probably all experienced that if we've had our kids in an elementary where you're standing at the doorway with 10 other people and you get
017about 30 seconds to introduce yourself, hear about the teacher, meet them and then the staggered starts weren't great either. Um I know we've tried that for the first couple year or last couple years where half the alphabet would show and the other half on one day and the other half on the on the other day. But um just between that um right now contractually our elementary teachers aren't required to be at open house um because it is outside that 7 hour and 35 minute school day. So we wanted that's probably the lesser of the the main reasons we did it is is tighten things up from a contractual perspective but also give the teachers as well as families more time to interact with each other. So, um, it also tied in really well just because
018state requirements are 910 hours for grades K through 5 and currently 1,0001 hours for grades or I'm sorry, K through 5 910 7 through 12 are K through 6, I keep saying K through 5, K through 6, 910 hours, 7 through 12, 101 hours. And there's some discrepancy there just with the amount of contact hours our our elementary teachers have versus um what the secondary folks had. So, a committee came together um with elementary teachers and administrators to more to formalize the the start of the school year for our elementary folks specifically. And that's why theou came up to I think that like I know I communicated already, but just it's it's a win-win for families and teachers when it comes to the open house, the staggered starts and just starting off the school year.
019So, that's the justification behind theou. Thank you, Mr. Sarah. Yes. Any questions or comments based on that? Kim, yes. Dan, yes. Greg, yes. Tammy, yes. Julie, yes. Thank you. I recommend that 7.6, which is the amended district calendar based on the aforementioned um for the 2526 school year. Move approval. I'll second. Any comments or questions? Yeah, I'll just chime in on this then as well. This calendar then reflects um what theou states. Our elementary principles are meeting with teaching and learning with our teaching and learning director on May 6 during the teacher collaboration time. And our plan is to have communication out to our families specifically in grades K through 5 because it affects them only shortly after that just so they have enough notice prior to the start of the school year. So that'll
020be out u midday at the latest just so we have enough enough time for communication. Thank you. But so everybody's back like opening days. Yeah. All that. Yes. Julie, yes. Greg, yes. Tammy, yes. Kim, yes. Dan, yes. Thank you. I recommend item 7.7, which is an agreement with the I am boundless incorporated to support uh a student within our district. Approval. A second. Any comments or questions? Julie, yes. Kim, yes. Dan, yes. Tammy, yes. Greg, yes. Thank you. And my final item is to recommend item 7.8, which is payment in L. Even though it's late in the year, we still have some families who are um involved in payment in L. So um as noted on the agenda, [Music] I'll second. Any comments or questions? Everybody who is interested in this group attention. I do
021believe so. Yes. A lot. I feel like we've had a lot this year and practical. Deemed impractical. And the state has really um placed some pretty stringent guidelines on what can now be deemed impractical. And I know there's some conversations taking place down in Columbus with um transportation and what that looks like. In the past, districts could be fined if they weren't meeting their transportation obligations. I know they're trying to trying to work through that to make sure that districts aren't fined, but are there other ways that we can loosen up the impracticality guidelines or instead of taking money from school districts, which really isn't resolving the problem, it's being punitive, but what can we do that's creative to use the money? And it is similar to maybe increasing the wiggle room of payment in
022lie of guidelines, if that makes sense. So, I'm just curious about the the timing. Is this is it because these families just approached us recently? I could I would assume, but let me confirm that. That's a very good question, Miss. Yeah. Is there like a time? They roll over. They they roll. And it can be actually when they may have just signed up for it last year and they just remembered to do, oh yeah, come this year. I'm signing up at the same time. So it's a rolling window from my understanding. So we may look at said family and they remember getting it last year and they reached out this year. I think there would be some guidelines by like right at the beginning first 30 days of school or like could we send out
023like correspondence saying hey you don't want to gymnast on here for when they said you know to send her, you know, on a certain date or emailed August 12th motion passed. So the ones above that one on August 12th, right? But then there's ones after that. So 1019 and they're not filled in with board approved. I'm wondering if we already approved those and just you know what? I could certainly investigate if you would want to table this item to next board meeting, we can certainly do so. so I can seek clarification. I don't know that we need just curious about how it works. I can gather more information. Julie, yes. Kim, yes. Tammy, yes. Greg, yes. Dan, yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to I'm going to break uh these items up
024in a couple groups. I'm going to recommend approval for items 8.1 through 8.5 on a consent agenda basis. 8.1 is license substitute. 8.2 is a resend of retirement. 8.3 license resignation. 8.4 is reduction of teaching positions and 8.5 are contracts. I'll move to approve on a consent agenda basis.5. Second. Any comments or questions? Julie, yes. Greg, yes. Dan, yes. Tammy, yes. Kim, yes. Thank you. I'll recommend item 8.6 as a standalone item and these are licensed contract recommendations. I'll move for approval. I'll second. Any comments or questions? No. Kim, yes. Tammy, yes. Greg, yes. Dian, yes. Julie, abstain. Thank you. I will recommend items 8.7 through 8.10 agenda basis. 8.7 are administrative contracts. 8.8 is an elimination of a job share. 8.9 are job shares for 2526 school year. And 8.10 is licensed extra duty.
025I'm move for approval on a consent agenda basis items 8.7 to 8.10 any comments or questions contracts are us last year. Yeah. I don't know. I mean it's fine either way but anybody else. Greg. Yes. Tammy. Yes. Dean. Yes. Kim. Yes. Yes. I think they still check. I think I checked. Thank you. I will recommend items 9.1 through 9.5 on a consent agenda basis. 9.1 are classified new hires. 9.2 is classified resignation. 9.3 are classified contract recommendations. All of them. And then 9.4 is classified personnel changes. and 9.5 is a retirement date change. I'll move for approval on a consent agenda basis items for 9.5. I'll second or questions. Tammy, yes. Kim, yes. Julie, yes. Ian, yes. Greg, yes. Thank you. I will recommend items 10.1 through 10.3 consent agenda basis. 10.1 are resignations for
026the 24-25 school year. 10.2 is a licensed supplemental position for the 2425 school year. And 10.3 is the recommendation of a non-eing pupil activity contract for Mr. Bearbach North football coach. I move approval on a consent agenda basis items 10.1 through 10.3. Second. Any comments or questions? I have a few comments that I made. All right. Um, in the audience we have coach Brock with us tonight and we welcome him back to Sylvania schools and back to Wildcat Nation. Um, Brock actually left us a few years back. He served as an assistant coach here for the Wildcat football team and then left for another opportunity down the street. District remains unnamed, but he did a heck of a job at that district. In fact, he was nominated, I think this past year for coach of
027the year. Correct. uh because of the schedule and how you were really able to work with the students there to rebuild the program and we are hoping that he can bring that talent, expertise and discipline and growth to our football team here in Sennsylvania at North High School. So, um something on a personal side though about uh Coach Vach is that if I'm correct, you have four daughters. Four daughters. Four daughters. The young, no, the oldest is in first grade because he lives in the Highland area. She attends Highland Elementary School. So, she is on the pathway to being a wild cat one day as well. She's excited. That's wonderful. And I hear that she's a pretty good hockey player. She is at that. So, if not football, why not hockey, right? Um, something. That's
028right. That's right. But I had the opportunity to speak with uh coach Bach last week and just ask him about his philosophy and it's very holistic. It's not just about wins on the field. It's about developing young men of good character, discipline, strength, and also remaining focused equally on academics. And you don't often see a coach that approaches the sport that way and realizing that he's really instilling life um characteristics that will get them through the good and the bad in our young men and making sure I believe you said they were good men and good husbands and good uh contributors to the community once they grow up and cross our stage. So we appreciate it crossing over the border sort of from another district. We both again leave that district unnamed, but uh we
029welcome you uh home. That's perfect. We welcome you home, coach. I appreciate. Thank you, Julie. Yes. Greg, yes. Dean, yes. Tammy, yes. Kim, yes. Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you, everyone. Absolutely. Coach and my son is a senior and I play in that league out west. So, I'm glad you're on our side. I don't want to take any more meetings from you guys. So, welcome. Welcome. Those are my items. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Board reports, right? Anything? Uh not a whole lot. Um lobby day was gosh, it feels like it was months ago now, but we went, a few of us, administration and I went down to lobby day. Um talked to some of our local reps. Um I thought it was a good, you know, we had some good discussions. Um we'll see what
030comes of it. Hopefully hopefully it made a difference. Um I've had a couple CIC meetings since our last meeting. Um and they have started some improvements um with the lobby that passed. They've started started to um make some improvements around the district which I think would be great. Um most notably the signs at TAMO and Centennial needed to be updated for a while. So those are going to get updated. It's CIC. Serard. Okay. I bet Sar. Yeah. Sorry. And then assuming your recogn ladies both know, we attended the network for public education. Um I guess it was a convention. Was it conference? Conference conference. We had to stay the night the first weekend in April and um had the amazing opportunity to hear um Governor Tom speak. That was definitely the highlight of the event,
031but um was pretty inspiring on a lot of levels. So, I kind of enjoyed myself out of it. Um Kim and I had a communications meeting and Dan and I had a finance committee meeting, but I think Lou kind of already covered everything that occurred in those. So, some time I skipped I'm going to go this way. um met with the prevention alliance and unfortunately I left my notes at home but it was a good meeting. They're getting ready for their 40th anniversary gala. It's going to be next April. So put that on your calendar. They've got an event and a date or they've got a location and a date, but I don't have those in front of me. Um, and they're uh looking to raise $40,000 for the next year uh to not only
032support um their current slate of activities, but also to expand their soil. Thank you. Um the Spsylvania Community Services, we had a couple meetings, board meeting and a um levy meeting. They are they did go before a committee of um the levy went before the uh Sony Townships trustees and presented their request to go on the ballot and so they are going on the ballot in the fall for the senior center. This will be a levy specifically for the continued it's a the levy that they've got is expiring so that they're not allowed to call it a renewal anymore. It has to be or they're not they're not allowed to call it a replacement or something. So it's um but in any event it it's a renewal. Um but they're seeking a little bit more
033millage. So but it's you know they need it for the continued um operation of the senior center. they've had a lot more enrollment. It's actually I mean I've been had the opportunity to see some of the programming going on. It's really great. Um and then they're hoping to expand ours to accommodate some of the new um users that they they've um recruited and so that's what's going on with them. Communications, we've talked about that newsletter. Newsletter will be coming out. Yeah. Appreciate your feedback. Is it a replacement lobby? Is that the terminology? Well, I don't know much about but they if they're asking for an additional like a more millage more millillage then it's got to be a I think they can call it a replacement. They could call replacement but they can't it's not
034just a renewal cuz renewals are same millillage nothing chang they're trying to capture updated property valuations. Right. Right. um also was at the network for um public education which was very helpful. It's nice to know that there's group advocating for um public education. Also at the superintendent's art show which was fantastic. Always a great event. Really enjoyed that. And I saw the brothers on Thursday and I didn't expect to see I was there. So that was good. also was a judge for the Slovenian Prevention Alliance Film Festival and went to their event which was pretty fantastic. Think that's all we have session that we second Julie? Yes. Tammy pass. Jim, yes. Greg, yes. Dan, yes.