Twinsburg Board of Education Meeting - April 2, 2025

001e meeting our Board of regular Board of Education agenda today regular meeting I'm sorry I can't even talk um tonight is Wednesday April 2nd and um we're glad to have you here the time is 6:32 so we'll like to call the meeting to order Miss Rosa can you please call the RO here here here here here all right and if you're able um can you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge algi to the flag the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation God indivisible right and we don't have any all right all right so good evening Twinsburg families parents and community members a special Welcome to our wi Cox Dodge and swinsburg high school families who have students being recognized tonight what an exciting evening for

002all of you I hope everyone had a chance to reset and enjoy a wonderful spring break we were thrilled that our band students had the incredible opportunity to perform in Tour New York City what an unforgettable experience for them to Showcase their talents on such a big stage attention High School seniors the Twinsburg board of education is offering a $500 scholarship to support your future endeavors the deadline to apply is Friday April 4th so be sure to visit the district website for the application Link in addition to this scholarship there are several local scholarships available so don't miss out on these amazing opportunities on Monday night Mrs Egan Mrs Hamilton and I attended the osba Northeast region spring conference in Warren Ohio where 190 representatives from districts across the region gathered as the student liaison

003for osba I had the opportunity to submit the following groups to attend the student achievement fair at the osba conference in Columbus last last November the minority Student Union black history Club Taylor Swift Club Blue Diamonds dance group and E for all I'm proud to share that all five were selected to represent Twinsburg last night our district was recognized for this achievement um I'm sorry not last night Monday night our district was recognized for this achievement out of more than 500 submissions all five of our groups were honored among the top 100 that night the TA Taylor Swift Club was a big hit everyone was amazed that our District offers this club and they were all asking if they could join it um this recognition is a testment to the incredible students and staff who

004bring these programs to life and um these are the different certificates that they were awarded um that we'll make sure that we get to the high school a few weeks ago an invitation went out to the Community to tour our brxv Broadview Heights Elementary School which showcases new a new prek through grade five elementary school this school is similar to the one we hope to build in our community as part as our tiger Legacy project the dates for the tour have changed to just Thursday April 10th and April 17th at 6:00 p.m. so please scan the QR code on the flyer to sign up to attend the new preschool through grade 6 elementary school will be centrally located to simplify family Logistics strengthen Family School connections and enhance access to school events and resources students

005will be assigned to separate houses based on great levels such as a preschool and kindergarten house a first and second grade house a third and fourth grade house and a fifth and sixth grade house the school's master schedule will determine when students access shared spaces such as cafeterias art music and physical education classrooms cuttingedge technology and inclusive design will ensure that our students have access to age appropriate engaging adaptive and Innovative learning spaces controlled entry points upgraded security Technologies and supervision by our school resource officers and staff members will ensure the highest safety standards for our Tigers the district has listened to feedback from the previous bond proposal and made key adjustments concerns about traffic parking and environmental impact at the Dodge campus has been addressed the scope of the project was modified to balance

006educational and athletic needs while reducing overall costs Additionally the district prioritized long-term solutions to minimize future maintenance expenses this updated plan reflects input from residents and focuses on what's best for our students and the community the plan includes the construction of a new prek through six Elementary School to to replace Place free aging buildings that are closely costly to maintain ensuring students have modering learning spaces with updated security it also funds critical upate upgrades to athletic facilities including Renovations at Tiger Stadium in hon softball field as well as recing relocating some athletic facilities to optimize space and reduce maintenance costs this project St by Community feedback balances educational and athletic needs while keeping costs reasonable the estimated cost is 3.84 Ms or about 135 per year for a home appraisal at $100,000 by making these

007improvements now we avoid higher costs in the future while creating safer more efficient spaces for our students I am thrilled to announce a major step forward in our tiger Legacy Project tonight the board will officially authorize agreements with Community Partners Paving the way literally for the main access road to our future School building on Chamberlin drive this carefully designed plan includes a 1,39 ft driveway for smooth entry and a separate bus exit on Chamberlain Trail ensuring a safer and more efficient traffic flow for Everyone by creating distinct Pathways for cars and buses we are prioriti PRI prioritizing both safety and convenience for our students staff and families this is a significant milestone in bringing our vision to life and I couldn't be more excited about what's ahead the future is being built right here and

008this is just the beginning Mrs Powers as well as our business man manager Matt Strickland who have been working hard on this project we'll go over more details and more dep but I want to thank you all for your continued support together we are making great strides to a brighter future for our tigers and that ends my pres thanks Mrs Crawford good evening board good evening um families who are joining us tonight I want to piggyback on uh Mrs Crawford's comments tonight uh we're very excited this evening on the board agenda uh you will find four very important agreements with Community Partners that will now bring our school to light for the residents here answers a lot of the questions that have been asked and we're just thrilled to be able to present to you

009actually for the very first time the rendering that is going to be moved forward we have been listening to the community and feedback sessions uh since the November ballot failed by just 431 votes and and the residents spoke and the district listened and so we are excited tonight um to show for the first time the new rendering of the school and also we'll talk a little bit about the athletic fields that are are going to be part of this tiger Legacy project would ask Mrs Farthing to please call up the rendering of the new building um as you may have heard through conversations that have been had this um since January actually we are absolutely delighted and most grateful to the city of Twinsburg um it is because of a a strong partnership with city

010council and Mayor Sam scati that we are so excited that there will be a land swap agreement um that the board is going to approve tonight that will trade uh for the Dodge school campus and all the athletic fields that are located at Dodge that will become the property of the city of Twinsburg and we understand that they have the interest of building a new maintenance facility on that property and expand the maintenance facility that they currently have and potentially maybe the wastewater treatment too but that really is uh those are questions and answers from the city and in exchange for the Dodge property the Board of Education will be securing a 28 acre plot of land that is located between Rena Road and Chamberlain Drive uh sorry Chamberlain Chamberlain Road um it's a beautiful

011wooded lot at this point in time and we have spent uh the last several months working with Architects and our engineers studying uh the reports that have been made available surveying Mr Strickland will talk here in a minute about the traffic study um and all the things that we've been working on we've met specifically with the residents that live around the border of the school most specifically the condominium developments off of Rena road because they had a lot of questions and we're concerned about how this building that will be built basically in their backyard uh will be impacting their their streets and their condominium developments and such and we're excited uh that through this partnership we may actually be able to help those residents who have been having long-standing drainage issues um in their backyard

012because of the fact this is just a wooded lot at this point and so as you can see from the rendering that is on the screen tonight um this is the preschool through sixth grade new elementary school so farthest to the north would be our preschool and kindergarten what we're calling house um underneath that would be our first first and second grade house the middle space would be shared spaces then we have grades uh three and four and then five and six uh you will note that a long drive from the Chamberlain Road um access point and that is tonight the board of education is going to hopefully approve a partnership agreement with the Hans family chakar Hans and Anup pans and their family uh they own uh a great por of property right there

013they have been wonderful to the school district in approaching us and suggesting that this might be a a good project in exchange for a 2.6 acre lot of their uh current property uh they are going to secure the Board of Education property located at 11136 revena Road where our Board of Education Office is so uh no cashes exchange here this is a matter of property swapping so they will swap their 2. six4 acres for the Board of Education property located on the corner of Rena Road and Glennwood and so we're very uh grateful to the Hans family for their their uh very kind partnership here with the Board of Education um also another Partnership of Mr and Mrs Scott Dew on chamber and Trail have very graciously um entered into an agreement with the Board

014of Education with the hopeful approval tonight and that along with another strip of property that is going to be a part of this land swap with the city of Twinsburg will become the bus access point uh for the buses exiting the property so parents and buses will enter and off of Chamberlain uh Road and buses will exit off of Chamberlain trail that separates the bus traffic from the car traffic and those of you who drive on to our elementary Lots know that is a big problem for families trying to get in and out and for staff to get in and out in an expeditious manner so this plan will then um take care of that problem with the crowdedness of uh cross traffic and such Matt do you want to talk a little bit about

015the mitigation of issues with the water yeah so um we've had a lot of uh concerns come up and questions asked particularly today uh with all the rainfall that we've had and when you look at a wooded lot that's undeveloped that's better a wooded lot that's undeveloped um and then in addition to what superintendent power said us visiting the Condominiums um that border uh the wooded lot um you have to use proper storm drainage and when we partnered uh with Summit County and the city for the records on the property um as well as the Army Corps of Engineers um there's different rules uh when you develop land that's really never been touched um so our Architects are working through that um but when superintendent pow mentioned about the potential to help um the condominium

016uh developments um along the back part of their properties if you look at the diagram um there's no storm drainage ran uh between the wooded lot and the back end of their neighborhoods um so we hope to be able to tie into ours um and that would be an additional partnership with the city um but to mitigate their water issues as well as developing the land um anytime you build a new building or pave a parking lot anything like that uh modern building codes dictate that you have to mitigate the water um there are Creek wavs uh that run through the wooded lot um that would be tied into retention basins and then also tied into storm drains um so again that's all done up to Modern code um that's the law it's not a

017choice it's something that you have to do you have to mitigate water um speaking to the traffic study uh we have partnered with TMS um they're the same company that the city of Twinsburg uses um when they do uh roadway considerations and what they do is they go around our entire District they look at every school building uh during Peak TR traffic times over the course of several weeks and they literally count um car counts for parent traffic staff cars um and school bus traffic they take all of that data and a project like this they then investigate the site that you're proposing to build on and they say okay we're going to impose the traffic that we've seen elsewhere onto a new school site um when we had one done in our prior plan

018in the fall um the results were favorable they did recommend we ride widen the ex uh exit roadways onto the main road and add a traffic light um I suspect that the results to this will be the same they'll want a traffic light they'll want to widen so that there's a turn lane on Chamberlain Road um but we've talked to the city the city understands what the needs would be um and and again that partnership would allow us to do those things um they also help us determine the best bell times um the number one concern you get no matter where you build anything is traffic people say well if you're taking three buildings worth of traffic you're converging on one large school what does that look like um we will know when we get

019the results um but picture probably traffic coming in in waves um similar to what we do now we're looking at a couple options but the traffic study will give us a better idea at what the best recommendations are for our bus routes and for our parents um so there's an extraordinary amount of data and research that goes behind the planning side of this um and again to superintendent Powers point we want to thank the city for being a good partner and um allowing us to communicate um share some of their records on this property some of our records on Dodge so we can both make um the best investment for the community so we invite you to continue to stay engaged with us as we um are excited about this project um as Mrs uh

020Crawford mentioned we have a wonderful partnership with the brex fille Broadview height schools and so if you are curious about what this kind of a building will look like with preschool through grade six we are have been invited by superintendent Jeff Harrison from rexville Broadview Heights to bring our parents out to his school and we have two dates on uh Thursday April 10th and Thursday April 17th I will push out the invitation uh again to our families if you're interested let us know if you are so that they can be prepared for how many would come with us to visit their school so we're very very excited about the fact that with your approval tonight uh Board of Education um all of the details are known and I just wanted to say it's not as

021if we haven't wanted to be transparent but working between Partnerships takes a bit of time and uh of course things have to be buttoned up and all the eyes dotted and pe's crossed and we've taken the time to do that are very delighted that this evening those Agreements are on the agenda and we are excited to share this news uh with our community for the very first time in full transparency as as to what this project will look like now in addition to the school this is far if you can move forward um we are also U going to be uh talking here a little bit about the athletic fields because when the city of Twinsburg takes ownership of the Dodge campus they want the full ownership meaning we have two Fields over there that

022need to be moved so we have our VAR City Boys Baseball Field and we have our Our Girls practice soccer field and so both of those fields are going to have to find new homes and so this evening I want to explain to you what we're going to do um is there one more can go one more ahead thank you so this is the picture of the campus of Twinsburg High School and where you see the relocated Boys Baseball Field is where the current JV 9th grade field happens to be so we're going to move the varsity field across the street back behind Twinsburg High School which means the JV ninth grade field has to move someplace else pretty excited about the fact that our baseball team will have a home right here in the

023back of Twinsburg High School students be able to use the locker rooms and the restrooms right in the high school campus and um coach Linsky and staff are very excited about about this move across the street uh so if you want to go back one slide you will see the relocated JV uh ninth grade baseball field will now be positioned in front of RB Chamberlain Middle School uh those you see the school buses they look like little chicklets those are the buses um so it's pretty close to where the um the bus uh Depot is for for our school district um we are not overly concerned about the students hitting home runs into Rena these are the younger students that's why I'm not putting the varsity field there because our varsity team is very good

024and those boys are very strong but this is the JV ninth grade field this also means our Middle School team will share that field as well um the other thing that we want to point out is that Hoon uh softball field will be up upgraded um in our world there's something called Title 9 when you have the benefit of something for the boys teams the girls teams need the same benefit so if we're relocating the ninth I'm sorry the varsity baseball field with all of the great things for a new ball Diamond that means who softball field has to be updated too and so Hoon softball home of our Lady Tiger softball team will be renovated in its current location Tiger Stadium will also be renov renovated I'll ask Mr Strickland to talk a little

025bit more about the renovation is there in a second and then Our Girls practice soccer field will be moved behind tier Stadium um and it is going to be uh close to where our practice football field currently resides and that's behind the home bleachers over on the stadium property rest the renovation stum yeah um so when you purchase and install Turf in a stadium uh you get a 10-year warranty and basically that is on um concussion resistance and injury resistance for athletes um we are going into our 10th year at the stadium um the subsurface there is becoming unstable the turf is starting to come apart at the seams not uncommon in Ohio with our weather extremes and the turf um the stadium if you've never been there uh you should check it out but

026it very much functions as an extra School building in our district um there are always kids out there working the community is always uh welcome to come and use the track um so that facility really never is Idle um so its Renovations are very important that includes Turf the track surface um we had some additional emergency repairs done this spring to get us through track season um but that is also uh due to be totally replaced um bleachers uh will be renovated um lighting uh and we're talking LED lighting so we do save on energy cost there um the sound system uh the Wi-Fi connectivity is not good uh might not sound like a big deal but we do host a lot of games a lot of playoff games and when we need to be

027able to broadcast we don't always have that ability um the concession areas uh the um locker rooms restrooms all of that really from the ground up anything you can imagine um in the stadium and then additional uh safety considerations as far as fencing new gates all of those sorts of things so it really will become a state-of-the-art facility right there where it sits so tiger Legacy is not just about athletic fields it's not just about the school it's it's about the full package so all of our students from our youngest preschool students all the way up to our high school seniors will have a part uh a big part in being able to participate in the new school or the new um athletic fields through the tiger Legacy project so we're excited about this tonight

028um Board of Education thank you for your thoughtful consideration of those Four Agreements on the back end of the agenda and do you have any questions for us this evening before we move the the meeting forward I just want to say the only thing I would say is um with the swap of the Board of Education Office it also saves the district money as well um with not maintaining another building so um that's the see right and the intention there is that the Board of Education Office so um Mr strickly myself Mrs faring the director's treasur office we will be moving to Twinsburg High School when the ofcc did the study of the Twinsburg High School they identified that there's extra space at that building and so the central office staff um will be moved

029down to Twinsburg High School in the uh lower end of the alpad and that then as Mrs Crawford indicates will take one building offline uh some savings there for the the residents as well so excited about all of these things and then I know we have a lot on the agenda but so without taking too much time um earlier there was the um there was discussion about land swap maybe by the lot that's near hens on the roundabout um which seemed like it could have worked for about two seconds so if you could just briefly touch why that's not a viable solution for either the city or the school sure that's a great question so we've had a couple questions about this land Swap and this is not the first land swap um thought that

030was presented to the school district back in about 2018 when the project was smaller initially this project only um talked about the replacement of Dodge um and then there was a greater study done and we found that the other buildings also have great needs but back in 2 between 2016 and 18 we were focused on replacing Dodge and we were going to build the new school or proposed to build the new school back behind Twinsburg High School back behind the fitness center at that point um we out presenting like we've been doing for this project and City officials and most specifically mayor Yates was not excited about us building a school behind the fitness center because of the increase in traffic if you know anything about Twinsburg High School you know that at arrival and

031dismissal with all the buses and staff cars and then we have students driving it's very crowded and very busy and his concern was that was going to be a negative negative impact on his clients for the fitness center so he had a conversation with me and he introduced the idea of a a land Swap and even back in 201819 mayor Yates was interested in moving moving forward a project for the city to build a new maintenance facility so this is not a new thought either um and his idea was that we would swap uh the Dodge campus for the parcel of land that was is owned by the city of Twinsburg that sits behind fire station two which is at the corner of Route 91 in Glenwood and so we actually have plans for the

032school the architect got busy Drew plans we were moving ahead and then 2020 happened Co happened everything got shut down and the only thing we were thinking about at that point was keeping our kids our staff and their family safe so that was shuttered and never thought about again and then as we got the project back underway we engaged the ofcc the project became what it was in the campaign that led to the November ballot issue using the board's um property um when that ballot issue went down and we started to consider um all the things we heard uh I went across the street and I talked to Mayor scati and I said said I know you probably don't know this but back in about 201819 maror Yates had suggested a land Swap and I

033explain it was the property at 91 in Glennwood well for those of us who've been in the community a long time know that that roundabout didn't used to be there right there to be a a light and back in the 201819 era a school could have worked there but now the difficulty lies in the fact that you can't really turn left onto Glen onto um 91 without the being right by that roundabout and turning left on Glenn Glennwood is a problem too so when conversation was had here with City officials in this second round of tiger Legacy we were told that wouldn't work because there were concerns about the egis on that property and then we asked the mayor to consider whether or not there were other properties in the city's portfolio and that's how

034this latest land swap agreement was born and and we're excited and very delighted um by the fact that the city officials are working with us on this okay all right so um more to come you'll be hearing more about the project as we move forward if you have any questions please um please reach out to Mr Strickland myself or the board members we are very delighted to engage with you and to answer any questions that you might have about the project um but moving on to other things you know Board of Education it is the spring a lot of spring things going on right now we're working on schedules and Staffing and everything but for our parents of our youngest Tigers it is time to register for kindergarten so if you are a parents of

035a incoming kindergarten child our class of 2038 um please make sure that you visit our district website and register your child uh for kindergarten uh Miss Villa I'm sorry oops Mrs Turner's here tonight um and she is excited to be welcoming the class of 2038 next year and you have to go on the website begin the registration process so that you can get an appointment for kindergarten screening which is on June 2nd and 3rd at will Cox primary school if you don't have a incoming kindergartener but your neighbor has one or your family member has one please reach out and let them now Now's the Time to Begin the registration process for kindergarten the sooner you do that the better prepared we are to welcome the young ones to school next year so while our

036class of 2025 is getting out the door class of 2038 is coming in the other way it's excitement that's what district is all about the evolution of our student population and we look forward to welcoming our class of 2038 next fall but it's time to register them now for kindergarten uh registration and screening so we look forward to that board of education this evening we have one administrative report and that is about um our quarter three strategic Plan update in the areas of 21st century teaching and learning Communications safety and finance so there's a lot to talk about tonight we look forward to presenting that to you in a in a little bit so we've talked enough right now so I want to ask Mrs Turner to please come forward we want to celebrate some

037Wilcox tiger so welcome Mrs Turner to welcome and congratulate our w w Cox Tigers uh for those of you who are not in our building day we start our day with the Pledge of Allegiance and then the Willcox PR pledge so our students all know um what it means to be responsible respectful caring and safe and tonight we have six students to introduce to you in kindergarten and first grade we are going to start with our first graders and some of them um some of our awesome teachers were able to join us tonight so if you're a teacher of one of these children when they're called up if you could come on up too okay so boys and girls when I call your name I'm going to read something about you come on up and

038Mrs Powers will have your certificate and Mrs Travers has a um a pin for you from the Board of Education okay and we'll help you it's all good all right so we're going to start oh glasses okay we're starting with Kennedy fair and Kennedy is in Mrs Zen's class so Mrs Zen you want to come on up okay Kennedy is an exceptional student whose kindness and patience have a lasting impa impact on those around her she goes above and beyond to support all of her classmates always treating them with compassion and respect she makes sure everyone is included which helps create a welcoming and supportive environment in addition to her kindness Kennedy is incredibly intelligent and eager to learn she truly embodies the spirit of the Willcox Rock Awards so congratulations Ken don't rush off

039yet we want your picture okay next we have Ava barosi and Ava is in Mrs Len's class so come on [Applause] up good job have you go over by Mrs okay wow there are so many great things to say about Ava she is the definition of what it means to get the will Cox rocks award she is very studious student and follows the will Cox Model D by being responsible respectful and caring Ava puts a lot of thought into every assignment and makes sure her detailed illustrations agree with her sentences and stories she is a joy to have a CLA in class way to go Ava our next first grader is Gian shaba and she is in Mrs ller class [Applause] Giana is an allaround good student she excels academically always wanting to learn more

040and deepen her understanding Giana gets along with others and loves to offer a helping hand while making others feel valued her energy and sense of humor Inspire others around her to feel at ease and stay motivated giana's blend of intellect perseverance and empathy are a special mixure that makes her unique keep being you [Applause] Giana from Miss Miller's class we have kindergar ma Mana Ry and Mana is here and so is Miss Miller so come on [Applause] up mana is a sweet and helpful student who is a role model to all of her classmates and PE she always participates in lessons makes good choices both inside and outside of the classroom and is a helpful friend to all her smile lights up the room and she is a joy to have in class her respect

041for teachers and peers is always evident will Cox totally rocks because of [Applause] Mana next we have air lasi um Meir is in Mrs Moore's class I don't see air I thought he was going to be able to come okay well I'm going to tell you about Meir anyway um air arrives to school every day with a positive attitude and a smile he's a willing participant in all classroom activities and is an eager learner Amir consistently demonstrates kindness respect and care in every interaction he always goes out of his way to offer a helping hand to others keep up the good work Amir so we're proud of him [Applause] Oh yay hi Amir come on [Applause] up that is awesome we're so glad that you're here Mrs Towers has a certificate for you okay we're

042gonna have you come I will be happy to reread that we're so glad that Amir could join us Amir arrives to school every day with a positive attitude and a smile on his face he is a willing participant in all classroom activities and is an eager learner Amir consistently demonstrates kindness respect and care in every interaction he always goes out of his way to offer a helping hand to others keep up the good work Amir and last but not least we have Patrick spans and Patrick's been so patient come on up [Applause] Patrick and Patrick is in Mrs pio's class Patrick comes to school every day ready to learn he has a great personality which makes him a wonderful friend and a role model for other students in the classroom Patrick follows the Willcox pledge

043by being responsible respectful caring and safe he also has the best posture and is helping Mrs hero to have better posture two Patrick is why will Cox rocks I had to laugh when I saw that to you the other day so these are our will Cox Rock students for April and we are so proud of all of you so boys and girls you have this really cool certificate you want to put it in front of you like this so everyone can see it and see your face there we go joh you have yours okay okay and grownups so let's give a big smile if anybody wants to move closer they can we're going to wait a second we'll wait a second she can't hear Maria we'll wait a second we we're GNA wait a second

044all right if you can stay up there for a second um so we wanted to congratulate will Cox because they have been recognized for the 2023 2024 silver award by the Ohio PB PBIS Network in the state support team for implementation of schoolwide positive behavior interventions and support so congratulations [Applause] will Cox families thank you so much for all your support and for coming tonight um we do have a Dodge recognition so if you want to scoot out and go get some homework done or ice cream or get to bed early um now's a good time to switch and we'll um bring the Dodge families in and thank you so much thank you teachers for coming as well so when I be meeting oh looking Snappy with the pink hey Mr s are you how

045are you hey Mr Holland hopefully well rested I know just try to be it kind of did and L did you go anywh okay yeah it today well that's ni um right what I'm in so good evening everyone we are excited to do this month's um students of the month and we have have a brand new club that's going to be presenting students of the month today so I know that standing in front of you all all of you all is a challenge but they are excited and ready to go but as we get ready to turn this over to Mr six who's part of the uh adviser for this group I just want to thank them for being here and taking the opportunity to speak in front of everybody um as you know we

046just got back from spring break so kids are really focused and ready to go and they're really getting ready to start stay testing next week so this is an exciting time and a busy time as we move forward so we want to recognize as many students as we can moving into this next testing season so at this point we're going to turn it over to Mr six good evening everybody I am Tyler 6 I'm one of the assistant principles at Dodge and I'm here to introduce three young men uh that are part of a newly formed boys group at Dodge myself and Jake marrow he's one of our school counselors at Dodge we formed the group to be a place where teacher selected students could interact with like-minded students uh we have uh a few

047things planned we take care we talk about health mental health physical health um growing up in 21st century and we also have some fun uh we have a few big events planned uh we have cookout we want to enjoy we have a cookout planned uh we want to enjoy the outdoors a little bit and we've already given back to Twinsburg uh last last well two weeks ago before spring break we walked around the baseball fields and picked up uh many many bags of litter uh so uh these boys are willing to work but we're also willing to have some fun uh so these young boy these young men tonight are here to introduce our students of the month so without further Ado I'm going to hand off the mic so they can do their thingk

048thanks for the introduction Mr 6 good evening evening Twinsburg families Twinsburg staff and Board of Education my name is Ash McAllister hello everyone my name is Eric me hello everyone my name is Cameron Reed now let's get started Mr small no Mrs SM sixth grade teacher nominates Carter Rosenthal Carter is a great role model for his class he listens to his teachers follows Direction the first time is given and is always kind and respectful Carter helps his classmates when they are struggling he participates in class lessons and discussions and he asks questions when he needs help he has been working very hard to complete his assignments on time as well where you go [Applause] carter Mrs Mrs yakabi sixth grade teacher nominated to Teri Daron is extremely hardworking kind and resp respectful she is she

049has a positive attitude and outgoing personality that makes her stand out she is she always follows directions and completes work on time showing great responsibility and dedication towards her academics even if even if a task is difficult Darren doesn't give up this nomination is a reflection of her effort and hard work she does she demonstr and daily keep up the amazing work and continue being a positive role model for others Miss yor art teacher nominates Jan Sone Jana has been a student I can always rely on to stay on task and be invested in her artwork I have had Jana as a student for the the last two years and always look forward to her to her artistic Creations she is very talented and always willing to go the extra mile to focus on her

050detail and her work it's always a pleasure to be able to recognize and nominee Jana for the student of the month reward Mrs Palmer fourth grade teacher nominates sithui uh w [Applause] saumi is a wonderful CI citizen of her classroom she is very hardworking and always gives 100% on her schoolwork she is nice to everyone and goes out of her way to help other students and teachers Everyone likes her because she is so sweet and kind Mr Bowski sixth grade teacher Nomine [Applause] arve I am pleased to nominate sahill for the student of the month through quiet sahill that leads by example demonstrating responsibility respect and a strong comment comment to academic Excellence he is constantly upholds high standards in both his work and interactions making him an excellent role model for all Dodge at

051Dodge this year Miss barowski fourth grade teacher nominates will [Applause] ragler will is an outstanding fourth grade student who is kind responsible and works hard each day he is enthusi I Astic and always eager to participate in his class activities with his classmates will doesn't give up he perseveres through challenges with a positive attitude he pushes himself to achieve even outside of school as he participates in the American Ninja Warrior games his hard work and willingness to help others make a role model in the classroom will is a well-deserving recipient of the soon of the month reward congratulations will [Applause] Mr Hill fifth grade teacher nominates Y [Applause] changy uchain is a great role model to her fellow peers she is always well prepared and participates in class yuchang is a such a kind caring

052smart and enthus I Astic student great job you [Applause] Chang Mrs bugger fifth grade teacher Nomine Adia H the [Applause] hill congratulations Adia deal on being nominated student of the month Adia constantly demonstrates exceptional quality work academic excellence leadership skills and a kind Spirit to all she encounters ideas are hard work and positive impact are greatly appreciated and commendable she is a true inspiration to our classmates thank you for being a shining example of what it means to be a great human being and student [Applause] uh fifth grade teacher Mrs Coleman Taylor is thrilled to nominate Jon Hollis Jon is new to us this year and I wanted to recognize his perseverance and grit over over time he has acclimated well to his new school home and always tries his best keep up the good

053work [Applause] Jon and last but not least Miss Coleman Taylor would also like to recognize nage apal theage is our quiet hardworking student he listens with intent and always gives his best I just want him to know that his kind heart and hard work does not go unrecognized you are a great student and finally you don't need that anymore congratulations to all of our winners you guys will all be all I'll be rewarded with 10 tit tickets [Applause] each yes saw [Applause] and please stay there so can um at this time if any Dodge staff is in the audience can you please come up we wanted to um recognized Dodge tonight um Dodge has been recognized with the 2023 2024 Gold Award by the Ohio PBIS Network and the state support team for implementation of

054schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports so congratulations on all your hard work [Applause] all ready [Applause] but wait there's more yeah are I'd like to introduce the principal to Twinsburg High School Mrs Emily hunts yes and Dodge Dodge families if we could exit the room and we will bring in the high school families good evening board members good evening families so it is my pleasure like the high school kid yeah they might be I know right good evening it is my pleasure to talk to you about our THS students of the month first up is Elijah Sanford [Applause] Elijah Stanford class of 2027 has been recognized for his strong academic performance and commitment to personal growth he is also been selected for his outstanding involvement in the PBIS committee at THS Elijah's favorite class is

055engineering where they find the subject both inter where he finds the subject both interesting and engaging this class has also sparked an interest in a potential career path in Engineering in addition to excelling in the classroom Elijah is a dedicated Athlete on the track team where he throws shot put and discus looking ahead Elijah plans to continue maintaining excellent grades and Performing well in sports with aspirations of attending college After High School to pursue a career in engineering Elijah would like to thank his mom Natalie as well as his grandparents for their unwavering support throughout his journey so please join me in congratulating Elijah for his hard work and [Applause] dedication and then next up is Nikita bannery Nikita is a class of 20 27 and Nikita was selected for her outstanding involvement in the

056PBIS committee at THS where she works to promote a positive School environment academically Nikita is a dedicated class officer a girls soccer player and a member of the Twinsburg Orchestra where she plays violin she also contributes to the buds Club Twinsburg Iceberg and the Key Club all of which give back to the school and Community academically Nikita excels in pre-calculus where she enjoys the challenge of solving tough problems thanks to the engaging teaching of Mr manaki her goal this year is to maintain Straight A's and achieve a GPA over 4.0 while also taking on greater challenges in both school and her sport in the future Nikita aspires to pursue a career in the medical field and she is here today with her parents cab and Gia bannery who have supported her every step of the

057way please join me in congratulating Nikita for her incredible work and dedication so I also although they are not here would like to recognize um jvon JJ Hollis class of 2027 who was nominated by Mrs Lewis for outstanding qualities both inside and outside of the classroom and also being on the PBIS committee Marquez George class of 2025 nominated by Mrs torno um Marquez earned the recognition for not just his academic achievements but for an incredible positive impact that he has on everybody he is literally she said everyone's best friend friend um also man siman core class of 2025 also nominated by Mrs Ashley Toro for participating in the focus group study just quite recently she provided thoughtful and insightful feedback about her experience at THS and that will inform our strategic plan for the next

058five years so congratulations to man simran and Shayla Alexander who also was a part of no not a part of the PBIS committee but nominated by Maggie chernick for outstanding contributions to the classroom and a positive influence on her peers and last but not least balkaran ball buer class of 2026 also nominated by Mrs chernick for outstanding character and Leadership so let's give our THS students another round of applause families you want to come up and take pictures good congratulations to our high school students of the month thank you for being here tonight and staff as always thank you for coming to support the students as well uh Mrs Crawford that completes my report for this evening thank you thank you all right um did we have any reports oh sorry oh you're I'm okay

059I'll do the finance report um yesterday uh the finance committee did meet um we discussed um our operating funds and CLE cash balance review we always looked we also looked at expenditure comparison um and then looked at our PI funds and then also we were discussing fees um and ways uh to save money so our next meeting um we talked a lot so we didn't finish everything and we plan a meet again on April 30th so that concludes my report um there's no other report not this so turn it over to you for um administrative report thank you Mrs Crawford so uh good evening to our families joining us as you can tell board we have something special planned for you tonight um it is time to talk about uh the third quarter update for

060our strategic plan in the areas of 21st century teaching and learning Communications uh finance and safety and uh we have quite a special uh presentation here um on behalf of our Tigers so before we get that I'm going to ask Mrs Turner if you could kick off our presentation this evening thank you again for being here good evening thank you Mrs Powers good evening again Board of Education um it is my pleasure to be able to um kick off the uh conversation tonight about 21st century teaching and learning um one of our goals is up on the screen tonight and as you can see it focuses on uh improving student literacy especially through evidence-based practices and the science of reading um tonight we're going to show you a little bit of how literacy is in

061action um in a little bit of a different way so um as you can see we have some will families who joined us and uh Mrs faring if you want to switch on to the next there we go okay so literacy in action um we are really excited to have uh Miss Elizabeth myw worm here this evening she is a new music teacher who joined our staff this year she is at both Willcox and BISS working with kindergarten through third grade students um and um Miss myw worm is going to show off um how she is integrating literacy in her kindergarten and first grade music lessons um in addition to following the Ohio learning standards for music Miss W Miss mym's lessons provide multi-sensory learning experiences that are really vital for supporting literacy development in

062young children um through things like um activities that include rhyming obviously songs all have rhyme uh vocabulary prediction engaging with musical patterns and keeping a steady bait beat um are ways that the students are encouraged to mimic the music they hear activities in the music classroom like clapping stomping their feet singing and playing basic instruments also raise students awareness about syllables and about segmenting sounds in Words which helps them build a foundation for strong femic awareness our students have also learned some sign language they've been working on a song a jack Hartman song called One Small Voice and they're going to perform that one for you tonight um sign language reinforces word recognition and word meaning while supporting the visual and kinesthetic Learners by acting out words children create a deeper connection to new vocabulary

063and building memory skills and their timing is impeccable because now now I would like to invite Miss myw worm's uh and her students from miss shvat and miss Miller's kindergarten classes to give you a little preview of what they've been learning and they will and oh they have a show coming up next week so this is one of the songs that they're going to perform in their show so thank you families for being so patient thank you boys and girls for being so patient and Board of Education I don't know if you would like to come on this side um or would you like them to turn around or did you want to speak okay great allaz ready okay so the song that they're going to sing for you is called One Small Voice and

064this song they get to use sign language while they sing this song is one of their is is their concert Clos for the concert next week and their concert theme overall is World Peace and this group is singing a song in Spanish to it's a Spanish greeting song and they're doing their sign language song song and the first grade group is doing the Spanish song as well but they're also doing a Native American lullabi called ho ho what which means oh oh little one but here is Miss Miller Miss shat class singing One Small Voice that's just boy just [Music] [Applause] so boys and girls that was fantastic would you like to teach the grown-ups what to do to sing the song with you or Miss myor could do it yeah okay all right miss

065myor all right grown-ups ready to help ready to sing okay get your hands up there we're going to do it e good with [Music] [Applause] good well thank you all so much thank you for um joining us this evening um we do have another um presentation so boys and girls if you would like to go to your grown-ups and if you would like to oh oh yes let's take a picture with the Board of Education we love our pictures around here yeah let's do that ready [Applause] okay hey boys and girls if you have your PIN you could go back to your grown-ups thank you so much for coming and it was wonderful we're going to see you next week at the high school for their performance so if you it was it's on the

066nth 9th right April 9th yep April 9th at 6 p.m thank you so much for coming and so good byee bye oh she's weaving too baby bye cut she do you believe and now Board of Education it's my pleasure to introduce to you my friend and colleague Jalan case and she is going to talk to you a little bit about literacy and physical education so jene hi good evening it's great to see all of you um at the beginning of this school year our Specialists as we heard from music uh art and PE have all been invited and encouraged to Implement literacy to help support the core academics into our specials classes as well so I wanted to highlight how I've been helping to support that in PE along with Mr Brian vbec and Mrs

067Rachel Miller our other Dodge PE teachers so the first slide is my smart goal for the year for uh helping to uh specifically explain my goal for the year to implement uh the literacy into physical education so so um what this says is during the school year I will support the implementation of the science of reading in the physical education classroom supporting students to develop an understanding of vocabulary acquisition and comprehension strategies success will be measured through pre and post assessment data collection of physical education vocabulary terms and comprehension strategies this year 80% of my students will answer three out of four vocabulary questions correctly so with that being my goal we tied this into physical education standard number three which is uh we we really highlight with our fourth grade students at Dodge and

068um the standard for physical education it says it demonstrates the Knowledge and Skills to achieve and maintain a health enhancing level of physical activity and fitness and through this the students will understand the principles components and practices of health related physical fitness to maintain or improve one's level of Fitness this OD PE assessment is used as an area of measured high quality student data for fourth grade students and supports our overall District District's overall initiative to improve literacy skills so it kind of ties in together with PE assessments that we do for the Ohio Department of Education along with our District's initiative to help support and try to improve literacy skills of reading and writing um throughout the the all all the different curriculums in our buildings so uh the next one is um an

069example this is a big example of something I learned at the science of weeding training that our staff attended those three days back in January and um I learned about the freyer model and took it and adapted it so we highlight it with a vocabulary word that we're focusing on in our PE assessments uh the word here is the frequency and I I talked with Mrs Haw sixth grade gifted uh Ela teacher and um combined what I had learned with the science of reading training and developed um this specific way to help our students in PE to learn to uh be able to um recall the definition for these four Fitness words for PE for frequency intensity time and type so all of the students in fourth grade uh worked on this as a um

070assignment in class with their teachers and then they got to take it home and use it as a supplemental study guide for their post assessment so um the examples are here with some great pictures and illustrations that students Drew to help them be able to um find another way other than through writing but through illustration to help support art to demonstrate what that word means to them specific to the word here that are um being explained I like the uh the one of frequency up there in the top the top left picture the top right quadron of that of the calendar that a student thought of for for how often they are choosing to participate um and I think the the students mother would be proud because it says my my mother runs frequently to

071prepare for the 10K so that was a great one so that was frequency and intensity and then the next two slides or the next slide is time and type and um it was fun to to see the students in in PE you know not just being Physically Active but to have those conversations with them and and to to see their creative side and to come up with synonyms with them and to come up with example sentences uh to work on their writing skills as well so my final slide is the data of our um down the column on the left is the the vocabulary words we were focused on with the frequency intensity time and type and then the four other columns are the pre and post data for last school year and then the

072pre and post data for this school year and I'm very excited that all of uh all four of the vocabulary words exceeded the 80% goal that we had set for them for the year um last year we had 75% of those vocabulary words meeting the 80% Mark and this year we got up to 100% and uh we're very excited to to use this model with our students and I know we're going to continue to uh use this in the future so just wanted to share a little bit about some of the extra that we're doing in PE class our our fifth graders have a um another big project that they do to highlight standard 5A and B where they are writing lots of sentences and have study guides and and finding ways to to put

073onto paper with their words and their expression of of uh over all importance of you know the enjoyment and the um health benefits and um Challenge and social interaction benefits as well and then we continue that into our sixth grade lessons with preparing students to be aware of all the opportunities for them to participate in after school sports and Athletics seventh grade on as well so we we like to kind of just uh tear it together and tie it all on so very good well thank you very much I'll turn this back over to Mrs farthing thank you thank [Applause] you good evening Board of Education I just have to like tell you like how happy that makes my heart like both presentations tonight and I know Mrs Travis when we had the ESC here

074for the three days and to see it in action like I was taking pictures when Mrs case presented at the Dodge strategic planning meeting be and I sent him to our facilitators immediately just because it's so fantastic to see in action and so we have this we had our goal about literacy and you know we didn't know exactly how it was going to look this year but um you saw Miss mayworm and I I think the song tonight was a song that is known but what we also have to know is what for her ble presentation she wrote she wrote the script for the students and she used some songs and different things but she tied it to literature one was The Day the Crayons Quit and she also had another book that she tied

075it to but she did all that and that is truly literacy and action in our district so I mean just it's proud moment children can I ask a favor can I use this when I go out to do the science of reading because I I have the the situations where we don't know how to do this in some some of the special areas and this is the perfect example I would love to use this model thank you thank you this is impressive very good U so just very briefly um the other goal that we had for 21st century teaching and learning was related to artificial intelligence and just to again this is a little out of order in your presentation but we wanted to get our little friends back home and into bed for the

076evening um so this evening you will have many items on the agenda that are related to AI um related to policy so that's our first one of our first steps is to get the policies updated um also the committee is working so we have an AI committee that is meeting they're small But Mighty um and they have been meeting on a regular basis throughout the school year the two big things that we're working on are AI days for the 25 26 school year so that everyone will have some type of AI activity during a week-long period in the 25 26 school year and then we're also working on uh syllabus statements that our teachers can use talking about AI um we also you'll see it it's the middle picture there there's a stop light and

077we have um levels of AI use so in your assignments that you're creating um you can have you know a little bit of Ai No AI or you can use AI so I think that's something and this is definitely a 7 to 12 thing some Dodge yes but K to3 what we're thinking about for our AI days would definitely be teacher Le um predominantly our staff members are using AI right now for um productivity for teachers um teacher differentiation for assignments um and right now they're using free tools like uh magic school and school AI that the the part that's free not we don't have the premium versions right now um as you know AI grows and changes every single day um and we're using the tools I would say cautiously and optimistically and we

078know we don't know what we don't know so um the pictures at the top I would just like to highlight one of our committee members went to the neotech conference which was a Free Conference offered by neonet uh the Wednesday before spring break and she would came back very excited and immediately uh had our students in the personalized learning uh pathway class use Google Gemini and the students were creating cap civil and what their assignment was is to explain to a fourth grader what the definitions of natural rights civil rights and civil liberties are and so the students work together and you can see that them and I know the students also from Esports but they are in it to win it they have three different devices Mo going at the same time and they

079uh were able to really engineer The Prompt which is what that's called to um they wanted the um participant to look more like Albert Einstein and the villain needed to look less like um Captain Cil so they really put a lot of things into that and then um I'll say that the teacher was Mrs chernick and then she actually had her fourth grade child grade some of these assignments and she gave them he gave them feedback and said you had two of the three definitions you did not Define this and you know I like how you did this and it was just great um learning and again we're just tipping dipping our toe into the water um because it's it's a vast um unknown for us um so uh right there you have a great

080example so then they had the images and then they used canva to create the um comic in the um format of a comic so uh those are the updates for 21st century teaching and learning again proud uh proud mom moment and very makes my heart Happy so um with that I'd like to turn it over to Mr sedlack for communication and we talked about the last meeting like the student presentations that we had at the last meeting were fantastic tonight we you know so now it's Communications Mr said top that I hope I make your heart Happy too okay so Communications uh as I've talked throughout the year um we're working on our strategic plan for the following year uh for the next five years so we're working all this year to prepare for that

081uh during a two-day period thank you uh Dr Lisa Regal conducted focus groups at Twinsburg High School Arby Chamberlain middle school and will Cox primary uh the details show the stakeholders who participated and the number of times of formats were offered so you'll see parents and caregivers had five sessions uh two in person three virtual and 48 parents uh participate in that you could see all the way through uh Dr Regal also interviewed four of the five board members separately uh in a zoom for approximately 30 minutes and the the report when it finally comes out will analyze the quantitative and qualitative data and identifies items that were mentioned multiple times in multiple groups or after a group indicated agreement for someone's comment uh either through head nodding or thumbs up there was also a

082needs assessment that was sent to all tcsd employees classified and certified staff were all invited to take the survey and share their perceptions about their work experience and the school climate uh 67 of classified staff participated in that which is 28% and 137 certified staff participated that is 45% and then uh from here Dr Regal will continue to analyze the results and report back thank you little bit good evening board um thank you for your opportunity to present tonight we're going to present a little bit about our um safety goal this year um which focuses on our um impl mentation of our board policy 5136 which is that student PCD use or that cell phone usage and then um the expansion of our metal detector and some of the other Technologies we we're using um

083specifically at Twinsburg High School um in order to try to keep our students um safe so I'm going to turn it over right away to Mrs Emily hunt our high school principal who's going to talk us a little bit about Metal Detectors again so as you know because you approved one we started um in 2024 with approval of metal detector wands um and at the beginning of that time we had an assembly where we pulled all the high school students in together and we demonstrated what that process was going to be like and that was that was like the very beginning um by the end of the 2324 school year no 2324 school year right yes um we had had three morning searches and it really was a learning experience for us what we found

084was that the first time took a really long time um and we lost some instructional time but what we lost an instructional time we gained an experience and knowledge of the process and what it takes in order to do it effectively um by the second time that we did the search we had transitioned to using the um am assembly schedule so that at least the entire building was not engaged in instruction for the first 30 minutes and we kind of streamlined it and got it down to about 60 Minutes to 75 minutes and we were really proud of you know getting to that point because to go through all of the students every single student entering the building in the morning was quite quite a challenge all hands on deck central office staff helping like

085everybody working together just to kind of get through that process our students are great they are compliant and all you know just kind of working towards the goal of making sure that everybody is safe and secure so this year we transitioned to using the open gate Towers which are mobile which you can see in the picture up there um and while it is this picture is US testing them out in the Welcome Center area at the high school we use we use them now randomly we take them to classrooms and when we do them this way what we have found is that we cost each class no more than 8 to 10 minutes and that's not a whole building thing it's 8 to 10 minutes per class so they're still getting 80 minutes of instruction

086which is fantastic um so far we did the first one on the 30th of January and between the 30th of January and March 17th we have done 11 searches um the notification process is that um we started out with the triangle triangular sign I don't even know if that's what it's called that's what I call it the triangle um and so that would be posted outside and so students would see that and they would know students and staff they would see it and they would know that we were going to be using um metal detectors randomly while the teachers that were going to have searches done in their classrooms were notified via email the day before so they knew coming in that that it would happen sometime during a specific block um the way that

087it works the security Liaisons go into the classroom they wand all of the bags um thankfully we're still using um clear backpacks that makes the process a little bit easier um but everything that is not clear we have to open up so we've gotten pretty proficient and efficient at getting through that pretty quickly um the students while we are doing the bags the students walk through the metal detectors in the hallway um they take off their shoes just kind of like the airport it's just easier um and then that way we know that nobody's hiding anything in their shoes because what we also learned the prior year is that when you do the wanding um because of the rebarb in the floor sometimes that could set up set it off and so you know if

088a student knows that we're ignoring the shoe area because of the floor that's why we added the the component of having the shoes taken off um so the that's the quick part them walking through it's the bags because kids have pencil pouches they've got lunch boxes they've got Bento Box B I just learned what a Bento Box was this year Sushi they've got good lunches um so all of it takes about 10 minutes the teacher stays in the classroom so that they're able to identify if we find anything um and so on the next slide it talks a little bit about what we find um and we have a secure building no weapons we haven't found anything that is of concern and that's really what the the open gate detectors are for it's to find

089weapons um what we have found though with the wands when we do the bags a lot of inhalers um some students have self carry so now we have like stream the process so that um we call the nurse and we check to see if the student is well actually she has now flagged it on on the um Health screen so that we can see that the student is self- car so that we don't have to call the nurse if it doesn't say that then we take it and what it's added I think is another layer of Safety and Security because of health issues health concerns we have students that have asthma and some of them don't have updated asthma plans so um while we confiscate them we do go through we call the parent we

090let them know you know that they need to have their um plan updated Aurora malls is the RN that we have that are fortunate to have at the high school so she's been really great and I think that it has helped us be more safe as it P pertains to like their paperwork and making sure that they have that stuff we've also found some over-the-counter medications at first we were holding them until the end of the day and giving them back now we've been doing this long enough we're throwing it away you should know better by now um and I think for some maybe the hardship has just been um that for each over-the-counter you have to have a doctor sign off on it and sometimes you're not always able to get that done um

091but I think that more kids are just leaving their meds at home now um we did find one Vape in one of our um in one of our searches um and that was confiscated the student was assigned discipline according to the student handbook so overall I think that it has been a really good process it's increased our level of communication with families in a good way it's always good when you get a chance to talk to families and talk about um things that we need to do in order to keep everybody safe so does anybody have any questions about any of the um the process or anything like that no not at this time okay I appreciate that thank you yeah no worries B I just wanted um offer thank you for the opportunity for

092us um you know we kind of learned about this other process of doing this um when Mr Strickland and I were able to present this year at the um the osba conference um we were able to connect make some good networking connections with one of our schools down south and they were they provide us some of the idea of you doing it classroom by classroom versus the whole school and it's become an incredibly efficient way of doing it so thank you for the opportunity to collaborate with um with some other districts as well thank you and I'm gonna introduce our Dena students Mr um Salter who's going to talk to us a little bit about some of the work he's doing at twins high school as well good evening everyone uh I want to talk

093about um Vapes and and kind of what we've been doing as far as our controls and uh talk about our ctors and that sort of thing so on on the on the slides uh we've got Quarter Two and quarter three and we've done a comparison between the two we're we're just now kind of getting starting the quarter four here so we're still racking up our data for that that sort of thing so we kind of broke it down with how many times our detectors are going off weekly um and sometimes it's a little bit more than that sometimes a little bit less than that but on average so in Quarter Two we were getting around 63 alerts per week uh so it's it's it's quite a bit that's coming to our emails and that sort

094of thing out of quarter 2 we we had four suspensions um we had 10 plus students that were that were searched and when we get into quarter three they did go down a little bit uh which which obiously was was fantastic in the sense that um we've kind of controlled the sensitivity of of of the detectors and that sort of thing uh we had seven suspensions we we hate to see that but we are you know kind of cracking down on that sort of thing and students are are becoming aware that this is a serious matter for us um and still 10 plus students were were also searched in quarter 3 as well so what are some action steps that we're doing so each and every day we have a data sheet that we keep

095to track our detector notification so hey if the detector goes off in the Commons boys one of us will go on and that in that data sheet on our on our Google Sheets there and put hey the detector went off at this time what was the result of that was there a student search were there any students in there that sort of thing who did the search and all of that information was there that that's put in there uh we do identify times of high alert um and when we as we do that in our in our admin teams meeting so we review those TS those Trends excuse me in our admin team meetings in the third quarter those are some of the times that were kind of our high alert times that we would

096find students in the in the bathrooms uh so 70 7:40 8 8:05 a.m. uh 9 to 10:22 a.m. and and um what's that last one there 11:19 to 12:50 p.m. um so we'll share that information in our in our security plc's and we'll try to make changes as to where everybody is at during those times to try to uh help those those High alerts go down there that's it thank you thank you and then the very last thing I'm we're going to share this evening um regarding um the PCD discipline data um our PCD again focuses on our students violations for um the the personal communication devices or cell phones um looking at that um we're still kind of trending in that that upward um Trend there so something we're still going to continue looking

097at I know the state's continuing looking that as well um through some of their through some of their policies that they're looking into um as in terms of that cell phone policy so we're continue to look at that um I did break down these numbers um these numbers really focus on um Twinsburg High School and RBC Middle School um and I think it was right around 11 instances for um at RBC middle school and then I think we are about do my math here about 20 about 22 instances or 23 instances at um tswg high school so um that's data there again something we're going to continue looking at continue looking at our policy um you know we are um I do want to note there as I said last border or two um we

098are seeing a little bit more than last year but this year we're also tracking it more specifically to PCD use versus last year it was more of a disruption of school or other other type of instances as well all right and that concludes our um safety presentation at this time I'm going turn over to Mrs rasn who's going to talk about Finance during the quarter three financial side of the strategic planning um under the goals for um seeking additional revenues and uh further stabilizing our district uh budget um we met and we reviewed uh numerous Financial policies um that possibly have not been reviewed in many years or actually they have been just reviewed about a year ago some of them uh in order to make sure that proper um controls are applied um some

099of them uh were uh regarding federal funds and uh some of them uh just across the board um with finances um and then uh we have um another policy uh still to be reviewed and up for discussion uh regarding tax budget preparation um um and we are looking into if we need or um wish to change uh anything regarding the current process that we have um board service fund and cash balance reserves uh which could be um we are quiet puzzled these days with the cash Reserve discussion um as most of the public school districts are because um over all these years we have been t and um required basically for public schools to have cash balances anywhere over 60 days minimally um at least 90 days is recommended by government Finance officials organization and

100now we have the other dilemma coming from the state where the state is saying that public schools alog together not specifically our district have too much money over $ 10 billion in cash reserves and that's not healthy so we are just to so that everybody is aware we are looking at every aspect and analyzing And discussing it as uh the board and as the finance committee as administrative team um to make sure that our budgets are uh uh have stability um for uh the next does somebody have the you got thank you um a strategic goal uh was for us to initialize the implementation of a new uh asset inventory system and um we have um gone so far in during the quarter three that we now have loaded all of the district assets into

101our new uh inventory system as of June 30th of last fiscal year everything is in there um we are working on adding and removing current fiscal year items everything that has been purchased since July 124 during this fiscal year um the process for the district uh for uh many years in the past has been that those are added during the summer months and being worked on during the summer months uh now we're uh working to do that earlier than the summer possibly and everything uh have everything uh updated uh before the fiscal year is over if possible and then our ultimate goal is to um instead of having so much manual entry and data we would like to connect the two softwares uh they're both state softwares the accounting software and the inventory software so

102we're looking for options to be able to tell the accounting software when there is a purchase disorder in place in it and we're purchasing certain assets for the district to automatically move it over to the inventory system that would be the ideal way and we're looking to we're working with neonet and trying to come up with um such it would be um beautiful but for the time being um and I would also like next slide please thank you um to remind uh all of us uh as a group that this is our option that we went with for no extra cost to the district uh because we are trying every moment to be um aware of the fin finances of uh the district and uh so this no cost option um I am thrilled to

103be at the point uh in time to be able to show you a report where over $91 million of our district assets again this is as of last June 30 are in one place in one system we're able to pull reports from different categories so I'm extremely excited about it to be honest um little successes at the time um for our next financial uh strategic uh plan uh item uh I will just review the factual uh numbers information for the upcoming Bond issue $97 million uh compared to $17 million in November $ 3.84 Ms compared to the previous 4.27 uh 36 years uh term uh for the bond uh interest rate is estimated to be at 5% based on current trends and estimated annual cost to the property owners at $135 per $100,000 valuation compared

104to the uh last November $149 um per $100,000 of PR property value um as we continuously try to keep the community informed and I made it a goal to have financial information sh shared and explained and uh posted available on the district website as much as possible um regarding the Tiger Legacy project we also have the question and answers sheet available that we update as more and more questions are received because uh we're also thinking if somebody if one person has this question in the community probably some other people have the same questions so I would like to share um maybe I can just offer just a little bit of piece of Education regarding the bond and how it works um one question that came across uh um to me in the last week is

105when one seeks a home loan for from the bank years of assets and expenses are required for approval isn't the community the bank is the question so um in this example the district and the community we are one and we are the homeowner in this example and various investors across the country who purchase the bonds will be the bank so to say as the homeowners need to go through financials proof of income uh credit report so is the district so when the bond if the bond passes that's when the district will go through a rigorous Financial uh analysis um credit review from outside third party credit rating agency um and before the bonds are offered for sale to investors so that those investors know that the district is a good investment okay um regarding the

106District Credit uh report next slide please thank you um our district is being reviewed by Moody rating agency and so are so many other districts uh in the state of Ohio and uh there are um couple um layers for the rating basically investment grade and then non-investment grade uh School District um nobody wants to be in the non-investment basically that goes under zero that's not good credit um so I wanted to share that um the prime uh rating is a AAA and a high grade is a able A1 able A2 or able A3 and the rest of them on um this table are under that level and um I'm showing to the right side of this uh slide of what different um areas will be looked at once and uh if the bond passes for

107our credit trading um so uh here I have um where Twinsburg City School District is uh currently we are in the double A2 Group which is a high rating um so that's excellent um across Northeast Ohio there are only eight schools ahead of of us as you can see on the chart with a double A1 rating and two scores with a triple A rating so our credit rating is an exceptional place um amongst these other schools in my chart here so um the rest review was done in October 2024 by Moody's rating agency and I have a detailed copy of that um but I wanted to share this information so I hope that helps maybe some community members just have a better understanding and as always I'm available for any more questions thank you Bo

108that concludes our quarter three update um do you have any questions for us not at this time they did a great job that great to have the students yes they bring the light to you're welcome thank you for your attention this evening thanks and the next section is monstrance it looks like do have three cards um so thanks for your patience tonight uh it's long but hopefully you saw good things happening in our school district so I'm just going to read this um persons wishing to address the Board of Education should submit a blue card found in the lobby to the treasure prior to the meeting so they may be recognized by the board president and welcome to make comment no formal action will be taken on subjects that are not included on this agenda

109until the board has had an opportunity to study them comments regarding personnel must be submitted in writing through the office of the superintendent although there is normally adequate time for citizens to express themselves at a board meeting if several people wish to speak each person will be allotted 5 minutes until the total time of 30 minutes is used each person addressing the board is asked to give his or her name and address all right so the first one I have is Carol Al hello hi I'm sorry I'm very nervous never done this and this is not my typical audience so let me get my phone and can you um please State your address yes um 8798 rayt Twinsburg okay and I know that this has been talked about and I might be late but I

110just feel I need to make my voice heard so glare when I first wanted to speak here it was to ask how the district may make up any funding that we lose with all of the awful things happening in Washington and I'm hoping it's a rumor because as I was writing I had to erase what I had written as I'm hearing that some of our Dei things are being rolled back oh I did not think I was going to get emotional and that instead of standing strong we're cutting some Dei things from our hallways so that we could get our funding it starts with moving removing signs from our walls but where does it stop in my preschool classroom of 19 children I have nine English language Learners I have six different languages spoken and

111seven different cultures represented we start our year by reading all our welcome and I'm wondering if this book would still be allowed in our district by the end of the year is it the diversity in our school that we are no longer embracing and I hope it is not because I adore and I love this community for its diversity my children have experienced and learned so many things from our neighbors and peers so if all are not welcome who is that this is my oldest he is smart and funny and caring and he wants to be goalie for our high school soccer team but he has ADHD and very high anxiety and requires a 504 plan to be successful in school and this is my youngest mom and he is full of life and he

112loves everybody and he is so free spirited but we're currently looking to get an Autism diagnosis he has a speech delay and he uses an AAC to communicate with his family his peers his friends his classmates and he will require an a an IEP when he comes to school will we no longer make sure that our children like my children are receiving the services and help that they need to be successful in school is it the equality piece of Dei that we're no longer embracing I was even more sad to see that not all of the requirements that IDE Ida has are written into our new special education model policy and I'm hoping to get the chance to read that soon next is it the inclusion that we're no longer embracing cuz we have an

113inclusion preschool and what happens to that beautiful place will my son be welcomed into a typical classroom if he can't communicate effectively with his peers how will the district continue to teach acceptance and patience if we're not in including all people how will we show that not everyone looking and acting and speaking and moving eating hearing seeing or learning the same is what makes this community beautiful and wonderful if we're not willing to include all people and represent all people so I'm going to leave you with this quote from this book in hopes that it reminds you to please choose our students and our community over money says we are part of our community our strength is our diversity a shelter from adversity all are welcome here thank you thank [Applause] you um the next

114card that I have is vce I'm not the emotional type I'm like Carol uh so my name is Vince Falconer um you you're going to see my address on that blue piece of paper it actually says Kent I reside at 710 Riverbend Boulevard in Kent probably thinking why am I here well Carol and I aren't together anymore but that's not why I'm here anyways um you got the low down on my kids um so I'm not going to get into all that you are going to find out that my son gets his ADHD for me so we're about to go on a ride I also jotted down a few things before leaving my house today and in true fashion I forgot them so I borrowed my son's handwriting book and I tried to do it

115by memory we're going to see how this goes um I am up here not only for my two kids but for the 21 uh students that go to twins schools third grade that I coach for soccer I am the assistant one of the assistant coaches for The Twinsburg AC tribal soccer league there you go um and so I also wanted to come up here not only speak for my two children who you know reside in Twinsburg but also for those 21 kids there as well from multiple you know diversities and whatnot I don't have the statistics that Carol does I'm sorry um listen I I keep I'm trying to keep up with what's going on with this country it's very heart-wrenching all that stuff too um and also what's going on in the community I

116do want to move here eventually um so hopefully that happens but um for now but um I understand budgeting money federal funds and all of that is a complex matter you know I'm not going to sit up here and pretend like a million dollars or or whatever federal funds we're at risk of losing is not a lot of money because I know it is and I know that you know coming from a a family of Educators myself um first thing to get slashed are jobs you know for and I also in my seven to uh 7 to 10 wow um my 9 to-5 job I uh work alongside local government with Summit County I work for a nonprofit so I work with those coming off of Government benefits and things like that as a success

117coach so I see both sides of everything I see the money side of it I have feared losing my job over contracts and things getting lost and budget cut and things like that too so I get it the last thing I want to uh that I want to see is you know somebody losing their livelihood but at the same time too the last thing I also want to see is those students feeling like they don't belong here anymore feeling like you you know does does my school have my back does my administrators have my back do do you know what's going on you know does my community still stand for me as a parent and Coach we are teachers just as those who selflessly take up the role of of a teacher in schools as

118well um while I can see that I'm more concerned about my son that goalie you know coming off his line and being a little more aggressive on a on a breakaway or defenses that are out of position um one message that I always tell them is I don't care if you made a mistake what I care about is what you do after that mistake you know are you going to shrug your shoulders and and and get all mad about it or you just going to react to the game and keep moving so everybody in this room has succeeded and failed have experienced Triumph and defeat and that goes for this country country and while there are mixed very mixed views of what's going on in Washington you know I I stand here and and think

119that we're kind of in a a very tough and unprecedented time in this country how can we expect our children to learn from the mistakes that we have made in our history if we omit those lessons that uh we have learned along the way since uh 1776 according to the dear colleague letter they Define Dei in my take of it as somewhat of a racial discrimination toward you know Caucasian and things like that and I could be wrong in that like I said I'm no teacher um but what message are we going to send if we omit our transgressions as a nation and are we going to then turn out you know people who are escaping goats people who don't take responsibility for their own actions if we're going to then not teach the responsibilities

120of the actions that we have have had in our past almost done it um how's my time am I good good cool man so um while I don't like I said earlier I don't want to see teachers lose their jobs I don't want to see that kind of stuff happen I I feel like like as a community as a school that there could be a plan in place to kind of work around the rules that Washington is is putting on our schools and maybe the state as well um but still share that message of you know diversity inclusion and and all that good stuff too and I was happy to see those kids kind of sh sharing that message earlier today just so you know we're at five so okay I'm going to leave you

121with this then um I feel like that this this is a mistake is if we um don't do if we if we start omitting these things but like I said earlier it's not that we made a mistake it's what we do after thank you for the time thank you and just um thank you both for speaking this is a business meeting so um won't get into details but I will just ease your mind of letting you know that nothing has been made our opportunity Community Committee is looking at things before we make any decisions as a district and that's what we wanted to do was make sure that we um discuss things before we make any decision thank you and the next blow card I have is Cory Murphy good evening uh Twinsburg Board of

122Education superintendent Powers Mr Strickland I'm Corey Murphy resident of uh 9709 Chamberlain Trail I've heard about this di impact um this is the first time I've heard about it I'm not here to talk to you about that tonight but I do stand with you guys um thank you for bringing that up and thank you for talking I'll vote for that lovey any day that's not why I'm uh standing here today um you may have seen some some of my comments on Facebook I'm not normally a social media guy but I'm concerned that not everyone's able to keep up with pace of this uh tiger Legacy program and potentially the existence of the of the project I'm still trying to learn how Twinsburg communicates so that's why I've been using Facebook the way I have um

123I am trying to keep it uh polite and respectful uh in those Communications but I really don't think that the people in the in the area know about this project in its current form uh I voted for the November iteration of this plan and I'm truly sorry it didn't pass I moved my family from School District in California that had buildings with all the whizbang features that uh that we're talking about now and I can say without any reservation that the Twinsburg schools RBC and Dodge are the greatest schools my family's ever attended we've been welcomed by this community community and integrated better than we could have ever hoped my point is that great schools are not built out of bricks and morar great teachers and Educators make great schools I work as a software

124design engineer uh in my primary job a staff planner for a large government organization in my time off and a volunteer as an adult leader with a youth youth organization that focuses on outdoor Venture uh teaching leave no Trace principles Environmental Conservation and Leadership none of these things give me any expertise in the level of project that you guys are building here what they have taught me repeatedly though is that rushing into a plan is ultimately more costly uh than taking the time upfront to think it through I don't understand why we're trying to rush so hard to approve this iteration of the plan in May it feels like this plan is changing daily even after specific promises uh to the residents of Chamberlain Trail on 6 March 202 5 that the uh secondary exit

125on our street uh would be locked be a locked gate and be used only for uh police and fire exits uh now being treated as a bus exit uh I know plans change but this is asking for a lot of trust from our community and taxpayers I hear you talking about the mitigating the water in the area I know your engineers can solve this with enough time and money and the acceptance of project risk I see your overlays that show that single blue stream going above the uh above the uh planned building I walk the property today and I can tell you there's two streams up there at least along with watch other water there's also a bunch of wetlands and repairing overlays in there that are not being shown on your charts we're not

126telling that to the public I'm concerned that everybody doesn't know the impacts to that one I have a few questions I'm not trying to put you on the spot I understand the rules of the uh the meeting um but I do want to ask them before you go for your vote ton uh please forgive my ignorance I've only been here less than a year so some of these things might be known a key part of the plan um I do revolves around uh course of action and development are there other iterations of this plan posted somewhere publicly that we as taxpayers can go look at and see why they're not being decided I see people saying why can't we do this why can't we do that how can I learn more about why we're not

127doing those things so I don't make ignorant posts on Facebook have you touch base with tiners Creek Watershed partners that land's part of the Watershed um do we have we actually talked to them I talked to them a few weeks ago and they it was the first time they'd heard about it so what are the impacts to tiners Creek Watershed of this project um have you looked at the Summit County environment viewer and do you know about the repairing overlays and the wetlands that are back there and the impacts this this project is going to have and specifically have you read the Twinsburg ordinance 11705 reparan overlays So currently that ordinance uh says that you're not allowed to build on reparan and your five to six uh house in that plan is currently uh overlaid

128on a repairing uh per the summit GIS I know my excuse me I know that my family and I are just dropping this bucket and nothing on the large scale is Town Chamberlin Trail is a quiet neighborhood and benefits from low traffic quiet neighbors and we're mostly on Wells I monitor air quality daily due to medical concerns what assurances can you provide the residents uh that you're not going to increase the or decrease the air quality and noise pollution in the area of our uh in our in our area um what um what are you doing to uh protect our wells during this development as I said I'm not looking to put you on the spot I really do appreciate uh Twinsburg schools and the and the education my children are getting but I am

129very concerned concerned about this project rushing into it and causing a lot of delays later on down the road if we don't get it right the first time Madam president that is five minutes just so you know thank you for your time I would ask that uh we try to keep uh Twinsburg naturally beautiful like it slogan says thank you thank you yeah and just so you know we will um because it's a business meeting we can't address but we will make sure that we follow up and all those questions will be posted on the website as well so that the Comm thanks for your patience all of you thank you all for your patience and you're free to leave whenever you want or you can stay all right to the business part um meeting

130minutes number one resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the following meeting minutes regular meetings of March 5th 2025 and March 19th 2025 and special meetings of March 5th 20 2 and March 12 2025 as sent to the board under separate cover number two resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education accepts the following Financial reports for the month of February 2025 bank reconciliation cash summary report by fund cash summary report by fund and special call center dispersement sumary report and Investments portfolio review as sent to the board under separate cover and three resolved that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves all expenditures for the month of February 2025 as reflected in the above name reports do I have a motion move so move by Mrs Eden second second by M Hamilton m r Mrs

131Ean yes Mrs Hamilton yes M Travis yes Mrs Davis yes Mrs Crawford yes and that motion passes 5 action items personnel number one resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education accepts the certified licensed personnel and contract recommendations detailed in the attach exhibit as per the dates terms and other appli Cod conditions specified pending satisfactory orc background checks two resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education accepts the classified personnel and our contract um recommendations detailed in the attex zit as per the dates terms and other applicable conditions specified pending satisfactory orc background checks three resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education accept the supplement contract recommendations detailed in the attached exhibit as per the dates terms and other appal conditions specified ping satisfactory orc background checks and four resulted that the Twinsburg Board of Education accept

132the pupil activity contract recommendations detailed in the attex liit as per the dates terms and other ethical condition specified pending satisfactory back do I have a motion so move by Mrs Davis second by Mrs Hamilton any discussion Mrs Davis Mrs Davis yes Mrs Hamilton yes Mrs Eagan yes Mrs Travis yes Mrs Crawford yes action items um resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the first reading of the revised Board of Education policies and bylaws as noticed below two resolve that the Twinsburg Board of educ approves the following items to be sorry to can I talk to be deleted from inventory three resolve that the Board of Education approves the revised job description for teacher for the attached exhibit number four resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the proposal for an overnight extended

133student trip for students in the Twinsburg High School caleidoscope program to travel to Camp by NOA in Green Ohio to attend a Leadership Retreat students will depart on April 5th 2025 and return on April 6th 2025 the trip is being supported in full by a gar Grant and is in partnership with the Hudson City school district and the nooral Hills City School District as sent to the board under separate cover five resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education renew Microsoft ovs es licenses from connections Incorporated um in marck um New Hampshire at the cost of 24,3 $9 4.32 for the 2025 2026 school year this a general fund expenditure at Cent for under separate cover um number six resolve that the Twinsburg Board of Education renew services with parent Square um at PO Box um

13484164 Los Angeles California that provided mass communication tools at the cost $1,596 180 for the 2526 school year this is a general fund expenditure as sets in for under separate seven resolved that the Twinsburg Court of Education approves the purchase of go maath by hon Miller hard court at the cost of $ 22,39 65 for wcx primary school for one year digital uh oneyear teacher digital access and student digital and print editions this is a general fund expenditure as sent to the board under separate cover eight resolved the Twinsburg Board of Education approve the purchase of go math by h hard cour at the cost of 22,700 sorry $2,974 for Samuel Bissell Elementary School for one-ear Teacher digital access student digital and print additions this is a general fund expenditure as sent to the board

135under cover nine resed that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the purchase of gold MTH by hon Miller or cart at the cost of $ 31,5 18925 for George Dodge Intermediate School for oneyear Teacher digital ACC access to student digital print student digital imprint editions this is a general fund expend as sent to the board under separate cover Ted resolved that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the purchase of part par paraden cyber program parm cyber Ventures um for educational programming curriculum for the cyber security one course at Twinsburg High School the cost will be $27,500 for training and unborn in one year of license the expenditure will be paid with a combination of a cc Grant title for odw C funds and general funds as sent to the board under separate cover 11 resolved

136that the Twinsburg Board of Education approves the requested changes to the akan city Children's Hospital agreement between the Twinsburg City School District and Ain Children's Hospital to include nursing services for the sixth grade over field trip to camp woa on May 15 through 16th 2025 and fifth grade overnight trips to Greenville Village on May 1st to 2nd 2025 and May 8th through 9th 2025 the total cost is $552 and is included in the student fees for the trip as sent to the board under cover do I have a motion so move by Travis second second by mrsan any discussion just want to point out purchasing of the one year of the materials very good decision ma the state may be moving into something similar to what they did with reading which could bind us into

137having to purchase certain materials without exception like they did for reading so doing this Mrs faring and curriculum committee done a nice job of saying one year and if in fact this change happens we're not locked into materials that we would have to actually discard start over with the material so that's a a good decision thank you any Mrs Travis yes Mrs Ean yes Mrs Hamilton yes Mrs Davis yes Mrs Crawford and that passes 5 number 12 resolution authorizing the real estate exchange agreement with the city of T where ask should the Twinsburg City School District 3.84 mil Bond levy on the ballot of the upcoming May 6 2025 election the bond levy pass the board will have the funding available to continue its tiger Legacy project by moving forward with plans to construct a

138new prek through6 Elementary School building and whereas the board is the owner of the real property located at 10225 Rana Road Twinsburg Ohio and identified in the records of the Sumit County Ohio fiscal officer as permanent parcel number 64113 currently improved with the George G Dodge Intermediate School the school district property and whereas the city of Twinsburg is the owner of two Parcels of vacant real property located on Chamberlain Road Twinsburg Ohio and identified in the records of the County Ohio fiscal officer as the permanent parcel numbers 64114 and 6410 and a um continuous parcel of 0.03 682 acre parcel formerly known as state of Ohio lot number 44 collectively the city property and whereas the board has determined the convention upon the passage of the May Bond Levy the best location for its new

139prek through um prek through six Elementary School building will be on the city property and the city has determined to construct a new service department garage facility on the school district property and whereas the B the board finds that an change of the properties referenc here on by and between the board and the city pursuant to section 72102 and 331 3.40 of the Ohio Revis code if necessary to accomplish the board and City's objectives now therefore be resolved by the Board of Education of the Twinsburg City School District Summit County Ohio that section one following the successful passage of the 3.8 mil Bond levy on May 6 2025 the board hereby finds determines and declares that it is in the district's best interest to convey the city all of its rights title and interest in

140the school district property in exchange for acquiring All rights title and interest in the city property section two the board agrees to enter into and hereby approve the real estate exchange agreement between the Twinsburg City School District Board of Education and the City of Twinsburg ex sub the same format as a real estate exchange agreement attached her to exhibit J 12 and made a part hereof where six sets forth the terms and conditions of the exchange of the properties between the board and the city form of the real estate exchange agreement is approved with such changes thereon that are not materially inconsistent with the resolution and not substant adverse to the school district and as shall be approved by those officials section three the board approves authorize and directs the board president superintendent and treasure

141in the name for and on behalf of the board take all necessary actions as are desirable advisable necessary or appropriate to effectuate the execution of the real estate exchange agreement and any other documents necessary to exate the exchange of the board property or the city property described section four any actions previously taken by the president superintendent and treasur of the Board of Education furtherance of the matter set forth in this resolution are hereby approved ratified and confirmed section five is is hereby found indetermined that all formal actions of this board relating to the adoption of this resolution were taken that all deliberations of this board that resulted in such for and actions were held in meetings and open to the public in full compliance with applic law section six this resolution shall be in full

142first force in effect from and imately upon do I have a motion so moved so moved by him Hamilton second by Mrs David any all right Mrs Hamilton yes Mrs Davis yes Mrs Egan yes Mrs Travis yes Mrs Crawford yes and that motion passes 5 number 13 a resolution authorizing a lease agreement with the city of Twinsburg whereas on April 2nd 2025 the Board of Education approved a real estate exchange agreement between the board and the City of pburg that effectuates an exchange of certain board owned property or city owned property for the construction of a new prek through6 Elementary School building contingent on the successful passage of the 3.84 mil Bond levy on May 6 2025 resolution J12 and whereas as a part of the real estate exchange agreement the city will acquire from

143the board title to the board's property commonly known as George G Dodge Intermediate School campus the property and whereas the real estate Exchange agreement contemplates that following the transfer of the property to the city city will lease the property back to the board for its continued educational use beginning in May 2025 until such time as the board completes the construction of a new prek k36 Elementary School in sporting fields and whereas the real estate exchange agreement further populates the city right to use and occupy certain portions of the unimproved areas of the property to construct the buildings provided the city takes the necessary precaution secure the perimeters of that area and so long as the city use and occup occupancy does not interfere with the D District's operations and whereas the board has determined that

144the condition upon the passage of the May Bond Levy it would be in the district's best interest to enter into a lease agreement with the city now therefore be it resolved by the Board of Education of Twinsburg City School District Summit County Ohio that section one following the successful passage of the 3.84 mil Bond levy on May 6 2025 the board hereby finds determines and declares that is in the district's best interest to enter into a lease agreement with the city of Twinsburg and hereby approves the lease agreement by and between the board in the city and substantially the same format as the lease agreement attached here to the exibit j13 and made a part hereof the form of the real estate exchange agreement is approved with such changes thereon that are not materially inconsistent

145with the resolution not subse adverse to the school district and as shall be approved by those officials section two the board hereby approves authorizes and directs the board president superintendent and treasur in the name for and on behalf of the board take all necessary actions as are desirable advisable necessary or appropriate to effectuate the transaction complet it hereon including but not limited to the execution of a lease agreement and any other documents necessary to execute the lease of the property any section three any actions prev taken by the president superintendent and treasur of the Board of Education orance of the matter set forth in this resolution should here be um hereby approved ratified and confirmed section four it is hereby found and determined that all formal actions of this board relating to the adoption of

146this resolution was taken and that all deliberations of this board that resulted in such formal actions were held in meetings open to the public in full compliance with applic law section five this resolution should be in full force and effect from an immediately Upon A do I have a motion that was M Hamilton second by yes any discuss Mrs Hamilton yes Mrs Davis yes Mrs Ean yes Mrs Travis yes Mrs Crawford yes and that motion passes 5 number 14 a resolution authorizing the exchange of real estate uh sorry exchange of real property with um Chum car Hans whereas should be should the 3.8 mil Bond levy on the ballot of the upcoming May 6th 2025 election the bond levy pass board will have the funding available to continue its tiger Legacy project by moving forward

147with plans to construct a new prek Elementary School building and whereas chamar Hans own certain real property located at 9759 Chamberlain Road sburg Ohio 4487 consisting of approximately 10.09 Acres further identified as permanent parcel number 64970 in the records of Summit County the Hans property and whereas the Hans property is situated adjacent to the Future site the new prek through6 Elementary School building and Mr Hans has agreed to split an approximately 2.6 acre portion from the Hans property to allow adequate public access to the new school from Chamberlain Road and whereas the board owns certain real property located at 11136 Rena Road tburg Ohio 4487 consisting of approximately three acres and further identified as permanent parcel number 64 04861 in the records of the Summit County and currently used by the board as it administrat

148of offices board property and whereas the board has determined that contingent upon the passage of the May Bond Levy it would be in the district's best interest to exchange the board property for a 2.6 acre portion of the H property now therefore be it resolved by the Board of Education of the Twinsburg City School District Summit County Ohio that section one following the successful passage of the 3.84 mil bound leev levy on May 6 2025 the board hereby finds determin declares that it is in District's best interest to acquire a 2.6 acre portion of the Hans property and hereby approves a real estate exchange between the chinburg City School District border of education and Shamar Hans and subse the same format as the will estate exchange agreement attach here to as exhibit j14 as made

149a part here of the form of the real estate exchange agreement is approved with such changes thereon that are not materially inconsistent with this resolution and not substain effort School District as shall be approved by those officials section two the board hereby approves authorized and directs the board president superintendent and treasurer of the Board of Education in the name for and on behalf of the board take all necessary actions as are desirable advisable necessary or appropriate to effectuate the transactions contemplated here on including but not limited execution of the real estate exchange agreement and any other documents necessary to effectuate the exchange of the board property as a portion of the H property as described above section three any actions previously taken by the president superintendent Char of the Board of Education and furtherance of

150the matter set forth in this resolution are hereby approved ratified and confirmed section four it is hereby found in determined that all formal actions of this board relating to the adoption of this resolution were taken and that all deliberations of this board that resulted in such formal actions were held in meetings open to the public in full compliance F clock section five this resolution shall be in full force and effect from the immediately upon is do I have a motion move by Mrs Ean second second by Mrs Hamilton any discussion just wanted to publicly thank Mr Hans for his very kind partnership with us as well as his son anop um an is a graduate of Twinsburg High School as his sister and so they really feel that this is um their chance to partner

151with the board and give back to the community so we do thank the Hans absolutely thank you Mrs Egan yes Mrs Hamilton yes Mrs Travis yes Mrs Davis yes Mrs Crawford yes and that motion pass number 15 a resolution authorizing the purchase of the real property identified as Summit County parcel 64181 whereas should be the the 3.84 mil Bond levy on the ballot of the upcoming May 6 2025 election Bon Levy passed the board will have the funding available to continue its tiger Legacy project by moving forward with plans to construct a new pre3 building and whereas Scott JW and Donna M own certain real real property located at 9689 Chamberlain Trail Twinsburg Ohio 4487 consisting of approximately 1.78 Acres further identified as permanent parcel number 64181 in the records of Summit County the property

152and whereas the property is situated adjusted to the um future site of the new prek through6 Elementary School building and its acquisition is necessary to ensure adequate public access to the new school from tland Trail and whereas the board has determined that concision upon the passage of the May Bond Levy it will be in thect District's best interest to acquire the property now therefore be it resolved by the Board of Education of the Twinsburg City School District suy County Ohio that's section one following the successful passage of the 3.84 mil Bond levy on May 6 2025 the board hereby finds determines and declares it is the district's best interest to acquire the property stipulate here on and hereby approve the purchase agreement between the tsbg City School District Board of Education and Scott jute and

153Donna mute some L the same format civil estate purchase agreement attached here on to as exibit j15 and make a part hereof the form of the real estate purchase agreement is approved with such changes thereon that are not materially inconsistent with the resolution not substan aters the school district and as shall be approved by those officials section two the board hereby approves authorizes and directs the board president superintendent and treasurer of the Board of Education in the name or and on behalf of the board take all necessary actions as are desirable advisable necessary or appropriate to officiate the transaction here on including but not eliminate to execution of the real estate purchase agreement and any other documents necessary the transaction described section three the treasurer shall provide the payment of the purchase price for the

154property of $515,000 section four the board further approves the expenditure of funds necessary toay the cost Peno to the purchase of the property including the cost of any survey soil and environmental testing tital examination and guarantee and Fe associated with closing section five the board further approves the expenditure of funds to the sellers up to an amount of $5,000 or relocation fee and up to 500 to reimburse sellers for legal fees review the purchase agreement sellers real estate agent fees of $3,555 in brok 379 sorry $69 these reimbursements together purchase price section four and the closing cost section six constitute the entirety of consideration for this transaction section six any actions previously taken by the president superintendent and Treasure of the Board of Education urance of the matter set forth in this resolution are hereby

155approved ratified and confirmed section 7 is hereby found indetermined that all formal actions of the board relating to the adoption of resolution were taken and that all deliberations of this board that resulted in such formal actions called the meetings open to the public full compliance law Section 8 this resolution shall be in full first Force an effort from an AIA do I have Ave so move by Mrs Hamilton second this one wanted to thank um scottt and Donna Dew for their very generous uh partnership with the school district uh they have been great to work with along the way um and we are most grateful to them uh because that was the last piece in this puzzle to be able to be uh transparent with the plan so thank you to Mr Mrs Dew thank

156you very much Mrs Hamilton yes Mrs Egan yes Mrs Travis yes Mrs Davis yes Mrs Crawford yes and that motion passes 5 miscellaneous any um I just have a quick comment and this is related to some of the things we've been talking about tonight um and we've heard it before these discussions for our schools has started about um almost 10 years ago in 2016 and Co hit and we had to Hal to any plans um um in the past few years plans have been changed and adapted and I mean thank goodness we had to Halt because had we started have had we built a new Dodge before Co we'd be in I think a worse predicament because of what's going on with some of the other schools and repairs that are needed and um they

157just uh you know just um we've had a lot of um reevaluations of what's going on in some of the buildings and um you know these buildings are aging just like you know when your homes your homes are aging you you know you have to make tough decisions and um just wanted to reiterate that we've um really had a lot of careful planning and had a lot of um you know we've had change plans had to change and adapt but um you know things aren't getting cheaper repairs parts um you know um just construction everything is is skyrocketing so I'm glad we've been able over the past couple years to be able to really re-evaluate um our circumstances and um I'm just actually thank just grateful we did not go ahead with um a new

158Dodge a few years ago and we've got um just a more strategic opportunities ahead of us right now so um the board um the board does have a need to go in executive session so um that the Board of Education enters into executive session at 9:06 p.m. consider the employment discipline and compensation public employees as per board of education policy number 066a and to discuss what the board's legal councel disputes involving the board that are subject of pending board action as for the Board of Education policy number 01 660 um do I have a motion so move by Mr Travis second by m yes M Ean yes M Hamilton yes Mrs Davis yes Mrs Crawford yes thank you um the board does not um plan to go back so um good night thank you for

159um bearing with us through this time and you have a great evening for