001Mr. Roberts, will you please call the roll? Mr. Hart? Ms. Cobb? Here. Ms. Green? Here. Ms. Allen? Here. Mr. Twist? Here. Um thank you all for being here. Um I ask that we all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. Moving on, uh do we have any additions or deletions to our agenda this evening? We do have one deletion under consent agenda supplementals. Uh we removed the spring uh supplementals for coaches and those will be on for the June 8th board meeting. Do you have any other changes to our agenda? Nope, that's all. Hearing none, I need a motion to approve the agenda as amended.
002So moved. And I'll second it. Next, we will move into our presentations. First up, uh Mrs. Hutt will proceed. Oh, and we already did roll call. Okay. Oh. Um Mr. Roberts? Mr. Twist? Yes. Ms. Allen? Yes. >> Mr. Hart? Yes. Ms. Cobb? Yes. Ms. Green? Yes. All right. Motion carries. Now we will move into our presentation. Uh Mrs. Hunt. Thank you so much. So, we are going to do our knock your socks off recognition for this month. And I'm going to start off with Whitney Hamilton. If you want to come on up and then I'll read about you as you're given your award. There you go. You can face the wonderful. All right. Mr. Hamilton was nominated by Todd Sodders. Mr. Sodders says, "Mr. Hamilton continues to be a tremendous leader for the Canal Winchester
003High School Social Studies Department. He has continued to help set our department for success in taking on the extra challenges that come with the job as department chair. We appreciate all the work he has done to support Canal Winchester High School and its students. Congratulations. Um we're going to get a picture. Here you go, Autumn. All right, thank you. Next up, we have Autumn Fugate Sarmiento. And Autumn was recognized by Elise Spaderini and Tim Gagliardo. They both say, "Autumn takes tremendous pride in her career as an educator. She goes above and beyond on a daily basis by helping students with Spanish both during and outside her classes. She even helps students with their math work during her study hall duty. I also appreciate working with her as a junior class co-advisor and putting together prom
004for the past 7 years. She is so organized and her attention to details goes unmatched. Autumn is also the head of her department and her co-workers can rest easy knowing that she is always doing what is in their best interest. I hope you could I hope you consider her for this award as she is so very deserving. Also, just an amazing job organizing and executing a flawless prom. The original venue went out of business and the gals rolled with it and gave the kids the best prom I have ever been to. Congratulations. All right, next up we have Miley Schmelzer and I'm not sure Miley's here. Miley was recognized by Cassie Dickinson and Cassie says Miley is a positive presence on our school library every day. She keeps the library functioning like a well-oiled machine
005with Chromebooks and book circulation while also building relationships with students and encouraging them. Most recently, she took the initiative to lead a project to keep our non-fiction books organized and even more accessible to our students. Miley tries hard every day to make Winchester Trail the best place to work and go to school. Congratulations to Miley. Next up is Renee Reed. Renee, as I call Dawn, uh was recognized by Miss Laura Stevenson. Miss Stevenson says, "As the EMIS coordinator, Renee is responsible for the collection, verification, and reporting of staff, student, building, and financial data to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. She is very diligent making sure the information is accurate and compliant with the state reporting. Her job impacts funding and ratings for our district. It's often a stressful position and deadline driven. Renee
006collaborates with fellow employees and works well with staff. She has a positive demeanor and shows poise under pressure. Congratulations." Next up is Gracie Walker. All right, and Gracie is also not here tonight. She was nominated by Susan Kirkpatrick. Susan says, "Although Gracie is in her first year of teaching, she possesses the poise and classroom presence of a seasoned veteran. Her dedication to education extends far beyond her job description. It is clearly a natural calling. She has a remarkable ability to ensure every student feels both seen and valued, fostering a classroom culture where children feel secure enough to take risks and strive for excellence." Gracie's genuine investment in her students' growth, combined with her tireless work ethic, distinguishes her as an outstanding educator. She is a perfect fit in every sense of the phrase, making her
007an exemplary candidate for this recognition. Congratulations to Gracie. Next up is Elise Godarzi. And Elise was nominated by Tim Gagliardo, and Tim says, "Just an amazing job organizing and executing a flawless prom. The original venue, as we learned, went out of business, and the gals, uh which includes Elise, uh rolled with it and gave the kids the best prom that Mr. Gagliardo has ever been to. So again, thank you so much and congratulations." Next up we have Tammy Heading. And Tammy was nominated by Amy Byers. Amy says, "Tammy knocks our socks off every single day. She is the definition of an others-first teammate, consistently going above and beyond for her kitchen staff, our students, and the entire Canajoharie High School faculty. It's rare to find someone as genuinely helpful as Tammy. She has been an
008incredible resource to me personally, stepping in to help with classroom snack rewards, and helping organize food for senior events. Her heart for our students is especially evident when she goes out of her way to prepare late lunches for those who missed the regular time, ensuring every student feels seen and cared for. Whether she is organizing teacher meals or offering a listening ear and a word of encouragement to a colleague, she does it all with a constant smile. Tammy doesn't just do her job. She leads with her heart. It is a true privilege to work with her and she deserves this recognition for the incredible kindness and dedication she brings to Winchester High School every day. Congratulations, Tammy. Tammy also is always taking all of our crazy ideas and turning them into realities, so. Next up
009we have Melissa Hazelbaker. Melissa was nominated by Alicia Hammett. Alicia says, Hazel definitely makes Indian Trail a better place to work. Setting up monthly food and coffee trucks takes a lot of behind-the-scenes work and it doesn't go unnoticed. Not having to think about lunch and getting to try new things are always fun. Congratulations. Thank you. Next up we have Yeah, there we go. Next up we have Melissa Moses who is not here tonight. Okay, Melissa was nominated by Jasmine Smithers, Emma Ash, Michaela Haffelfinger, Ashley Morris, and Michaela Moses. They all say, "We would like to nominate Melissa Moses for the Knock Your Socks Off Award. She's an awesome co-teacher in our pod who works tireless tirelessly to support her students. She helps all students who need it, not just the ones with IEPs. Melissa works
010with all four pod teachers to make sure we are all supported, students and teachers. We are all blessed to work with someone who always puts the students first. Melissa is very deserving of this recognition. We are thankful she is part of our third grade team. Melissa provides service above and beyond her job description from filling in for staff coverage to helping colleagues colleagues so their jobs can run smoothly. Melissa shows a dedication to teaching every day by her positivity and passion to helping all students succeed inside and outside of the classroom. Congratulations to Melissa. And last but certainly not least, we have Scott Holbert. Scott was nominated by Hannah Sackett and Hannah says, "Coach Holbert is an integral part of the middle school football program. He works with the middle school boys every day making
011sure that they have the resources and opportunities they need to be successful in the classroom as well on the football field. He is constantly communicating with parents and student athletes which makes the middle school program run so well. Coach Holbert is an amazing coach and mentor to these young kids and I am proud to work alongside him in making these boys successful athletes." From Coach Hannah. Congratulations. Thank you again and congratulations to our Knock Your Socks Off recipients. Great job, everyone. Um next up, we will hear from CWEA. >> Um so we have some updates from CWEA from our members Mrs. Flanigan Flanigan's eighth grade ELA students are currently wrapping up their genius hour projects. This initiative provides a unique platform for students to take ownership of their learning by exploring topics they are personally
012passionate about. Throughout the process students have developed essential questions, conducted deep research, and utilized creative problem-solving to produce final projects. Beyond the subject matter, this experience has been vital in strengthening their independence, communication skills, and critical thinking, which will serve them as they transition toward high school. Um in our sixth grade classes, over the past several weeks students have raised more than $8,000 to benefit the Manchester Human Services. To bring this project to its conclusion, the students will be headed to Meijer over the next 2 weeks to shop for the local food pantry. This effort not only provides a tangible service to our neighbors, but also teaches our students the profound impact of collective action and civic responsibility. Uh and finally in Miss Porter's classroom, there is a dedicated focus on the fundamental building blocks
013of communication. Students are working with longer, more complex reading passages to build stamina and comprehension. Key area of instructional focus is the development of sophisticated writing habits. Specifically, students are learning to craft complete formal responses without being beginning sentences and with the word because. Furthermore, by digging deep into new vocabulary and matching words to their precise definitions, students are expanding the linguistic tools necessary for academic success. Those are my updates. Thank you. Thank you so much for that report. The next portion I will turn over to Ms. Green. Thank you, President Holly. Um our next uh portion is our public voice public comment section. Um we do have one person um that wishes to speak with the board. You do have 3 minutes. We ask that you come to the podium, state your first and
014last name, um and then proceed when you are ready. And that is Thomas Marshall. >> [clears throat] >> I'm Tom Marshall. I live in the house next to the parking lot where the gas station is being built. Now, we bought that house my family bought that house in 1965 and at that time that land was not part of school property. It was a nice home with a nice neighbor. A year or two later the school took that property over. Superintendent told us they would be used for a circular driveway for the buses to turn around. A couple months later there was a parking lot. Since then it's been one nuisance after another. It started at the end when that when our lot was split off from the lot next to us. Our farm building was
015divided between the two properties. We had one end of the shed. It was partitioned inside. Now, one day the school workers started to tear down the two buildings next to us. One of them partly on our property. Had they consulted us about tearing down part of our property? Our our shed? No. Instead, the one who was in charge of the workers said that they we had built that shed and attached it to their building. Now, anyone could have seen that those were probably 100-year-old farm buildings. That it you merely the siding was continuous. You merely had to look inside to see if there was a partition that did not even go all the way to the roof. Now, what sensible person would say that we put added to that building? But he said that. Now,
016this person, he I think is still employed by the school. Now, I don't think Now, here is an arrogance succeeded his intelligence, but I don't think he was that stupid. And the way he spoke when he said it, so they knew better. But he got other people in the school to believe that, and we had to get that all straight down business. His attorney of the school and we had to have our shed down torn down. And we got a small amount in compensation, but it wasn't nearly enough for us to build a new shed we had to build on the school's timetable, not ours. Now, once on the side of the parking lot by our property on the opposite of what was then the elementary school, school had put up a chain link fence.
017On our side of the fence, we'd grown a hedge, like 6 or 8 ft high. And the school had dumped junk there. Had a whole large junk pile there. One day, some school worker came over and cut down our hedge down to the ground. And we talked to the then principal superintendent, Steve Eldon O'Donoghue. And he said, well, he was told to clean up over there. Well, I said, wouldn't it make sense if you want to clean up to get rid of the junk? O'Donoghue said, no, they could not possibly get rid of the junk. He offered to build a fence so we wouldn't see the junk, but they could not possibly get rid of the junk. I told him that we would prefer a hedge and suggested that they pay for the damage to
018the hedge. Suggested $200. He said they would like to break our new bushes and replace those. I explained to him that they would grow back from the roots much faster than new wood bushes would grow. So, sometime later, we had school workers pounding at our door, not just knocking, but pounding. We have a doorbell, but they didn't seem to understand. And they said they'd come with of bushes we wanted. They'd had to go all the way to Dublin to get that variety of bush. I told them to get out. I then called Donahue and told him to pay for the heads and it went up to $300 worth of $200 and got it. The school workers then planted the bushes they'd gotten in the grassy area on the close to my home. And I suppose
019their attitude is, "Well, we'll show him. They'll grow better than the ones that will come back from the Ritz." No, they didn't. After several years, our bushes to 6 ft. The small ones they planted hardly had grown at all. And they took them out. Meanwhile, I called the Franklin County Health Department. They had to send someone out here to inform Donahue that only could they get rid of the junk, they must get rid of it. On another occasion, school workers sprayed herbicide on our raspberry patch. Now, we got some compensation from it. I had to go try to get new raspberry plants and plant them, but was good as the heritage species that we had. They are old species we had. You want more? I have more. I didn't take my 3 minutes last time.
020Now, one time I Well, a number of years ago, when my father was there, he asked the school to cut the weeds around their buildings. They did not. Instead, they came onto our property, climbed up on the roof of our shed, and mutilated our s- husband tree like hacking branches off of it. And the excuse we got was, "Well, they would hold the cleanup over there." Now, on the other side of my property, one night, there were six or eight policemen who raided that home. Apparently, he was a drug dealer. I wouldn't have known. He had enough sense not to vandalize his neighbor's property. Now, at several occasions, I called the police about this vandalism, and they wouldn't come. The last time I wised up, and instead of saying saying it was a school, I
021said it was our neighbor, and the police came. [clears throat] And this is a problem. I always have to be vigilant, wondering what this sort of thing is happening. Now you put in a gas station. Take it out. Parking spaces, which will just make it worse when there's an event. We already have parking on the street. It'll be increased traffic. But that's not the You say you put up which trees around it. But so what? Originally there were trees next to our property. We were told we would put green the view from the parking lot. But eventually they cut down. That means nothing. We had to put up a fence. The worst thing is just waiting to see what will happen next. Something that no sensible person could ever imagine would happen. I mean, this
022and that. I'm so vigilant. Several years ago when I got the butter's letter saying that the school was going to do some project. It wasn't clear. I even went to the town hall and asked about the plans. And I was so silly because I realized it didn't concern me. So when I got a butter's letter this time saying that they were going to put one of the building with a higher roof than the town could allow, I didn't bother to go in. Well, silly me. This time it was really about putting in a gas station and increasing the traffic. And this attitude of the town seems to be well, if the school summons you, you better come in and just see what they're really going to do. I've had enough of it. Thank you, Mr.
023Marshall. And that concludes our public voice public comment, and I will give it back over to President Tally. Thank you, Ms. Reed. Next on our agenda, we will hear from our treasurer, Mr. Roberts. Good evening. pulled up here. I don't want to 7-day free trial. We should already have that. All right. We're through April. We talked about last month. We still don't have the Franklin County real estate taxes. We did receive the Fairfield real estate taxes, but they did not have the permanent improvement levy. Um settlement on there. So, the money we collected I'm trying to get a new settlement sheet. So, you're going to see that we're down a million dollars, but we still have the Franklin County to go. What I did was try to calculate um what we're expected to receive. Last
024year we received about 20.8. So, we were expecting to receive another 700,000 on top of that thanks to the Fairfield County reappraisal. If we receive the same amount in June as we did last year in Franklin, which we should, their values are up $3 million. This would actually be about 22.2 million. Um but some of that's going to be the permanent improvement once the Fairfield County corrects settlement sheet. Um cuz on the settlement sheet we should have permanent improvement bond and general and on the settlement sheet we only had the bond and and the general fund. So, the permanent improvement was missing. Um so, I think once we get the right settlement I think we'll be over the 21.5 or we'll be right there in that in that range. Income tax, we received our final
025settlement in April. increase over what we had forecasted by $154,000. Uh up about 6.8% year-over-year. Uh so, that's shows it's pretty strong income tax collections in the school district. See that state is about break even. Uh the unrestricted is up 566,000, but the restricted is down 530,000 due to the disadvantage funding Uh the poverty funding. So, you see property income tax up 500,000 on last year as I said 6.8%. Um we have not received line point 101 105. They're still waiting for the property tax settlements to happen. Uh it's going to throw us in uh um going to throw us off a little bit this year cuz typically your reimbursements in 1.05 come the following month. We're not going to receive uh property tax settlement from Franklin until June. So, then we're going to our
026fiscal years are going to be off for a little bit when we're trying to compare year-over-year uh with 1.0 105. Um still trending the forecast uh looking at 28.1 million. That's the big thing. We're sitting at 30.7. Um Expenditures are tracking right where they should be. Should be around 83.3%. You can see that they're tracking 82.2, 81.6. Uh we have a big month in May for supplemental. So, the salaries will level out. Uh that's why we're down 1.1% cuz we pay most of our supplementals in May. Um overall expenditure-wise, we're we're trending right there to this number. Actually, might be trending a little bit better. Uh I dove into every line item and I think we're going to trend about 500,000 to the good on the expenditure side. Uh then maybe a couple hundred thousand
027to the good on the revenue side. So, those are those are good good signs of maybe seeing this be about 28.6 million, 28.7 instead of 28.1. That's where we're trending. Um That's about all I have tonight. You guys have any specific questions? Um I I thank you, Mr. Roberts. Um I know that we've uh begun to have conversation regarding uh the uh reduction in our spending. Uh have you had any further uh planning as far as uh looking at the different areas that we can start to reduce some of our expenditures? Yep, we have about six or seven things. Uh Kiana's been talking. Uh we're going to meet next week uh determine what we're going to do. Some of our savings is uh kind of automatic from some of the people that have departed and
028bringing staff in. I think I counted uh 13 staff departed. We're bringing 11 back with some of the people tonight. But the salary differences are pretty vast in the range when you have people leaving at the top of the range coming in. Uh that's about $550,000 of savings uh right now. Uh could be a little bit more uh cuz I don't know uh what kind of insurance the new people are going to uh elect. We won't know that until July, August, and September when they come into their contracts. But there definitely is a $550,000 savings just from departure to incoming uh with the salaries and could be more with health insurance. Uh we're looking at several other things and things within supplementals. Uh looking at the health team. Uh I think we're evaluating what's going
029on with replacing the nurse and whether we have another aide. So there's some questions there. But there either way, which direction we go, there's still savings there of anywhere from 90 to $150,000. Uh so that gets us close to the $650,000 range just with those those two things. Uh then we've got some other things we're going to be looking at uh to try to get as close to a million as we can. Um but yeah, that's I had to run kind of all the cost analysis. So I think I have all that now and what things cost and what they would take to eliminate. So yeah. Very good. Thank you for that update. I know that the board members and also community members were very interested in just keeping up-to-date on how we progress in
030that with that given the state budget uh short cuts. Yeah, but then on the project, I don't know if Gaia's going to talk about it in her superintendent update or not. Um We think we're going to have a GMP for the 27th meeting. Uh that's a guaranteed max price and then at that point we can and bid and then hopefully be breaking ground close to June 1st. Our target dates are bleachers are still on track to be done by first week of July. Um and then our next big target would be the softball and baseball fields to be done by uh winter time. Probably by the end of October, 1st of November. We're still on track there. The field house would be our big target would be before next football season uh to have that
031open and ready. And then the next one would be with the performing arts center of trying to get it open and ready for the first uh fall play. Those are kind of our targets on what we're looking at. Uh it's been troubling to get permits, especially the civil, but sounds like we're breaking through this week. We just received email today that uh we've got the building permits and it sounded like the civil permit was in the final stages. So the construction manager feels pretty good, but I had already come up with the deal with them last week to get a GMP and get moving. So permits are coming in this week anyway, so so Great news. Are there any other comments or questions from the board members? Yeah, just real quick. Going back to the
032reductions, is that across are those reductions across the district? Oh, yeah. How much? Meaning there. Yeah, the big our biggest ones right now are coming from uh central office. So, our three people that we haven't replaced are teaching and learning, build data assessment, um technology, uh Oh, yeah, technology person. The other one's not known yet. All right, thank you. Yep. All right. Moving on, uh we will hear from our superintendent, Mrs. Hunt. Thank you. Good evening. I'm excited to share some updates from across our district. We are looking forward to celebrating the Canal Winchester High School class of 2026 at graduation on Saturday, May 23rd. That will be held at World Harvest Church. In the days leading up to graduation, our seniors will also participate in several traditions, including senior sunset, senior awards, and the
033senior walk. It is always a special time to celebrate the accomplishments of our students and the many people who supported them along the way. Later this week, we will officially break ground on the new performing arts center and athletic facilities project at Canal Winchester High School. Community members are invited to join us at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 14th for the groundbreaking ceremony. This project includes a new 700-plus seat performing arts center, a new field house at Mike Locke Stadium, renovations to the existing field house, and upgrades to the baseball and softball complex, as well as expanded parking and campus traffic improvements. We're excited to celebrate this important milestone for our students and community and the opportunities these new spaces will create for generations to come. Canal Winchester Middle School students will present Guys and
034Dolls Jr. this weekend of May 15th and 16th in Ole Speaks Auditorium. This production showcases the incredible talent and dedication of our students while giving them the opportunity to grow their skills in acting, music, and dance. We invite community members to come out and support our students. On April 22nd, Canal Winchester Schools joined the City of Canal Winchester and the Canal Winchester Chamber for the first State of the Community event. During the event, Treasurer Nick and I shared updates on student achievement, the facilities project, and the district's financial outlook. We celebrated Canal Winchester High School and Middle School earning the Momentum Award and also discussed the financial challenges districts across Ohio are facing due to changes in state funding and property tax laws. Finally, I would like to congratulate Indian Trail Elementary on earning its
035first Purple Star designation from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce for supporting military-connected students and families. Canal Winchester High School and Canal Winchester Middle School also renewed their Purple Star designations, meaning that all four of our district buildings in Canal Winchester Schools are now recognized as Purple Star Schools. This recognition reflects the care and commitment our staff show to supporting every student and family in our district. That concludes my report. Thank you all for your continued support of our students, staff, and schools. Thank you, Mrs. Hood. And I'm sure on behalf of the board, we would all be thrilled to see everyone come out to the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday the 14th at 6:30 p.m. Uh next, we will hear from our board members with the board committee reports. First up is CWJRD. Uh
036yes, this we had a meeting last April last month um with the CWJRD. And what I have to report is that softball, baseball, flag football, soccer, and rec golf are all underway and game with games and matches. Swim coaches have been hired. They were looking for them. They were able to locate a couple of swim coaches. And registration for swim is open through May 17th, and that is for ages 5 through 18. And I was told you have to be able to swim the length of the pool to be able to register. That's all I have. Deputy Jared Thank you, Mr. Art. Um next, we will hear from our OSBA legislative liaison. Um thank you. Uh the Ohio General Assembly returned from spring break this week, um and lawmakers are resuming legislative activity at the
037State House. Um there's a new statewide coalition called Ohioans to protect public services. Um it's an educational campaign to help Ohioans understand the potential and impact of eliminating property taxes. The coalition includes public school organizations, local governments, business groups, nonprofits, and other community partners working together to protect essential public services funded through property taxes. Organizations such as the Buckeye Association of School Administrators, Ohio School Board Association, and the Ohio Association of School Business Officials are active members in the coalition. The coalition has also launched a public resource website that provides facts, sheet fact sheets, data, and educational materials about the issue. Um and that website is www.protectpublicservices.org. And in full transparency, there are supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate property taxes in Ohio and are currently gathering signatures to place the issue on
038the November 2026 ballot. To qualify, supporters must collect at least 413,000 valid signatures from voters in at least 44 of Ohio's counties by July 1st, 2026. Also in April, Governor DeWine officially launched the new Ohio Attendance Dashboard. The dashboard was first announced during his State of the State address and is designed to help schools, families, and communities monitor reduce monitor and reduce chronic absenteeism. Some key features are weekly attendance data updates, statewide attendance trend tracking, chronic absenteeism by data by school district, individual school building, and grade level. And this dashboard is intended to provide transparent easy-to-use attendance information for educators and the public. And that is all that I have for the update. Thank you, Ms. Green. Next, we will hear from Mrs. Cobb, our student achievement liaison. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. As the
039student achievement liaison, I would like to provide a brief end-of-the-year update on student achievement. Our students and staff have successfully completed the Ohio State Test, OST, and I want to recognize the dedication of our principals, teachers, and support staff for ensuring a smooth and successful testing process across all buildings. As we close out the year, I want to express appreciation for the commitment across our schools and remain focused on using student data to strengthen instruction, close achievement gaps, and support continued growth for all students as we move into the next school year. Thank you, Mrs. Cobb. Um I'd like to add that uh I have been uh recently appointed to the OSBA student achievement leadership team and I met uh at the um main office uh with the board the OSBA president and other um
040team members on May the 7th and it was a very uh enlightening meeting and I look forward to serving on that um advisory committee. Uh next I move to approve consent agenda items given the amendment. And is there a second? A second. Thank you. Mrs. Hunt? Oh. I'm sorry. You know what? Yeah. Uh I'm getting ahead of myself. Uh next on the agenda is uh any um reports or comments regarding the uh district report. Yeah, I I have a few and as I sit here and read my first one, I think it's with two buildings, but I know the middle school was designated a Purple Star designation. Was the high school also? Okay. I apologize. I didn't write it down, but as I was reading it, I'm like, I think the high school did that
041as well. Um wanted to publicly thank the Wigwam who supported a breakfast for all the students at the for all military families at the middle school, which I think it's fantastic to celebrate our military and military families as much as we can possibly can. Something else I wanted to mention that I read at the middle school is the girls track team apparently is uh killing it and uh they were they've set four different records at the middle school in various events, but I wanted to mention one of them, uh Sophia Coe who broke the disc record. She threw it 106 feet 7 inches breaking the old record of 91 2 set by Jenny Coons who I graduated with. So, uh back in 1984 was middle school then. So, uh I wanted to give a shout-out
042to both Sophia and Jenny Coons. Um on the communications side of things, over 700 virtual cards were completed thanking staff for their time, effort, and commitment to our students. I think that's wonderful that we were able to do that virtually and and get those those to those teachers. So, thank you for doing that, Megan. Special services at the high school. Students in Mrs. Remmery's and Ms. Richardson's class filled an order of 150 t-shirts for their spring sale that read choose kindness. I would like one of those shirts if there's an extra. So, you can do anything you can to get me one. I would I would gladly pay it for that. Students weed the vinyl decals and then heat press them on and and one shirt at a time. So, very cool opportunity for those
043students to learn those skills. And that's all I have. Does anyone have anything else? I also had some comments. Winterset Valley and Indian Trail also celebrated another spring fest. I'm assuming like it was a great success for our community. So, thank you for that. I also had a shout-out to the middle school for their Washington D.C. trip. I know that that is not an easy task for the staff and teachers and admin that support that trip, but it seems like it is a wonderful experience for our students. So, thank you for your dedication to that. Also, we had principal appreciation last week, staff appreciation, and nurses appreciation. We want to thank everyone for their commitment to our students, our staff, and our community. We thank you for all you do. Thank you. I also wanted
044to add that I had the pleasure of visiting Indian Trail and witnessed a lot of the the beautiful presentations that were given by the students. They did such a wonderful job for the wax museum presentations. I know Mr. visited as well. I addition to that, I wanted to congratulate the staff members of the month at the middle school for demonstrating their dedication, advocacy, and excellence. Um The staff members recognized were Hannah Groom, Greta Bryant, and Lisa Daze. So, thank you. And lastly, I wanted to just give a shout-out to our bus drivers who have been going above and beyond uh our expectations. This is a very busy season. So, uh with field trips and extracurricular activities, so I just wanted to express um my appreciation to the bus drivers. Uh are there any other district
045reports or comments? Hearing none, now I will move to approve the consent agenda items. And >> [snorts] >> Yeah. Okay. I'll move into it. So, number two, we have the minutes from our April 13th regular meeting and our April 28th special meeting. Number three, we have donations. We have several donations this month. Um several are anonymous for Winchester Trail the spring musical, um the middle school, and the Winchester Trail field trip. We also have uh other donations from Daniel Markham for the spring musical, the town of Winchester Art Guild to the high school field trip, the PTO to the Winchester Trail music room, and OAE projects to the high school choir. So, we want to thank all of those for their generous donations. Number four is our certified personnel. We start with a request of
046an extended leave of absence uh for the 2026-2027 school year. Then we move on to our teacher recommendations. We have a preschool teacher, an occupational therapist, two intervention specialists, and a speech and language pathologist. And then we also have our summer school recommendations where we're approving Jennifer Ebert as a summer school teacher for the upcoming summer. Number five is our classified personnel. We do have resignations. One that I do want to highlight is resignation for the purpose of retirement of Jill Hummel. Jill has worked in the district, I don't know the number, but it has been many, many years and many, many decades and she is wonderful and she is going to be a huge loss to not only the building but the district and we just want to wish her the best as she
047moves forward in her future with lots of plans that don't involve coming to school. Although she said she might stop for us. We're still going to work that in there. Uh leave of absence request, we have two leave of absence request. And we're also approving our mental health interns for next school year. Number six is our supplemental personnel. Here we are approving all of our fall and winter sports as well as marching band and some theater. And we are have our volunteers as well. Number seven is our candidates for the 2026 graduation. And here you'll approve the list of seniors for graduation on May 23rd as submitted by Principal Ada Nicholson Burley providing that all local and state criteria and standards have been met. And number eight is our meal prices for next school year.
048You'll see those noted and then also you'll see the federal reimbursement rates located underneath them. We are still free next year. So we just want to keep up with the meal prices, federal government updates and recommend gives recommendations on what the increases should be. So Mr. Watson and I are continuing to exercise that. But next year we are still district wide free lunch. And breakfast. That is all I have for the consent agenda this evening. Thank you so much. And I also want to recognize and thank Jill Hummel for her uh decades long of service to our schools. Uh are there any other questions, comments regarding the consent agenda? I would like to make one also. Adam and I worked at Kenwood Sister School for a long time and and I've known Jill forever and
049she is a wonderful employee, was all is always there to help to try to you know, find the answer to anything. So, she's very helpful and she's very appreciated. It will be missed. Thank you, Mr. Art. Hearing no other comments, Mr. Roberts, will you please call the roll? Mrs. Tally. Yes. Mr. Twist. Yes. Mr. Art. Yes. Mrs. Cobb. Yes. Ms. Green. Yes. Motion carries. Next, we have our action items. First item, employment administrative contracts. Is there a motion to approve the employment contract for the following individuals? So moved. I'll second. Thank you. So, we have four administrators up for contract renewal. Pam Akwele, Betsy Boyd, Tracy Geyer, and Corey All right, Mr. Roberts. Ms. Green. Yes. Mr. Twist. Yes. Mr. Art. Yes. Mrs. Cobb? Yes. Mrs. Tally? Yes. Motion carries. Next action item are our
050handbooks. Uh is there a motion to approve the 2026-2027 handbooks? I'll I'll second it. Thank you. Um so we have handbooks for all of the buildings and then also the preschool and the athletic student handbook. We had a work session to review these in I believe March. We had a first reading at the April meeting and so this is our final reading for the handbooks. All right. Anything uh additional regarding the handbooks? I know we've been working diligently on that. Hearing none, Mr. Roberts? Mr. Arndt? Yes. Tally? Yes. Cobb? Yes. Green? Yes. Mr. I'll abstain. Motion carries with four yes and one abstention. Next action item, contract for the truancy officer. And is there a motion? All right. This year's contract for our Franklin County, let's see here. Common Pleas Court truancy officer. We've worked
051with the Franklin County now for years. It's been a great relationship. Um and so this would give us one more year for the '26-'27 school year. All right. Mr. Roberts? Yes. Mr. Arndt? Yes. Tally? Abstain. Twist? Yes. Motion carries. Four yes, one abstention. Next action item is regarding the private tuition. And I will move to approve private tuition contracts to educate students attending the New Story Schools, The Learning Spectrum, Boundless, and Bridgeway Academy for the 2026-2027 school year. And do I have a second? Second. Thank you. This is pretty routine for us each year. We approve this schools that we have placements for our students. All right, any questions? Mr. Mr. Roberts? Ms. Tally? Yes. Ms. Green? Yes. Mr. Arndt? Yes. Ms. Cobb? Yes. Mr. Weiss? Yes. Motion carries. Next action item, we have our
052contract for our food service management. And is there a motion authorizing the treasurer to renew the contract with Chartwells? So moved. Thank you. Is there a second? I'll second. Okay, this allows us to move forward again for another year with Chartwells, which again Tammy Heading will serve for another year for the 2026-2027 school year. All right, Mr. Roberts? Ms. Green? Mr. Weiss? Yes. Mr. Arndt? Yes. Ms. Cobb? Yes. Ms. Tally? Yes. Motion carries. Next on our agenda uh is there a motion to enter into executive session to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official? So I I'll second it. Just a reminder while we're in executive session, no decisions will be made. Mr. Green? Yes. Yes. Mr. Jordan? Yes. Mr. Khan? Yes. Mr. Twist? Yes. Close.
053Motion carries and we'll take a short break recess and then we'll enter to executive session at 8:08 8:00 p.m. So, this concludes the open portion of our meeting. Thank you for coming.