001Yes. >> Mrs. Hamilton, >> yes. >> Mrs. Travis, >> here. >> Mrs. Davis, >> here. >> Mrs. Crawford, >> here. >> All right. If you're able, um, can you please stand for the pledge of allegiance? >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Music] All right. So, welcome to all of our parents and community members. Um, I just want to address the safety of our students, staff, and families continue to be our type pri top priority. As both a parent and a board president, I want to reassure you that we remain committed to doing everything we can to keep our schools and communities safe. Um, this week we are working closely with
002the Twinsburg Police Department to ensure even stronger presence at our events. In addition, I plan to meet with our administrative team to review how we can make better use of our meta detectors across the district. As well as tonight, the board would also discuss additional measures so that our families, staff, and students feel safe and supported at all times. Alongside safety, the board has remained focused on financial responsibility and transparency. This year, we reduced expenses throughout a retirement buyout program, shifting also as well as shifting from a printed district calendar to a online version. Um, and I'm also pleased to share that the community members have been selected to serve on our new finance and building and grounds committees. So once all the confirmations are finalized to these committee members, we will announce their names
003publicly at our next meeting. I also want to keep my promise from our la um last month regarding the Gordon case. The originally scheduled hearing was postponed and it is in process of being rescheduled. So, at this time, I do not have any new information to share, but I will continue to provide updates as they become available. The board will begin the superintendent search on October 7th when we meet with the agencies to determine the next steps. Staff and community voices will play an important role in this process. So, we'll continue to update you as we um make further decisions. I also want to be clear that not everything that you see on social media is accurate. Um, if you have any questions or if you have any concerns, please make sure that you're reaching
004out directly to our administration staff, our superintendent, Steve Marlo, or any of us on the board. We do answer our emails. Um, we are happy to talk to anybody, whoever has any questions concerning anything in our community. So, please feel free to reach out to us. At the same time tonight, I want to um also celebrate what's happening, the good stuff that's happening in our district. Um reminder that on Friday, September 26th, we will kick off Fill the Bus. Um it will run through October 17th. So, if you can please continue to um donating non-p perishable food items and hygiene items. Um they'll be collected in the bins and that'll go to the community hunger um I'm sorry the um >> the other um community um um you know what I'm saying. Yes. Um congratulations
005to um Sudish Nadu named a national merit scholarship semi- finalist which is something that is very hard to do. So, wanted to um shout out that as well as congratulations to our student Ariana Cadell who's in 11th grade who was selected for the 2026 OMA all state band which is the highest honor of an Ohio band student. Also, um I am the OSBA student liaison. Um I represent that for our student achievement fair and in November. I'm proud to say that we have um our biggest group coming. Um we have I think 11 groups. So um um that will be representing our district across from all of the high school. Um so we have our um BUDS group, robotics interactive media and TV, our MET stu uh our vet students, Taylor Swift club, Black History
006Club, Minority Student Union, Iceberg, the Drone Club, and the Blue Diamonds. So they will join us in November um in Columbus, Ohio where they will represent us against um in the states. So we're so very proud to have all of these students um coming um to Columbus with us. Um did want to let you know about some key dates that are coming up. On October 2nd, we will have CBCC college night. Um that is at 6:00. Um also school will be closed on that day. And then October 3rd is um a pep rally for the high school. will also be our homecoming parade um and a big uh homecoming game. So, if you can join, please join us for that. October 4th is homecoming dance for the high school. And then for the high school
007um it is national testing day. Um so, they will be doing that as well. And then October 20th um there will be no school for the students. Finally, I want to recognize some activities that are highlighting our um events this across the schools. We've had at um Willox. They just wrapped up the color run and raised a lot of funds for that. So that um fundraiser that is currently going on right now in the school. At Bissell, they have the readathon that is going on this week um to raise funds. And then at RBC is the book club um is the um the um book fair this week as well. Um our fall sports are in full effect. So if you're able to come this Friday and support our team, please make sure you join
008us there. We um have um the game against Hudson and we have a lot of exciting stuff happening on Friday. Channel 3, I'm pretty sure everyone got that blast. They will be starting off at 5:00 in the morning with our marching band, our cheerleaders, and our football team. And then later that day, we will be joined at 5:00 with the Tiger tailgate. Um thank you to the PTA who is helping put that on. And then following by the tailgate will be our home game against um Hudson. So, there's a lot of good stuff happening across sports. Um, there's sports all week. Um, there's events um and programs all week. So, just look at the mobile app or online at the website and you can keep up to date to that. We want to thank you.
009Um, and if you have any questions, feel free to reach out. I'll turn it over to our um superintendent or are we going to do student of the month now? >> Yes, we're going to do students of the month. I can thank you, President Crawford, and thank you all for being here. I'd like to begin my report by recognizing students of the month and we will start with Will Cox with Mrs. Turner. >> Thank you so much. [Applause] >> Good evening everyone. Um so at uh our students at Willox have been spending so much time in the last month getting acclimated to school and one of the things that we teach them is the Will Cox pledge. they are learning what it means to be responsible, respectful, caring, and safe across um all all across
010their day at school and on the school bus. And so our teachers have nominated some students who are here tonight. And so I would like to recognize them. Um and boys and girls, when you hear a name, come on up. We have a certificate for you. And if your teacher was able to meet uh to attend tonight, he or she will come on up with you. Okay. So with first person, do you need my glasses? Um, our first person is Logan Knap and Logan is in Mrs. Allen's class. [Applause] Okay, I'll tell you about Logan because he is awesome. I was reading about what Mrs. Allen wrote and he's so well balanced. Mrs. Allen nominated Logan as one of the September Wilcox Rock students. He's an awesome student. He participates and is willing to share
011his answers. But he's also a great listener to his classmate and classmates and teachers. He's thoughtful, kind to everyone, patient, hardworking, but he also knows when to ask for help. He's always willing to volunteer, but makes sure to take turns. Logan is an excellent example to those around him, and he mocucks most definitely rocks because of Logan. So, congratulations [Music] [Applause] Next up, we have Josie Mangus. And Josie is in Mrs. Litler's class, and Mrs. Litler is here to meet, too. So, Josie, come on up. [Applause] >> Josie is a respectful student who listens to others, uses kind words in classroom. She is responsible by taking care of her materials and always follows the rules. Josie shows good citizenship by helping her classmates and working well with a partner. She demonstrates kindness every day by
012treating others with care and setting a positive example for her peers. Keep up the good work, Josie. You rock. [Music] [Applause] Um, in kindergarten we have Mason Lang who is in Mrs. Rogers class. [Music] [Applause] >> Okay. Well, I'm going to tell you about Mason anyway. Um, Mason has demonstrated that he is a responsible and respectful student. He respectfully listens to the directions and follows through without additional reminders. He's on task and ready to learn every day. He shows that he's a good listener by keeping his eyes on the speaker and maintaining a quiet body. He's a great role model for other students who are still learning the rules. We'll make sure we recognize him tomorrow and I'll pass along with him to you. In Mrs. Wells's class, we have Alwin and Sue. So, Alwin,
013come on up. [Applause] Here is your certificate, sweetheart. And Owen is a preschooler in our kindergarten prep. >> So, Mrs. Wells says about Alwin, he works hard and has positive attitude. His enthusiasm for learning shows every day. Alwin is a wonderful friend to his peers and he is always willing to help the teacher with whatever task she is doing. Owen is a great example of what a Will Cox Rock student should exhibit. He's a wonderful Willox student. Congratulations. [Applause] So, typically our teachers will nominate our Will Cox Rock students, but something happened this month that um made Mr. Aie and I want to nominate a student um for something very special. Um we teach our students to if you see something, say something. And so, um John Schmidt is hopefully here. John, come on up.
014And John is a first grader in Mr. Scolero's class, but Mr. Aie and I wanted to recognize him because um on the school bus one day, John noticed a student get hurt. And without hesitation, he awesome kid. So, um, without hesitation, he dug through his backpack. He found some tissues to give the boy because he was bleeding and a nose bleed. And when the bus stop when it was safe, he got up and he reported the incident to the driver. And that is exactly what we want our kids to do. Nobody prompted him. He just knew exactly what to do. So, um, when John got back to his seat, he saw that the little boy was still upset. And so he um dug through his backpack again and found a piece of candy to comfort
015him. So we are so proud of John and I'm sure his parents are too for stepping up and doing the right thing. So these are our Will Cox Rock students for this month. And um boys and girls, since you have your certificates, turn around because we have our backs to the board. So they want to see your smiling face. Okay, now we have background. >> And this is a great photo op. Parents, if you would like to take a picture, we're going to um hold our certificates up the right way and give everybody a big smile. [Music] >> Thank you. Okay, thanks boys and girls. [Applause] >> And now I'd like to turn it over to Mr. Dor Holland for [Music] >> So good evening everybody. It is my pleasure to be here to recognize
016our U students of the month. But before I do that, I really wanted to just recognize all of our father figures who showed up for the father's walk. Um last week we had 680 registered fathers, male role models, caregivers that came out in in support of our students. So can we give all of our fathers [Music] [Applause] And I need to give Mr. Shields. I'm gonna put him on the spot. Mr. Shields, you got two seconds to come on up. Who is one of our guest speakers uh for the Father's Walk? And you come on up. He did a fabulous job. Mr. Shield and Mr. Bulma, who's our middle school principal, uh did a fabulous job. Thank you again for being there for our families and for our kids every day. You're welcome to say
017anything if you'd like. It was great. A great honor for me to be able to speak to that group that day. Thank you very much. >> A fabulous. [Applause] Sorry I had to put him on the spot. So, we're going to do our our students of the month a little differently than we have in the past because a couple of our kids had to cancel for many many events that are going on. So, this time we're going to recognize our students of the month and turn it over to Mr. Mill and Mr. Six. Good evening everyone. My name is Sierra Deville and I'm one of the assistant principles at Dodge. And >> hi, I'm Tyler 6. I'm the other assistant principal at Dodge. And it's our pleasure to announce our top tigers today. Can we
018get started? Okay. All right. So, I am going to announce from Miss Henry, fourth grade teacher. She nominates Luca Speak. Luka here. [Applause] From day one, Luca has come to school with a positive attitude and a smile on her face. She is a really hard worker, participates in class, and is always asking how she can help. She is kind and considerate of others, and is a responsible and respectful student, a great role model to others. We are so lucky to have Luca as part of our class this year. I can't wait to see all the great things that she will do here at Dodge. All right, up next, Mrs. Schneiderman, fourth grade teacher, nominates Advent Pupad. [Applause] He is new to Quinsburg and from day one has worked hard and has been very kind to
019his classmates. He is organized, responsible, and participates regularly and is a great friend. We are so grateful to have him as part of our class in our school community. [Applause] >> Miss Recker, fourth grade teacher, nominates Desmond Creel. [Applause] >> Desmond is a great role model to his peers and is always respectful, responsible, and safe. He is well behaved, puts forth great effort, and asked great questions in class. It is easy to tell that Desmond is going to have a great school year and is bound to be very successful. I am so proud of Desmond. He is definitely Tiger strong. [Applause] >> All right. So, Mrs. Booker, fifth grade teacher, nominates Iris Lovey. Iris is a soft, kind spirit and a self-starter. So far, she has exhibited positive personal characteristics like responsibility and perseverance. She
020has shown academic strengths as well. Her attitude is cooperative and respectful, including interactions with others. She makes good choices in the effort to be focused and wellprepared every day. We are honored to recognize Iris Levy as our class student of the month. [Applause] Mr. Hill, fifth grade teacher, nominates Anthony Spisado. [Applause] Anthony has had a great start to the school year. He's a positive and helpful peer model to his peers. He's an active participant in class lessons and discussions. His awesome attitude and demeanor is a positive in our class. Great job, Anthony. [Music] Mrs. Coleman Taylor, fifth grade teacher, nominates Blake Hails. [Applause] Blake is off to a great start this school year. He is a positive role model in the classroom, as well liked by his peers, and works very hard. It has been
021a pleasure working with him so far this school year. He is a wonderful young man. Keep it up. [Applause] Mrs. Hos, sixth grade teacher, nominates Charlie Prospel. [Applause] Charlie brings pleasant energy and a positive attitude to class every day. He works hard, helps others, and always jumps in with a smile. His quiet leadership and kindness make him an example for others and our classroom is a better place because of him. We are so proud to celebrate Charlie as our student of the month. [Applause] >> Mrs. Widner's sixth grade teacher nominates Kristen Diainto. [Applause] Chrissy has been a wonderful addition to our team this school year. She is an excellent student who asks thoughtful questions, support her peers, and has generously volunteers her time in the Magic Hearts classroom several times a week. Her pleasant and
022positive attitude are greatly appreciated. Welcome, Chrissy, and keep up the great work. [Applause] >> You know what they say, behind every man is a better daughter. And Mr. Zelli thinks so, too. Choir teacher nominates Morgan Shields. [Applause] Morgan always has a positive attitude and has outstanding dedication in choir. She goes above and beyond to learn her music, write any notes I give, and helps her classmates when it it's needed. Her leadership and enthusiasm makes her a wonderful role model in class. Keep singing on Warren. [Applause] All right. And last, but definitely not least, we have Mrs. Doyle, art teacher, nominates Israel Munford. [Applause] >> Izzy is constantly showing what it means to be a Twinsburg Tiger. Just like a Tiger, he is focused, determined, and a true leader. From being focused and learning his colors
023in ASL, American Sign Language, in just one class to showing amazing amazing growth in this project. Is always encouraging and helping others. Keep up the great work. [Applause] >> If you all want to come to the center so um we can capture a picture. Parents feel free to get up and take pictures. Smile, [Music] D. Smile. >> There you go. [Music] Apple. Good job. Congratulations. [Applause] >> And at this time, boys and girls, you can grab your seats. And we're going to turn it over to Mrs. Hunt and High School. Good evening everybody. I'm Mrs. Hint, the principal at the high school. Thank you so much for coming out tonight. Um, it is my pleasure to do a version of a ths senior night because we're going to focus on all seniors tonight. So, we
024have two categories here. The first one up is teacher nominated students. And so first will be Abby Becker. [Applause] [Music] >> Yeah. So Abby is a senior and Abby was nominated by the admin team because she won fourth place in the rising star Cleveland. >> You can you can come down here. >> Come on. Get close. Yeah. Okay. Um, Abby was not um won fourth place in the Rising Star Cleveland competition, securing a$1,000 scholarship for her future. She is a member of Great Expectations Show Choir for all four years of high school and the soprano section leader for the past three years. Her goal for the year includes ending her high school career with straight A's and to get into a good college with scholarships. So congratulations Abby. [Applause] Okay, next up is Kiss Van
025Le. [Applause] So Paise works she was nominated by Mrs. Maggie Turnik and Mrs. Turnick said about Kais that she works so hard behind the scenes of the drama club. She spends so much time thinking about how to encourage other members to succeed and grow as leaders. She is such a wonderful mentor and leader for underassmen. Her kindness makes her very approachable and she is almost a mom figure to many of the younger members. Many of the drama club members are very grateful for her calm guidance and support. um a senior in the class of 2026. She attends CBCC for automotive technology and her goal for the year is to obtain an internship at a truck dealership. She wants to attend the University of Northwestern Ohio to study medium to heavy duty diesel to become a
026diesel tech and possibly create her own shop. So, [Applause] Okay. And next up is Gavin Merrick. Did I pronounce this right? Maricav Maric. Gavin Maritch. Ladies and gentlemen, um he was nominated by Mr. Sam Burgdorf, who is um a new business teacher to the high school this year, who said, "I have Gavin for web design, and he sits next to another student who has an aid in the classroom with us without ever being asked by me or the other students aid. Gavin has been helping the student in every step of the way in class when they are struggling to follow along with the class. The aid and I have both noticed it every class and we agree that it is a great help for him to help the student out when we are otherwise occupied
027helping other students. Gavin is making a great choice by helping another student in need. A member of the senior class of uh 2026, he is a yearbook editor and fences >> outside of school. Um, his goal is to maintain all A's throughout the school year and to go and to go to college. So, congratulations, Gavin. Thank you. Okay. Um, next up are three commended scholars and a semi finalist National Merit Scholarship um, students. So, these students, the commended scholars, which will be the first um three that I introduce, were of the top 34,000 of over a million students to earn high scores on the PSAT. So, first up is well, I'm going to say the names of the others who are not in attendance. Um, or the other Rahan Abbas, who is >> who is
028currently playing soccer right now. So, let's give him a round of applause. [Applause] And then Tyler Hines, come on up. [Applause] Okay. So, Tyler commended scholar that he is, is also a member of Kaleidoscope and Orchestra, and he is taking a ton of AP classes, which is probably why he's a commended scholar. Um, he plans on pursuing mathematics in college. Um, and as yet undecided, what college? You've got plenty of time to do so. Don't worry about that. Um, and so congratulations again, Tyler. [Applause] Next up is Gavin. I'm not going to say it right cuz I practiced it wrong too many times. Gavin, can you say your last name for me, please? >> Pelnic. >> Pastelnik. Gavin Pelnic. [Applause] So Gavin also is a commended scholar, a senior class of 2026. His goal for
029this year is getting good grades and he also envisions going to college after high school. So congratulations to Gavin. [Music] [Applause] Next up is Mia Benitz. [Applause] Mia, commended scholar that she is, is also class of 2026 part of the cross country team, the drama club, and the track team. Outside of school, she participates in taekwond do. >> Oh, wow. >> And is a black belt. Her goals for the year are to keep high grades, score a five on her AP Spanish exam, perform well in track and make varsity, continue to do her hobbies despite being very busy. Um, she plans to attend college to study civil engineering, although undecided about what university it will be. So, congratulations to Mia. And last but not least, Sue Naidu. [Applause] So Sue is a National Merit Scholarship
030semifinalist and she tested in the top 16,000 of over a million students on the PSAT. She is involved in Key Club, an art club, and an Indian classical dancer. Her goal is to get accepted into a BSMD program this year. And for those of you who don't know what that is, don't feel badly cuz I didn't know either. I Googled it before I came here. um it is a dual BSMD program that um could potentially excuse her from having to take the MCAT if she gets accepted into such a program. >> And so post high school she plans to go to college and medical school to become a pediatric oncologist. All right. So, congratulations. And so, this would be a perfect opportunity to get a photo op with all of our students. [Music] >> Get
031a pen. >> I appreciate the lyrics. One more. One more. One more. >> Okay. Congratulations to all our [Applause] I'll turn it over to Mr. Milo. >> Thank you very much. Thank you very much parents, family, friends, staff members. Your support, whether your children tell you that or not, is really needed. And I know they might not tell you, but they greatly appreciate it. And I know I and our our staff appreciate all your support. So, thank you very much. I know I'm getting old when I see some some dudes in here that I had and their children are laughing. I'm glad you're laughing. Sorry. Don't put this on video, please. But but seriously, your support is great and appreciate and great. So, thank you very very much for what you do. It's very common
032that we see these children continue to succeed throughout life and it's just amazing to see them as they grow whether they come back as a as a superintendent or they go and become an oncologist. It really is awesome for our Twinsburg kids to continue to succeed. So it takes a village and you are an extremely important part of that village. So thank you very much. [Applause] You're actually free. Is that what you're >> Yeah. If you'd like to escape, now's a good time. >> Well, you're welcome to stay if you like. [Music] Hello. Oh. Let's go. Let's go get it. [Music] Thank you for that, Mr. Crawford. Thank you for that report, too. You did an awesome job. My report will be shorter now because I I won't repeat some of those things, but thank
033you for your report. It was awesome. >> Um, just a couple things. Our eighth graders will be attending their Washington DC trip on October 7th, 8th, and 9th. Um October 2nd is a curriculum day as mentioned and there will be no school for students. We continue to have outstanding activities throughout our schools. So uh please don't hesitate to go out and support our students throughout this fall. Uh any questions you can visit our website for information. Um and then uh today I'd like to report you know I sent out a message to parents, guardians and staff. As you know the safety of our students, staff and community is our top priority. So I sent out a message today and I'm just going to restate what that message said. While while cleaning the girls restroom at
034a stadium fieldhouse, a custodian found a handgun in a sanitary dispenser and the custodian immediately notified a supervisor in the and the police department and the police department removed the handgun and are continuing to investigate the situation. We believe the placement of this handgun occurred sometime between Saturday morning's junior varsity football game and the end of Saturday youth football games. And again, the safety of our children and community is our top priority. And the police investigation continues. We will continue to have our police presence in and around our schools. And on Friday evening, there will be an increased police presence on all the events surrounding football games. We will continue to prohibit backpacks, athletic bags from entering the stadium. And please be reminded, if you see something, say something. So, out of an abundance of
035of caution for Friday's game, we have a lot of activities. We have uh the tailgate. We have uh channel 3. I mean, it's an exciting time for Twinsburg. And I have a phrase, and I'm sorry, but I have a phrase that I say to people, you can't steal my joy. And I don't want our joy to be stolen by something that someone does to try to um disrupt our great school district that we have. So, uh I apologize. I get a little emotional, but we have a lot of great things going on here. Um, we've we've we've for Friday, we've increased our our police um force. We'll have district security leaison at each gate making sure like we do we don't want backpacks. So, no backpacks. You know, we have zero tolerance for backpacks. Administrators
036from our buildings are going to be present at both gates. Um, Channel 3 in the morning, they're going to be here at 5:00 a.m. So, when you see those lights on at the stadium, it's that, you know, that's because Channel 3 is here highlighting our school district. Um, the police will be present um from 5:00 a.m. on. They're going to be, you know, monitoring monitoring the stadium. The gates for the game are going to open at 5:30. Um, there will be no access prior to that. Um, you know what I mean? I just I I want to make sure that people have an enjoyable night. We have a lot of great things going on. We continue to evaluate our our safety protocols and um we hope that everyone has a great time on Friday. >>
037Um at this point that completes my report. Thank you very much board members. You're >> welcome. >> All right, committee reports. whatever you want. >> You can. All right. Um so I um am going to be summarizing uh as brief as I can policy committee. Um Mrs. Hamilton uh Mr. Marlo and I met on Wednesday, November, not November, September 17th for and today will be the first reading of revised policies. Some new and a few new and mainly revised policies. Um several were revised with very minor revisions as recommended by Niola which um is an organization that assists schools with policy updates recommend recommended by the state periodically as needed um based on changes in state and federal statutes. Um first policy that I'm going to highlight very quickly is 2266. It's non-discrimination on basis
038of sex educational program and activities. Basically, we just made sure we indicated that we have our business manager and director of pupil services named as title 9 coordinators and it um that policy reviews and um discusses discipline um regarding sexual harassment, discipline of students and it mentions employee training for sexual harassment. Um 2230 discuss homes school or 2230 um is um discusses homeschool students that being eligible to participate in school sports and not much has really changed with that. Um 2431 is revision for intercolastic activities. With that one we're basically keeping the same GPA requirements that we've had throughout past several years. And um other things that were mentioned there were requirements for participation such as regular attendance, payment of school fees or sports fees and good citizenship um things like that. 5223 is um
039new or not new but a little bit newer in the past couple years and there's been a revision. It's the release time for religious instructions and um based on state guidelines, they're allowing elementary school students if um if asked or if um if brought forward to the schools, they are given um no more than two periods a week to attend religious um element or religious instruction. And high school students are able to attend for two units of high school credit per week. And this does align with state recommendations while still keeping the students in compliance with their state attendance requirements. Um, a bigger one is um policy 5136 and this involves PCDs, the personal communication devices, the phones, the Apple watches, your tablets, things like that. Um this policy has been revised to pro um
040and based on state recommendations and state law to prohibit um possession of personal communication devices in the schools during the school day. Um and as as I said recommended by state law. Now um things like Apple watches and things that are needed to monitor student health, some students do have to have that. Um that will be an exception. And um with that, I believe you would have to have a uh um some kind of notification or um recommendation from a your doctor. Um and this cell phone restriction was included in the finalized state budget signed by Governor DeWine on June 30th. Um and the state required to have this policy by or the state required all schools to have a policy in place by July of 2025. And we have one in place for now.
041Um I think this is what our second school year couple years now. And with these policies, it's it's been studied. It's been recommended. It's been um discussed greatly um throughout the state and across the country, but for our business here in Ohio um it proved that it increases better um class engagement, keeps the kids on task in the classroom intentive and increases social interaction and reduces distraction, reduces behavior challenges in the classroom. And this, as I said before, this policy is backed by the state and all schools are now required to have policy. Um, and basically got to keep your phones out to sight. Don't want to see them, can't have them. is a change in our policy or >> um it's a revision in our policy because we had we had um times during
042the day that students were able to have their phones out but it's now recommended um as uh as reflected from and as reflected in state law to have them just out of out of sight um and not use during the school day. So the update would be that we are saying to the students no cell phones during study hall and lunch is that >> that's what's being recommended and we've got three readings. So we still have um if there's questions or time for discussion we still have that we or we have three total readings today being the first. Um, so that is I guess that's the biggest change and um that's uh and I think it was discussed a couple years ago and teachers were kind of on are we were getting some push back
043from parents and staff and group but now some now it seems like the staff are asking us to fall in line with the um state recommendations and the biggest thing um would be consistency. and making sure that staff is supported and that they're supporting one another with this. So, we like I said, we've got um few meetings before this is finalized and vote. We have first reading. So, any questions or discussions can be brought up, you know, to the board or um can give us a call or, you know, call the board office. Um, so that's this is all based on really the the recommendations by Neola and um the laws are now being put throughout Ohio and um starting to become law nationally but for sure in Ohio um let's see policy 6152 um
044student fees fines and and charges basically there's just technical correction defining what school or what is considered school fees and it clarifies that um policy 7540 is um digital content and accessibility and basically states that digital content and creation of such um needs to be done under supervision of district staff member and we have a platform for monitoring sharing student progress and grades um of course that's progress book and that basically um tightens that that's the only um communication for grades from um teachers. They're not using other platforms. And there's going to be regular audits um of the dis district district's digital content. Um and another important thing with that one is director of curriculum technology will pre um pre-approve apps and services that teachers intend to use um to supplement and enhance their student
045learning. um policy 8400 school safety um that goes into the detail of our district's emergency u management plan and talks about parental consent being required for students who are going to be participating in these emergency management test yearly the um Alice training among the staff in our emergency services and personnel in the city and that's that's a day um usually I think it's in the fall but one day a year that the the kids have off and the staff and students and teachers are involved in the Alice drill, but they do need um permission from the parents and we need to have that on file. And I think that's that's it for now unless I've missed something. Anybody else? >> No, you covered it all. >> All right. And that's just a quick I could
046the summary of the policies that are going to be coming up for first readings and then eventually the vote upon. >> All right. for buildings and grounds um subcommittee meeting. We met on Tuesday, September 16th um with myself, Tina Davis, um Steve Marlo, and Matt Strick Strickland, our business manager was all in attendance. Um we uh reviewed um again there was an application process that went out um where we had the idea of adding more committee members to this committee and so we had sent that application process out and in this meeting we reviewed those applicants. Um we recepting up to six um committee members and we received four um applications. So we reviewed them all. they all had um the experience in the background and we were actually impressed with the amount of experience
047that um each of these four candidates did have. So um we did make the decision to accept all four of those committee members. Um so they will be contacted um and will be joining us for future um meeting soon. And then we also discussed we had an update about the gym um roof and floor update. Um happy to report the um roof has been updated and the floor um has been is being finished um with that floor update. They were able um to redo the floor as well as have a new design um for the basketball court. So um it really will look nice. Um I we saw the picture in that meeting and we're excited to see um the fresh look um of that gym. And then um we discussed the tiger tiger legacy
048project. Um we basically stated that at this time um we are putting it on hold. Um we will come back to it at a later um time frame. And then um we discussed about the turf and track replacement. Um we have been start um stating that um the turf um as well as the track um is need of repair. And um basically we're looking at the um what we're looking at right now is um we've had um them come look at it and it will be probably cheaper to do them both at the same time. So we're looking at that and seeing whether or not we're going to move forward with that information. And then we also have discussed in that meeting about the other athletic needs that we will discuss later with scoreboards wrestling
049mats and weight room. Um also our um boiler um we have set up a schedule to make sure that the boilers are replaced in each school and I believe it's Bissell that is getting done this year and then it'll follow a schedule um following that with the PI funds. So that is what we had in the buildings and ground meeting. Um in our finance meeting um we met today um that was me um Mr. Marlo and um our treasurer Miss Rosia. We um also had an application process for our finance meeting where um we had ex said that we would accept six um applicants for the committee. We had seven come through. We were very impressed with the background with these applicants as well. They all have a finance background um and it's a very
050diverse group of applicants. And so we were um we actually decided um tonight that we will accept all seven. Um we didn't cut it off at 6. We said hey like we would love everyone to join and um that way we can you know work with all of them. So um they will be getting information um soon regarding that and um they'll be invited to future meetings. So that was really um all we covered because we had this meeting today. So that ends my reports. There was not any other committees, right? All right. I will now turn it over for administrative reports. >> Thank you. >> Our first administrative report is going to be for Mr. Pendis, our food service supervisor. >> Should we go see >> Thank you, Mr. Pendis. >> Yes. >> Good
051evening everyone. >> There's really not a whole lot you guys can. I'm I'm going to go over everything. >> Not it's a very short >> so. Thank you again for having me here tonight. I always actually enjoy this opportunity to get in front of you guys and and kind of tell you what we've been doing or what's happening. And a lot of this is updates that we've done since we last met uh the beginning of last year. So some of these were midy year to the end of the year. Uh but the real purpose of this meeting is to fulfill the requirements of Ohio revised code uh 3313.814 which is standards for governing types of foods and beverages sold on school premises. So, um, so as always, as a registered dietitian, I am first and
052foremost required to make sure that everything that we serve meets the strictest standards set by the National School Lunch Program. And we always look to push the push the envelope a little bit. So, um, so some of that you'll see in this next one, but we, you know, all of our vending, all of our foods, all of our alocart snacks, anything along that line has to meet those those high standards. Um, but our goal always is to uh provide foods that are not only healthy, but foods that kids will eat. So, that's always our goal. And and and and first and foremost, when we when we talk with staff and we start training, we're talking about, hey, our goal is to feed kids and that's really the bottom line, but we always try to do
053it as healthy healthy as possible. Uh so to go through some of the changes that we've made in uh in 2526 these are really some of the changes we made started last year. Um but at the end about midway through last year we started looking at artificial food dyes and some of this was pushed by community members. Uh I I will say and it's always good because you know I think um I've been with Twinsburg now for this is my 27th year. Um and well actually it's my first year. I'm sorry. uh recently retired, hired back. So, I'm happy to be back. Uh you know, I love this place and I've really had uh a great staff and really good relationships with all the administrators and students. So, it's been great. Uh but, um you
054know, sometimes it's easy to stagnate and get stuck in where you're at and and sometimes a little push from the community is always good. And we had a little bit of outside push for food dyes. We took it a step further and and actually it was good because we made those changes ahead of when the federal mandated that red dye 4 and we took it all the way. We didn't all artificial dyes we eliminated. Uh so that was a little bit of a challenge but now we're starting to see like some of the companies like Fredo Lelay are their products are starting to come in line now. So that was our kids were super excited about that because one of the big changes we made last year was we got rid of our two biggest
055snack items for especially for our middle school and high school kids which were red hot Cheetos and flameless Doritos. >> And I can I can tell you how much food dye was on those things cuz you picked them up in your hands. Your hands were red >> as could be. Anyway, but uh we um those came back this year with no artificial colors, all natural coloring and you know, and I mean I'm sure the industry still has a ways to go. Um you know, I think we're a little bit behind the times as far as where Europe is with some of their standards. Um but I think we're getting there. Um but we um we took it a little bit step further and eliminated high fructose corn syrup last year as well. And that one
056was a little bit more costly. Um and and honestly, you know, and I tell parents this all the time, when we make changes, um we have to be responsible about those changes because it's not a and because we have been self-supporting the entire time that I've been here, it gives me a little autonomy to make some of those changes without having to jump through hoops cuz if you know if we're losing money, it's really hard to increase cost. It really is. So, um, so high fructose corn syrup going to natural syrups and natural ketchup and natural barbecue, all the sauces and condiments, it touches a lot of different items. So, so we had to go through with everything very closely and finally and and we still had, you know, there's still it's still challenges with
057that because if stuff isn't in stock, they'll sub stuff and sometimes we, you know, and that hasn't happened this year yet, but it was last year we had some experiences with that at the beginning of the changes. So, it there's industry changes that we have to deal with. So, it makes it tough sometimes. Uh but one of the other things that we looked at we did towards the end of last year is and there's a federal guidelines are going to start reducing the amount of sugar in breakfast in 2027. Um again there was interest expressed by parents and and we looked at you know we're limited time at breakfast and labor labor time. So so we really have to do graband go type stuff for breakfast mostly. So everything has to be whole grain. Um,
058but we really looked at the sugar content and everything that we are serving. And we're never going to be totally sugar-free for breakfast. That's almost impossible. Um, but you know, all the entre that we offered, we looked at reducing and I think we, you know, on average, we probably reduced every entree by about five to eight grams of sugar. Uh, and some of our high pop our very popular high sugar items we had to eliminate. And you know, we brought in big bowl packs of Cheerios and I got to say that they've gone really well. So, we've made some changes and done some unique things and they've been accepted pretty well. And I think the it it always is about offering options to the kids. You know, when we got rid of food dyes and
059we got rid of our two top selling snack items, we brought in like six new items. So they found new favorites, you know, and you know, some of the things they still complained about a little bit, like we we do walking tacos and we had to go move from our Dorito bags to um Fritos and Tostitos and and some of the kids really missed the Doritos, I got to say. But but you know, we told them, hey, when soon as the industry gets in line with it, we will bring them back. But uh and those I think those changes are supposed to happen in January for some of the other products. So, so it's it's a waiting game for some of these things, but uh we we we're always about providing options for them. So,
060lowering sugar, high fructose corn syrup, food dyes, those were our big things. Um you know, the next thing, you know, we're we'll start to look at the more highly processed items and try to find better options. And it's a process. Um like I said, it's not something we can just switch overnight. I will tell you that um when COVID hit, we had to make lots of changes uh for food sanitary reasons. So, we went to a lot of individually packed stuff. So, even a lot of our produce, our fresh produce is processed, cut, and individually packed. And so, it's grab and go. So, we try to do that so there's less handling of things. Um, and we try to, you know, even our when we fresh cut our watermelon, we drop them in baggies individually,
061so they're they're everything is a lot more sanitary. So, we we kind of kept up in those lines and trying to keep that thing keep everything safer that way as well. Um, I will tell you one of our big things, uh, it's number four on our list there. Uh, we over the next several weeks, maybe a month, we're looking at, uh, eliminating foam trays at our two elementary schools. Um, and that was a a COVID change. Um, you know, at at one point we were using plastic washable trays at all the buildings. Uh, we've had to rehab our dishwashing machines. So, um, we're in the process of doing that right now and, uh, we're hoping to have that up by, you know, sometime in October. Uh, we're hoping. Um, we they were just actually working
062on a dish machine yesterday at Bissell. So, uh, so we have to get in line staffing and with with the lunch aids and helping with the guiding the students back to dropping off their trays because we've gone to a lot of the foam and the foam, you know, it gets a bad w and it deservedly so, but it is very uh sturdy. It is leakproof and it is very cheap and and that's a that's a stumbling block for a lot of things, you know, but at the upper schools we use a lot of individually portioned stuff. So, we never used like five compartment reusable trays there. We always used the big plastic trays. So, there's really no savings, you know, paper-wise in using that. Uh, and honestly, at this point, bless you. Uh, at this
063point, um, labor wise, we can manage it at the elementary schools. We're not in a position to add labor. In fact, that'll we'll talk about that in one of the challenges. Staffing is always a challenge, especially since co for sure. Uh but we're um for the elementary schools, it's very manageable. Once we hit dodge with six lunch periods and we're back to back to back to back, there really is no time to get anybody in the dishroom to wash trees. I mean, I I'm just blows me away to think about how we did it before. And we did do it, but it was insane. So, uh we're going to wait a while before we do that. We're going to take this in baby steps. So um you know the challenges for for 25 26 uh
064keep keeping cost in line and also trying to make positive changes and we'll always I'm always trying to find and search for new items and new things that we can do that are making things our offerings healthier for our kids you know and we do I I'm proud to say that our staff here in Twinsburg we and I'm not saying we make everything from scratch it would be very difficult to do that for these large number of kids that we do. But we probably do more from scratch than most districts out there. And that's for me, I think it's a it's a something to be proud of. And I and for my staff as well, they're not just heating and serving stuff, so they're making stuff. And I think the kids recognize that. You know,
065just today we had our buffalo homemade buffalo cowzones. And it's a simple recipe, but it's from scratch. And it's made from scratch. And the kids see that. It's not something that everyone looks. You can tell it's homemade because it's everyone looks a little bit different and but you know it's that personal touch that we can put on anything that we serve. It makes a big difference and I think the kids see that you know so we we we take a lot of pride in that and I feel like my staff does as well. So that leads me to the next challenge is staffing. Um and that's I think since co that's been a huge challenge for everybody. Um but I'm sad to say it it finally hit us in food service. We never had, you
066know, probably the first 20 years of my career, we never had a problem hiring and maintaining staff and very little turnover. This year, we've in the first month, we've had six new employees. Um, and those were replacement employees. So, either people that moved on to other positions in the school district or moved on to other positions outside of the schools. I I just think it's it's a sign of the times where there's not a lot of folks, parents, uh, moms or dads that can work a 5 hour job a day, you know, so that's kind of rough for us. So, we're but I I'm proud I'm happy to say that the people that we have found have been excellent. So, we've been blessed in that regard. So, uh, this continues always to be a challenge.
067We still have one position to fill. We're looking to fill a three-hour position at Twinsburg High School. So, if there's if anybody knows anyone that wants a a little three-hour job a day, this is the spot for it. So, but uh do you guys have any questions at all? >> I just appreciate all that you do for for the you know, all the the intricacies that you do as far as like trying to find the best value and making the fresh foods and stuff for that kid. So, I appreciate that. >> Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Definitely appreciate the scratch or from scratch because you don't have a thousand ingredients for something you know that the kids are consuming and >> and it definitely really appreciate and and plus it tastes better for
068the kids. They're not even garbage that are coming with you know >> this artificial junk in it. >> Wow. And we one of the things that we did this year, it was just a change at the beginning of the year, we we had used and we tried to use, you know, so we used we had previously used a liquid margarine as our for some of our recipes. We used we actually use it. So, in our our new macaroni and cheese recipe, which uh we developed with the assistance of the Black History Club here at Twinsburg High School, we had to we did have to modify it because when when we first did the nutrient analysis of the recipe, we were like heart attack. It was it was the saturated fat was like 50%. So, but
069you know, and of course, we have to meet certain guidelines. So we worked with them and we I modified it and we tried to keep the integrity of their recipe with while still offering whole grains and lowering the fat and and they were quite happy with the results and so were we um in fact we made that our recipe for the entire district. So but this year I you know we took it a step further. The liquid margarine was kind of it's just a partially hydrogenated oil and it's not great. Uh, so we actually eliminated that from all of our um because we used it on some on corn and some other vegetables and and our mac and cheese recipe and mashed potatoes. Um, so we we are using just strictly olive oil now. So
070So and actually it's worked out great in all of our recipes. So >> just a little tweak and uh but you know those things you know nobody really sees it um on the outside but it's it's something that's going to benefit our kids in the long run. Yeah, we definitely appreciate because I know you've worked hard with and you've talked you've had meetings with parents and really try to to listen and take the feedback and I know your passion um that you really um have with this um role and we really appreciate all that you do. >> Well, thank you very much. I I I love this job. So, thank you so much. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Have a good evening. >> Yeah, he does a great job. Very appreciative. >> Next, we'll have
071Mrs. our director of curriculum and technology. [Music] >> She's going to give an update on the report card. >> Good evening everyone. We're going to go ahead and get started. It's my pleasure to be here with you this evening to present on the 2425 local report card. We earned four and a half stars. >> Thank you. And we are going to go briefly into each component and then we will hit each school's rating as well. As you can see by this graphic, uh the measures are not weighted equally. So we have the achievement component and the progress component both weighted at 25% and then the other four components are weighted at 12 and a half%. I just wanted to make sure we pointed that out or I pointed that out. It's she's blocked out. This
072is another graphic showing the scores and the weights breakdown and the associated component associated points for each component. And as LA with last year, some of the screenshots that I include are going to be from the ODW and some of the screenshots that I provide are from the private facing side that only uh in the district we are able to look at. So just that's why there's a little fluctuation depending on which gave the better graphic. That's why some are different. First we'll dive into the achievement. Four stars for achievement. And achievement is measured with the performance index of our students and per. >> Do we need to wait? >> Okay. All right. The performance index is a weighted measure of the student scores from all tests. So we receive a a different weight for
073the performance from each scores that each score that the students get ranging from limited to advanced and then in a few few instances we get advanced plus as well. I feel terrible. Okay. Next we'll move on to graduation. Graduation earned five stars. We see the fruits of this labor pay off at Twinsburg High School, but the building blocks begin at Willox because we can't just start working on graduation rate at Twinsburg High School. It starts at the elementary. But congratulations to the high school for five stars here. Gap closing was also at five stars for the district. And there look, if you just take a peek at this screen, you'll see that there are many, many, many components or parts that go into gap closing. And so this is focused when we say gap closing
074exactly on gap closing and closing the gaps for our learners. Um so we have breakdowns for math and language arts and also in this category they include our English language learners. They include gifted and chronic absenteeism. So there's a ton measured and reported here in the gap closing. So this one I'm very proud of and excited about and you'll see why on this screen here. Um this is another it's just a breakdown. It's a part of what was on the last screen, but this is a deeper dive into the English language arts proficiency um for gap closing. It is the performance index score again. And I'm just going to come here for a minute. This is the number of students who took the test. This here is the performance index. And then this was the
075goal for the 2425 school year. And then over here is the long-term goal. So every year this goal is going to increase and with an end goal. I think it was a 10-year plan over here. So but this year it might have been one of our first times that we did not have any demotions and all of our students met the goal. I mean of one thing I'll always say is there is always work to do. We are we're always going to have work to do but to have no demotions was very exciting. And just as a recap, AM O stands for annual measurable objective because you know we always talk in lots of acronyms. And then this is a very similar graphic for mathematics. And again um all of our students met the goal.
076Again there is always work to do but all of our students met the goal. So this was gap closing. Um progress was rated at four stars. And then on the next slide of this gives a little more information about progress. Sometimes we call progress value added. It goes back you know it goes both ways. We call it both things. Um but this graphic shows value added and where value added is reported and you have to have value added for um multiple consecutive years to have a value added reporting. Um and then now we are re reported at a three-year average for value added. At first we started with one then two but now we're all of our things are being reported at three um years for that and value added stands for how much or
077shows how much a student should grow from year to year. So the students should make at least one year worth of growth but ideally they're going to make more and so in the one year worth of growth is here which is as expected and then we have moderate um as expected with moderate evidence and then this is more than expected. So there is a little uh key for the um people watching from home. Um early literacy we earned three stars. Um we know this is an area that we are going to work on. Uh and there are three components that make up this component and one of them is proficiency in third grade reading. One of them is our promotion to fourth grade score and one is our improving K to3 literacy which is what
078we talked about talk about with the rimps and the students making um growth within their um rimps or within their reading diagnostic and coming off of a rim. But those are the three categories and then each of these are weighted. So I feel like sometimes that like this is not just a easy to explain thing because there are so many weights and categories and different things that go along with it. And speaking of that, now we're going to talk about college career workforce and military readiness. So if you didn't think that last one was a little challenging and hard to explain, this one really is even just the acronym to describe it. So this is the first year that this was actually calculated into our overall score. Last year we had a report only. So
079we had an idea but we didn't actually have a score. So we have a score and this is a little bit confusing. So on this screen you will see that these are the items where a student in the graduating class can earn a point. And I feel like this is a very important thing right here. This minimum points and maximum points. A student only counts one time. So, a student could get an ACT remediation free score, receive an honors diploma, meet the AP requirements, and have 12 college credits. So, they might hit all four of those, but they only count one time. You can only count in the numerator one time. So, I might say that multiple times because you feel like, oh yeah, our students are doing this, but they can only count one
080time. Just like, so I might, like I said, say them a few times. So they only can count one time. Um there is this is the exact same thing just in another graphic and to show you how it looks. So we have the total number of students in the cohort here and we have the total number of students who met one of these methods and then divided by the number in the graduating class and that gives us our percentage. You'll know that most of these things here are not necessarily things that we've talked about a lot when we when I talk curriculum things with you and do reports. These are not things that we talk about a lot. Some of these things happen with our students that go to CBCC and some of these things
081are new and some of these things are things that we will start looking into in more detail so that we can we really want to look at each student in the graduating classes and make sure they're meeting one of these ways. But like when we talk about the Ohio means readiness job, they have 250 hours of work-based learning and the pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship. One of those requires 2,000 hours of learning. So, it's it's a lot. Those are not easy paths either. And so, that's why we will be planful, but that's I'm going to just be very honest and say that's why we got we got it too because we have some we have some work to do here and we need to make sure all of our students are meeting one of these ways. But,
082>> could you go back two slides? So now that we know what the number division is like, so we had 182 students that met one of the points out of the 322 that gave us the 56. >> That is accurate. And I would like to also point out that this is the class of 24. >> Oh, >> so we are in a rears. So I'm going to get to that in a minute. So this is the class of 24. Okay. >> Got it. >> All right. U this is I just wanted to point out how you get the ratings. uh five stars is 85% of your graduating class. Um and then 75 85 I'm probably given a little more detail in this just because it is the first year that this is a report for
083us. Um this is where our students fell. So you'll see like and these are not all of them but in general a lot of these students in the blue, the red, and the black are a lot of the same students. But again, they only can count one time. So like could So sorry, I'm just Okay. >> All right. >> This is the class of 2024 again. Yes. >> I just have a question. That very last line, OMJ and WBL, what are those? >> OMJ is Ohio means jobs readiness seal and then the WBL is workbased learning. >> Okay, good questions. Thank you. So um the next slide I want to talk about and I I want you to always know that like I am not here making an excuse. I am not looking to say
084that this is how this was but I just wanted to share with you like I Alex and I were really curious about how the schools ranked. So, um, this is just an example of where the, uh, schools in Ohio came across for CCWMR. And the student the schools that got five stars of the 63, um, I looked at them and there was one school that was approximately our size, but other than that, the average graduating class was about 78 students. So, and um a lot of those schools that I looked at that h also had a a JVS in them or they were or a career tech center or they were attached to a career tech and there are some high schools that are career tech high schools and I found that a lot of
085the schools that I looked at were in that category because a lot of them did have the students earning the industry recognized credential or they had a lot of the other career focused things that we have not technically or um in the past really focused on. So, but those are things we will work on and we know we have some areas to work. So, um now I'm just going to briefly go over this the schools very quickly. So, the high school had four and a half stars graduation rate. The only school that has the obviously the graduation rate is the high school and that feeds our district score. It doesn't come from anywhere else. Uh I wanted to also point out that college career workforce and military readiness is going to be one of the
086goals for the curriculum department for the strategic plan which we'll be talking about on Tuesday evening. So that's going to be one of the goals that we're working on. And then the other thing that I just want to make and I don't really know how to say this. So we are already receiving the score the um information for the class of 2025 because they've graduated. So, it's doing it to all of its processing in EMIS and we are starting to receive that information already. So, when I say that our goal for um curriculum is going to be to focus on this area, we're probably not going to see massive changes in the 2526 report card because those students have already graduated. Like, so we know who they are. We know what we're working on, but
087we're going to be working on the class that's here now, but we will not see that until the next report card. Does that make sense? Because we are in a rears with that. So, okay. So, we know it's a goal, but it may it's going to take us a little while to get there. Okay. Right. Um, and as we've talked about like with the science of reading, when we know better, we do better. And so, we know that that's an area that we are going to need to work on. So, that is the high school. Um, and we are actively working on making sure that our reporting from the 25 class of 25 was as accurate as possible. You know, we're double-checking right now making sure that all of our data going to EMIS is
088correct. So, just so you know. Next up is RV Chamberlain with three and a half stars. We know that we have a little bit of work to do in the progress component and Mr. Bowmont and I are in communication about that. So, we know we know that Dodge four and a half stars looking pretty good there, especially with gap closing. And then, uh, we have achievement and progress. Um, Samuel Bizzle Elementary School earned four and a half stars. Again, Willox Primary earned three. Last year, Willox had five. Um reason being the change is with this early literacy component and as we talked about all of the confusing pieces of the measure. Um last year early literacy was a non-report for Willox and this year we had a few more students so this caused that. We
089are aware of that but we're always going to be very honest in our reporting and we have student some students struggle with reading. I think it's a fact of life and it is what it is and we're always going to be accurate in our reporting and we know that's an area of growth but our little ones make so much progress at Willox and it may not show in our reading diagnostic but it is showing in our MClass results and in the uh progress that our students are making. So, >> excuse me, Jen. to that point. Do you all track like the co kids, you know, kids born during that time that are now kindergarteners just to kind of see based on past data >> that we haven't like specifically because there are so many different
090grade levels that co impacted us but yes it's I think for anyone who has a child it's the co years are obvious and in like >> be interesting just >> it would be Yes. And the different and the other issue we have with that is we were not using MCL class during CO. So we this is only our second year with MC class. So that's another variable. It's hard to measure. It's kind of apples and oranges if we're looking at different measures. Thank you. You're welcome. Um, and then this is just a shout out to not just looking at our test scores, but looking at really the overall picture of the Twinsburg City School District and looking at our quality profile. Um, and this is just a snapshot of what happened in 2425. And um,
091and another cost-saving measure, these are not being mailed home. These are not going um, in the We don't even have the Twinsburg bulletin anymore. That's really dating myself. But we are not sending these home. But it is available for download on our website and it also went in a tiger talk message that Mr. Marlo sent. So, okay. Any questions? Sorry, I get a little excited about that or geeked out, Mr. Sedlac. Any questions? >> No. Thank you very much. Good job. >> My pleasure. Okay. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. That's it. That's for me. >> Thank you. You're welcome. >> Thank you, Mr. >> My pleasure. >> We appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Action item H. Number one, resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education
092accepts the certified staff recommendations detailed in the attached exhibit as per the dates, terms, and other applicable conditions specified pending satisfactory OC background checks to resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education accepts the classified staff recommendations detailed in the attached exhibit as per the dates, terms, and other applicable conditions specified pending satisfactory OC background checks. Three, resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education accepts the supplement contract recommendations detailed in the attached exit as per the dates, terms, and other applicable conditions. Specify pending satisfactory OC background checks. And for result that the Twinsburg Board of Education accepts the pupil activity contract recommendations detailed in the attachment as per the dates, terms, and other ethical conditions specified penny satisfactory ORC background checks. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> So moved by um
093Miss Ian, second by Mrs. Um Davis, any discussion? >> Mrs. Eaggan, >> yes. >> Mrs. Davis, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hamilton, >> yes. >> Mrs. Travis, >> yes. >> Mrs. Crawford, >> yes. And that passes 5-0. I new business resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education accepts a donation from the Ohio Powell Prince Incorporated um in PA to Twinsburg High School in the amount of $2221 from the sale of the Twinsburg apparel at local retailers. The donation will be used for miscellaneous instructional supplies for the attached exhibit. Two, resolve that the TSburg Board of Education approves Officer Alandre to provide security at events for the 2526 school year as needed as a rate of $50 per hour. Officer Clean is an addition to the officer's previously approved June 25th, 2025. Three, resolved that the Twinsburg
094Board of Education approves the attached listing of media center items to be deleted from inventory for the attached exhibit. Four, resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the memorandum of understanding with the Twinsburg support staff association regarding new language to be added to the collective bargaining agreement article 16 paragraph M religious holidays regarding the Yonkeer and Rashashana holidays per the attached exhibit. Five, resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the following items to be deleted from inventory. Six resolved that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the agreement with education alternatives for one student to attend from September 2nd through October 17th of 2025. Tuition cost is $5,916 and is a general fund expense per the contract sent to the board under separate cover. Seven, resolved that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves AIdriven
095derivation techred training um at ESC for a cost of 60,000 for 30 members at 2,000 each. This is a general fund reimburseable expenditure through tech cred granting grant funding. Eight, resolve that the TW board of education approves the first reading of the revised new and rescendent board of education policies as noted before. Nine, resolve that the transfer board of education determines the impracticality of transportation for the schools and students listed below for the 2526 school year. Per the Ohio Department of Education in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code section 3327.01, the amount of payment will be $67.15 per student. These students are in addition to the students approved at the July 16th, August 20th, and September 3rd Board of Education meetings. Um, do I have a motion? moved. >> So moved by Mrs. Hamilton, >>
096Second by Mrs. Travis. Any discussion? >> Mrs. Hamilton? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Travis? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Egan? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Davis? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Crownford? >> Yes. And that motion passes 5-0. Any miscellaneous? >> All right. So, the board of education will enter into executive session at 7:59 p.m. to discuss employment, discipline, and compensation of public employees as part of education policy number 0166A. Do I have a motion? >> So, moved. So, moved by Mr. Egan, >> second by Mrs. Hamilton. Any discussion? All right. I do not um see a reason to reconvene and um thank you for uh joining whether you were in person or online. Have a wonderful rest of your evening.