0018 p.m. and we are in the boardroom. Can we all rise for the pledge of allegiance? >> 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. Miss Faith, welcome to Make Heights. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. >> Would you mind doing our roll call, please? >> Mrs. Cheeks >> here. >> Granger >> here. >> Miss Shepard >> present. >> Mr. Blackwell >> here. Next we will have report from our superintendent >> to President Blackwell, Vice President Shepard, members of the board, and to Treasurer Baldwin. Good evening. >> Good evening. >> Um, I just have a few updates that I wanted to share with the board and to share with the public.
002Um, first, I know that there has been a lot of news media going around regarding school funding and federal funding. Um for Maple, we have received our title one funding which funds um a large portion of our elementary schools and our middle school programs. Um we also have received our IDA money. Uh that is our money that we mostly spend for our special education services and our students who are receiving those services. So we have received our um funding for that. Um, we I believe the week of I don't remember exactly what week it was. Um, but as you've heard, we still do not have title two money, title three or title four. Um, title two money is the money that we usually spend for our professional development. Uh, title three is usually what we
003spend on our English as second language learners. And then title four is um usually what we spend on some of the extracurricular activities. Um we use title four for our afterchool program at the high school because the high school doesn't get title one funds. Um so those are all on hold. Um we had received notice that we weren't going to get the 21st century grant. I know that's another one that has been out in the news a lot. Um but they mo they just recently we received notification from OD that they were going to give us our funding at least for this year. So um we will be able to run our 21st century after school program at Obama and also at Milovich. Um, as far as the rest of the money, um, you know,
004we'll just keep you guys updated as we hear more, but I know that, um, there are a lot of people out there that are wondering, you know, how Maple has is being impacted. So, we have some of our federal funding, uh, but not all of it that we will need um, for this school year. Um the second thing I would like to announce is the next music in the park is on August 5th and we will be there um with our staff. So we have families out there who would like to come um we will be at Stafford Park for music at the park and we also are doing a fill the bus initiative. Um so we will be collecting school supplies from the community on that night and we're going to try to fill
005a school bus with school supplies. So, uh, we will have both of those items there at the music in the park. We're actively enrolling students. Um, we're also in the process of just going through making sure we have updated records. So, um, we've started to reach out to families that need to update their information. And then last but not least, we have our big back to school rally on August the 16th. That's a Saturday, 10 to 2 at the high school. Um we have several people, vendors, um organizations that have signed up to attend. So we are extremely excited about um our kickoff to back to school. And then on uh Monday, August 18th, that's going to be our transition day. And uh transition day is usually where we have the new grade in each
006school attend by themselves so they can get acclimated to the school. Um they can get to know staff in a more one-on-one way. So, our kindergarten students will attend that day at Lincoln. Our second grade students will attend that day at JFK. Our fourth grade students will attend at Obama. Our sixth grade students will attend at Milovich. And then our ninth grade students will attend at the high school. We will be doing freshman pictures on that day, transition day, because they're all going to have student IDs this year. So, we want to make sure that we don't delay getting those IDs. Um, we are actually going to have uh barcodes on the student ID so we can if kids when kids come in, they can scan like if they're late, so we don't have to
007take time to do um passes. And also, I'm not sure the students are going to like this at the high school, but we're going to have them check in when they go into lunch, so we can kind of minimize students who are having two or three lunches and not going to class. Um, so it's something new that we're going to try out. We think it will help us with safety. We think it will help us with accountability. Um, so the freshman will be having pictures on that transition day so we can get those ID badges made. and then all students, all grades will attend on Tuesday, August 19th. So, these are all the things that we're preparing for, getting ready for the new school year. Um, so that really concludes my report because it's more
008or less just give you guys some updates about what's going on and let the public know the things that are up and coming. Um, and then there's a couple of people here that are going to have some program or initiatives that to present to the board uh today. So, I'll turn it over to uh Mr. Bob Ivory. >> Good evening, >> President Backwell. Blackwell, Vice President Shepard, Superintendent Tell the Floor. I appreciate the opportunity educators, community members, um for this opportunity to revisit this great chamber again. Um my name is Bob Ivory and I direct the uh students of promise closing the achievement gap initiative here in uh Kyahoga County. I'm also the executive director of a soon to open also student of promisedriven homeless uh transitional facility for women and children in Cleveland Heights
009hopefully to open its doors this fall. Um Miss Wright started a a slide and it's basically a rotating image I believe of outcomes that I put together took from our website and ver various uh outlets. So what I'm going to speak to, you visually will see actual evidence, outcomes, and lives that we've touched uh over the last 15 years. Um just a brief overview of my background uh for those that that may not know me. Um I I bring nether nearly 20 35 years of experience in youth program development um community outreach coordination and collaborative leadership for atrisisk youth. Um I was formerly a correction officer. I was tenure correction officer uh at Kyhoga Hills uh uh facility. I'm a former project manager for the uh closing achieving gap initiative statewide under the leadership of
010uh former governor Ted Strickland and the uh late Senator CJ Prrenis which was a $20 million initiative. I'm also the former special assistant to the first county executive and legislative liaison to Kai County pro prior to launching uh students of promise in the San Francisco unified school district where I parted Kyhaho County for a few years returning in 2014 and they're launching in the entering suburbs uh students of promise closing the achievement gap initiative um the student of promise program model from policy to practice. Um, Ohio's closing achievement gap initiative originally began in 2007. Uh, it was a statewide initiative to address uh persistent disparities in graduation and achievement and opportunities especially at the time uh targeting African-American males. uh again under the leadership of uh former Governor Ted Strickland and the late uh Senator
011CJ Prrenis in which I I believe uh appropriately named the transitional living facility that will open in Cleveland Heights. It's a former um convent of St. Louis Catholic Church in which I named Apprentice Place in her honor of her legacy and and her well doumented uh contributions in education and as an advocate. Um students of promise I believe is the fully realized I say communitydriven uh version of that original closing the achievement gap model uh incorporated as a nonprofit organization. uh Misdish Taylor service human service systems has been uh my fiscal agent for the last 12 years which is combined 50 years of of servicing in northeast Ohio um and I would say students of promise is is now defined as that comprehensive it's a re researchbased evidence-based model tailored to the um academic social
012and emotional needs of students that might be at most risk of not graduating on time. Um, I'm going to preface this next statement because it's a question that I've often get in presenting especially uh locally in the region because CATAG is such a synonymous brand when you say CAG obviously closing achievement gap. So I'm always faced and uh confronted with what's the difference between CAG and and students of promise. So without going through the history that I had the privilege of creating the CAG model alongside my uh mentor late CJ Prrenis I I always responded that CAG is the name closing the achievement gap. It's the effort and the original policy aiming to close the achievement gap in the state of Ohio. Uh I actually remember the day in the governor's office for closing the
013achievement gap in 2007. I had the also privilege that I lived in Columbus for those three years in in Westerville as the regional project manager and I remember when we were prepare preparing for we had a state conference where 2,000 educators came from all across Ohio and I remember in our office and we said when we was putting literature together we said why don't we just call it CAC and it's easy to remember the acronyms speak for themselves so that is actually the origin of CAG as we know it today um but as I progressed students of promise. I would characterize it as this. It is I believe that enhanced, elevated and evolving program model that harnessed the original ideal uh integrating the best practices, robust mentorship, uh holistic support and direct interventions proven I
014believe to drive both academic and personal growth development in our targeted youth. uh it has evol evolved as I stated to the extent that the uh county has has given me resources through the ARPER grant to launch a transitional living facility in Cleveland Heights because in that community uh it was brought to my attention that there was a significant homeless population in their student body. So when I came across this facility, I proposed it to the county and worked with that district to say, I think I can help solve that or meet that need of it's hard to close an achievement gap when a student is unhoused or homeless. Um the core components and I believe superintendent shared with you uh some literature that I provided, but I'm just going to run through it kind
015of quickly just so um you know I kind of set the backdrop of what our what our practices are. the core components and the best practices which I believe um are synonymous you know in some of the practices that you may also be implementing with with the CATAC program here at Maple. Uh obviously academic achievement and support in school pull out and classroom sessions and monitoring. Uh we al also have had some uh success where the uh student of promise programcurriculum was actually elective on their schedule. So they actually went to a students of promise classroom at a certain time during the day had a curriculum was followed by a linkage coordinator that implemented it. Um there's also uh structured parent and community engagement uh weekly outreach to parents and guardians and uh interactive workshops,
016family nights. Like I say, a lot of those images are like that's a family night where a podcast is taking place with uh Congresswoman Shantel Brown on the screen now. uh summer bridge programming uh for incoming freshmen. Uh I can't take the credit for that component as I was an upperbound myself many moons ago. Um I just turned 60 the other day so we know how many moons that was. But that whole summerbridge concept, I remember being a summer bridge student when I was in Upperbound at Baldwin Wallace. uh exposure field trips, college tours, historical museums, uh leadership retreats, uh teen summit that we do annually. Uh since 2014, Students of Promise has visited over 30 colleges and universities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Atlanta, Alabama, North Carolina, San Francisco, and in 2003 uh we took
017eight students to Ghana, West Africa. And that was made possible by a grant that I successfully uh received through the uh congressional direct spending through Senator Sherid Brown. Uh an experience that changed my life and let alone the students that that we uh that we accompanied. Uh the major highlight and the major best practice is the designated on-site linkage coordinator uh which we called in Columbus the epicenter of the initiative. They lead case management uh helping to bolster academic achievement, direct mentorship, advocacy. Uh student promise coordinator is not just a routine mentor. Uh it's not they don't just, you know, it's not a cut and paste programmatic kind of check the box interaction they have with students. Um, as I am proud to have helped design the original uh uh term and the role of
018the linkage coordinator some 18 years ago. Um, students of promise linkage coordinator at the time was actually in the Ohio revised code. When this model was created in 2007, Senator Prrenage literally went to the state on the floor and got into legislation the actual word, term, roles, expectations of a linkage coordinator that at the time was in the Ohio Revised Code. The reason why I state that parenthetically because that's the serious the urg urgency and also the nature of where the model originated to the fact it was actually in the Ohio revised code. Um, and so what I did and I wanted to take a couple of minutes and uh and two minutes uh in in in actual time because I asked a colleague who was linkage coordinator and I would say probably the u
019epitome of the linkage coordinator when we created this role in 2018. Miss Wright was actually the person and the uh the type of professional that has led students. So, if if she could just for a couple of minutes uh just speak specifically to what she has done as a as a student of promise leakage coordinator and then I'll close. >> Greetings everybody. Thank you so much for giving me two minutes of your time. Um as you see I got some papers here because it's always better to look at things as opposed to always hearing them. I know I'm I need things in front of me because sometimes I might tune out but um I am a linkage coordinator. Totally love my job. love what I do um and I do it successfully. How? Well, I
020figured out a way to um kind of harness my superpowers. If you guys are familiar with that word, you all know that we all have a superpower. It's something that we're really good at and that we do easily that maybe nobody else does quite like we do. So, I was able to figure out how can I connect with these students fast? How can I get their parents to buy in and build a relationship not only with their student but with me as well? And then how can I also kind of make things that they may grown to like reading more fun. So one of the very first things that I do when I get a student is I give them a questionnaire um that says I am someone who and I'll pass this around. You
021guys can just kind of look through it. Um these are just two different old students. They're like in their 20s now, so don't even worry about it. But I give them this and they fill it out and I get a chance to look at it and we also get a chance to talk talk about it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Um, and every day when the students come into my classroom, not only do they have to sign in, but they also have to give me an I am statement. So, I'm able to look at that I am. If they say, "I am hungry, I am sleepy, I am bored, I am scared." I'm able to tap into that and pull them aside and see what's really going on and peel back
022some layers to figure out what it is that these students need to get them to graduate. It's a lot of SEO. Yes. But also sometimes they just don't know. Nobody's ever poured into them and told them that they can be a superintendent, they can be a school board president, they can be a doctor, they can be um a career that maybe they haven't even heard of because they can only probably name 10 things that they nor a nurse, a teacher, a basketball player. But there's so much more to life than just those things. So, I'm able to tap into that um based off of just them signing in on that paper, giving me an IM statement. I also talk a lot about time management because they need to know how to manage their time. Maybe
023this is why they aren't getting good grades. They don't know how much time to study or how much time to put towards that. In addition to that, because I'm going to go this way with these papers. In addition to that, I'm also able to connect with the teachers. How do you connect with the teachers? It's important because the teachers see these kids every day. So, the teachers, I want them to be able to call me, text me, email me and say, "Hey, Miss Erica, um, Michael isn't doing his work or Michael needs to make up a test because I've built a rapport and relationship with Michael." I'm able to get Michael to complete this test for Miss Hajarski. And so, one way that I do that to figure out what's going on in the classrooms
024is every week or bi-weekly, I have the kids take this progress sheet to the teachers. In every classroom, these teachers fill it out and they'll leave me notes or they'll tell me where their grades are. They'll tell me what's missing. Then I'm able to come back to Michael and say, "Hey, what's going on in math class? What's going on in English class? Why didn't you turn this assignment in?" Well, we got a field trip coming up. Do you want to go? Okay, you need to get this work in. And it works. I'm just going to show you guys these two things real quick. So, you guys have the um sheet time management work. You're welcome. And then of course um connecting parents. A lot of issues um that we see that I see in schools
025is the parent in the parent and their child are having a um not a pleasant relationship. Maybe the parent and the teachers aren't having a parent relationship. Um so what I've done is not only do I sort of do activities with the students, but I also do activities with the parents as well. So, one thing that I did I do is that I send home this parent um and peer paper and I have the parents fill this out. Now, this is one of my favorite and actually most impactful program events that I do within the program because after the parents fill this paper out, I'll pass this around. I do a project called becoming. So I take something positive that the parent wrote on this paper that you guys will see in a minute and
026I print it up in real big letters. So it may say some So Ka's mom may have said um remember don't quit, keep the faith. And so I'll print it out and I put it in a big piece of paper and then I also have the kids come up with what is it that you want to do? Who is it that you want to become? What are some things that you want to do in the future? So we create this list and then I send this home. to the parents. I read it to the kids and they're all like, "Oh my god, I didn't know my mom knew me. Oh my god, I didn't know my dad cared about me." Really? Right. And so then I had the kids come up with a headline for
027their future selves. What is What could the newspaper say about you in your future? So I had a student who wanted to become a behavior analyst. And so her headline um says, "Behavior analyst Kala Arrington turns clues into convictions." She put a picture with her headline. I printed out. I made it pretty. We put it in color. Here is another student who wanted to do um like cyber security. So, this is her her newspaper article, her headline that she created for herself. And then, oh, here is just a a example of a parent that filled one out about their kid. Um, so what I did was I um had this huge we had a photo shoot. I had a photographer come in. They did their regular student selves and then we dressed them up the
028next day in their alter egoelves becoming whatever it is they want to become. And then I displayed these 21 by 21 huge inch um posters after they got created. And then I put the quote that their parent wrote about them in that parent paper next to their picture. And then I put their headline right underneath that. And that alone, that whole impact, how they all came together, I'm getting goosebumps thinking about it was just amazing. And last, lastly, a couple more things. Everything that I do, even to the small details, I'm extremely intentional with. So, not only do I reward the kids by pouring into them, but I also pour into the families. So, this is just a gift that when the parents came to the event, they were able to see this. They everybody
029got one students and parents and all these things are reasons why I had a 99% parent success rate in anything that I did. Um 99% of the parents came to all of my events and participated. Also, literacy is a big thing. Kids hate reading, right? So, how can I get kids to read? Well, I found books that appeal to them. I find books that are interesting. And one of the big ones that kids really liked when we dug into it was The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lax. I don't know if you guys have ever read it. It's a phenomenal read. Oprah Winfrey also did a movie about it. Um, and this went over. We had so much conversation about this book that it was so great. Even the parents, my kids were like, "Oh, my
030parents took my book and was reading it." Hands down, it was phenomenal. And then lastly, on my own, I started a nonprofit called Beautiful Mirror. And I was able to implement Beautiful Mirror for teenage girls at um the high schools. We met after school twice a month. And then I'm just teaching them all about how they're beautiful and not just outer beauty, but inner beauty. We're talking about self-esteem. We're talking about being ladies, how to dress, how to speak, um how to act when you're on a date. Um their careers. Um empowering them to go far in life. Um to break down the stereotypes that we as women can't do this or shouldn't do that. Um and that program has been a huge success. Um, I still maintain relationships with all the girls that are
031in this program and also a part of the students of promise program. It doesn't stop. I still have parents calling me. I get invited to sweet 16s. I get invited to graduation parties. But it's because kids know. Kids know who cares about them and they know who doesn't. And I am one who absolutely love kids. The reason why I do what I do is because there was a lady in high school who took a liking to me and she totally changed the trajectory of my life. Um, and I commend her for that. and that is my why. So, thank you so much for your time. I appreciate all of you guys. And I'll just grab that after the meeting. >> Thank you, Miss Ray. Um, there are four other linkage coordinators just as passionate and
032uh I can say without question that none of them follow the two-minute rule. Um, students are promised. Um I wanted to do some reflection based on uh the evaluation that was completed by Case Western Reserve University in 2018. So we reflected 2014 which was the inception and when I brought the model into the inner range I understand it was already in Cleveland, East Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati was all in the the big eight so to speak and the reason why it was not in the inner rings because based on the data and then based on how Senator Prrenis uh created and got the funding the 20 million is that the only districts that qualified to apply they if they had a 70% or lower uh graduation rate of African-American males at the time. None of
033the inner rings had that. It was always was above that. So that's why a Maple, a Garfield, a Cleveland Heights at that time uh did not participate in the original model until 214 when uh Councilman Jones brings me back from sunny San Francisco, California. Um but with that said, Students of Promise at Maple had a 93.8% 8% graduation rate uh of students of promise participants from 2014 to 2018 surpassing all school and targeted at risk groups. uh as I recall and the data reflects that there were 33 ninth grade repeaters in the students of promise roster when we entered in 2014 within four years 31 of those students graduated with their class meaning that June which would have been their senior year. The remaining two students earned enough credits to graduate the following January. Um
034uh there was also during those four years a consistent positive growth in student GPA year after year. Behaviorally there was 17% reduction in suspensions. Behavioral infractions fell most of them. The highest uh needed freshman whose most intently intensely the linkage coordinators would work with work with. Uh some freshman benefited from interventions were were because they were robust, they were swift and they were responsive to their needs. Regarding social emotional growth, over 60% of students scored good or excellent on the developmental assets profile, outpacing national averages. Uh uh summerbridge program and exposure field trip participants uh showed significant gains in self-esteem, motivation, and future. I won't go through all that because I can actually send you the actual report uh in which the county is also looking to find the resources to do the second wave
035of now that we're probably 218 to say 222 224 uh to get more updated data. So why the reintroduction of students of promise? Now co 19 amplified academic, social and emotional gaps for vulnerable students. The very population students of promise services. Uh the program uh compensates uh for li limited capacity and traditional systems through um our I believe expertise driven mentoring like Miss Wright. uh its flexibility to meet students and families with wraparound support where they are. In addition, uh, which is important, Kaho County Councilman Prenell Jones and the local leadership remain committed to investing in students of promises, a proven, scalable, sustainable solution, including the expansion, which uh came with uh a quarter of a million dollars in additional uh funds, ARPA dollars to launch the uh homeless and transitional facility. And it's not
036exclusive to Cleveland Heights. I have to say that because if there's a bed and there's a family and there's a need, it's not just because it's in Cleveland Heights. If you had a student, if Garfield had a student, if Richmond had a student and a mom that was homeless, they as well can access that resource and be housed um in in that in that um environment. Uh, Students of Promise, I believe, with its proven results, a comprehensive support structure and unmatched focus on expert leadership u um linkage coordinator drawn from the original uh platform I believe stands ready to partner with uh Maple Heights again and I believe together we can you know what all our mission is and our goal are to help our students reach their full potential. I will end on this
037note because I believe it's important and something that Miss Wright tapped into is that our students stay connected to us beyond graduation. Just like I'm still in contact with my up upper upper director even at 60. I'm still linked to her as she was linked to me at at 15 years old. But uh as we spoke today, I was in court. Uh there's a trial going on as we speak of a student of ours, former student that was uh killed tragically last year. It's Cleveland Height student. He graduated I think in 2019. But the mom called me on Friday and said, "Bob, you know, can you come? The trial comes today of the person that is charged with that crime and can you come and sit with me and the family for support?" Of course,
038absolutely. But to me that is probably indicative of the relationship that students of promise not just myself but just the initiative the model our supporters have wrapped oursel around students that some six years later she would like me to sit with the family and hope that justice is for her son who was probably a one of my you hate to say your favorite student but he was one of my favorite students and unfortunately uh you know succumbed to to a tragic uh uh situation But to me that is me saying that this is not just a program. This is not just uh an initiative. I live this. I was that student. Therefore, you know, I believe I I try to take this everywhere, you know, students of promise has gone. So I thank you for
039your time. I hope it wasn't too long. I'm definitely here for questions if you have any. And I appreciate uh the invite. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Har. You guys have any questions? Uh, I do. Sorry. Hi. >> Hi. >> When was the last time that the program was in Maple? >> I believe 2000. We were just talking about that. Was it 2019 or 234? >> Well, no. Students are promised not here and I think uh there's a like I identified the CAG model. There was an RFP that came out I believe in 21 and I think that's when the there was kind of a clear distinction between CAG and students of promise. its uh leadership, how it was structured and so forth, but I believe it would had to been had to have
040been at least 20 2021. >> Okay. >> It was a little after um and around co >> Okay, got it. And then um what other schools are you in? >> Currently, I'm in uh Cleveland Heights uh University High School District and Warrenville Heights School District. Uh I I can't celebrate Richmond Heights just yet because the RFP is still in a uh in a process, but I'm confident that uh that is going to work itself through the things that are out of my control. And there's also like three CMSD middle schools that are have requested, you know, students of promise because working with the eighth graders is also we're also in the middle schools. So, uh, but right now officially in Warrenville and Cleveland Heights. >> Okay. And one more question. Um, for the program, is
041it like a cohort model or like what type of students are you working with? Is it 9th through 12? >> Excellent question. It is currently 9 through 12. Uh, only because that is the model that we have had the resources to to uh uh address, but it's designed and can be middle school. I have been in the middle schools. When I went to San Francisco, it was Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School where the program was. So, there's a curriculum for both middle school and high school. And I don't know if you're ever had the opportunity to meet uh the late Senator CJ Prrenis, but when she went to to the governor to get the uh she actually asked for $und00 million and she got 20 million. The reason why she asked for $100 million
042because her plan was to when she wanted to start the program in the fourth grade, >> 100 million wasn't going to fly. We were grateful for the 20 million, but the original plan was to start what you hear and what you've been presented. It was originally designed to start in the fourth grade. And now that I look back 18 years later, I wonder where we'd be if we started fourth graders with this back then, where would those students be today? >> I have a follow-up question. Um, so for the students who are in involved in this program, is it do they have to sign up for it or are you the ones picking them? like how do you choose those students? >> Those are great questions. Haven't heard those questions in a while. Um it's
043a collaborative effort because we go on your data. You know, there are certain uh risk factors. room in Columbus. We said if a student has missed uh at least 25 days of school, if a student had 5 days of in school or out of school suspension, if a student failed a major course, if a student was court involved or court supervised. If a student had repeated a grade. If a student performed below basic on a standardized test and or if a student was referred by the school, then that is a student that was felt to be at risk. So everything that I just mentioned is based on your data, based on your referral. Uh but we have students, and Miss Wright could could testify, we have 4.0 3.8 8 uh doing great students that are
044homeless that are have su suicide ideation that have some of the most horrific dynamics in their lives and they still have a 3.8. So you say why is that person why is she in this program? Because there's more to it to success than academic achievement, right? >> And it's the whole student and the whole child. And I was so glad when we went to Morehouse a few years ago to hear Morehouse at their balorate say that it's not just acade I'm not a Morehouse man. >> Um if I had to do it all over again I probably would be. However, it was more just it's more to it than academics. We service the whole child as they come to us and that's what students promise attempts to do. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you.
045Um, I'm also Chuck Belchure is here and um, he's working on a project about Maple Heights. So, he wanted to share it with the board. >> Thank you very much for letting me speak with you. By the way, uh, is that a Hawaiian dress? >> No. >> It was my birthday uh, last Wednesday. 74th birthday. >> Happy birthday. >> Congratulations. I lived in Hawaii for 40 years. Oh wow. >> 1976 to 19 uh to 2016, you know. >> So I'll be done in two minutes, but I just want to hit all the points, you know. So uh and I thank you for letting me come and speak with you. Okay. Okay. Why am I back in Cleveland? You know, I was living in Hawaii for 40 years, right? You know, kind of stupid, right? But
046Cleveland went 50 years without a sports championship. Remember those days? You know, but I always said every day I was in Hawaii, if Cleveland could never win a championship, I'm coming back home. I'm from Cleveland Heights. Okay. So, in 2016, they won it, right, with LeBron James. So, you know, I'm back home. Okay. So um I was also a social worker at Murder Taylor. >> Okay. So back in 196 I'm a wrestling historian. Okay. So back in 1969 uh with coach Milovich uh in the Maple Heights gym, I wrestled against a guy named Flareity from Maple Heights. He beat me 11 to three. Okay, no big deal. But uh you know uh he died Milvitch died about four years ago, you know. Uh so you're there was a book uh called the Mustang. I don't
047know if you ever heard of it by a guy named Caitlyn about Maple Heights and stuff like that. So, uh, you know, this my book would not be the first one. I've been working on it for 12 years already. So, uh, you know, but they had a party for Mike Milovich back in uh, every year like 2016, 2017 and I just come back to clean, right? I still feel like I'm 18 years old because uh uh when I left when I was 19 20 years old, you know, for Hawaii is so beautiful. Every day is 68 degrees. I mean uh you know, you don't you don't lose a step, you know. So I have the same energy I had when I when I left. >> I that 40 years went like that. You know, you've
048been to Hawaii, anybody? >> It's nice. >> I want to go. >> You will love it. Come with 3,000 bucks. get a job, you know, because, you know, it's gonna take, you know, you're going to run through a couple thousand, but then if you can make it after like a month or two, you're you're there forever. It's so beautiful. Okay. So, anyways, uh in this party of 2016, you know, uh I found out some information that I didn't know, you know, so I researched it. Okay. And uh it's earthshattering uh the stuff that I uh I didn't know anything about it, but I researched it. It's uh phenomenal. And all has to do it all has to do with uh uh by the way back in ' 69, the Mabel Heights cheerleaders were the prettiest
049ones in the in the city. Okay. They were they were very cute. Anyways, uh uh it's earth this book is is going to be earthshattering for Maple Heights High School because uh you guys are the focus of it. Okay. So, uh um it's about the Milkovich family. Okay. So, um I don't know. Uh, you know, I was uh maybe a couple weeks ago, you know, since a book is about due in in September, I said, "Okay, I'll uh talk to uh the principal of the high school, see if if we can have an assembly, you know, so we can like announce this earthshattering uh thing, you know, and Holly had mentioned, well, why don't you talk to them supervisor, you know, so anyways, that's why I'm here. So, if if I could get any help
050or if if you really thought that it was worthwhile that uh I think it's a really big deal and that I wanted, you know, I want to promote uh the book a little bit and I don't really care about that, but it's going to promote Maple Point's High School. So, if there's any way that that uh we could work together, you know, to uh really build something up because it's earthshattering the information I come out with and I didn't know none of it. If it wasn't for LeBron, if it wasn't for Kyrie Irving hitting that supposed three-pointer, you know, I'd still be in Hawaii. I wouldn't know nothing about this stuff. >> But I I know now a lot of great information that's going to put May more on the map than it ever was.
051>> That's all I got to say. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> So, when is your book out, sir? >> I'm sorry. >> Year. >> What's that? >> When will your book be out? >> I hope September the 1st. Okay. So, >> thanks for asking. Any other questions? Uh, okay. So, hopefully I you guys can we can work together on this one. We can all become more famous than we already are. >> Thank you so much. >> Good. All right. >> Yep. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. Thanks. >> Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. >> All right. Now, we'll have a report from our treasurer. >> Okay. Uh first, I have resolution to approve the minutes from the June 23rd regular and the June 30th special meeting. >>
052Okay. So, treasur is asking us to approve the board minutes from the June 23rd, 2025 regular meeting and the June 30th special meeting. I have a motion to approve. >> So, move. >> Um, any discussion? >> Okay, Miss B, can I have a roll call, please? Miss Shepard, >> yes. >> Miss Cheeks, >> yes. >> Miss Granger, >> yes. >> Mr. Blackwell, >> yes. >> Next, I have resolution to approve the um monthly financials for June. >> I'm sorry, Connie. Can you just speak up a little more? >> Sorry. That's okay. Um, I have a resolution to approve the financial report for June. Okay. >> So, the treasur is asking us to approve the financial report for June. Any discussion? I will just get a motion first and then I'll discuss. >> Um, you have
053a motion to approve the monthly report. >> So move second. >> All right, Miss Baldman, can we have a roll call? Yeah, I just I was just going to point out quickly that um so the fiscal year has been closed for 2025 uh ending in June. Um today was my first official day as treasurer. So jumped in with both feet and um have been very happy, very welcomed here. Uh, I had a welcome to the team banner in my office and it's it's just been a great start to the to my um tenure here. So, and I'm following up on some things that are still um still open. Our our audit from 2024, I've reached out to the state auditors to see where we're at with that and just some of the things that are
054ongoing over the summer to get ready for the new school year. So excited to be here and appreciate it. >> Awesome. We're glad you're here. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Go ahead. Roll call. >> Roll call. Okay. Miss Shepard. >> Yes. >> Miss Granger. >> Yes. >> Miss Cheeks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Blackwell. >> Yes. All right. >> Thank you, Miss Baldwin. Uh now can we have u motion to approve the agenda? >> So move second. >> Any discussion? >> Miss Baldwin, can we have a roll call, please? >> Miss Shepard? >> Yes. >> Miss Cheeks? >> Yes. >> Miss Granger? >> Yes. >> Mr. Blackwell? >> Yes. Next, we'll move to new business. Uh the first subject is a pumpa refinishing and remodeling agreements. The superintendent recommends approval to enter into agreement with PMPA
055refinishing and remodeling to provide wood for wood floor finishing services pertaining to district gym floors in a total amount of $20,454 per attached estimates. So, as you guys can see, there's the cost for each gym floor. Any discussion regarding this? >> I have a question. >> Sure. >> Um, do we we don't have like our own equipment for the >> come up? You want to come up? Yeah. So, Dr. Nyak, I did not. >> Okay. >> So, I got two questions. Is this like a do we get this done every year or and then the second question is like do we because I do we have the equipment to like do it ourselves or No, >> this is done every year. Uh we typically do this late July, early August in preparation for the upcoming
056school year. We do not have the equipment. But in addition to not having the equipment, we don't have the the the skill set uh amongst our staff to be able to do this particular work. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> So, can I have a motion to approve the refinishing and remodeling? So move >> second. >> Miss Bin, can we have a roll call, please? >> Miss Shepard? >> Yes. >> Miss Cheeks? >> Yes. >> Miss Granger? >> Yes. >> Mr. Blackwell? >> Yes. Next is subject B, Wonderrow agreements. The superintendent recommends approval to enter into agreement with Wonderrow to provide cleanup and miscellaneous landscaping services to the district in a total amount of 30,58740 per attached. So the services include clean up cleanups, mulch, pruning, lawn fertilization, and playground enhancements. Any discussion revolving this
057agreement? Seeing none, give a motion to approve. >> So move second. All right. Miss Bobo call, please. >> Miss Shepard, >> yes. >> Miss Cheeks, >> yes. >> Miss Granger, >> yes. >> Mr. Blackwell, >> yes. Next is subject C. Present digital LLC agreement. Superintendent recommends approval of the service and maintenance agreement with Prescended Digital LLC for the technology of the Wally Athletic Center in the amount of $11,19.98 for the period September 1st through August 31st of 2026. >> Can you explain? >> Um, yes. So all of the new equipment that we got, all the new technology equipment because it is brand new, they offer a service plan to go along with it. Um so uh Mark provided this recommendation just so they can service anything that we would need there. So they do preventative
058maintenance, all of things that are listed here. If they have to come out, um you know, they would charge us. So that cost is listed here. And they can also do some remote support. um for licensing and for the software. >> So they charging us $11,000 plus if they have to come out additional. >> No, this is this is the total cost for the year. >> Just for the year? >> Yes. >> Do we have to do this every year then? >> No. >> Okay. >> No. And we, you know, we're doing it as a level of precaution, preventative. >> If there are issues, then they would service it for this year. Got it. >> Any other any other questions? Okay. So, can I have a motion to approve this agreement? >> So, move second.
059>> Miss Baldwin, can we have a roll call, please? >> Miss Shepard? >> Yes. >> Miss Granger? >> Yes. >> Miss Cheeks? >> Yes. >> Mr. Blackwell. >> Yes. Next is subject D. Ohio basement authority agreements. The superintendent recommends approval of the agreements with Ohio Basement Authority to repair services and to provide a three-year service and maintenance plan in the amount of $30,575.40 as indicated. And the site cost breakdowns are as followed below. >> So I have a couple questions about this. So it's just one also. >> So I need to know what maintenance is being done at the high school, the middle school, and the elementary because when I went to the file attachment just for the high school by itself, it was talking about floors. So it had me kind of confused like
060okay so we going to Flores somewhere else now we're going to floors here so maybe it was just a mistake. So can you tell me what we what what are they going to be doing for 12,000$10,000 $7,000 for each school. So this particular proposal is not for floor. This is external. This is concrete. The grounds. >> I saw the concrete. >> So throughout our district um just over the years due to the age and um uh of the grounds uh you know snow plows going over the cement etc. Some of the cement in areas has become uneven and it's unsafe. Um, traditionally or in the past, you used to just simply break up that cement and then you would just uh resee it. But there's a more cost effective way of doing that and that's
061offered through the Ohio Basement Authority agreement. Uh, basically what they do is all of these uneven areas on the campus, they drill holes into that cement and then they fill it with a foam. That foam will fill in any holes underneath the seaman and then ultimately rise bring that semen up and make it level. Once again, the goal here is to make the grounds safer um and avoid those trip hazards, but also aesthetically it's going to improve the appearance of our grounds as well. So that's what this particular company is doing. It's not floors once again, it's external and it's cement leveling throughout our campuses. >> Okay. So, did you compare prices with other places besides here? >> Uh, we compared with one other location and that location's price was more than this particular location.
062Uh, and then they also provided us a discount as part of a promotional program. >> Okay. So, can you try to get or did you try to get grants to kind of offset this price here? >> I mean, it's kind of high. >> No, we did not pursue grants for this service, but if that's something that the board desires, we can put this particular project on hold. explore other opportunities. >> I think we should I I think we should go see if we can get grants for it. I'm I'm sorry. I just thought that was a whole lot of money. So, >> at this time, I'm not aware of any particular grants that would cover this type of service, but if that's what the board desires, we will explore that and put that particular project
063on hold. >> Yeah. Um, just taking up Miss Cheeks's idea. I mean, if you could just report back at the next meeting or have Superintendent Delaflor report back and let us know. If there's no grants for it, then you know, we can make a decision after that point. But at least we can look into it and see. >> Certainly something out there. >> Certainly. >> And qu question, the 30,000 is for the entire three years. Well, the 30,000 is for the the initial service. Okay. >> Uh and once again, that is broken down, as you can see, by campus. Uh and then included with that initial service of leveling that cement across the board, there is a three-year uh service agreement where they would come out, you know, check it. If for some reason that
064asphalt, I mean, not asphalt, that cement were to drop in a particular area within that three-year time frame, they would correct that at no additional cost. >> No cost. Absolutely. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> All right. >> So, we are going to table this for now. >> Okay. Right. Um, next is new business line items. Uh disposable disposal of obsolete outdated items. So the superintendent recommends the disposal or resale of obsolete outdated items from the Walle Athletic Center as indicated. Any discussion regarding Discarding the obsolated items. Seeing none, can we have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Second. >> Miss. Can we have a roll call, please? >> Miss Shepard. >> Yes. >> Miss Cheeks. Yes, >> Miss Granger. >> Yes, >> Mr. Blackwell. >>
065Yes. >> Next is subject B, new germ. The superintendent recommends approval to purchase new case lockable phone cases and unlocking stations for Maple Heights High School students in the amount of 19,239,000 as indicated. So, um, Superintendent Delor, you like to expand a little bit on this? >> Sure. I actually brought some examples if you guys want to see them. >> Okay. >> Um, so as with any initiative, new, you know, we we use the yonder bags. Um, right now we haven't really experienced large issues at the middle school or at Obama with the underbags, but several of the bags were damaged, broken um, at the high school. So, I asked the scene, Mr. Rose to explore if there were other things out there that we could try. Um because obviously we'll need to um you
066know start at the beginning of the year because now there's the whole ban in the whole state of Ohio which luckily Maple Heights was ahead of the curve. So we've already um gotten our students. So we wanted to get purchase these just for the high school next year to try them out. Um some of the benefits that Mr. rose that we've talked about is those are clear um versus the yonder bags were not. So, um unfortunately some students were putting more things in there or they would start putting like multiple phones into one yonder bag. Um so, they believe that these will be a little bit quicker cuz you can see exactly what's in there um with them going through um security. So, we want to buy those for the high school, test them out,
067and see how they do, and then I guess go from there. Um, but we know that the yonder bags have at the high school, we need to have another solution. >> Um, how do they open these? >> Um, there's like a little stand that you It's like a unlocking device, too, that you put the bottom on and it unlocks. And we also plan on keeping those at the building. Um I'm gonna talk with the team. We're going to make sure we get everything approved. Um instead of maybe the kids taking them home every day. >> That's what I was about to say. Cuz then what if >> see if that helps. >> And then what if they get broken? >> Like what's the charge? >> Those cost I think they What did I put down?
068>> $17.95. So probably with shipping they probably about 20. The yonder bags are like 35 cuz they're $30 for each yonder bag plus the $5 shipping or whatever. So, it probably be $20 for the replacement or the damage repair fee if you included the shipping and the cost of the box. Y'all just know our kids. >> I know. We We tested it before the meeting. >> No, they was testing it um on the video. I watch the video all >> No, I get that. But it looks like it's a >> something a screw >> like a screw or something that you could push this out. Our kids are very smart. They found a way to get in the yonder bag. I'm just be >> I mean always going to be something. back up. >> I
069like it cuz it's clear. >> Cuz it's clear. Yeah. >> So, any other discussion regarding the new cases? >> I like it. Uh, >> I mean it make but she know cuz she >> it'll make stuff go faster. >> Yeah, >> but I'll know by the middle of the school year or something. >> I feel like it's all going to be trial and error for a while. >> Yeah. No. >> Yeah. >> Nothing's childproof. >> Yeah, nothing is childproof. >> See that young lady there? She's got that look like >> figure it out. >> She's like she going to report back. All right. So, can I have a motion to approve these new cases? >> Some move. >> Second. >> All right. Miss Baldwin, can I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Shepard? >>
070Yes. >> Miss Cheeks? >> Yes. >> Miss Granger? >> Yes. >> Mr. Blackwell? >> Yes. We will see how it goes. >> Yeah. I feel like we won't find a like a good thing and it's going to be like five years before they find something that's really >> I think it takes five years to figure things out. >> All right. Now we move to resolutions. Uh >> no, I'm talking about the how to protect the fun. >> Resolution number 2583, resolution authorizing acceptance of Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company. give us speak to A and B because they go together. Um so you know we have an insurance committee for the district and periodically you know we may have to change carriers. So with our life insurance carrier, we need to move to um Hartford
071Life accident um insurance and we currently have Metife. So one of these is to accept to move on to Hartford Life accident that will carry the accident life insurance for the district and the other one is just to terminate the previous one with Metife. Okay. So, it's a better deal for you. >> Um, >> basically or >> Yeah, I believe you know how things switch based on who you're So, I'm not I don't sit on the insurance committee. That's the treasurer, but Connie wasn't here, so >> I'm not sure. We can give you that information exactly what the changes are. >> Okay. All right. Um any question other questions about the acceptance of Hartford and termination of Metife? >> Do we have to vote individual or we can vote together? >> We got to vote
072for A and then B. >> We can probably vote for these together, couldn't we? Because they're Yeah. Um, can I have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Second. >> Okay. This why we have a roll call, please. >> Miss Shepard, >> yes. >> Miss Granger, >> yes. >> Miss Cheeks, >> yes. >> Mr. Blackwell, >> yes. Next is subject C resolution number 2585 resolution declaring transportation by school conveyance and practico for certain identified students and offering to provide payment in lie of transportation you want to expand on this one. >> Um yeah so we will probably be bringing several of these forward. These are um when the charter schools request transportation from the public school districts, if we deem it to be impractical um such as if you don't have enough students or
073you know there's one student who goes to the charter school, the distance is um more than 30 minutes away from us. There's a whole list of things we can deem that it's impractical for us to transport to the charter school. So as of today we have these four that we deemed we cannot transport them. So um they are entitled uh per the state that we give them a payment in lie of. So, if we're not providing transportation, then we at the end of the year after they verify that they've attended the charter school, then we um write a check to their parent that pays them whatever the state has a a different number they come up with each year that we refund to the parent say, well, we didn't provide transportation via our school bus,
074but per the state, you can get reimbursed this amount of money because your child we didn't give transportation. So, so far these are the students that we um these are the schools, the charter schools and the students that we um are saying it's impractical for us to provide transportation for them. >> So, can I have a motion to approve this resolution? >> So, move second. Miss Paul Roco, please. >> Miss Shepard, >> yes. >> Miss Cheeks, >> yes. >> Miss Granger, >> yes. >> Mr. Blackwell, >> yes. Next is subject D, resolution number 2586, resolution approving non employee agreement with Belfare JCB. >> So motion to approve this resolution. Was there a question? >> Um, she was just asking if they could these all could go together, but I can I can explain when you
075guys >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, the um resolution 2586 uh resolution 2587 resolution 2588 um resolution uh 90. These are all um you know, we contract out with several outside agencies to help us provide special education services. So the JCB um they have a school, a special education school. They also have services that they provide. Um the LLA therapy, they also provide um special education services. So that's another vendor that we work with. the ESC. Um there's actually two on there because one provides uh one contract is for visually impaired services for our visually impaired students and then the other contract is for um aiology or or hearing impaired services. The resolution 2589 which is G um that was that was coupled in there as services but it does uh it's it will provide
076interpretation services for us. So if we have um parents who speak a different language, they don't um speak English, then we would utilize those services. So they provide um their rate sheet of how much they would charge us. Um sometimes that we have most of the time we use translation services is for IEP meetings. Um so that's why it's all coupled in with the special ed contracts. We can also use the translation for other items, but the majority of times when we would need to use translation services would be for IEP meetings. So all of those are special education uh contracts. So that would be D through H. So again have a motion to approve D through H. So move second. >> Miss W. Can I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Granger. >>
077Yes. >> Miss Shepard. >> Yes. >> Miss Cheeks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Blackwell. >> Yes. Next is the consent agenda. Senator, we're going to do B through B through J. Okay. >> Any discussion regarding B through J? >> Yes. I have a couple of questions. >> Okay. >> But 2581, >> uh, I know you spoke on for the athletic director. Mhm. >> So, did you find out if he had a principal license? >> Yes, he does. >> Okay. And so, how long he been a principal now? >> Um, he's >> How long was he a principal? I don't know exactly, but more than 10 years. >> More than 10 years. >> Okay. >> But I can get that number to you. >> Okay. And for 2582, you have her as an assistant principal. >> Yes.
078So, you have a principal here because I'm just saying for the early childhood care, how many kids do you have there to have a principal and an assistant principal? >> Well, this is the we reallocated the preschool coordinator that we're we're now has a new title of early childhood assistant principal. So, they're going to be housed in the building instead of here in central office. >> Okay. So, do because maybe I'm getting confused. Do you have a principal here too? >> Yes, it's at Lincoln. >> Okay. >> We used to have a principal and we had a preschool coordinator, but the preschool coordinator was kind of like a central office and there. So, we moved it to it was previously an administrative position. Then they moved it to not be an administrator and we're moving
079it back to be an administrative position because of all of the special ed and things that are involved with our preschool um early childhood. Okay. So, how many kids are in this program that you >> Well, they're going to be helping with the whole Lincoln >> with the whole Lincoln school. Okay. Right. >> All right. Okay. >> Their primary focus is going to be at preschool because the other thing is um right now the principal at Lincoln, she's doing all the evaluations at Lincoln. So, for all the teachers, all the preschool, all the paras. So by placing an administrative position there, she also can do the evaluation, help with evaluations at school. >> Okay. >> Yeah. All right. That's I know that's been a big concern for some time now. Miss Bett said her had
080that all by herself. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. So, >> okay. Okay. >> Any other questions? Seeing none, can have a motion to approve >> B through J. >> Sorry. Some move. >> We have roll call, please. >> Miss Shepard, >> yes. >> Miss Granger, >> yes. >> Miss Cheeks, >> yes. >> Mr. Blackwell, >> yes. Now we're at the part of our meeting for public participation. So if anyone would like to come up and speak, this is your time to do so. We just ask for your name and your address. Okay, seeing none, um we are going to move into executive session for number one. No action will be taken. >> There there actually might be action. >> Oh, there might be action. Okay. >> I got something added this afternoon. So there there
081may be action after executive. >> Sorry, Mr. Kabal. All right. Um can I have a motion to move into executive session? So move >> second. Gone to the bathroom. >> She approves. >> Um >> Miss Shepard. >> Yes. >> Miss Cheeks. >> Yes. >> Miss Granger approves. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Blackwell. >> Yes. We are now in executive session at 7:24. Thank you all for coming out. Thanks again. >> Thank you. >> See you. >> Thank you everybody. >> Thank you. Yeah.