001Mr. Markham >> here. >> Mrs. Mock >> here. >> Mr. Porter >> here. >> Mr. Sherwood >> here. >> Mrs. Smack >> here. >> Would everybody please rise for the pledge of allegiance? To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [Music] >> Okay, Mr. Porter, would you read the vision and mission statement of the Austin Town Schools? The Austin Town local school district is a united community with a proud legacy and a progressive approach to education. We provide an inspiring education that strengthens and prepares our students for unlimited future opportunities. >> Okay. Item number five on the agenda to approve it. Upon recommendation of the treasurer, approve the agenda for the 92425 board of education regular
002session. >> So move. >> Second. >> Mrs. Mock. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Smeck. Yes, >> Mr. Markham. >> Yes, >> Mr. Porter. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sherwood. >> Yes, >> there are no public comments. >> Moving on to the principal's report. Mr. Scarat, >> good evening. Welcome back to another school year. We'll start with AES first. October will be a busy month for AES. We will have the following PTA sponsored activities. Fire safety week from October 6th to through October 10th. Fire truck in a presentation will be held. Fall Fest is October 23rd from 5:30 to 7:30. Please stop by and join the fun. Halloween parade and room parties will be held on October 31st. This year we'll be joining the AIS for the parade in the afternoon. Falcon outreach will begin on October 3rd.
003It is always a great time to have the dress up days on Friday for donating for a good cause. Going to AIS, we have finally finished all of our benchmark testing. Thank you to our PTA that sponsored the bullying assemblies this week with Josh and Gabe. They performed musicals and comedy bullying assemblies that the kids really enjoyed. As a as AEES reported, we will have an outdoor Halloween part parade this year combined with AES, weather permitting. Information will be going out the first week in October. Parents and guardians are welcome. From AMS, we had a great start to the year. Everyone is settling into their roles. We finished up our benchmark testing. Our eighth graders got to explore the skill trade expo at the Campfield Fair. The choir students enjoyed their trip to the opera.
004October is going to be a busy month with the PTA book fair, PTA Falcon outreach, parent teacher conference night, and our schoolwide assemblies. Finishing up with Fitch. Time is flying by at Fitch High School. Intim grades will be going out at the end of the week. Thank you to all our teachers for a great start of the year. The start of October will be busy time for the high school. October's 3rd is picture day and October 9th all sophomores will be taking the preac. Finally, be on the lookout for flyers for the Fitch Haunted House will return for their second year. >> Any questions or concerns? >> Andrew. >> Upon recommendation of the treasur, approve the following items A through E by consent action. >> So moved. Second, >> Mrs. Smerek. >> Yes. >> Mr.
005Sherwood. >> Yes. >> Mr. Markham. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mock. >> Yes. >> Mr. Porter. >> Yes. >> Upon the recommendation of the superintendent, approve the following items A through K by consent action. >> So move. >> Second. >> Mrs. Mock. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Smerek. >> Yes. >> Mr. Markhamm. >> Yes. >> Mr. Porter. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sherwood. Yes. >> Upon the recommendation of the superintendent, approve the new student managed activity club at Austintown Fitch High School, Austin Town Fitch Industrial Arts Club, and the following policies, procedures, and guidelines. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Mrs. Smere, >> yes. >> Mr. Sherwood, >> yes. >> Mr. Markham, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mock, >> yes. >> Mr. Porter, >> yes. Upon recommendation of the treasurer, approve the master commodity agreement and service agreement between
006NRG Business Marketing LLC and the Austin Town School District for natural gas transition transactions affected effective 11125 and ending 103126. >> So move second. >> Mrs. Mock, >> yes. >> Mrs. Smerek, >> yes. >> Mr. Markham, >> yes. >> Mr. Porter. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sherwood. >> Yes. >> Upon the recommendation of the superintendent, approve the following memorandum of understanding between Austintown Board of Education and the Ohio Association of Public School employees, ASME Local number four, AFL CIO, local 194 as stated below. >> So move. >> Second. Mr. Sherwood, >> yes. >> Mrs. Smerek, >> yes. >> Mr. Markham, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mock, >> yes. >> Mr. Porter, >> yes. >> Upon the recommendation of the superintendent approve the following memorandum of understanding between Austintown Board of Education and the Ohio Association of Public
007School Employees, ASME Local 4, AFL CIO Local 194 as stated below. So moved. >> Second. >> Mr. Sherwood. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Smerek. >> Yes. >> Mr. Markham. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mock. >> Yes. >> Mr. Porter. >> Yes. >> Upon the recommendation of the superintendent, this memorandum of understanding by and between the College of Worster here in effort. The college located at 9:30 College Mall, Worster, Ohio 44691. any Austintown local schools 700 South Raccoon Road, Austin Town, Ohio 44515 here and after the district is as followed stated below. >> So move second. >> Mrs. Mock, >> yes. >> Mrs. Smeck, >> yes. >> Mr. Markham, >> yes. >> Mr. Porter, >> yes. >> Mr. Sherwood, >> yes. >> Okay. Our next public meeting for October will be October 23rd with a work session beginning
008at 4 p.m. Regular meeting at 5:00 p.m. >> at the middle school. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Mrs. Smerek. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sherwood. >> Yes. >> Mr. Markham. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mock. >> Yes. >> Mr. Porter. >> Yes. >> Treasurer comments? >> No. >> Super comments? >> No, sir. Any board comments? I don't have any. >> No. >> Do you have comments? >> I do not. >> I do. >> Okay. Um I would like to congratulate uh the district, our teaching staff and the support staff and our administrative team on the stellar report card that we had. We should be so very proud of that. And another thing that I wanted to bring attention to, I think it's great that how we are really upping our game as far as communication uh
009to our families, especially I noticed that AMS has sent out communication as to what the expectations are uh moving forward and always homework is important. And that brings me to my personal comments as student achievement liaison. So, with the beginning, and my comments are more for our younger students, but with the beginning of the school year, I'm sure that the issue of homework has come up in many households already. Knowing the purpose of homework is important and providing help to your son or your daughter needs to get the most of it. First, you find out what's the purpose of the homework and also the teacher that assigns it. Is homework used to finish work started at school or is it to provide help with new skills or to complete a larger project? Next, sort out
010the reasons you want your child to complete homework. Is it to help with discipline and a productive work ethic? And finally, frequently talk with your children about the importance of homework. Whatever the reasons, they got to do it. Okay? And it is helpful to determine a regular time and a place to complete homework. Make sure your son or daughter is responsible for their homework. And if there is no homework to be completed, encourage reading by all means. And we need to be good role models, too. And read. >> Thank you very much. We should have a teacher. Well, you know, >> you know, it always amazes me when I look through this agenda and I see the amount of donations that come into the Austin Town Local School District. It's fascinating and I want to
011extend my sincerest thanks to those who generously donate. We can't have a lot of programs without that and a lot of things that happen for our students. It's a tremendous honor to be able sit up here and thank you for that. I also see that we've had a couple retirements. And when I look, we have one with 31 years of service and one with 20 years of service. I want the Austin community to know we're doing something right. When you have people staying here for 30 years and 20 years, that is a great run in today's society. And I thank those people for their their longevity with the district. And I wish you a very happy retirement. Other than that, we have homecoming coming up and I hope everybody has a wonderful time and be
012safe and uh thank you. >> All right, >> motion to adjurnn. >> So move. >> I almost forgot about that. >> I know you did. >> Second. >> Mrs. Smeck, >> yes. >> Mr. Sherwood, >> yes. >> Mr. Markham, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mock, >> yes. >> Mr. Porter, >> yes.