001here. >> Mr. Morrison >> here, >> Mrs. Reggano >> here. >> And Mr. Taylor, >> I'm here. >> Please stand for the pledge. I >> pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Yes, they are. >> Okay. I need a motion, a second to approve the agenda as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Please call the role. >> Mrs. Hunt, >> yes. >> Mr. Morrison, >> yes. >> Mrs. Reggano, >> yes. >> Mr. Taylor, >> yes. and Mr. B. >> Yes. >> And if there are any comments regarding rehire Mr. David Everly um head grounds keeper. >> We do not have anybody. >> Okay. >> This is uh for public participation. >>
002No question. Oh. >> Okay. So, we have questions or comments from the public. We have one person. It's admin. Is it killer? >> Oh, good. Okay, come on down. >> Stand right here. >> Right there. >> So before you speak, let me tell you, you will have three minutes. >> Okay. >> Should your comments require a response, somebody will get back to you. >> Okay. So, I need you to state your name and address and then go for it. >> Okay. My name is Ed Mcer. Uh 1647 Stonebury Court, Zen, Ohio 4535. Um thanks for the opportunity to speak. Uh I want to talk about the the new schedule the high school is proposing or maybe already doing for next year. Uh my first concern is the CCP program and the senior flexibility. Um it
003seems like this hybrid schedule doesn't really account for that or does I haven't seen anything that says hey this is how it's going to work because college schedules often conflict with high school schedules. So if with this you know Monday Friday and it's very confusing even to me as an adult. So, um, and then the seniors to have, you know, flexible schedule they can leave early. How's that going to work if there's no seventh periods sometimes that that doesn't make any sense to me either. So, if this schedule moves forward, is the district going to commit to providing sample schedules like real good like this is how it's going to look? I I saw some, but it was still, like I said, confusing. Is this um, and is the CCP program going to stay in
004effect with all this? Because I don't see how it's going to work personally. Um the second thing um you know all these students that are going to be entering this program next year have all been disrupted by CO. So now you're having this huge flux of oh we all had COVID and you know we had these we were out of out of school for months on I lived in England at the time so it was different for me but I know it was just as disruptive here as was in England. Um I just to me that seems like a huge disruption to these poor kids that are have already had to go through all this you know rig and marrow. And my third concern is is there any empirical evidence that backs up that this
005schedule is going to actually meet the objectives of the of the high school. I did some research myself and the results are mixed and that was even for specific you know block schedules uh you know 4x4 or the other um what's the other one the other one I looked up but do we is there any evidence that shows that this modified schedule is actually going to meet the objectives that the district is proposing for this school I just I haven't found anything so and and also was there any other meetings about this schedule before today like public meetings or was this kind of done in in the background event surprise. I did my wife and I looked back to August, September. We didn't find anything. So, I was just wondering if there was another meeting
006that I missed because I would have liked to been there to kind of voice my concern as well. And I guess that's it. That's all I have. >> Thank you. Somebody will get back to you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Phone number. >> Is there a phone number on there? >> Yes, >> we do have a phone number. >> Thank you for coming in. Can I'm going to need a motion, a second to approve the following meetings. The January 3rd organizational meeting and the January 3rd regular board of education meeting. Both minutes. >> Second. >> Please call the role. >> Mr. Morrison, >> yes. >> Mrs. Reana, >> yes. >> Mr. Taylor, >> yes. >> Mr. Boon, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Hunt, >> yes. And we're into items for disable for discussion.
007>> Oh yes, I'm borrow yours if you don't mind. Okay, exchange. Mine is not working. Um, we have a number of items for board discussion tonight. Uh, first one is uh a first reading of the Green County ESC contract for the 26 27 school year. Uh, this is a large contract that the district enters into each year. Uh the ESC provides services to our students. Uh they also provide instructional programming uh to our students as well. So the amount of this contract that that we feel comfortable with moving forward is $3.3 million. Uh it's slightly little higher than what we had last year, not by much. Uh but one of the nice things is we meet with the SC throughout the year. Uh and then at the end of the year, uh Joy, if if
008we've saved money, Joy will get a reimbursement from the ESC uh for those services. So, we anticipate last year's uh contract. We're hopeful we get some of those uh dollars back. So, uh that is located here on page four of your uh board book. And um again, we will bring this back next month for approval. Uh, so if you have any questions u looking at that, feel free to reach out to me and I'm happy to answer those for you. Any questions about that? It's a it's an item you typically see each year. So, uh, the next one I'm going to ask Mr. Schwederman if he wouldn't mind coming to the podium. We have a job description update. I anticipate this will be a very short item for discussion. So, uh, board members, you have
009a job description update in your packet this evening. Uh, it is an item of board discussion. We'll bring it back next month for approval. Um, this is just a title change. Um, we've had the title of title one teacher as a job description for several years now. Um, and we use um, not just title one funds to pay for our reading specialist teachers. and we felt that it would be appropriate as we get ready for next school year um to start bringing some job descriptions. This is the first one. It's just a title change from title one to reading specialist. Um and it's a reflection of the fact that um we use some general funds for uh reading specialist services, not just title one services. >> Thank you. Uh the next three uh we have
010a energy harness conversation, expedite local partnership program application and critical response group uh for building mapping. And I'm ask Mr. Alexander to cover those items. Oh my god, I have to mark it down. >> Good evening. Uh the first item is the energy harness tennis court lighting project. Uh this project has been a part of our capital plan uh for the last couple of years. Uh we have worked with our athletic department and uh we have a significant need uh to light our courts that allows us to have more student athletes because we can play uh longer and because we don't have to worry about darkness. Uh with the bond issue not passing last year, we are confident that our high school is going to be our high school and uh and the only way
011to address that need is to either light the courts or uh build more courts. And so, uh, it was much more coste effective to, u to light the courts for our student athletes. And so, we're excited, uh, to bring this project, uh, to the board. It comes in significantly under what was projected. Uh, we had projected uh, nearly $200,000 uh, for this project as a part of the capital plan through our research. And this came in less than $100,000. And that includes uh all electrical, the poles and the lighting uh for uh the courts and our estimated completion time uh would be before the fall tennis season uh for next year. Uh the second item that I have is the expedited local partnership program application. Uh this application is identical to what the district uh
012what the board approved um about 18 months ago for our last master facility plan. This allows us to engage uh OFCC uh and for the district to receive uh funding, reimbursement uh for uh master facility planning if we were to move forward uh with a master facilities plan and uh additions, renovations new uh to address our our need of space uh within the district. Uh this does not uh obligate the district in in in any way um into a specific plan, but it allows us to uh engage OFCC and receive funding uh if we were to qual if we were to qualify in the future. Uh so you would uh be asked to approve a resolution today. With that approval, we would submit the application to the state and we would begin the master facility
013planning process with the state in addition to the master facility planning that we're already doing uh here within our district. And the third item is the uh critical response group or CRG. Uh we have uh with all of the changes to our buildings, the renovations, the additions that have happened uh over the last 20, 30, 40 years, uh we have found that that our maps are are not accurate. Um we we've added walls, we've taken walls down, uh we've changed hallways, and uh we need accurate maps for a couple of reasons. number one, just functionality uh for our uh for our students and for folks in the building to be able to get around, but number two, for safety reasons. Uh CRG is a veteran uh run organization. They come in and do all of
014the mapping. Uh in addition to the mapping, they work with our local law enforcement to make sure the maps that we have are loaded onto all of their systems. And so that if there is an emergency, uh, we're we're all speaking the same language about door numbers and classroom numbers and north and south. Uh, and because we know that those times are hectic, if we're looking at different maps, uh, that's not going to be very efficient for us in uh, in the for the safety of our kids and our staff. Uh the third thing that this uh group does bring is they will come in and meet with a core group in our district and do tabletop safety planning uh which is a part of our emergency response uh plan uh in the district. And
015so uh having experts come in and teach us the the utilization of these maps and how the police are going to use these maps. And then that allows that core group to go out into our buildings and teach that to our staff. uh which will benefit us in in in case of an emergency situation. So, this is a one-time cost uh for the district. Uh it is very much uh a a needed uh item and it not only will uh bring every all of our maps up to speed, but will also uh provide a safety layer that we currently don't have. Any questions on those three items? onetime cost. Got a approximate dollar figure on that? >> Yeah, it's it's right around $50,000. 50,000. >> Uh we we engaged multiple vendors uh for the mapping.
016Uh this was by far uh the the least expensive and also uh met our needs better than any other vendor. Many of the vendors uh require yearly upkeep co charges and so you may have a a a smaller upfront but then to utilize those maps you're paying 15 or $20,000 a year forever. And so this gives us um a one-time cost to get what we need. Now, obviously, if we we make changes, there are fees to come in and redo the maps, but those fees are significantly less, and we wouldn't have to uh do that work in every building only with buildings that we would touch with renovations or additions. >> Thank you, Tyler. And that concludes items for board discussion. I'm going to need a motion and second to approve the following under financial
017reports. January 2026 financial reports fiscal year 2026 amended certificate of estimated resources and appropriations. 5-year forecast for the period ending June 30th, 2026 through June 30th, 2030. And the resolution accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the county auditor and donated items. >> Motion second. >> Did we get a second? >> I have I'm sorry. I'm fine. I'm meeting. Okay. >> All right. I'm going to give a five foration. >> Okay. So, tonight I'm presenting the five-year forecast um as part of the new approval schedule that was um approved by the legislators as part of that um House Bill budget in July. That new schedule now has a forecast being approved in February and August instead of November and May. Um and
018so you've got to, you know, what is it? The five-year forecast is a profit loss statement. has three fiscal years of actual financial history which includes last year and the two previous years and it's projecting your five um fiscal years into the future which is this year and the next four years. Um you know why did we do a five-year forecast? It enables us to know what the district finances look like now and into the future. Follows revenue and expenditure trends of the general operating funds. um that is the only fund that's included in the five-year forecast by looking at historical information and provides projections based on the most current accurate information available. Um to create the forecast I have to use assumptions for how the district's revenue and expenditures might increase or decrease. Um
019so we've had a lot of house bills that were approved in December. So on December 19th, 2025, Governor Dwine signed into law several pieces of legislation that are the most sweeping changes to Ohio property tax law since 1976 when House Bill um 920 was passed. The legislators approved House Bill 129, 186, 309, and 335. These laws are designed to slow the growth of property tax collections when property values rise creating more predictability for more predictability for taxpayers. So as a result, school districts um across the state including ours should expect to receive less revenue over time than what we had previously forecasted under the old funding models like in September. for September I was lose, you know, using those old funding models. Um, of particular concern is House Bill 186, which implements new property tax
020caps retroactively for property reappraisal and trienal updates that occurred in tax year 2023, 2024, and 2025. So, three years worth. Due to the complexity of these calculations, the Ohio Department of Taxation has been charged with calculating the effects of this legislation and notifying Ohio's 88 county auditor as to the impact on the property tax bills and subsequent tax settlements to local governments. they have until April 20th um of next, you know, in the next two months to calculate any tax reductions that impact school districts. Um under the best circumstances, it would have been awesome to have waited on those numbers. So instead, I'm having to estimate before we get their calculations, but again, we have to follow um this new schedule that they've given to us. So financial forecasts are developed in part using assumptions
021based on currently enacted legislation. And when legislation is adopted or changed, it changes a school district's forecast. I know in the past I've gone through all the revenues, all the expenditures, how we compare from, you know, other districts around us to the state um averages. What I'm looking at doing this time is just comparing the changes that have happened between September and now. Um, probably what's going to happen is in May is when I'm going to present a five-year forecast um as an update. So, that'll pro I I can't imagine that that won't come once I have the Ohio Department taxation numbers. So, here we have um line 12.1 if you look at the 5-year forecast and the label on that is the fund balance June 30th for the certification of contracts, salary schedules, and
022other obl ob obligations. And so as you can see the difference from you know the September forecast and the February forecast when you look at the um ending cash balance for fiscal year 2030. When I presented this in September I was looking at 34.6 million ending balance. We are now looking at a 16.1 million cash ending balance. Um that's a reduction of $18.1 million and that can be directly attributed to these newly enacted house bills. Um the amount on this line is what the auditor of state looks at to confirm that I am able to certify contracts, salary schedules, and any other obligations that are to be paid out of the general fund. In order to talk about House Bill 186 and 129, we do need to look at this real quick. just a you
023know very basic understanding of property taxes and um how they're calculated. So you have what's called a millage rate. That's the tax per 1,000 of assessed value. You have what's called a mill. One mill is 0.001 or $1 per $1,000 of value. Um so the example for a $100,000 home, the market value is a h 100,000. The county auditor assesses it at 35% which is 35,000. So you take the 35,000, multiply it by 10 mills, divide by a,000, and that equals $350. So for a 10 mil levy on a $100,000 house, it's $350. Um, the other part that you need to understand because of House Bill 129 and how it affects the 20 mil floor. So the 20 mil floor is the minimum property tax millage that Ohio school districts must maintain for operations. Beaver
024Creek reached the 20 mil floor after the reappraisal was filed by the county auditor in tax year 2023. Um, and you know how did this happen? As property values increased during reappraisals and updates, it took fewer mills to collect the voter approved continuing levy dollar amount. So our effective millage from continuing levies that were approved in the 1960s and 70s decreased over time until we hit the constitutional minimum of 20 mills. So we're going to go now into each one of these House bills and I'm going to give the financial impact of them. So you have House Bill 129 and those fixed sum levies are going to be added to the floor. So you include the fixed sum levy millillage emergency and substitute levies in the 20 mil floor calculation. Currently we have um we
025have one emergency levy which is 6.73 ms. We have a 4.14 mil substitute levy along with another 4.1 mil substitute levy for a total of 15 mills. Um, these 15 mills will be added to the 20 mills for a total of 35 mills, which will effectively remove us immediately from the 20 mil floor with the next reappraisal that is happening now in Green County. This will remove any property tax revenue growth that I had originally forecasted in the September forecast. So, it's not that we're losing money. It's just that what I had forecasted that we thought we were going to get based on the old funding rules, we're no longer going to receive. Um the financial impact starting in fiscal year 2027, which is next school year, is a reduction of tax collections in the
026amount of 2.26 million. It reduces the taxes overall by 7.9 million through fiscal year 30. Then we have House Bill 186. Um, this has a retroactive clawback in it. It's a new law that establishes an inflation cap credit for school district property taxes. It prevents increases beyond the gross domestic product deflation factor. Say that a lot many times fast. Reappraisal and trienal updates. It applies retroactively to fiscal years 24, 25, and 26. Green County underwent a reappraisal in 2023 at which time our values increased by 27%. So we experienced that increase in revenue for all three years. So it creates temporary tax credits that give back property tax revenue to our taxpayers that's already been collected and is already included in future educational planning. It reduces taxes overall by estimated 16 million through FY2030. There
027is a one-time relief payment um a hold harmless payment if you will to school districts. States will reimburse for one year only for those districts that underwent a reappraisal in 2023. That's us. Districts that were reappraised the next year will be reimbursed for both tax years 25 and 26. And and Christa is shaking her head. And that's what I did. I went, I only get one and they get two. I think I should get three and they get two. I'm hoping when the Ohio Department of Taxation gets a hold of this legislative language that they quickly realize, okay, wait a minute. Either the ones who did 2024 only get one and 2023 get two or they fix this completely and give us three years worth. But currently, this is how they wrote the language. Um
028it is the difference of what was actually collected in tax year 2024 which was 96.8 million in 2025 which was 93.9 million which equals 2.9 million um would be the onetime relief payment. Um the timeline of that payment is August. We should receive it in August. The state is funding this with the sales tax holiday money that we've had for the past two or three years. So there will not be a sales, you know, tax holiday at this point anyways. they have taken that off the books because this is how they're going to pay for this. Um so the total um estimated impact of House Bill 129 and House Bill 186 is a loss of tax revenue in the amount of $21 million through fiscal year 30. Um because you had House Bill 186 which
029was a negative6 million as we returned to those tax year 2024 collections. House Bill 129 is 7.9 million because they included our fixed sum levies into the 20 mil floor calculation, but then we do receive um as part of House Bill 186 a 2.9 million tax credit payment or that hold harmless payment. And so when you add all those together, it's $21 million. Are there any questions before I move on? >> It's a lot. It's a lot. If you can get to the good stuff, that'd be like the positive stuff. That'd be great. >> Why? Why you got to do that to me? >> I'm trying. >> Might be the last slide. I don't know. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So, our levy schedule currently, um, we just renewed an emergency levy in November for $18.5
030million. Thank you, community members. That was huge. I'm so glad I'm not having to try to come back in May with that because county auditors are having a really hard time with the new ballot language um as is the board of elections. We do have a 4.16 mil emergency levy that collects 11.4 million that will expire in December 2028. We will be putting that on the ballot as soon as November 2027. It will no longer be called an emergency levy. It will be called a fixed sum levy. There will be new language on that ballot that we have to put um our carryover cash balance um the percentages. There's there's a lot it's it's different and that's where the county auditors are struggling. Um the renewals are renewals are critical for continuing the current educational
031programs for our students and will not increase taxes. Um so this is um a graph that shows in a snapshot the operating scenario facing the district over the next few years without the renewal of that $1.4 million levy. Um the blue line is the revenue, the red line is the expenditure and the green line is the cash balance at the end of each fiscal year. As you can see the upcoming years um in the upcoming years the current projections show the revenue uh again which is the blue line is slightly more than the expenses. So for this year and next year um um we're actually bringing in more revenue than what I estimate that we're going to spend. But in fiscal year 28 there starts a trend of expenses being greater than revenues due in
032part to the impact of House Bill 129 and 186. And then in, you know, fiscal year 29, there's a definite trend of a lessening um ending cash balance as the green line takes a definite downward slope and expenditures are outpacing revenues by a wide margin. Um this graph reflects what the district's cash balance would look like without that renewal as a district will be in deficit spending. Um this is our financial outlook. um House Bill 96, which was the annual budget bill that passed in June. It continues the phase in of the fair school um state funding plan for both this year and next year. Um the current funding has us on the guarantee. So we will not see any increase in state funding. Um future state funding is uncertain for the next three years
033as um that plan ends in fiscal year 27. So next year is the end of that plan. And so, um, I think you've all heard me say I've, in my 30 years, I think we've had 12 funding plans. Um, the package of property tax reforms that became law that become law March 19th are going to reduce future collections of property taxes substantially for our district. The new property tax reform laws will limit growth on future reappraisals and make it um, harder to renew the existing levies um, with the new required ballot language. If the state does not increase our state funding, it severely and it severely impacts our ability to raise local funding, our district will need to make cuts andor pass new levies in order to maintain our instructional programs for our students. Um
034under current state laws and state funding, we are projecting a positive cash balance in fiscal year 2030 um of this forecast, but we are in deficit spending. Even with the renewal of the levy starting in fiscal year 2028, we are in deficit spending. Um, and so while these funding changes present challenges, the district remains committed to thoughtful planning, transparency, and maintaining strong financial stewardship on behalf of our community. But as we continue working through the interpretation and implementation of these recent property tax changes, we anticipate there will be a need to update the forecast before the next required filing in August. I assume I'll be back in front of you probably in May. um as we get through this. So, yeah. Are there any questions? Okay. We also have part of as part of my
035financial reports, um the county auditor, you know, sends that resolution accepting the amounts and rates for next year. that's going to change um because again the Ohio Department of Taxation is going to send out to all 88 counties and you know after the April date as to what they will be collecting um you know after they decide you know how much they're going to give back in the funds that we've already collected in property taxes. So we have to do this because it's Ohio Revised Code, but I assume we're going to get another one of these again after the April date. So, for the moment, it's there, but I think we're going to see it again. So, but that's where we are. And you know, I we were the fourth largest impacted district of House
036Bill 186. There were three districts in the state of Ohio that were impacted more than us. We were the four. Yeah. So, that's why, you know, that's that's why that number is so large. So >> lucky us the top four. >> I I know although the time to be in the top four this was probably this was not it. >> So yeah. >> All right. >> Okay. Any other discussion? Okay. >> Call the room. >> Mrs. Organo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Taylor. >> Yes. >> Mr. Boone. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Hunt. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Morrison. >> Yes. Under new business items for board action. I need a motion, a second to approve the following. The employment salary changes, leads of absence and terminations for certified board report and classified board report. 202526 student
037calendar revision. Cardinal bus sales and service. Five new school buses. Energy harness, tennis court, lighting project, expedited local partnership program application and critical response group building mapping. >> Motion is second. >> Moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Yes. I got a couple items that just cover with the board. First, u like to direct your attention to our certified board report. Um on the certified board report, we have Mr. Darren Swederman. Uh Darren has and I know he's not looking up from his computer right now, but uh Darren is on there under termination. Uh but it's really a resignation for retirement purposes. And u I've never liked that title on that board report termination because I feel like uh you want to honor those that are actually resigning. But uh Darren is able to uh
038resign for retirement purposes and uh start enjoying riding roller coasters every month uh in different locations. So um that is a huge name to have on a board. Uh Darren has done his whole career here in this district and has been an instrumental part of the success that this district has seen with the hiring of the individuals he has hired. So I will miss him greatly. But I know that uh I will see him plenty. Um I know but I just it's pretty monumental that your name is >> ready. >> Yeah, there will be a party for Darren that we will host and uh and then Darren will probably throw a party for everybody in October to come see his house at uh Halloween. So um so Darren is on there. I want to draw
039everybody's attention that I do want to talk about item two, the 2526 student calendar revision. Just want to clarify what that is. That does not, as of right now, that does not change any days, but what it is, it's a clarifier at the bottom of that calendar due to the fact that we've experienced five snow days for our students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade. Preschool has has six days. Um, and we are hopeful that we will not have any more days. Uh, today was a great day to feel the the warmth. Um, but what that language basically says in the bottom left corner is that should we exceed if should we go past seven snow days, so the eighth snow day, we will actually make up day eight, day nine, and day 10 online.
040And uh, so it's kind of going back to that COVID feel of what we did. And uh, we probably need to address that understanding of what that online looks like for the future. um those would be online days and then day 11 would actually be a makeup day where we would tack a day on to the end of the calendar to do that. So we are currently sitting at day five. Um our preschool does have a different plan how they can make because they are not in school on Friday so they have a ability to make up time there but that is what that revision is on that student calendar. um you have already approved the 2627 calendar. So we will be bringing that back at a later date just to make that same revision.
041And then item three is bus sales. Uh we have five school buses. Uh those buses, they're they're regular ed buses. They're not a special ed bus. Uh they're coming in at about $134,000 uh for those five school buses. So just uh we go out for bid through the EPC with those and so that that gives us little buying power to do that. But we're asking to purchase those five buses moving forward to stay on trying to keep our fleet up to date. Uh one of our mechanics, Dan Astrade, is back there. And so I know Dan Dan is probably very appreciative of getting some new equipment instead of the 19 >> Yeah. I I feel like there's days where I sub as a bus driver and I walk out and I feel like I get
042on the oldest bus as a reminder like yeah we still have this 1998 bus but >> our bus surgeons will be happy. >> Yes. So Dan Dan will be very happy with that. So uh that concludes my items for the discussion on that section. >> Okay, let's go. >> Mr. Taylor, >> yes. >> Mr. Boon, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hunt, >> yes. >> Mr. Morrison, >> yes. and Mrs. Rano. >> Yes. And we're to announcements. So, Monday, February 16th, President's Day, no school. Thursday, February 26th is our superintendent community chat from 1 to 2 at the Carol Griff Beaver Creek Library on Dane Zenior Road. And Thursday, March 5th is the end of the third quarter. How's that possible? Okay. March, Friday, March 6th, staff work day. no school. And Monday, March 9th is the
043next board of education meeting right here at 6:30. And that takes care of announcements and room to board comments. >> Mr. Morrison. Okay. Um, couple of comments very quickly. Um, first of all, congratulations to all of our winter activities. having phenomenal seasons, especially our boys bowling. It stands 11-1 in first place in the league and uh girls bowling is 12-0, first place in the league. So, congratulations to everyone, but especially those two. I'd like to congratulate anyone and everyone that was associated with the Midwest Shower Classic that was held a few weeks ago. Um I don't I don't know how many volunteers were there but but it was absolutely phenomenal. And of course the evening ended very positively with our friend show performing. So that was really that was really neat. Um certainly good luck
044to Darren. I not only riding those um uh roller coasters but make sure I see you at UD basketball games. All right. Then we'll go from there. um you know ju just looking at the financial report and we're talking about millions of dollars that quite frankly I I cannot fathom that those are numbers that I I have trouble relating to but I can look at uh the the smaller amounts if you will and they're still huge but the fact that on our revenues we're still getting 3.84% interest on our accounts is phenomenal. All right so keep up that good work. So, I love to see that. Uh, and then, um, I I have to I have to tell you, and this is this is extremely emotional for me and sad for me, but with the
045passing of Mr. Rich Echart, he was a board member the entire time that I was superintendent here. And they just don't come any better. He was just the the calming force. He was just steady, Eddie. Um, just salt of the earth. um ju just just a great guy and I I read read his eulogy and of course the fact that he was in the military and was did that starting in 1965 and all the things that he's been through but this man was a financial genius and was called to Washington to the Pentagon repeatedly to talk about finances all right with with the military. So just a great guy a man of convictions that don't come any better. Um, his one fault was he was a White Socks and a Bears fan, but but other
046than that, other than that, great guy, but he had a heart as big as all outdoors. So, that's all I wanted to say. >> Mr. Moon, >> um, so first and foremost, I hope everyone enjoyed the snow days. Um, you know, I remember as a kid watching the news, waiting for the school name to pop up, even as I'm watching the bus come down the street, you know, just hoping for some reason it would cancel, you know, but um, no real incidents. Bus drivers did great. It's pretty incredible to see so much uh, happen so well. U, yeah, as Danny said, the the winter sports coming to an end, so good luck to everyone that's competing um, you know, at the end of the season. Those are very stressful times, so hope everyone does really
047well. It's exciting. Uh, and everyone's starting the spring. Um, if you're like me, the concert reminder that Valentine's Day is coming up, so just putting that out there. I like to get concert reminders, so I like to give them, too. Um, and then congratulations Darren. I've only known you for a little bit. It's been great and I'm excited for you. Uh, can't share the enthusiasm roller coasters, but I look forward to it for you. Um, that's all I have right now. >> Thanks. Okay, Mr. Taylor. >> Okay, all the above. Thanks for the reminder about Valentine's Day. I'm stopping to buy a card. >> Hey, look. I'm ready. >> Early for me. I'm usually there like noon of Valentine's Day, sweating, trying to read through things that sound appropriate. But so my wife will enjoy
048that actually put some thought in at this time. So, thank you very much for that. I want to thank our building the ground people for preparing the schools after 14in snowfall. And uh it's pretty pretty tremendous. It's a lot went away today. Uh with the sunshine and warmer temperatures, I start to see green grass along the edges of the road. Anyway, uh one of the critters that has a hard time during this time of year are rabbits because their food source is now under 14 inches of snow. So, um, my rabbits, I'm not unhappy about that, but, uh, there they are. So, show choir, great, fantastic, as per usual. They've been doing fairly well, uh, with their out of town performances. I think they've been pretty consistently doing third place on that. There are some
049schools out there that if you get a chance to see a a large snow choir that too and show choir uh thing like that, you'll be amazed at the the physicality and the rhythm and the um all those things that are music come together to make a really great performance. So that as well. I feel bad because I don't have anyone physically engaged in show choir this year. Very sad. Couldn't talk the youngest granddaughter into doing it. Cheerleading is her thing. So, and um so for the career center, since we had this meeting before the career center meeting, which is tomorrow, uh I don't have a lot of input. But I know that we're doing really well. We're expanding our culinary department um with another class because we do turn down lots of kids that
050want to go into culinary. And um we're going to add on to our existing building a kind of a um dining hall supposed to seat about 350 or so. So we can have larger uh things coming in and during the day which is uh uh because of the space that we have we don't have the ability to bring large groups in during the school day. So that and uh we're looking of course at um expanding especially health sciences and exercise sciences into their own building coming up at some point. and uh we're all excited about that. Other than that, I hear the year is going great. So, keep it up. >> This is time. >> Um with snow days and things like that come a little break for our staff. I know I have several
051teacher friends and this year is kind of the grind where they're just trying to get through it because it's, you know, it's dark all day and they're in the building and they they go in when it's dark and they leave when it's dark. So, I'm glad they got a little bit of a rest bit with snow days. Um, but one of the things I wanted to point out, Beth shared this on our social media, too, but last Friday when we had the kind of random snow shower in the middle of the day, kids were already at school. Um, our high school staff went out and cleaned off all the cars in the parking lot for our kids. And just those are little things that our staff does that thankfully Beth highlights those things and their
052staff will share those, but our staff does that in every building every day. Just stuff like that all the time. So, I just want to call that out and thank our staff for the little extra things they do for our kids. Um, and Darren, we are definitely going to miss you. I was thinking about I think you might be the only person in cabinet that's been here the whole time I've been on the board. >> So, that'll be really >> Mike Schuman. That's right. He's always hidden back there, so we don't see him. But, but I don't know. That'll be really strange to not have your smiling face in the audience. We might have to have a little cardboard cut out or something. But, thank you. >> I have one of those left over from
053co. >> Oh, nice. Nice. So, thank you for the time you've given to the district. Thank you for all the education you've given me as a board member and always willing to answer questions and a lot of times I'll see these things and what does this mean and always quick to answer. So, thank you for that. That's all I got. >> Okay. And I will remember you Darren all your different roles in the district especially when you're BA president first day of school you got you were fabulous. I know really he was so you never know what he was going to say. I mean I mean that in a positive way because it was always entertaining but thank you for everything you've done for our district. You will be really missed and you know I
054sincerely mean that but you know you have to come back and visit us. Charlie and I will see you at UD games. You know not on the roller coasters but okay that's not my thing but thank you for everything you've ever done. Um, I thought about, you know, I looked at our neighborhood and they were plowing us. It was like our neighborhood literally was a one lane road. They were old cars coming both ways. And I'm thinking, God bless these bus drivers because they were amazing picking up those kids, getting them to school safely, getting them back home. I want to thank those bus drivers for everything they did. I mean, they're amazing, but they really put out a lot to get those kids and keep those buses on the road. You know, Paul sends
055a message, you know, bus driver said they're good. I'm like, okay. I mean, I'd watch those buses come up my road. I'm like, you people are amazing. >> If I can add one thing, I don't mean to jump into your >> but So, you know, I've done this job here for 10 years. The one thing I never realized and I want I want to shout out to Dan back there is our mechanics when we have those days and we decide we're going to go there their school districts that closed down. They said they were going to go but they closed down because their buses weren't up and running. Our guys are in they're making sure those buses are up and running. And here's one thing that I never realized is not only are they out
056there chi literally chiseling ice off the side of the buses, but if the stop arm doesn't open, you the bus cannot go out. So they have to be very careful how they do that. And so Tyler and I were driving through early one morning and they're out and they're all bundled up. They're covered. There's no snow that's been removed and they are running towards the buses to get them up and running. So, I want to give a shout out because if that doesn't happen, the school day doesn't happen. I mean, we don't even need bus drivers if those guys can't make it happen. So, I just want to shout out to Dan and his team because it's truly amazing what they have to do that no one sees, but without that, it doesn't occur. So,
057>> and that's why they're bus surgeons. >> Yeah, >> we've got the best. Nobody else has them. Not anywhere in the United States. I know this for a fact because I spoke to my brother in Florida and he said, "What's a bus surgeon?" So, I had to educate him. Seriously, how do you not know that? Anyway, I've got some things to share. You know, our staff bra corner that I came up with. Okay, the music man. Oh my gosh, our staff. This our staff play that they put on or encore players. Oh, I mean, I knew our staff was talented. Let me just tell you something. Oh my god. Eric Green, our Beaver Creek High School interventions. Um, I'm talking about Well, Merrick Green was fabulous, but Mike Southard Ferguson Matt, he played Harold Hill.
058He his voice, oh my gosh. I'm like, seriously? And then Angela Creech, who is the lead who had Marion, you should hear this woman sing. I'm like, get out of here. What these people were I mean the staff on that stage I mean the here they are. I mean I'm just telling you Eric Green you had Bonnie McGriff she was amazing. John Cousinsburgger the guy is unbelievable. This staff here Jessica Cars. I mean these people they're putting on curtains in the spring. I've never heard of that play but I'm sure it's going to be good. see. >> They were unbelievable. So, if you ever get a chance, you have got to go see these people. They deserve Academy Awards. They were But their voices, seriously. And it's an hour play. I was waiting for more,
059but no, it was only an hour, but they deserve a big shout out. Really? And then if you didn't see 26 pebbles that our kids put on, I of all the plays I've seen that they put on, this play was very emotional and very powerful. It's about what happened in in Sandy Hook. It takes place at a town hall meeting. You could have heard a pin drop in this audience. I mean the two hours I the emotions are ran through me. I'm crying. I'm stunned thinking about what happened that day and these are kids that never lived through this. And if you should you could have seen the emotion these kids evoked on that stage. I will never forget as long as I live. I spoke to the kids after the play and that mean
060they said Mr. Rani you know Mr. Cousin Barker talked to us about it and we were in and John said to me, "You know, Joanne, they came back from Christmas break. Their lines were memorized. They were ready to go." So, those kids deserve a big shout out because they were amazing. If you never seen their plays, you've got to go see it. Yep. The show quite rotational. They were great. Entourage took swept it this weekend. They took it all. Friends came in third, but they're they should be first. Okay, that's just my personal opinion because I've seen it. I should be the judge, but just saying. Okay, weekend of jazz is coming up. Okay, February. Um, it's the 27th and 28th. It's free all day Friday and Saturday except if you're going to the performance
061Saturday night 8:00. I want to call them pork chops, but they're called Lucky Chops. That's the name of the group. And they will be performing Saturday night. They're an amazing jazz group. So, if you haven't got your tickets, I don't know if they're still available because I went on the site the other night and nothing lit up to take. So, but you never know. You can always try. So, you want to see that faith leaders lunchon. It's amazing to see those people. They're so supportive of our district. They're great people. And our Common Grounds coffee shop opening that was amazing. The name common grounds is so appropriable because it's an area where the kids are going to get together and discuss the day starting, the day going on. It opens before school starts and it
062opens in lunch town. Lunchtime. And the coffee was I even asked for the brand because it was really good. They have all different flavors. I understand they're going to have they are going to rival Starbucks. They're going to have food eventually. The kids were so excited. and I spoke to Josh Ashley and it's really going well. So, I'm excited for our kids and it looks just like a coffee shop. I mean, it's it's beautiful. They have the big balloons. So, yeah. So, if you're ever going to get chance, want some coffee, go over there. It's amazing. And with that, that's all I have to say. So, I'm going to need a motion, a second to take us into executive session for the collective gardening OC 121.2224 and the appointing employment andor discipline of public employee
063Ohio or high revised code 121.22 G1. >> So, moved. >> Second. >> Call the role. Mr. Bone, >> yes. Mrs. Hunt. Yes. Mr. Morrison. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Arana. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Taylor. >> Yes. >> And happy Valentine's Day everybody. And thank you very much. Tell my husband. Okay. Maybe should drop him a note.