001[Music] good evening and welcome to the garfield heights city school district regular board meeting today is monday july 18 2020. i call tonight's meeting to order mr seleuca can i roll call please yes mr troopy here ms king here mrs morrison here ms thomas uh let the you excuse me tonight thank you mr chairman mrs dennis here can i have a motion to enter into in a second second mr snoopy can you give me the time please i have 5 35. chance was moved by mr tooby and second by miss king can i have ball call please yes mr jubie yes mrs king yes is morrison yes mrs daniels yes we are in turn to executive session as of 5 35 pm for discussion of negotiations you [Music] mr saluka can you allow records to
002show that we accidentally second obsession this evening as of 6 05 pm yes the next item on ourselves this evening is can i have a motion to adopt tonight's agenda a matter of president before we make a motion on that like a motion to the table item 20.8 and i'll give my rationale on that we are creating an administrative position diversity equity and inclusion and the contract for ybh in my opinion is redundant and not necessarily based on the job description of school services i try to get a hold of dr reynolds today he's out of the country celebrating his anniversary i wished him well um and i would like to table this until he gets back yeah there's a motion to um change the agenda to take volume 20.8 so to amend the agenda
003to table item 20.8 comparison is there a second on my motion ms king are you interested in the second emotion uh no not at this time i believe superintendent elect reynolds had provided us some information during our last work session this morning i agree with you you guys you ladies are telling me we're going to pay a position of over 80 000 administrative positions hire a consultant when she already knows workforce already when we need her why would he put her under contract for thirty six thousand dollars a year plus 120 hours an hour if she goes over 25 hours per month that's all i'm asking for is this to be table till dr roles gets back and i think that's a fair if you request the discussion leave it on the agenda and agenda
004and have the discussion during that time yes so at this time i don't have a second on the table to amend the agenda but we can most definitely have that discussion when we get to that item one the agenda mr saluko there was no second on that motion therefore can i have a motion to adopt tonight's agenda so second that was moved by ms king the second by miss morrison can i have roll call please ms king yes ms morrison yes no miss daniels yes the adoption of tonight's agenda was um approved by a vote of three two one three yes why not at this time we're going to have a moment of silence and reflection and we'll have our pledge of allegiance led by miss king moment of silence i pledge allegiance to the
005united states of america and to the republic for which it stands indivisible with liberty [Music] a second let's just look at a second that motion that was moved by miss morrison the second by myself can we have roll call please miss morrison yes mrs daniels yes mr cooby yes ms king i'm abstaining from voting i was absent at the last meeting mrs luca can you show that that motion was approved by three votes in a standby one thank you at this time i'll give the board president's report good evening and welcome to everyone on behalf of the entire board of education for the garfield heights city schools i hope you are enjoying your summer and finding time for some fun and relaxation with family and friends the garfield high city schools remain blessed to have
006such a dedicated group of teachers and instructors instructors who work tirelessly to mentor our young students and propel them towards their respective futures the board of education remains faithfully dedicated to our entire staff our student body and the public education as a whole so that we can together fulfill our renewed vision for the garfield heights city schools to become a premier educational institution recognized throughout ohio as fully preparing students to be leaders equipped with real-world skills to contribute to a global society and our mission which will be to fully prepare students to pursue their dreams and give back as engaged citizens and future leaders thank you for your partnership in this matter next on behalf of the board of education i want to thank treasurer al saluka and assistant superintendent sean patton for their health
007guidance and effort during our interim period of transition and transition and welcoming dr reynolds as our new superintendent your leadership has been very apparent and useful during this process thank you both on behalf of the board of education finally while we're all enjoying ourselves hopefully for a few more weeks of summer this time of the year has always brought me personally great hope and expectations for the future the dawn of a new school year is upon the garfield heights city schools and excitement swirls around us as a board we have worked hard to set the organizational direction for the garfield high city schools with the new vision mission goals outlined in our plan and we believe we have the right leadership going forward now it's time for the community to join together plan in hand
008united behind our leadership and collaborate to put that plan to work you see these are more than words this plan is our north star for educational greatness garfield heights students and staff can and will have an impact on our global society the board of education look forward to linking arm and arm with the community to make this plan a reality how exciting enjoy your final weeks of summer and thank you and that concludes my report this evening is there any questions regarding my report this evening if there's no questions relative to my report this evening are there any committee reports tonight madam chair ms king i do have a community and family liaison report miss king on july 27 from 6 p.m to 8 p.m p.m there will be a community engagement event to engage
009with the county planning on the master plan for the city of garfield heights the meeting will be held at the civic center you can also go on the city's website to obtain information on how to complete a community survey you can either use the qr code or you can access paper and pencil at the civic center christmas in july will be held on saturday july 23 from 1 to 7 p.m at the recreation center the cost is five dollars with proof of proof of residency and ten dollars for non-residents there are a variety of fun activities planned rachelle tonsing has been appointed councilperson for ward 5 after the resignation of jason blake the next regular city council meeting will be held on august 8th at 7 pm in council chambers mycom garfield heights will host
010a community engagement engagement event on friday july 22nd beginning at 6 30 and will end at 8 30. dinner will be served at 6 30 and will be offered to families while food lasts there will be fun and games and fresh produce available the event will take place at holy spirit church on 131st street the carpet heights police department will host their citizen police academy starting september 12 2022 if you are interested contact the police department executive assistant to request an application that completes my report thank you miss king is there any questions it's just for something on ms king's report miss thompson was the graduate of fairfield lights high school 1971. it was great to know i haven't had the pleasure of meeting her yet fine young lady great congratulations ms townsley is there
011any other questions or comments relative to ms king's report this evening if there's no other questions is there any other committee reports this evening with there being no other committee reports this evening and no presentations maybe don't get out of here a little early tonight we have our superintendent's report this evening thank you mr daniels uh before we begin i have uh just three new administrators that are present this evening um first we want to introduce lindsay kamara she comes to us from warrensville she was an intervention specialist prior to and this is her first administrative assignment and she will be the new assistant principal at the middle school we also have miss tanya anthill she is our new special education supervisor she comes to us from had an ap position but then prior to
012that she worked for warren city schools she's cpi trained as well as working through compliance for ieps and then we also have our new special education director mr jonah forte he is coming up from us from euclid prior to that he was a coordinator of special education for euclid and then also served as an assistant principal as well as an intervention specialist and so we welcome the three of them to the administrative team and i know they're eager to start in the next couple weeks so we just have a free report good evening board members and community members as we work through the month of july we have a few updates first we completed our summer learning in june students in grades one through five attended william foster and worked on targeted skills in reading
013and math during the morning sessions for the first two weeks many students elected to stay through lunch and participated in afternoon enrichment activities our middle school students had the opportunity to complete stem projects over a one week session this allowed the district to bring in two different cohorts of students utilizing the kits and lesson plans developed by camden invention students were able to work with their peers to problem solve in innovative ways we thank everyone who was part of our summer learning programs in june the district also distributed summer solution workbooks we encourage everyone to continue to work on these materials each and every day in august we welcome our kindergarten students this program allows us to prepare our kindergarten students as they start their educational journey with the garfield city schools once again this
014program will be taught by our kindergarten teachers the district is also in the process of getting the buildings ready for everyone in august with our summer cleaning underway i was able to visit a few buildings last week and both the building custodians and quitters are doing a wonderful job and the district has been very busy in hiring new staff and getting everyone on board with our new employee onboarding system called frontline central the new staff is looking forward to starting new new positions within the district and finally the district administrators have been working with our new superintendent dr richard reynolds as he prepares to begin his duke role on august 1st this concludes my report thank you mr patton mr president i have a question for mr patton can you give you a brief update
015without going into particulars on how negotiations you're going with the teachers union please sure so um before we left our last session on june 7th we tried to get several dates on the books we were unable to do that so we have offered to meet any time during these several months of the summer months we've also sent a letter to the negotiation team as well as a representative the spider was sent off three weeks ago and to this date we have no response from anyone thank you you're welcome is there any other question for mr patton this evening um i do want to make a comment regarding our summer enrichment programs um first i would like to thank the administrator of the elementary level um she invited the board members to come out to their
016finale and i had an opportunity to see all the great work that the students and the educators did during the summer so i just want to thank the staff that took that extra time in the summer to ensure that our students had those enrichment opportunities and i had a good time learning salsa steps and all that good stuff um so i like the fact that children just just did not have an opportunity for enrichment but they were really doing some things that support their social emotional well-being and just the culture of coming back to the garfield high city school district ready to learn um next school year um i'm excited personally about kindergarten because this is my last kindergartner going through kindergarten but this program is very unique and it's really i love the opportunity
017that the district gives our incoming kindergartners um to prepare them for kindergarten that's the foundation for our students being a successful student and being the portrait of the graduate that we have outlined as it relates i think