001present none absent. On behalf of the board, I would like to welcome all students, staff, parents, and interested community members to tonight's board of education meeting. The board values and encourages public comment on education issues. And anyone having an interest in the actions of the board may participate during the public comments portion of the meeting. And if you wish to do so, please identify yourself on the sign-in sheet in the back. A copy of the agenda is available for review on the website. And we do ask that you silence your cell phone during the meeting. This point, please rise for the pledge. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> This
002point, I'll entertain a motion for approval of the agenda. >> So moved. >> Moved by Mr. Dobbins. >> I'll second. >> Second by Miss DeCa. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. Treasurer, please call the role. >> Mr. Dobins. >> I. >> Mrs. Dea. >> I. >> Mrs. Eder. >> I. >> Miss Pruss. >> Hi. >> Mr. Czech. >> I. Motion passes. 5-0. This point. I'll turn the meeting over to our superintendent for recognitions and staff P and staff spotlight. All right. So, the first thing we're going to do tonight is the recognition of students of the month for the month of September. I have uh Mr. Dietree and Mr. Melvin with us tonight. Mr. Dietree, you are going to come up first. Starting with the high school, 12th grade, working our way down through the
003grade levels. I got here got here first. All right. Good evening everybody. Our students of the month for the senior class 12th grade, Daniel Sachi, please come forward. His parents are Wendy and Chris. He is the oldest of four and lives in Valley View. He has always attended Kaaga Heights schools. And when I asked him if he had any relatives who also attended Heights, he said a lot. Uh he shared with me that uh he's part of the Bay family and that his grandfather was one of the head custodial directors for decades here at the school. Uh Danny's favorite subject in history, favorite subject in school is history. He is the senior class treasurer, a member of the choir and model UN model UN. When I asked him what is the best part about being
004a student at Kaiga Heights, he said being in a small school. After graduation, Dany plans to pursue a career as a psychologist or a doctor of some type. Here is what his nominating teacher wrote. Dany is a bright, creative, personable, and strong advocate for what is right. He is a fabulous student to work with because he values true learning as a lifelong process that involves expansive thinking, not just transactional work for points. Congratulations, Danny. [Applause] Our 11th grade student of the month, Daytoan Mitchell, please come forward. [Applause] His mother is Tracy and he is the youngest of five and they live in Newberg, Newberg Heights. He has been attending Kaiga Heights since the sixth grade and and said that he had an older sister who graduated from Kaiga Heights in 2022. Dtoan's favorite subject is
005science. Outside of school, he enjoys reading and binge watching shows on Netflix. He also added that he likes to cook. His most memorable moment in school has been becoming student of the month. When he is done with school, he plans to become a real estate agent. Here is what his nominating teacher wrote. I am going to nominate Dtoan Mitchell for student of the month. He has been so he has seen so much growth in him from last year to this year that I am proud I am so proud of the things he is achieving. He is embracing this school year and the challenges that come in a great way and I'm happy to see him doing so well. Congratulations Dayto. [Applause] Our 10th grade student of the month could not make it here this evening.
006Uh, Giata Amato. But here is what her teacher wrote in the nomination. Giata stands out amongst her peers from day stands out amongst her peers from day one as a student who is reliable, service-minded, and a relentless problem solver. On top of her talent in school, her character shines as she always volunteers to help teachers and coaches to make sure every activity runs without a hitch. Giata has never been spot spotted complaining about anything, even if she has good reason to, which says so much about her beyond beyond her years maturity and resiliency. Giata is consistently an exceptional role model for other students in the class and it is clear that she will naturally dedicate much of her efforts beyond high school to improving the lives of others. These impressive attributes show why Giata is
007deserving of this highest recognition. Congratulations, Giata. [Applause] Our ninth grade student of the month, Aaliyah Archi, please come forward. Her parents are Jennifer and Martin. She lives in Brooklyn Heights and has two steps sisters. She has always attended Kaga Heights schools and her favorite subject in school is science. Aaliyah is the president of the freshman class. She is a member of the soccer team, Red Rubies, and Orchestra and plans to perform this year in our musical production. Outside of school, she can be found helping her mom walking dogs for the for her mom helps foster dogs in her home. Her most memorable moments at CHS have been the eighth grade promotion and getting to attend her first high school homecoming dance last week. She wants to become a bio a bioengineer or work in a
008science related field after she finishes school. Here is what her nominating teacher wrote. I would like to nominate Aaliyah Archaki in ninth grade for the student of the month. Aaliyah is hardworking, dedicated, and unfailingly failingly kind. She is involved in the Red Rubies drill team and orchestra in addition to balancing a demanding soccer schedule. Congratulations, Aaliyah. [Applause] Our eighth grade student of the month, Alex Brown. Please step forward. [Applause] Alex is the son of Georgian and Randy from Brooklyn Heights. He and has and has shown that he's already that he's ready to take on the year ahead with enthusiasm, focus, and a willingness to give his best each day. His approach sets a great example for his classmates and demonstrates the kind of leadership we love to see in our eighth grade students. Alex has
009a special family connection to see to Kaaga Heights Middle School. His sister Isabella is currently a sixth grader in our school as well. Alex history is Alex's favorite subject because he finds it genuinely interesting to learn about the past. Alex is joining the basketball team this year, adding athletics to his school experience. Outside of school, Alex enjoys playing outside and hanging out with his friends. One of Alex's most memorable school experiences has been participating in the Redwolf Run with his friends. Looking forward to the future, Alex has ambitious goals. He sees himself as either a CEO of a business or a police officer when he gets older. When asked about a famous person he'd like to meet, Alex chose Tom Holland. That's the actor who plays Spider-Man, showing his appreciation for heroes, both fictional and
010real. Alex's favorite part of the school experience. His favorite experience in school focuses on the experiences that you have with friends and social skills. Alex has returned to school ready to take on whatever challenges come his way. Enthusiasm, focus, and positive attitude makes him a natural leader amongst his peers. Teachers appreciate his determination and his willingness to give his best effort every day. Let's congratulate Alex Brown on being our September student of the month. Your positive Yep. Your positive attitude, leadership qualities, and commitment to excellence make you a wonderful represent representative from the eighth grade class. Congratulations, [Applause] from the seventh grade. Jordan Lynch, please come forward. Jordan is the daughter of Suzanne and Johnny. They reside in Valley View. Uh, and she comes from a close-knit family that includes her sister Jessica. At home,
011she also shares her space with her pet cat, Kibby. Here's a fun detail. It's Kibby instead of kitty. Okay. Reading is Jordan's favorite subject. She is she genuinely enjoys reading books and creating stories in her mind. Outside of school, Jordan is deeply involved in competitive dance at Red Studio at Red Dance Studio where contemporary is her favorite style. Her dedication to dance has led to some incredible experiences, including what she describes as her most memorable moment, going to Radio City Music Hall and dancing with the Rockheads. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that speaks to her talent and commitment to her craft. One of Jordan's favorite school memories was the Harry Potter theme during the sixth grade school year. and looking to the future, Jordan sees herself still dancing in 10 10 years while also pursuing
012a career in nursing. Uh when asked about meeting a famous person, Jordan answered, "Megan Moroni, the country artist, showing her diverse musical talents." Jordan's favorite part favorite school experience, hanging out with my friends. Her teacher noted in class, Jordan is pleasant, respectful, and kind to others, setting a great example for her peers. Her teachers note her wisdom, and the positive way she approaches each school day. She embodies the qualities we hope to see in all of our students. Your combination of academic focus, artistic talent, and genuine kindness make you a wonderful representative for what it means to be a Kyo Kyhoga Height Redwolf. We're excited to see all the wonderful things that you accomplish this year. Congratulations, Jordan Lynch. [Applause] And our sixth grade student of the month, Madison Barren, please come forward. [Applause] Madison
013is the daughter of Christy and Kyle of Maple Heights and has quickly shown herself to be a student who consistently exceeds expectations. Madison comes from a large, loving family of six siblings, including step siblings Colton, Miles, Grayson, Marley, Dakota, and Kayla, plus their dog Pepper. Add Madison's favorite subjects are are math and social studies because they are easy. Madison was involved in the drama club and art club at the elementary school and looks forward to joining both of these here in the middle school and high school as well. Her involvement in the arts paid off last year when she had when she had what she describes as her most memorable school experience being in the cast of Willy Wonka. Outside of school, Madison enjoys sleeping and playing car and playing outside with friends. Here's a
014fun fact that others may not know about Madison. She can ride her bike with no hands. It's dangerous. Got a helmet on, right? All right. In in 10 years here, here's what Madison sees for herself. She aspires to become a nail technician or hair stylist and with dreams of living in South Carolina because of the beautiful weather down there. When asked about meeting somebody famous, she said, "Malachi Barton, a Disney celebrity, actor, singer, and dancer from the movie Zombies 4." Here's what her teacher teachers had to say. Madison treats both teachers and peers with kindness and respect. Her teachers note that she's attentive in class and thoughtful in her work. We are proud of her strong start here at Kyaga Heights Middle School and excited to watch her continue success throughout the year. You represent
015the best of what it means to be a Kyogre Redwolf and we are lucky to have you as part of our school community. Congratulations, Madison Barren. [Applause] And next, Mr. Joel Melvin will announce our elementary school students of the month. Thank you, Mr. Dree. Uh, first up we have uh fifth grader Tula Bryac. [Applause] Interesting fact about Tula. When I called her down, remember this? Yeah. When I called her down, I like to play little tricks on the kids like they're act like they're in trouble. um immediately burst into tears. Didn't know why she was down there. I was like, "No, no, no, no. I swear this is good." Like, "No, no, no. I'm just getting around." Yeah. So, yeah, I felt about this big after that. So, um but this is uh Tula. She
016lives in Kyoga Heights with her mom and dad and her brother Hris, who is who is in seventh grade. She has one dog, Luna, and two cats, Pixie and Mischief. Right. Uh her favorite subject is math because she's good at it. Uh her sports uh she loves to play sports because they make her stronger and more athletic. Uh when she gets out of school, Tula would like or outside of school, she makes sure first thing she gets her homework done. Then she plays basketball uh in softball with her friends. Uh and I believe she was on the team that went was it 17 and one over the summer, the softball team. So that was pretty awesome. um when she grows up, uh she's not really quite sure yet. Uh she just uh Tula just enjoys
017being a kid. Um and then the message to her parents is that um she loves all of you very much and thank you for everything that you do for her. And Tula's teachers wrote, "Tula brings a smile every day to class and is a wonderful student. She is an example of what it means to be a student at CHES. Tula is a great friend to her classmates and is fully engaged in each lesson. I know that her fifth grade year will be a great one and Tula will be a leader throughout the year. [Applause] >> And next we have Vincent Jackson. [Applause] All right, Vincent um actually helped take part in that little trick that I played on Dula. So, um Vincent lives in Brooklyn Heights with his mom and three sisters, Sophia who's in
01810th grade, Rosie who's in eighth grade, and Margot who is in third grade. Uh he also lives with two dogs, Walter and Wesley, and one cat named Pip. Uh Vincent's favorite subject is also math because he just loves math equations and loves to solve new equations. Um his favorite or his things he cannot live without is his family because they have been with him since he's been born. They love him and have always been by his side. Uh and also outside of school, Vincent loves to play sports, basketball, baseball, football. Um he is also uh a boxer who trains at Strongstyle. Uh when he grows up uh he wants to be a real estate agent like his mom. His message to his family is thank you for making making me and teaching me all the
019things on how to be caring, honest, engaged, and safe. And uh Vincent's teachers had this to say about him. Vincent is a great role model not only for his fellow fifth grade students but all students here at CHES. He is respectful and engaged during class. Um especially uh Mr. Husband's class might be his favorite. I think mom might know that. Apparently that's >> right. Right. So I didn't get it either, but Mr. uh husband came down and explained it to me. I mean, Huffman and um we got a laugh out of it. His excitement for school is contagious. Vincent will have a great year in fifth grade and continue to show what it means to be a student here at CHES. Congratulations. [Applause] Okay, students of the month, if you could just take a seat
020real quickly. We have one more recognition and then we will take a short break and get your picture with the board of education uh by the backdrop out here. Okay. So, Mr. Suchi, we've got one more recognition. >> Turn that over to you >> to me. >> That's right. >> Oh, >> yeah. It's the recommendation. >> Let me get >> Yeah, under four. It's a recommendation. >> At this point, I'd um >> staff spotlight. I request a a motion to approve the staff spotlight agenda. >> So, >> oh, I got two. I'll take Miss Prrow. >> I have the second, please. >> And we'll take Mr. Dobin second. Um, as I need, we'll let you do the discussion, then we'll >> I'm going to do the discussion, then you can do the vote. So, u
021leaving off from last year, Mrs. Danielle Connors, uh, who's our middle school and high school administrative assistant to Mr. Dietree has nominated assistant treasurer Kathy Martin as September's staff spotlight nominee. Come on up. All right, I'm going to to read the staff spotlight resolution honoring Mrs. Martin says, "Whereas Kathy Martin serves the Kaaga Heights schools with dedication and commitment in her role as assistant treasurer, consistently going above and beyond in her daily responsibilities. And whereas Kathy is always willing to lend a helping hand, whether it be processing deposits, creating spreadsheets to support student fundraisers such as the junior class, the plant sale, or assisting with countless other tasks that keep the district running smoothly. And whereas Kathy is recognized for her patience, kindness, and willingness to assist with any question or request, big or small,
022demonstrating a selfless commitment to both her colleagues and the district as a whole. And whereas her contributions extend beyond her office duties, as she also serves as a middle school girls basketball coach, dedicating her time and talents to supporting and mentoring student athletes. And whereas Kathy's hard work, reliability, and positive attitude do not go unnoticed, and she is deeply appreciated for the many ways she helps sustain the success of Kaga Heights schools. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Chicago Heights Board of Education proudly recognizes Kathy Martin as a staff spotlight honore and extends its heartfelt gratitude for her invaluable service, tireless support, and ongoing dedication to our students, staff, and community adopted this 17th day of September, 2025. Congratulations [Applause] She gets a gold medal. >> All right, there you go. >> So, you
023have to vote >> and >> yes, treasure, please call the role. >> Miss Krauss. >> Hi. >> Mr. D. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Hi. >> Mrs. Da. >> Hi. >> Mr. Jackson. >> Hi. Motion passes 5. And we are ready to go take some pictures. >> Right. So, so we're going to take a little little break here. So, first all students of the month, uh, absolutely congratulations to you. You are why we do what we do. All right. We show up every day to give our best effort for you. We thank your families. I think they had a little bit to do with you being a student of the month. Uh, but more than anything, you represent the leadership skills, the quality of human beings that you are, and we are so proud that you
024represent our school in this way. And then to Mrs. Martin, congratulations. If we are a great team, it's because of people like you. And we have so many uh people like you. And in fact, if you saw my latest communication, we have a whole entire staff who should be in a spotlight for the state report card that just came out. One of 47 schools in Ohio to receive five stars. 20th best school district in all of Ohio. That's out of 67 school districts that received that rating. So when you got great kids, you've got great staff, and you have a wonderful community, how can you not be successful? So, congratulations to you all. We're gonna get pictures and then students, you can stay up an extra hour tonight, go get ice cream, play video games,
025whatever your parents let you do. Okay. >> All right. Five minute recess. >> Okay. Reconvening. >> No comments from the public. So, we'll move on to section seven, treasur's business. >> Oh, we have a presentation. Actually, >> you have a presentation. >> Yeah. Number 5A. >> Oh, how did I go? Oh, I >> Mr. Mur threw you a curveball talking about public comments one uh section. >> Yeah, I jumped over presentation. My apologies, Matt. I saw you earlier. I knew you were on there. I just kind of overlooked it now. >> So, jump in. >> So, this presentation is going to be covering the new House Bill 96 and the cyber security program that we will be implementing here in the district. >> Um, what does Ohio revised code 96 or 9.64 and House Bill
02696 require? just require schools to have security program. It's a safety plan. It's very similar to how fire drills are for school against fire. It's just a set of standards to implement protect our data and cyber. >> Okay. >> Was being conducted just a cyber security program just to implement standards. We will keep will this cost the district any extra money? Uh there's no immediate cost to this. All those just formalized practices that we've already been doing in the district and our department. Um, nothing. It just implements again protections and guarantees that their data is protected and safe and standard that nothing will be lost. What does the actual program cover? It'll cover all information assets. That's anything you type any hard assets as well. All personnel, so everyone's private data. We have forms with
027private information that guarantees it safety. All locations. So this would include neonet in this plan. And this would also include the village hall. We have some backups there as well. And this is all information processes. So this is all the softwares and everything we do in the districts to any activity. Primary objectives. This will just be the nine points that the program hammers home. Uh just identify and protect assets, hardware, data, anything along those lines. Detect cyber security incidents, respond to the incidents, recover from uh any incident that occurs, ensure compliance with any standards. Uh One that's coming up will be Windows 11. Windows 10 will be ending support in October. So we'll be looking into upgrading to Windows 11 which we have licenses for. So we're looking into that right now. Uh promotion and
028awareness of training. This includes fishing training just prevent spam and anyone may click on any malicious links. Third party risks such as our vendors just ensuring that they maintain compliance such as the uh student data privacy agreements that you guys last meeting for example >> and continuously improve. Technology never stops changing. So always got to keep ahead of that curve and prohibit unauthorized ransomware payments. There's no guarantee you'll get your data back with these ransomware payments. So it's just making sure that the board is the one that's aware of proving these payments if they do. >> Uh the standard that it goes to is the National Institute of Standards and Technology N. This just has a couple of basic tenants that we will cover such as governing, identify, protect, detect, respond and recover. All these
029are very similar to what our program covers already. So it all these standards. Um and the basic timeline is uh by Ohio right code requires that by 9:302 that we must adopt the cyber security program and have any incident process and reporting. So that'll be reporting any cyber attacks to the practical authorities whenever it happens and make sure that's all capital. Um and then by next July we will have to fully prevent the security program meaning that we have all the policies in place uh being either updated from and test to make sure our programs such as recovering from our backups. We back up nightly to neonet so we test a recovery process that'll be done over the summer to have minimal interruptions. But um that is just a quick overview of the cyber security
030program. Are there any questions? I I just would want to enter into the record that um on last night's news there was a local municipal entity that there was a big feature story on that that entity I guess lost about $400,000 in a cyber security hack or scam or whatever you want to call it but any of the wrong people got paid >> thank you for doing this yeah >> this is all of course in compliance with neonet our ISP so they help us in a variety of ways for keeping us in compiance >> you had an incident of ransomware? >> No, not in our district. We've never had an issue with ransom board. Um I think over the last two weeks, for sure two weeks ago for you to review that plan ahead of
031this particular presentation. So uh that was developed largely through the guidance of neonet ensuring that we are 100% compliant with with the law plus uh plus NIST standards. So thanks Mr. Hartman for facilitating that. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. All right, end of presentations. We've already talked about no comments from the public. So, let's move to treasur's business. >> Thank you, Mr. Saki. I for items 7A 8 through 8. Entertain a motion for those items, please. >> So move. >> That was Miss Edder. Okay. >> Second. >> And Miss Deca. Any discussion? >> Just wanted to point out a couple things. Um, excuse me, 8A donations received. So we look at T2 be our lead sheet. We have three donations. We're recognizing. The first one is Al Martin donation to the Larry Rogers
032scholarship to cover a balance needed for a scholarship award that is $30.97. Number two, OSAA, that's our annual distribution to districts uh from its enrichment fund and that is $1,250. Uh, number three, uh, that's going to be Doug Glass, class of 1973, and that's for donating starter blocks, uh, for the track team. I've never seen those in person. Have you? I've never run ran track, so >> I I've used them thousands of times. >> Sign them up for that one. >> Yeah. So, that's an approximate $2,000 value we have. So, we want to thank and recognize all three of those uh, donors that we have. Thank you very much for doing the thank you letter. >> That is an awesome generous donation by Mr. >> Absolutely. And I want to give the credit to Tracy
033Gil from uh Mr. Young's office. She's the one that puts together the thank you letters out. Thank her for that. Uh 8B is going to be our permanent appropriations. So back um a couple board meetings ago, we approved our temporary appropriations for the fiscal year. So this is our permanent appropriations and we're just modifying three funds from our temporary that we approved 62525. That would be our O3 permanent improvement fund. So we're increasing it by $600,000 to get to 1.5 million. Uh other grants would be 09. We're increasing it 30,000 to a total of 37,000. and miscellaneous state grants fund 499. We're decreasing by 20,000. So the reason we're increasing uh our permanent improvement fund is we're about we're at 1.1 million right now and that's because we encumbered Einhe fire alarm system which we
034have not paid. Uh so we didn't pay that in fiscal year 25 which means we're going to have to pay it in fiscal year 26 our current fiscal year. we have and we just recently at a prior board meeting approved a $350,000 roofing project that we have. So between those two major projects that makes up approximately 1.1 million. Um so the other 400,000 go into other areas that we would have plus leaving some cushion that we have in place. Uh the 30,000 for fund 09 is going to be from the CBCC that we get for our annual grant which we thank them and we we don't have any state grants at the moment. So, I decreased it to 5,000 um just to see if we'll have any coming up. >> Is there any specific mark
035for that $30,000C? >> We haven't done it yet, but we have to come up with a plan by December that we send to the CBCC. >> Yeah, I met with the principles last week and so we'll we're assessing the needs based on just like any grant, you have certain allowable uses of that grant. So, it can't just be used for anything. So, uh, we're going to be looking at that in the next couple weeks and get that probably second meeting October is the plan. >> I was just curious. >> Yep. >> Uh, 8C. So, this is no cost to the district. And what this is is we have two plans in place for annuities. We have our 403b and our 457. Now, our 457 is administered uh by Oaso. It's the OASPO 457 plan. What
036Oaso is doing is they're getting out of the administration and compliance responsibilities business and they're handing it over to a company called Omni and TSACG uh compliance services. So what they're doing is they're saying that uh they're recommending all districts that have that plan through OASBO to go with this vendor that OASBO has vetted and chosen. If we don't go with that vendor, we're going to have to choose another one on our own. So the way that this vendor gets paid is they actually get paid through the annuity companies. There's a fee that goes back to them for their compliance services. It's really interesting how it's been negotiated. So in order for us to u go in with a contract through Omni and TSA uh CG, we have to do this letter of intent now
037and work on the contract as we go. Then they're also recommending that we pull our 403b plan administration and compliance and go with them as well. So all in one area recommended for no cost. So I figured that that's the best of both worlds. Sat in on a webinar with Oasmo and uh this seems like a tremendous opportunity for schools that are out there. So this letter of intent allows us to proceed with uh working on the contracts for plan administration and compliance. >> And you said they were already vetted or you vetted them? >> I haven't but OASPO since they're recommending them to all their members. So essentially they were tasked with all that plan administration and compliance before, but it became too much. So then they found a company willing to do that
038for all of its school districts that have um 8D is going to be the acceptance of our engagement letter with the auditor of state's office. And if we look at that letter, uh this just outlines uh the summary of services that they provide, their engagement team on page two, their responsibilities as auditors. Um and uh you know us from the school side that we would have and the cost is going to be on page seven highlighted right there. So they're anticipating it's going to cost $23,100 for the audit. So that's acceptance of this 8e is going to be approval of purchase orders over 5,000. We have just two. First one is transfinder corporation. Matt your >> Yeah, we've been using that software now for I think this is the fourth school year. So this this
039is the collection of all the services. It's the software fee. It's the uh it's all the apps as well as the the satellite service as well that allows us to track the buses. >> So, it's been very helpful with the routing piece and even more helpful with the communication between our athletic department and our transportation office since most of our non-rine trips are athletic trips, several hundred of those a year. >> Uh it's really improved the efficiency of communication uh over the years. So very grateful that we continue to use that service. >> And the second one is the Shagrin Valley Conference. That's for our CBC leap dues for fiscal year 26. That's $8,771 from the 300 athletic fund. And our last item is the Venonow certificate. Uh this is for the Shagrin Valley uh
040conference item to be able to pay it. So that invoice is dated August 1st and we're approving purchase order tonight, September 17th. Those are the items I have for approval tonight. >> Okay. Any further questions or discussion? >> Hearing none. Treasurer, please call the role. >> Mrs. Zer, >> hi. >> Mrs. Dea. >> Hi. >> Mr. Dobins. >> Hi. >> Mr. Krauss. >> Hi. >> Mr. Saki. >> I. Motion passes 5-0. Moving on to section 10. Treasurer discussion and comments. >> Uh, just have one tonight. So, at our next meeting, the upcoming one, October 1st, is going to be the five-year, excuse me, the financial forecast presentation. Used to be the five-year forecast, the it's called now the financial forecast presentation. So, that'll be October 1st. >> Okay, >> that's all I have. Thank you.
041>> All right. Um, moving on to section 11, superintendent business. >> Okay. Uh on the consent agenda, we have items 11 A through C, uh 12 A and B, 13 A through C, 14 A, 15 A, B, and C for consideration. >> Okay. Entertain a motion for those items, please. >> Those moved by Miss Brow, >> second >> and second by Miss Zeder. >> Any discussion? >> All right. So section 11 is general business. Three items here. Number one is to approve any overnight athletic trip for teams qualifying to the regional and/or state competition. It requires an overnight uh stay somewhere. We started doing this back when Mr. Bureick was the athletic director uh I think back in 2015 or 16. So something we do annually so that it speeds up the process. Hotel rooms
042are usually at a premium especially once you get to the state competition level. Letter B, this is to authorize a superintendent or designate to sign contracts should we be selected as a host site for home events as we often are for events like volleyball and soccer and basketball games, even pretty much football games annually. So, this allows us to enter into a contract prior to board approval so that we can secure the location. Uh, letter C, this is the cyber security plan that Mr. Hartman had outlined. again. It's not letting me open it because I get an error with word. Are you able to open it? Is the board able to open it because it's uh >> Yeah. So, it's a bad >> So, we have a cyber security incident with our word document here,
043Mr. Hartman. We have a viral version here. >> Yes. So, we need to um we're going to need to get a a working document so that that can be viewed by the public. So, Mr. Hartman, if you happen to get a hold of that and send it to me, I will reattach it to the public comments here. All right. So, give me a second. I I do want to make sure that we we view that and go through it. Not in great detail, but in enough detail that you know what There we go. All right. And this is likely to be uh edited over time, but this is the document that Neonet helped us create that outlines the objectives, roles, and responsibilities of uh the board of education, the superintendent's office, the IT director, and
044all employees with respect to cyber security as well as the the HR and financial office folks. Um but we will have a policy that aligns more thoroughly and detailed with the documents that Neonet has provided to us. And um as that gets edited and modified, we will communicate that to the board. So I will get that reattached um here shortly. We move to a different section. Under number 12, we have resignations. Uh first uh Maryann Olneider who we hired last month uh unfortunately for personal reasons can no longer continue leaves in great standing and I told her should her circumstances change please consider coming back because uh her heart and passions in the right direction and uh she would have been a great great member of our cafeteria staff. Uh let her be you don't
045have to accept this. I know I'm not going to but Mr. Bird Aloney has announced uh his retirement at the end of this school year. Needs to do that for a couple uh reasons early on. One is for the Ohio teacher evaluation system requires that that be a board board approval prior to December 1st in order to uh be exempt from an evaluation in your last year. >> Um so we're getting this done ahead of time. We'll post that job in the spring. But uh to say that Mr. Ber alone has made an impact is uh it's not even an accurate statement. I mean he has made such a difference in the lives of children and will continue to do so. Uh so we're going to cherish every every last 10th day, every last 20th
046day, every last 30 30th day that we have Mr. Baloney. Uh truly one of those legacy people. So >> no. No, it's it's 30 31 or 32. I think it's 32 years. >> It might be 31 because he got service doing some other things. So, um he's actually younger than I am, which I remember Mr. Evans talking about that how people younger than him were starting to retire. So, um I don't get any ideas. >> Mr. B alone, he's slightly younger than I am. Now, I got a ways to go. All right. So, um, 13, we've got employment, letter A, Mr. Dougari assists me every year with test coordination. It's an important piece of what we do. Mr. Durban, Stan Durban, helped before that, starting back with Dr. Calleris. So, um, it does help us
047with our testing coordination and that's paid at the miscellaneous pay rate schedule, uh, substitute teacher pay. We have chat supplementals. Uh, we don't have many here, only two. Uh we have uh high school score. >> I couldn't understand what the next one was. Coordinator for what? >> Um uh this is well it's the Washington DC trip. >> Oh >> yeah, this should have been expanded so that you could see that it's the Washington DC trip coordinator and then a score. I believe it's for boys soccer. when we uh rent to Trinity for football games, we build in a payment for a faculty manager, but that is not a chat designated faculty manager. That is one that is separate. And so this is the recommendation of Alex Krenoff, who's a graduate of ours, has been around
048our athletic program for years and understands how the operations help happen behind the scenes. So to have uh him as the faculty manager for these games at a rate of $150 per contest is um is helpful. So that's what that recommendation is. 14. This is the volunteer list for the music trip that's occurring March 28th through the 31st, 2026. We have to approve volunteers and have them background checked per board policy. So we have three individuals being recommended for that. Under 15, we have agreements, contracts, and memberships. The first is just our license agreement with Niola. Niola handle handles our board policies. This is an annual uh agreement for $4,045. Letter B, we have B and C. This is uh our approval of our musical performances. One in the elementary school uh Shrek the Musical
049Kids that will take place on March 21st, 2026 at a cost of $590. Get your tickets now. It sells out every show. And letter C, uh we have a musical that will take place in March at a cost of $1,985 that I am not going to mention at this time. You can see it in the administrative content because we don't want to ruin the surprise for our performers who are going to learn about this as soon as this is approved. So you can see that that is there. And again, the cost is $1,985 for uh the royalties for that particular musical. Okay. I ask for those items to be uh considered for approval. >> Okay. Any other discussion, questions, comments? Hearing none, treasurer, please call the role. >> Miss. >> Mrs. Eder. >> Hi. >>
050Mr. Dobins. >> I. >> Mrs. Becka. >> Hi. >> Mr. >> Hi. Motion passes 5. Um, superintendent. Uh, comments. >> Yeah, just a couple things. Um, I I do want to talk a little bit about our visit with Senator Jerry Sero, who visited our school district on Monday. Uh, first I want to thank the senator for taking time out of his busy schedule. I I do understand that, you know, the challenges that the state legislature has and all of governance has to to make the citizens of Ohio happy is uh quite a complex task, right? And for him to take two hours to come visit us meant a lot to us and it was a really the culmination. You know, Mr. Mucci and I were talking today. I don't know what else we could have
051done over the last six months to advocate for our school district to put us on the map to get the attention of people who are making the decisions and and really showcase and highlight how great this school district is in the face of unprecedented uh change with respect to school funding and property tax challenges and cash carryover. river caps and and things like that. And we we had a very positive uh meeting with him. It started in my office. We we probably had 20 to 25 minutes worth of conversations. Mr. Suchi, you were there as well. Um you know, he got that he wanted to know who who we were and and and where we were from and what our what our past experiences were and what our roles were in the district at the
052time. and he really took a I felt he took a genuine interest or it seemed to take a genuine interest in what we were doing. Um he was greeted at the door by three of our students, you know, which was fantastic. Uh to have he really loved being around the kids as we were went around the school. Anytime we were around the kids was was something special. But we were able to we were able to talk about uh very briefly about our facilities, about our unique funding challenges. is I provided him with a one-page document that kind of highlighted all those things. Our academics, our accolades, our our finances, our demographics, uh who's who, you know, and the who our mayors were and who our board members were and and things like that. So, we
053really went through that sheet and highlighted some of the great things we were doing. But more than talking about it, we actually showed him and we were able to we were able to go through uh the high school. He spoke with uh Mrs. Neville about our AP programming. We were able to stop by the resource room upstairs and talk about the career center partnership and the importance of of that program because before we had our resource rooms in the two buildings. You know, those students had to attend school elsewhere and 10 students at approximately $100,000 a piece. You know, we were proud that we could bring those students into our schools, people that are born in our community, become friends with students, other students in the community, but then have to go to school somewhere
054else because we didn't offer the programming. The ability to offer that programming uh was very special. And certainly the career center grant helped with that. You know, from there, we went to uh our middle school and talked about our intervention enrichment program that occurs there. We went over to the elementary school. Uh Mr. Melvin intercepted him. Uh got to see our pre-K classroom, see some of our prek students, went to kindergarten and spoke to our kindergarten team. Uh we went uh up to our gifted classroom, get to interact with our gifted students. We uh went through fourth grade and fifth grade just to see what they were doing. Um, we ended up down in second grade and that's where we really got to interact with students like what do you want to be when you
055grow up type of thing. One of them said, 'You look like the president. You know, and I'm sure that that made him feel good, right? But but they they were able to interact with him and and uh from there and we came out, we he took a photo of the Jacob Durban Memorial. uh thought that was a great tribute that the class of 2018 uh did for him and got some pictures on the the pillars. You know, his name was on the sign, but you know, he commented >> this was the card that we had the students uh present to >> had big cards with many signatures in there >> and we had signatures inside the card right here. I know it's kind of slanted, but bunch of students sign the inside those giant cards.
056Think of giant cards. But I felt like he and he vocalized that he was, you know, impressed by how quiet our hallways were. There are no locks on the lockers, you know, for most most of the lockers, how intentional our programming is. The choices that our students have from the career center to college credit plus to advanced placement to every student in the elementary receiving, you know, art, music, physical education, science, technology, library, and school counseling. like every student has an opportunity to become what they are meant to become here at this school. And he commented it was much like a private school setting um here in a public public school. And he he had had a follow-up conversation with Mayor Botchi that evening. Uh they talked on the phone and he reiterated that I
057even made a comment that we did try to find ways to protect school districts like this. you know, we we I mentioned the consolidation, you know, that that is coming up, but some communities, you know, they they want that small town experience. They want to feel that there's a connection between their local government, their school system, and their needs that they have in their lives. and how these three communities, these three villages um have valued that for nearly 90 years. So, it was it was a great uh it was a great visit. He did mention the property tax challenges. There is a proposed constitutional amendment kind of a grassroots effort to get rid of property taxes and we can certainly talk about that at another time and I know Mr. Dobins, you had mentioned that
058you might say some things about that in your comments here in a little bit, but you I don't know what more we can do. He did he even invited us down to Columbus at some point. He said he'd like to have us come down and talk about our programming and what we're able to accomplish in a small school district, how we're able to offer so many opportunities with students while practicing fiscal responsibility and getting the results. I mean, no matter what the results are, they're positive and the opportunities our students have. Uh, to piggy back off of that, you know, again, the state report card came out, sent that information to the staff, you know, we are a five-star school district. We exceed state standards. When you take all six components and put it on
059a point system that the state does, our point total puts us at number 20. So, you will you will see some say, well, we're number one in the state. Like Solen's number one in the state on achievement. They're number one on that one component. All right. They're number four overall. That's great. >> All right. Sugar Falls is the number one total school district in all of Ohio. >> But we're number 20. That's up from 24 last year and 28 or 29 the year before that. I really feel like we're we're reaching kind of our we're reaching kind of our peak >> um with with the things that we do here. I mean, when you look at and I will do a presentation in October as well because I'm required by law to get that presentation
060done one month from the release of the state report card. So, we will have a presentation on that as I always do. But when you look at our demographics, uh you look at our median income and what we're able to accomplish here truly is something special and we don't take it for granted. you know, five stars on achievement, five stars on progress, which is growth, five stars on uh gap closing, five stars on graduation. We were almost four stars in early literacy, and next year we will be four stars in early literacy. We we maybe could even be five stars and we were four stars in college, career, um workforce, military readiness. U you know, there's a piece of that that is out of our control because of there's a piece of it that's owned
061by the career center. And when 50% of your kids go to the career center, 50% of your kids, we have to make sure that the career center is accurately reporting data or else we don't get credit for it. And I don't know if they are or aren't because this new component, I haven't had time to dive deeply into it yet. But all those together, we're one of 47 districts to earn five stars, which is just incredible. Uh, and I think the thing that we do better than any of it that you don't measure on a report card is form the relationships with our students. It's it's making them feel like there's a connection and uh they're part of something special because they are they're special. So, those were the two things I want to talk
062about, Senator Sereno, and the state report card. Again, I'll do another uh I'll do another followup on the state report card in October. >> Okay. Okay. Thank you. >> Well, I think you're still on because we're moving on to section 18. Before we move on, just want to say absolutely a big uh expression of gratitude and thanks for all that you and the staff did to welcome Senator Serino to our district. It looks like it was very positive um encounter and um and for him to actually possibly invite you down to the to tell our story to the whole state of Ohio would just be incredible. So, thank you very much for all of that. >> You're very welcome. It's definitely worth it. >> Yes. He was suitably impressed. >> He was very impressed. >>
063Yeah. >> Surprised. >> And surprised. Yes. >> Yeah. >> Did not expect to. What he saw was totally unexpected. >> Okay. Very good. Um I guess we're going to have to leave you u on on the spotlight with this 18. >> Yeah. This won't take very long. >> Yeah. So we have we have several board policies uh for a first reading. Some are being rescended, some are uh being replaced. Uh others are just being modified with technical corrections. So as you you look through these policies, they're all about uh non-discrimination. They're all non-discrimination policies. policy 1422, 3122, and 4122. These are all non-discrimination, equal employment opportunity, and anti-harassment replacement policies. There was a push to consolidate several policies together into one. So, as opposed to having three policies in the 1400s or in the 1000s,
064it consolidates into um a single policy. You'll see policy 142202, 31-220, and 41-220. Non-discrimination based on genetic information of the employee is being deleted or rescended because it's being integrated into 1422, 3122, and 4122. um policy uh 1662, 3362 and 4362. The anti-harassment policies are being deleted and rescended because they are integrated into 1422, 3122, and 4122. You've got policy 2260 has a technical correction. Your technical corrections are aligned with the fact that all civil rights uh concerns go to Washington DC. Now, there was an office in Cleveland. That office closed earlier this year, as did many offices across the country, civil rights offices. So, now all complaints, concerns with respect to discrimination uh or non-discrimination will go to the Washington DC office. That is noted. It's also noted that it's recommended that you should
065have two compliance officers instead of just one because what if your compliance officer is gets in trouble. So now you have a compliance officer for the compliance officer. So we've added both compliance officers then to our policies. Uh that's Mr. Bureick's position and Mrs. Scottton's position. So you have uh a male compliance officer, female compliance officer, and then you have the superintendent who oversees both compliance officers and the board of education who oversees a superintendent. So everybody answers to somebody. Uh and that's all noted through technical corrections in 2260, which is non-discrimination and access of equal educational opportunity, as well as 2260.01, 01 which aligns with section 504 and our Americans with Disabilities Act prohibitions against discrimination. And then finally, policies 1623, 3123, and 4123 are technical corrections again for section 504 and the ADA
066prohibition against disability discrimination and employment. We have no administrative guidelines at this time, so there were no updates there. and we have no forms from Neiola uh for us to replace as well. So, it's those policies that are new for a first reading. And I've just thrown the personal communication devices on there for a third reading, thinking that by the next meeting we'll have to to move on it. Uh they did ask Mr. Dree about the lunch conversations. And he says it's he he's not enforced during lunch. I guess if the kids have them out, they're not making them put them away. It's just their prefer preference is not to have them out, but they certainly aren't disciplined if they are. We've only had 10 disciplinary infractions throughout the school in the first month, and
067those are all classroom infractions, mostly classroom infraction, one hallway infraction where somebody was walking down the hallways talking on the phone. All right? So >> um and it all makes sense because again when we at least until it changes and as we know everything changes religious release time for instruction is coming at the end of October for you Mrs. better. Um, when we have to report our instructional hours to the state of Ohio, that has to count towards the minimum number of hours. Lunchtime is not included. But class exchange time is class exchange time is considered instructional time per that law that's been in place. >> We switched about nine 10 years ago, they switched to a thousand1 hours as opposed to 180 days in a school year. That's what they said. >> Well, fantastic.
068So, that's the state superintendent association. He went to an update for me today. I couldn't attend it. >> School designates as their instructional time. >> That's the debate. That's the arm wrestle at this time that we have to have figured out by >> Is that what they said? It's contradictory to one law contradicts the other. >> Well, so >> I thought we set our own instructional time, how long our classes are, how long in between classes are the law, explain how I I don't know. >> We're going to keep operating as we're operating right now. >> Who want to vote on it? I'm good with it >> until it changes because we're not we're not um it's the you know, we understand classroom time is sacred. Lunchtime is time for kids to be kids and
069socialize and do their thing. But right now there's there's no there's no discipline being enforced uh during lunchtime at this time. officer 25 miles hour. >> He lets you go 30 and a 25. >> Yep. >> Yeah. So, but by the time, you know, we get into October, we'll probably have to to because I we still have the flexibility to pivot with the way the policy is written one way or another. law goes this way, we've got that flexibility in the policy. If it goes this way, we still have that flexibility. So, but that's that's everything in that section. So, it's again first reading for most of those and um the third reading for the communication devices regarding cell phones. So, nothing to vote on. >> Okay. Any other discussion on >> section 18? Okay,
070moving on to 19 board business resolutions. We have four resolutions tonight. Highly unusual. We It's about as many as we get in a six-month period practically. Um the first one uh is for the uh approval of the for the Alliance of High Quality uh the lunchon at the annual meeting in Columbus. uh appointment of a CBCC board member, which we'll have to stick a name in there before we actually vote. Approval of attendance at fall leadership conference and approval a correction date. Not sure what that one is. >> Oh, we just had the wrong date. So, we're fixing a date. Okay. All right. So, can we have a motion for those four items, please? >> So, moved. That was Miss Ed. Um, Miss Brow, I'm sorry. And >> second by Mr. Dobbins. Okay. Um, so
071before we can vote, um, >> 19A is pretty straightforward. That's that's at the uh, capital conference. Uh, 19B, we need a name. >> I nominate Gary. >> Oh, Stephanie has nominated me. If you're willing to serve, I'd um second that motion. >> And Mr. Dobbins is seconded. So we'll if the treasurer would please put my name in that motion. Thank you. >> I do accept. >> And that's for a term that starts when and >> it starts January 1st and runs for three years. >> Okay. Thank you. >> And why they run in three-year terms, I'm not quite sure. It's a little strange um because you've got eight school districts and four of them >> in one one year, four of them another year, and then nobody in the third year. >> And these are
072not voted in. These are just appointed. >> Well, they're voted since >> Yeah. You mean by the public? You mean No, the these are not these are appointments. >> These are appointed positions, not voted position. The person doesn't have to be on the board of education at school, >> right? Person does not have to be on the board of education either. >> And in fact, this is our year for the second because there's eight districts. There has to be an odd number of people on the board. So the ninth one rotates and this is our year to pick up a second member. So I'm starting to look for somebody else for our district. So there'll be some other matter that's brought before this board would likely be the motion to appoint a a person as
073the ninth voting board member at the career center for a three-year term >> for for a one year. >> One year term. One year term. Okay. That rolls on and off for a one year. Okay. >> Right. So that one we'll be doing probably December, November if I get somebody quickly. >> Okay. And if anybody has it, you know, any ideas they would like to put on the list, let me know. My my intent is to this time to go to the mayors because I want somebody representing the business communities. >> Uh, and we did that last time, too. Now, I used Kurts, and Kurts is really headquartered in Independence, but he has entities in Brooklyn Heights and Kaga Heights and Valley View. I think he has entities in all three. Um, and and It
074it enabled him to see better what we were doing and to make contributions to the career center. He actually got involved and worked with the superintendent on a couple of items within the career center. So, I'm looking for someone who would fit into that mold. Um and and I think starting with the mayors is probably the best place to uh to see if we can find someone. So, that's my intent on that. Okay. So, then we have the two leadership conferences. one for Mr. Mio and was the second one. >> Last one's a correction. >> I'm sorry. >> D is a correction. Date correction. >> Oh, is it the correction? The date correction. Right. Okay. So, any other discussion on those four items? >> Do we need to pull you the nomination for the CBCC
075board member out of consent or can we do that under consent? I don't know. I just put it out there. >> It's not >> I think we can all do it together. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I mean, yeah, I think so, too. >> Um, yeah. And I I'm fine with doing keeping them all together if that's all right with everybody else. >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Treasurer, please call the role. >> Miss Pruss. >> I. >> Mr. Dobins. >> I. >> Mrs. Zer. >> I. >> Mrs. Dea. >> I. >> Mr. I. Motion passes 5. Prior to the actual meeting and have had considerable opportunity to study it and ask questions and so on. upcoming regular meetings. Um October 1st at 6 p.m., the 15th at 7 p.m. and November 5th at 6 pm.
076Um before we Oh, we're going to go into executive session. Um before we adjourn into executive session, I will not be able to attend the agenda meeting next week. I will be out of town. Uh who else is on with me? Maria, I think >> I believe it's me. >> Yeah. Can you handle that on your own? Or if somebody wants to jump in and help, Maria, you're welcome to do so. But I will not be there. >> I got broad shoulders. I think I can do it. >> Okay. I'm going to my high school reunion. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. It's in Chicago, Illinois. >> Next week. >> It's probably not next week, though, because the next meeting is not till the first. >> Next week is our agenda. The week before the first.
077>> The first is like three weeks away. or >> no two weeks. It's two weeks. Okay. I know. It feels weird. >> There's going to be a threewe gap coming up in the future. >> Sorry, I was looking at my calendar. It's weird because I didn't have it written. I had it written sorry October. October is the next one. Okay. >> I had it written wrong on my calendar at home and then I saw it in your note on Friday's note or something. I let me go look at that. And I was like, oh, I've got it. I've got it now on the 25th. >> I can join you if you want to. Well, you know, if you want, I'd love to have you >> if you'd like to come. >> Thank you. >> I'll
078be there. >> Okay. Thank you. Anything else before we adjourn into executive session? >> Okay. I hereby move that the board adjourn into executive session pursuant to OC 121222G1 uh for employee issues or 12222 G4 referring for bargaining or 1222 G5 matters to be kept confidential. I have a second to that motion please second Mr. D >> he got it >> got it got it >> he got it Mr. Mr. Dobins. Okay. Um, please call >> Mr. Sujaki. >> Hi. >> Mr. Dobbins. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Zutter. >> Hi. >> Miss Browse. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Decker. >> Hi. >> Motion passes 5-0. We are turning into executive session. It is 8:30. We all there will be no action taken when we reserve.