001[laughter] [clears throat] All right. Welcome to the regular meeting of the Vermillion Local Schools Board of Education, Monday, November 10th, 20125. Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> here. >> Mr. Benson, >> here. >> Mr. Habermill, >> here. >> Mrs. Stef, >> here. >> Mrs. Russell, >> here. >> Miss Dodge >> here. >> All members present. >> Okay. On to item three, pledge of allegiance with the vees October citizens of the month for responsibility. So if you're here as a citiz citizen of the month, join me up at the podium, please. >> My name is Russell and I'm in Miss Wilson's class and I want to be a demolition worker when I grow up. >> My name is And I want to be a doctor. >> Very good. >> My name is My name
002is Laura and I'm in first grade and I want to be a teacher. >> My name is Mitchell and I'm in kindergarten and I want to be a big bass fisherman. >> [applause] >> My name is and I want to be a teacher when I grow up. >> Very good. Thank you. >> Everyone, please stand and join us and of the month. You're going to lead it. Okay. All in. Okay. You guys ready? Let's start it. >> 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. >> Good job, guys. Nice job, guys, to item four, legislative report. Mr. Habel. >> Okay. Uh I've got a couple things to read through, but um really nothing
003earthshattering going on outside of just all the talk around the the budget. So um in the Senate, they uh unanimously passed House Bill 10, which adopts policies prohibiting the purchase of cultivated protein food or products that are misbranded as meat or egg products by school districts. Um, the House passed Senate Bill 50, which makes changes regarding the age and schooling certificate requirements as well as the work hours for a person under 16 years of age. The Senate Education Committee um continued to hear testimony on um House Continuing Resolution 22, which encourages students in grades 1 through 12 to read the US Declaration of Independence in the classroom during the 2526 school year in celebration of its 250th anniversary. And that's that's really all for now. There's a few more highlights, but nothing significant really going
004on. >> All right, very good. Thank you. Any questions for Chris? >> No. >> Item five, student liaison report. >> Um, today we have some students from Sailor Way Middle School and they're going to give us an example of their daily morning announcements. Good evening. I just wanted to say that our principal Mrs. Coward and I have been so impressed with this group and and proud we wanted to spotlight them tonight in front of our audience here at the board meeting. Um, this is a group that does our daily boarding announcements via the PA, so it's audio every day. Uh, Mrs. Montgomery, who's one of our administrative assistants in the office, works with one of them every day. There's a rotation. Uh they have it on the calendar. They know when they're supposed to show
005up, and they do every day. And Mrs. Stillman, our school counselor, is the one who organized the auditions, which is quite a process. You're going to hear about it in a minute. And um they will introduce themselves and kind of give you a little flavor for what the morning announcements sound like. So, I'm going to turn it over now to our announcers. Good evening, members of the board of education and all in attendance. Seventh grade students auditioned via the P PA system at the beginning of the school year to be part of the daily morning announcements team. Seventh grade teachers used a fivepoint rubric for five categories: understanding the student, clearing speaking, students enthusiasm, pace, and volume. The students who were scored with the most points were selected. The following students who were selected at
006the year's morning announcements, Melanie Hormell, Savannah Sinsky, Owen Cruz, Melissa Woods. Also selected were Derek Sherard, Jack Thompson, and William Moes, who could not attend this evening. Thank you. And let's make tonight a great night. [applause] >> Right. Item six, student board member report. >> So for November, I wanted to highlight two events that VHS students have the opportunity to do. The first one was today, which was the veterans lunchon. So, freshman students helped plan, set up, and serve the veterans. And it's a really great opportunity. It gives students a chance to show gratitude to um to those that served our country. And then it helps our generation um really build respect and a relationship um with the veterans. And the veterans are getting that one-on-one conversation. So, not only does it make the veterans
007day, but it makes the students day. Um, I remember when I went, I had a great time. We got to greet everyone coming in and having conversations with them was was so enjoyable. And then the second one was um, Vermillion FFA. Had the chance to go to the international or the national FFA convention and expo. Um it was a 5-day trip in Indianapolis and they had some pretty cool opportunities. So I wanted to just share a few. Um so they got to explore agricultural majors. They got tours of colleges and agricultural businesses. They visited a goat cheese farm and deer farm. And then they visited um an agricultural airport called Patriot E Air. So, they got a tour of the airport and an uplose look at some of the planes used in agricultural aviation. And
008something that I found really cool that was shared, that specific company specializes in aerial crop dusting, which allows farmers to treat over 1,000 acres of land a day. And it reduces soil compaction and disease spread. but they also provide emergency organ transfers and private flights which is something I would not have known. Um so I think it just shows how diverse and essential like aviation is um in agriculture and how many different jobs are out there um but I just wanted to shed some light on how great the growing program is and um what opportunities they get exposed to through it. >> That's great. >> Thank you. It is interesting. I'll just say my dad goes every year to the veterans lunchon. It's like his his thing and he raves about it and he went
009today and just absolutely raved about it again. Said how fantastic it is. So they do a great job. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Item seven, public participation on agenda items only. Did we have anybody signed up? Do we know? >> No, we did not. >> Nobody signed up. Okay, moving right along then. Um item eight, superintendent report. Thank you, [clears throat] President Inis. I'd like to recommend item A, a resolution for the board to approve the revisions of district policies as recommended. These would be the second read. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. Any questions? >> Just a comment though, >> thank you for the uh kind of the heads up and breakdown that you provided us ahead of time. Mhm. >> It say it kind of >> makes it easier. >> Saves going through them
010and figuring out what's different. >> Yeah. >> Great. >> Mhm. >> All right. Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. [clears throat] >> Thank you. I'd like to remen recommend item B, which is a resolution for the board to approve revisions of district policies as recommended. These are recommended for the first reading. >> I'll second. Any questions on those? No. >> Right. Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stepp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 50. And finally, I recommend a resolution
011to approve the implementation of the corrective learning center presented by Mr. Perry last month. Uh, principal VHS. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. Miss Dodge. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. >> Thank you, Mr. Wever. On to item nine, treasures report and recommendations. Mr. Cler. >> Thank you. Um, a recommended resolution for the board to approve the financial report for October 25. And that's attachment C. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> All right. Looking at general fund revenue by month through the month of October, uh, the district received 12 12.2 2 million in general fund revenue compared to 11.2 at this time last year and
01211 million in fiscal year 24. Uh the district is on pace to collect slightly more tax revenue than historical averages. And uh I've included the historical revenue by category down below. If you look everything seems to be in line with the exception of slightly higher by about a million dollars in property taxes and then also slightly higher in the state reimbursement of property taxes. That's the homestead and roll back owner occupied credit that the state gives credit to homeowners for and then the state gives us a check and pays it pays that credit back to the school districts. Moving on to food service revenue through the month of October. The district received $193,000 in food service revenue compared to $182,000 last year and 162,000 in fiscal year 24. Uh as such, food service should continue
013to collect its historical average revenue once students are back in school, which they are now. Um uh moving to all funds through the month of October, the district received uh 12.9 million in all funds compared to 12 million at this time last year and 11.6 million in fiscal year 24. On the expenditure side, looking at our general fund through the month of October, we have expended 9.2 million from the general fund compared to 8.8 at this time last year and 9.1 in fiscal year 24. uh the district can expect to spend slightly more this year than it did last fiscal year. And again, same way with the revenue, here's the historical cost by category. Um looking at this, salaries are slightly increasing every year. Um insurance and retirement are slightly increasing, purchase services, supplies are
014down a little bit. Uh the biggest difference between this year and last year is the $300,000 in capital outlay. That was two buses that we purchased last year, but they didn't come in until July. And so they the the expenditure hit this year. Looking at food service through the month of October, we've expended 251,000 compared to 236,000 last year at this time and 172 in fiscal year 24. And then looking at all funds uh through the month of October, we've expended 10.2 million compared to 9.7 of this time last year and 10.6 in fiscal year 24. Uh looking at the cash side of things on the general fund through the month of October, uh we have a total of 11.9 million in cash compared to 18.6 million at this time last year and 19.2 million
015in fiscal year 24. And again, last year the district transferred $7.6 million from the general fund to a capital projects fund for capital repairs and replacements. Looking at food service cash through the month of October, we have a total of $45,000 in cash compared to 247,000 last year and 315,000 in fiscal year 24. Um the reason for that, we've just been coding things a little bit differently to try and recoup all of the all of the expenditures that we can with the food service fund to take some of that pressure off the general fund. And that's why you're seeing those differences. Uh when we look at all cash through the month of October, we have a total of 22.2 2 million compared to 21.9 at this time last year and 22.7 in fiscal year 24.
016The 22.261 million is a breakdown uh by fund on this other page here. Uh taking a look at it, our our number one fund with the most amount of cash is our general fund followed by our capital projects fund and then our third largest fund is all scholarships at 1.8 million. On the investment side, through the month of October, we've earned a total of $256,847.77 in interest compared to $278,8552 at this time last year. It's a difference of roughly $22,000 or 7.9% less. >> Any questions? >> Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion to approve 5-0. >> B, recommend a resolution to the board to approve the
017following donations. $1,000 from Great Midwest Sports to Athletics. uh seven medatac tactical trauma kits from the Erie County Health Department, $7,500 from the AG Bank credit to the VHS FFA class, $200 each from Amvets Post22, American Legion Post 397 and VFW Post 7576 for the Sailor Way Veterans Breakfast, $250 from Goodwill Industries for donations to athletics, and $450 from Lake Erie lains to BHS Fine Arts Club. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Questions. >> As always, we appreciate the generosity of these organizations. Call the RO, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stepp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 5-0. Thank you. >> That's it. Thank you, Justin. Item 10, consent agenda. The superintendent
018and treasurer recommend that the board of education approve the consent agenda items. Action by the board of education in adoption of the consent agenda means that all items are adopted by one vote unless a member of the board, the treasure, or the superintendent requests that any such item be removed from the consent agenda and voted on separately. A. Approve the minutes of the October 14th, 2025 special meeting. B. Approved the seventh grade overnight trip to Cleveland at a cost of $200 per student. C. Approve the three-year contract with Spectrum to provide SIP service for the phone system. D. Approve the employment action resignation of Joshua Reynolds, Sailor Head Knight custodian, and Tad Wallace, mechanic. E. He approved the one-year additional duties contract for the 202526 school year to the following Kendra Snook, Sailor Way class
019trip adviser, and Brena Varga, BHS assistant girls basketball. F. Approve the one-year non-eing supplemental contracts for the 202526 school year to the following. Doug Mahalik, VHS, head girls basketball coach, Dylan Henry, Sailor Way, assistant wrestling coach. Emily Bartlett, seventh grade girls basketball. and David Knox, technical director, major musical. G. Approve the unpaid leave hours for the following. Steve Palansky, Megan McCauley, Aubrey Scho, Mark Boyce, and Caleb Branskum. H. Approve the one-year classified limited contract to the following. Christy Kensta, uh, bus driver, Sarah Wolf Gang, bus driver, and Ashley Kefir, bus driver. I approve the one-year substitute contract for bus monitors to the following Christy Kenska, Sarah Wolf Gang, and Ashley Keeper. Any items to be removed from the consent agenda? >> All right, I need a motion. >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Any
020questions? Right. Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Steppp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved. 50. Okay. >> Item 11, dates and location of upcoming board meetings. Meetings will be held in the Vermillion High School Commons, 1250 Sanford Street, Vermillion at 6 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Regular meeting of Monday, December 8th, 2025, and the organizational and regular meeting of Monday, January 12th, 2026. Item 12, public participation. Is there anybody that's like to come speak? All right, moving along. Uh, we have item 13, adjournment to executive session. Um, we are not going to do that. We no longer need that executive session. So, we're going to scratch that. And item 14, uh, adjournment.
021Motion to adjurnn. >> I'll move. >> A second. Call the role, please. >> Mrs. Inennis, >> yes. >> Mr. Benson, >> yes. >> Mr. Habermill, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stepp, >> yes. >> Mrs. Russell, >> yes. >> Miss Dodge, >> yes. >> Motion approved, 5-0.