001On May 18th, Westlake City Schools regular board meeting in session. Roll call. >> Pernod >> Here. >> Lamb >> Present. >> Rome >> Here. >> Finucane >> Here. >> Craft >> Here. >> If everyone would please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance >> allegiance 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. >> We always like to start our meetings with our Westlake City School District mission and vision statement. We educate for excellence, empowering all students to achieve their educational goals, to direct their lives, and to contribute to society. And our vision is Westlake City School District will provide a dynamic student-centered learning environment. Our district will be characterized by high achievement, actively
002engaged learners, mutual respect, shared knowledge, pursuit of new skills and capabilities, collaborative learning, willingness to take action, a team commitment to data-driven continuous improvement through our strategic planning process, and tangible results. We have some wonderful visitors tonight for a number of different things happening today, and thank you all for being here. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Roll call. >> Craft, yes. Finucane >> Yes. >> Rome >> Yes. >> Lamb >> Yes. >> Pernod >> Yes. >> Vote carries. >> We are going to start off with our retiree uh accommodations, and we got to have a wonderful ceremony right before this, honoring 18 staff members in about 435 years total. >> Something like that. >> Dr. Gaughan, I'm going to pass it over to you.
003>> Um so, like uh Mrs. Pernod just said earlier, well, probably just a couple hours ago, we were in here celebrating um uh bunch of people who are retiring from our schools and what I would like to do is so really um colleagues administrators got up and spoke about each of these people earlier so we're not going to go back through that again but I do want to at least to our community and put it on record recognize those who are retiring this year so I'll read each of their names and their current position with us from Westlake High School Tabitha Divine transition coordinator Ray Moore a science teacher Stephanie Zennis mathematics teacher from Lee Burnison Middle School Sue Lapasky a math teacher as well as Julie Milkie intervention specialist and Dover Intermediate School Claire
004Bookman an intervention specialist Maryann Fouts French teacher and Westlake Elementary School Kim DeConzo who teaches third grade Kathy Detore who teaches kindergarten and Amy Schillinger who teaches music from our operations and transportation department we have James Antonado who is a bus driver Brenda Brown who is a special education bus assistant Adria Joseph who is a bus driver Kathy Sue Piazza who is also a bus driver Kathy Rasmussen a bus driver Angela Robinson a bus driver Eric Schoupe he was the elementary school head custodian and from our district office Robin Murray our payroll specialist if we can have a hand for those folks So what I'll what I'll continue to say is that this is a great meeting when when we look at our may meeting where we not only recognize our retirees but it's also
005what you'll see next in the agenda is Rexel recognizing our spring excellence award winners from both our certified staff and our classified staff. Also during this meeting is when we approve the list of graduating seniors and also that just to make it even better, we have two folks who are not new to teaching but will be new to Westlake that will be bringing on to our team. So I really look forward to going through this meeting and also like I said Hannah, you have a lot of middle school people over here. So you got to go over and say hello and meet them. So from here I'll let you take us to the next part if you want or do you want me to give it to me? >> Okay. >> Then go ahead. >>
006Saskia, yep. So this is the the time of year where we have our spring awards for excellence in certified staff over to the podium and excellence in our classified staff. So in fall um both of our folks came from Dover Intermediate School. Now I know Kathy Dubois goes back and forth but Dover Intermediate was really trying to claim her completely as their own even though he she does go back and forth and this time of year Lee Burnison Middle School has a true clean sweep with both of the folks who were selected coming from Lee Burnison Middle School. This is something another thing that I love these excellence awards because these are the awards you want to get. You want to get an award where you're nominated from your colleagues. Those are the best ones.
007Those are the ones who see you every day see what you you do not only for students but also for your colleagues. So it really is a special time and these are these are really special awards, uh, for us to give. Um, Mrs. Mecham can't be here this evening. She has, uh, some little ones of her own, and she's running she's taking advantage of a nice night and running to a bunch of sporting events. Um, but we do have, uh, Mrs. Saskia Romeo, who is here as our our school counselor at Lee Birnison Middle School, and presenting on her behalf. So, I will turn it over to you, Saskia. >> Thank you. Um, so there are two awards winners from Lee Birnison. Um, and I'll start with Mr. Todd Milkey. >> Do you want to
008bring him up and have him stand there while you talk things over? >> want him to be here. I'll make Todd right next to me. >> I didn't even know you were getting an actual award. >> Oh, thanks. You're welcome. And the words I'll be sharing tonight are actually from Mrs. Mecham. So, Brittany prepared these and, uh, asked that I read them. So, it is a privilege tonight to recognize the Spring Excellence in Education Award recipient for certified staff, Todd Milkey. Q applause. After working with Todd for the past year and reading through his nominations, one thing is consistent. Todd is the kind of educator students remember forever. His influence extends well beyond curriculum and instruction because of the relationships he builds and the lasting impact he leaves on people. Todd brings an energy to
009LBMS possible to miss. His classroom is engaging, student-centered, and filled with enthusiasm for learning. Students are challenged academically, but they are also encouraged to think creatively, take risks, and enjoy the process of learning. Colleagues repeatedly highlighted Todd's ability to balance rigor with connection, creating a classroom where students achieve at high levels while genuinely loving being there. Many nominators describe Todd as someone who has a gift for reaching students from all backgrounds and ability levels. He creates an atmosphere where students feel respected, understood, and motivated to succeed. Years later, former students still talk about the impact he had on them, not just as a teacher, but as a mentor and role model. One former student, now a colleague, credited Todd with inspiring him to pursue a career in education and continuing his education by earning his
010doctorate degree, a remarkable reflection of the influence one educator can have. Todd's leadership also extends throughout the building, whether mentoring colleagues, leading his team, coaching athletics, or supporting school initiatives, he consistently invests in the success of others. Staff members described him as the person people naturally turn to for advice, encouragement, collaboration, and support. His positivity, dedication, and school spirit help shape the culture of our building every single day. Todd, your commitment to students, your leadership among colleagues, and the passion you bring to education have made an extraordinary difference in this community. I am honored to congratulate you on being named the Spring Excellence in Education Award recipient for certified >> Thank you, Saskia. Uh thank you to uh all my colleagues came out to uh share this moment with uh Jen and me. We're very
011honored um that we were able to do this together. Everything we do at Burnison is a is a team effort, right? And those words were amazing, Saskia, thank you, and to Britney as well, but uh you know, I couldn't do it without my great colleagues here, and um the generations. Here's the one I inspired, and there's another one I have sitting in my class every day. So, to be around long enough to see that cycle happen is really, really special, and obviously a career that I've, you know, always cherished in a great district. So, thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> So, Todd, before you go, in reading through your nomination, I could tell somebody just wrote their dissertation because there were footnotes. No joke. I mean, there's like hyperlinks and and all those kind
012of things. So, >> I got to make sure he did a good >> Yeah, he did. >> I'm back. All right. So, Jen, would you please come up here? All right. I am particularly delighted to get to read Britney's words because I just adore you. All right. First, let me give you your awards. I can hold that. All right. I am proud to present this year's Spring Excellence in Education Award recipient for classified staff to Jen Bocchini. For the past 5 years, Jen has consistently been nominated for this recognition. And after working with her the past year and reading through the nomination sentiments, it is easy to understand why. Jen's impact is felt in countless ways throughout the building, often through the quiet, steady support she provides every single day. As the welcoming face of
013student services, Jen is often the first person students encounter when they are having a difficult day, feeling overwhelmed, or simply needing reassurance. Staff describe her as someone with an incredible instinct for knowing what students need in the moment. Through her compassion, patience, and calm demeanor, she creates a sense of comfort and safety for every student who walks through the door. What makes Jen exceptional is not only the work she does, but the way she does it. She handles an ever-changing workload with remarkable professionalism and composure, yet somehow always makes people feel like they have her full attention. Her colleagues speak highly about her reliability, discretion, and ability to keep things running smoothly, no matter what challenges arise. Jen's contributions also extend beyond her role in student services. She leads the Sunshine Committee, co-advises Web Leaders,
014supports school-wide initiatives, and is always willing to step in wherever help is needed. Whether supporting students, assisting colleagues, or building connections among staff, Jen consistently puts others first and helps make LBMS a more positive and welcoming place. Perhaps the strongest reflection of Jen's character is the admiration people have for her as both a co-worker and a person. The warmth, kindness, and genuine care for others is what makes her so special. Jen, thank you for the compassion, professionalism, and heart you bring to LBMS each day. Your work makes a tremendous difference for students, families, and staff alike. I congratulate you on being named the Spring Excellence in Education Award recipient for classified staff. >> So, thank you so much. I don't have quite the number of years that Todd has in Westlake, but I feel so
015honored to be here and to be a part of this district. I work with some amazing people, and I can't believe how lucky I got to land here when I moved here 5 years ago. So, I feel really honored and blessed. Thank you. >> Um so, for the the awardees, we'll let you go in a second. Um I'll prob- we'll we're going to bring you two up next year. So, I'll I'll do the first part of um my report so that we can uh meet the the two folks who are coming in and uh then I can move on with the rest of my report. And really all it's going to be very short in regard to It is that time of year. This is spring in a school system. We just had our prom
016this past Saturday. From what I heard, it was a lot of fun and also no issues, which makes it even better for us. Um So, and then 12 days from now, we have our commencement ceremony. >> Please don't start counting. >> So, we have a paper chain now. It's But no, 12 days from now, we do have our commencement ceremony, which is the culmination of our school year here. As you know, we we honored retirees, award winners, all of those kind of things. And now we get to bring in uh two additional members to this team. Um and what I'll do is um I'll start with you, Veronica. If you want to come on up and um So, later on in the agenda, you'll meet uh Veronica, who is coming in to fill the She's
017an intervention specialist currently, and she's coming in to um fill the transition position that is now open at the high school. So, Veronica, if you can introduce yourself to our community. >> Uh good evening, everybody. I'm Veronica Mulgrew. I have been an intervention specialist for 10 years. Um I'm coming from Avon. Um It's actually my home, and I was uh blessed enough to go back to my home school district to teach. Um I am taking on the transition coordinator position here in Westlake at the high school, and also hoping to work with some of uh my middle school people as well over there. Um to be a transition coordinator is has always been a dream job of mine. I knew when I went to go get my masters that's what I wanted to eventually go
018into. So, I felt really honored when I got the phone call that you all decided to take me on to the team. Um I do just want to say Westlake is a really special community to me as well. My husband and I bought our first house here when we got married and I've just always loved this community. So, I'm really excited to be back and thank you all for having me. >> Great. Thank you. And now we have Hannah who is you know in front of her middle school crowd now. Um Hannah is coming to us from the Cleveland schools and Hannah's taking on the role next year of teaching both math and science at Lee Burnison Middle School. So, Hannah the floor is yours. >> Good evening. My name's Hannah Kasmersky. I'm currently an
019eighth grade math teacher in Cleveland like we said, but I'm really excited to join the Westlake team. I've heard nothing but amazing things so far and this meeting in general has gotten me really excited to join this great middle school team it sounds like. I'll be teaching like you said the seventh grade math and science and I'm just ready to bring my passion to of STEM and learning to the Westlake community and I'm from Avon Lake so that's too far. So, I'm excited to join. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you. All right, folks. Thanks for coming. You are more than welcome to stay for as long as you want, but it's a gorgeous evening. I'm sure you have plenty of celebrating to do. To our new teachers, you can also go too if you want
020or if you want to stay and watch you get voted in, but I think I can't speak for them, but I think they're going to say yes. Um so, you should have a job in about 20 minutes here. Um but, if you want to stay, feel free. But, also do it. Yep. No. Thank you, Veronica. >> Thank you all for coming. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Applause. Yep. >> Thank you. >> It's not a hangover. >> Not you guys. >> You guys got to stay. There's a whole agenda. Yeah, we got an agenda here. You don't just stay for the award. >> Uh only like two or three more hours. >> Can we get pizza delivered about 3 hours in? >> No, it won't be You're okay. Good. >> All right. Well, that's All right.
021So, continuing on, we're going to move on to the Treasurer's report. >> Thank you, Madam President. To be honest with you tonight, I have no formal reports other than my items, so we can go over those when we get to them later. >> Perfect. Then, we're going to go ahead and kick it over to Mr. Mangold and going to the Board of Public Library tax budget hearing. >> Frankly, I'm a little shocked that everybody got up and left when they were reporting about the library, but um for those of you online, um real quick, I just uh I always like to do this, as you know, when I visit to, um, let folks out in the audience, either here or online, know why the library is presenting a tax budget to the school board, and
022that is because Westlake Porter Public Library is a school district library. Um, there are county libraries and there are school district libraries. So, our taxing authority is, in fact, the school district, which, um, statutorily means that we have to present a tax budget to you each spring. Um, you are also the, uh, governing board that appoints our trustees, and when we need to go on the ballot, um, you all do that for us, since you are tax authority. So, if anybody's wondering why the library's making that presentation, uh, that's why we are here tonight, uh, to present our tax budget, which is our best estimate of if we were given the funds that we hope to receive in 2027, what would we do with them? Uh, the our budget process is, this is just the
023first step. Later this, uh, year, around November-ish, we will be more, uh, sharpen our pencil a little bit, have a more realistic approach, and we will pass a temporary budget, and then after the first of the year, we will have our permanent budget. That is our budgeting process. Uh, but I've got a few things to share with you this evening. The first is the most exciting news of all, uh, which is to say that we have a new fiscal officer. Um, the history of Porter Library, I started 20 years ago, we had a fiscal officer who, uh, was with our organization almost 30 years. The next fiscal officer stayed, uh, for 10 years. So, we've had a lot of continuity, um, and then when she left, we had a full year where we really didn't
024have a fiscal officer. It was kind of a tough year, um, but, uh, we searched and searched and searched and found the exact right person. So, tonight I would like to introduce to you our new fiscal officer, on the job about 2 months now, uh, Elizabeth Snezak. Um, come on up, Elizabeth, um, and say hello. We're very excited, um, yep. Uh, I'll let her introduce herself. >> Hi. I'm Beth Snezak. I'm the fiscal officer for the library. I'm very excited to be here. Um, I'm a West Laker, grew up in West Lake, graduated from West Lake High School, and um, my first job was at the library as a shelver back in high school. So, when I saw the fiscal officer job come up, it was truly a dream come true. So, I'm very excited
025to be working with Andrew and with you guys. Thank you. >> And I forgot to reach out to you all to get her permanent record before we hired her, but um, I've been at the library 20 years and I'm very proud of that. Um, and then Beth reminded me she was actually there first and that kind of hurt. Um, I would also like to acknowledge our trustee Bob Plants. Uh, Bob's been with the library just a little bit longer than I have and is truly a wonderful trustee and champion of the library. So, thank you Bob for being here this evening as well. Uh, when we get to our tax budget, um, talk a little bit about that. We are current budget is we're expecting around 6.7 in revenue and we will spend pretty close
026to that. What do we spend our money on? First of all, I'd like to remind folks that that budget supports a building that is 77,000 square feet on 8 acres of ground and the library is both in and out of the building. We have a programming pavilion outside. We use every bit of those 8 acres and every bit of that 77,000 square foot building. We are also open 70 hours a week. So, we are open 7 days a week. We are here to support and um, uh, support our community. Um, we are our two big initiatives when we really think about what we'll be doing in 2027, part of our strategic plan. Uh, we are focusing on our partnerships and um, also our programming. Are we doing the right amount of programming? Are we doing
027the right programs? Are we doing the things that people want? Keep in mind that we will have somewhere north of 200 and probably 60 or 70,000 visits to the library in 2027 um, and we will circulate close to a million items. We are a very busy library. If you benchmark against us against any library in the country our size, we always come out in the top 10 if not in the top three usually with usage and participation at the library. So, we're very excited about all of the things that are going on. As is going on all over Westlake America 250, Westlake 250, we're hosting a lot of programs in partnership with a lot of other organizations. I would invite you on Wednesday, July 8th, we will be doing a reading of the Declaration of
028Independence. We will have the color guard from the Sons of the American Revolution there and having an overall lovely evening. Um June, I think it's June 15th, Father's Day this year, the Friends of the Library are bringing back the ice cream social. So, if you haven't We haven't had one in a number of years. If you want to come up and get a scoop of Mitchell's ice cream, we'll be doing that. But, the thing that I want to highlight the most, which is truly really exciting and will put us on the interstellar map, we are in a partnership with an astro physics group that is has a telescope in Spain. And we will have a computer at the library that will control that telescope. You will be able to come into the library and you
029and look at the telescope in Spain and download pictures, take videos, and so forth. You will be able to direct the actual telescope to look into the sky. It is going to be an amazing STEM project that people can use in the library. So, we actually really hope that the schools will take advantage of that opportunity. As far as I know, we're the only library in the country that will be doing this partnership with this with this organization. So, it'll be yet another first for Porter Public Library and our community. And we do hope to partner with the schools on that. As you know, we partner with the schools on so many different things. May is a huge month for us to have the students coming over between DES and the library through that path
030that we have. It's last year in May we had 65 visits. I haven't gotten the totals for this May yet, but that is a lot of students that are coming over to the library to visit the library, get books. It's so much fun to see these kids come over and a lot of them just make a bee line for their favorite section and they load up on books and they they make it back to the school and it is a wonderful thing. So, that's kind of what's going on at the library. The other thing it's a common annual tradition for the community as well as a partnership with the schools and the library and that would be the 2026 Westlake Bay Village Art Festival which is an amazing event in the community. It will be
031the last Saturday in July. Joe Craft and I started this with the Rotary Club. This will be our sixth annual and it is a wonderful event if you can come out and check that out. It just shows what partnerships can do to leverage our resources in this community. With that, I don't know if you all have any specific questions about our budget. I think I should probably point out that our budget is roughly three categories. It is about a little under 70% for our personnel budget. Keep in mind we are a service industry. It is about the people. 15% of that budget is going to be going to our materials. We are still heavily invested in print and physical materials that people can put their hands on, but we are also dealing with the challenges
032of electronic materials and some of the cost models that publishers are subjecting to libraries are very difficult and very tricky, but we're trying to stay on top of that and maintain so people can select materials in any version that suits them. And then the other 15% is just the you know, ongoing operation and maintenance of the library. Our biggest concerns also revolve around funding. We are the next big challenge to look forward to as I know the schools as well is the biennial budget that we you know, after the first of the the we'll start to be a little more concerned about what that will look like the new binding budget starting next July. Uh but our budgets so far and up until then we're in good shape there. Um and then as far as
033our local money, our levy, we have 2 years left on our levy so we don't need to start a campaign anytime soon. Um it is certainly up for the board of trustees of the library to decide. Um I do believe that the recommendation will be to do a um just a renewal uh so that we can keep our our finances the same for the next uh five or seven years, two more plus the next five year cycle is what we'll be looking to do. Um and with that I would take any questions you might have about our budget or what might be happening over at the library. >> Um I think it's important to especially with the discussion about repealing of property taxes um as you have on here that 77% of your revenue is
034from property taxes, that is specifically local property tax. >> Um yeah, well our levy is all property tax based, correct. Yeah, but the state money is not necessarily property tax based but it would only be about 23% of our budget so it would hurt. >> Yeah, so um mostly that's why I just wanted to point out that you know especially this discussion around repealing of property taxes that would very much impact the Porter Public Library budget on top so I think that's important to point out. Um the other one that I wanted to ask is I know there's been a lot of changes with passport services. In some libraries have lost them. Has there been any impact to Westlake Public Library? >> There has not and I love the passport discussion because um when you
035come to get a passport at Porter Library, it's a celebration and event. I swear I expect a confetti cannon to go off every time somebody gets their passport in the library. Families come in, kids are having fun. My my staff there does a wonderful job with passports. The issue was that the government said you had to be an official government entity to process passports and as a political subdivision of the state, Porter Public Library school district libraries fit that bill. Around Ohio, there are other types of libraries without getting too far in the weeds, there's things called association libraries that are actually 501c3s and if they were processing passports, because they're not a government entity, they could no longer do it. So there was a handful of libraries around Ohio that had to cease and
036desist. But we are not impacted by that. So great question. >> Questions from other board members? >> Just one comment. You know, seeing Bob here and and you know, Beth now, you have a great team. I mean, just just it's it's it's so fun to see it. I love when you show up. I know you don't have to come to these meetings, but it's always good to see you show up. Just want to >> Without a doubt. We have 86 employees and we have the the best employees. On a weekly basis, because I live in the community, so I run into people all the time. For any comment that isn't less than stellar, I get 50 to 75 comments that just go on and on about how wonderful the staff there is, how much help
037they got and everything about the library. It's truly a blessing to be there. Thank you. >> Scott, I appreciate that. Dr. Gaughan, I appreciate that. >> Since this is the official library tax budget hearing, I do need to open it up and see if anyone from the public has any public comments. Okay. Is there a motion to approve resolution 3A to approve tax budgets from Porter Public Library? >> Actually 3B. A is the hearing. >> Correct. 3B. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Keep doing what you're doing. >> Roll call. >> I am. >> Yes. >> Graf, yes. >> Pernod? >> Yes. >> Brown? >> Yes. >> Banuchi? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you all very much. We appreciate you. for >> here tonight. We completely understand if you want
038to go enjoy this wonderful evening, then you can. >> I just rolled in from St. Louis, so I'm going to go home and get some rest. All right, thank you all. Yeah. >> And moving on to hearing of the public. Uh as always, we have moments here in the meeting to for public participation. Is there anyone who would like to come forward to speak? All right, moving on to approval of minutes. We have two sets of minutes to approve. All those in favor, say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstain? All right. So approved. And back to you, Mr. Hopkins, for treasurer's recommendations. >> Thank you. Um before you uh tonight, I have four recommendations. Um I have no problem combining uh all four into one vote if so pleases the board. Uh I'll
039briefly go over them. A, you have a couple of agreements with our teaching association. Uh B, I have uh three contracts uh services. Uh OSC food service, we've used them uh as our food service consultant for the past number of years. Uh this is re-upping that uh contract. There's a small increase in the costs involved in there, but that's typically what we've seen across the board. Um Mr. House had spoken about uh some of the asphalt repairs in our PI update couple meetings ago. Uh the one thing that I did want to draw uh your attention to is um the side effects agreement, uh which is doing business as Power Ed. Uh there's something that went through our finance committee a while ago even. And we talked about it. Um Mr. Woods and at the
040time, Mr. Runolo, our athletic director of of the high school, had brought uh uh a proposal to uh the finance committee about uh using a company to raise revenue to replace the scoreboards in the uh gymnasium. So, uh this is we've gone back and forth. We've worked through the agreement, so this would allow uh a company to work on our behalf to sell advertising revenue. Uh we already work with this company, Power Ad. They've done some work in in the gym, but also at Reed Field. So, this is not an unknown company, but we'd be combining all of our advertising efforts into one, and then people can pick and choose where they want to advertise. But, it would help support replacing those scoreboards. We know we've had issues with the the scoreboards, so this is
041a good opportunity to replace those. Um C, I have a resolution declaring a conflict of interest and deeming it practical. I want to apologize to the board for this. This actually a student from the 24-25 school year that the parents had put in for, and administratively we missed this. And so, I do need to go back and have this approved, and then at our when we have the approval of all of the payment of it later in the year here, they'll be included for not only payment of this year, but for last year as well. Um and then I have some veteran out certificate. So, again as I stated, I'm I'm happy to combine all four into one if it so pleases the board, but I'm also here to answer any questions you may have
042about any of these items. >> Okay. Is there a motion to approve 6A through D? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Do we have I know we talked about this probably months ago about the advertising and scoreboards. Do we have a a rough plan of an idea of when we'll be able to transition to some new scoreboards? >> On a timeline wise? Uh no, I don't. So, part of the agreement and part of the conversations that we've had is before scoreboards would be purchased, they would need to have the full funding or commitments of the ad revenue in place. So, there would be no direct cost to the district other than installation. We would cover the cost of installation. So, in this uh, it would depend on how quickly they can do,
043uh, the sales of advertising. >> Okay. And they've had success, I'm guessing, in other schools our size and >> They have, yes. Yep. And they've had success with us. I mean, we've already had, uh, revenue, you know, advertising uh, sold here in our district at different, like, Reed Field has been one of the areas that, uh, they focused on. So, um, I see it as certainly being, uh, an achievable goal, uh, but I'm just not sure how long it will take. >> Okay. Okay. Thanks. >> Any other discussion? Roll call. >> I apologize. I missed you who had motioned. Was it Mr. Lamb or Mr. Brett? Mr. Brown? >> Mr. Brown. >> All right. All right. Roll call is Brown. >> Yes. >> Fenuken? >> Yes. >> Brett? >> Yes. >> Lamb? >> Yes. >>
044Pernot? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you. >> Continue now, Dr. Gogan. >> Great. Thank you. Uh, 7A is resolution to accept gift and gifts and donations. We have two from one from Bruce and Margaret Spasset donated $800 to the Megan Spasset Memorial Scholarship Fund at Westlake High School. David Titterington donated $250 to the Nicholas Massa Memorial Scholarship Fund at Westlake High School. We thank them for their generosity to our schools. Um, and letter B, which is, uh, a lot of fun, is the resolution to accept and approve the Westlake High School graduating class of 2026. So, going through the rest of my items, C and D are handbooks. And then going E, F, G, H, and I are certified, um, motions that that that impact our certified staff, um, whether it's a pay change
045or an AP course, um, stipend or different type of things like that. Letters J through R are either going to be classified staff items, summer extended school year hires, and also project link. So, this is this is going to be the bulk of it and it's really getting ready for summer to do our summer hires in there. That's J through R. And when I look at S, T, and U, these are either going to be a contract, a purchase service, and there's also an MOU, which is a memorandum of understanding with CCP partnerships. Um letter V is an overnight field trip for in July for the boys soccer team, and letter W is an amendment to a previous resolution. Um kind of looking at these, I would say letter A and letter B to be
046voted on separately, but the rest are fully appropriate to put together if so pleases the board. >> Okay. Is there a motion to approve 7A accepting of gifts and donations? >> So moved. >> Second. >> As always, thank you, and it looks like both of these are going to scholarship fund in Thursday night is our senior awards night if people are looking to enjoy find out all the things to celebrate the senior class. >> Are you presenting board? >> No, Mr. Brown is. >> Pass. Thank you. >> Pass. >> I'm going to do it. >> Mr. Finucane, are you going to be there? >> Tentatively. Okay. Any other discussion? Roll call. >> Graft? Yes. Finucane? >> Yes. >> Brown? >> Yes. >> Lamb? >> Yes. >> Pernot? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> Okay, moving
047on. I will make the motion to approve the resolution to accept the class Can I get through this without crying? I doubt it's the class. For those of you who don't know in the audience, resolution to accept the class of 2026. >> Second. >> For those of you who don't know, there are 253 kids in the class. Nine commended scholars, eight national merit finalists, 17 completed a pre-apprenticeship program, one has earned their associate's degree, are graduating summa laude, which is above a 4.3, 52 have earned STEM honors diplomas, three career technical honors diplomas, another three earning social science and civic engagement honors diploma, 12 have earned arts honors diplomas, and 13 have earned the AP Capstone. Any other discussion? >> Passport tomorrow, right? >> Passport tomorrow for Westshore. >> Now I hope because Lakewood was
048off today with a gas leak. >> Uh >> I hope they posted their reopening. >> All right, good. >> They're good. >> Got you. >> Okay. Any other discussion? Roll call. >> Don't make you wait. >> Pernot? >> Yes. >> Graft, yes. Brown? >> Yes. >> Panuken? >> Yes. >> Lamb? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> I do actually want her to go to college. So I guess. >> Yes. >> All right. 7C through W. Is there a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Discussion. Excited for our new staff members. >> Yeah, yeah. They're great. You know what it it is that time where you you're losing great people but bringing great people and it just how it goes. >> Well, it's great that they were able to see >> Yeah, that
049was fun. That was fun. >> Roll call. >> Nukem? >> Yes. >> Liam? >> Yes. >> Brown? >> Yes. >> Craft? >> Yes. >> Hurnot? >> Yes. >> Ocean Kerris? >> And I turn our second period of the public. Is there anybody who'd like to step forward? >> What's your daughter's name? >> What? Hurnot. >> You do art like >> Um any board comments? >> I had again the opportunity to attend the safety council meeting today and I just want to say a big thank you to Mr. Adam House and Dr. Pete Zegray for just hosting that, planning it, organizing it, helping us really to keep our students safe through really an entire community endeavor. So great getting together today. I think at some point we may have maybe an executive really just to fill
050in the rest of the board on that meeting. Our next one is not until September. But thank you, thank you, thank you. It was awesome. >> Any other board comments? >> Um does anyone on the board own an e-bike? >> No. >> I do know some people who do own them >> Do you? I do. Um I know that was one of the topics that came up today. So thank you Dr. Donahue for all you're doing to keep all of our students and community safe with e-bikes. >> Yeah. I'm excited about the presentations that are going to happen with the students. >> Yeah. >> I think that's good. information cuz I do see students riding them home. into and out of school. >> You know what I compare them to? When I was younger, they
051had mopeds. And And it's like these things are almost like just as fast as those. And yeah, they had a license for those and a license plate. And sure, I just jump on it and run around. >> Thank you to the team here in central office for planning that wonderful retirement ceremony earlier today. >> That's nice. And if you don't know what a moped is, go ask your parents. >> It's like a mini best buy. >> Any other board comments? Seeing that we have no board items, is there a motion to adjourn? >> So moved. >> Second. Discussion? Roll call. >> To adjourn at 6:43 p.m. Breath? >> Yes. >> Nukem? >> Yes. >> Brown? >> Yes. >> Lam? >> Yes. >> Pierton? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> Meeting is adjourned. Students, you can
052come up and anybody can sign.