001What it does, I want some. Yeah. It's that. Ready? Yes. All right. Good evening, everybody. Thank you for coming. Let's call this meeting to order. Happy tax day. I hope you all have finished your taxes or filed an extension. Um Lisa, could you call the roll, please? Yeah. Mr. Bowser. Here. Mr. Hostetler. >> Here. Mrs. McGraw. >> Here. Ms. Cap. >> Here. And Mr. Sulik. Here. All right. If we could all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, please. 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. All right. First order of business is to adopt the meeting agenda for this evening. Is there a motion to adopt the agenda? I move so moved
002and I second it. Mr. Bowser. Moved and seconded. Thank you. All in favor. All right. Any changes you guys see necessary? Okay. Lisa, could you call the roll? Mr. Bowser. Yes. Mrs. McGraw. >> Yes. Mr. Sulik. Yes. Mrs. Cap. Yes. And Mr. Hostetler. Yes. Okay. And next I'll open up for a motion to approve the minutes from last month's meeting. I make a motion to approve the minutes. Second. I see any changes that need to be made or are we good? I think we're good. All right. Could you call the roll, please? Mr. Bowser. >> Yes. Yes. Mrs. McGraw. Yes. Mr. Sulik. Yes. Mrs. Cap. >> Yes. And Mr. Hostetler. I was absent, so I abstain. All right. Let's move into district updates. Uh first off, thanks to everyone for showing up tonight. We We
003love to see an audience. We don't often get one, so thank you for [clears throat] showing up tonight. Um our district spotlight is on Coventry Middle School. So we have Mr. Johnson here too, and Mr. Dudley. I believe they're going to be the speakers. All right. Thank you. A lot of good things going on in the middle school. Um obviously this first year in this position. This family we enjoy ourselves trying to spotlight school with the school a better finale staff of students, families, welcoming people in. Um we have some of our seventh grade students here. Um and one of our seventh grade science teachers, Mr. Dudley, who came up with a project that was actually pretty interesting that uh he let us come in and listen to the presentations of what students had been
004bringing in. Um now let us share more detail about the district grade ideas. We're going to start off with the seventh grade first, so Mr. Dudley. Um So [clears throat] a few years ago, um when Mr. Bishop showed up, one of the first things we walked around about our school was he noticed there was a lot of STEM, so we brought in Project Lead the Way. We went and searched and found um we'd been to some schools that had done it, so this first is part of our energy and environment Project Lead the Way unit that that we've uh we're utilizing now. And we kind of asked a little bit. Um >> [clears throat] >> So I had some seventh graders walk around the school and looking for opportunities for the school to conserve energy.
005And we found plenty of opportunities right here. So uh they're going to present to you tonight what they saw, uh some of their presentations. They're unique, different presentations. One of them used a little AI. One of them used Canva. One of them used conventional um Google Slides. So um they're going to come up and share with you what they saw and their recommendations that you know, the town and county had came in. It was great that you know, that administrators in the building got to hear, but I said we can even have a better audience than this. So the people is that that really make decisions that improve our schools. So I like that other part. We have Jasmine and Sadie. Um that's the AI project. Alex Taylor presenting. And Lily Sperito took on the
006whole project this year due to my arm. So they're going to do You ready, ladies? >> Let's start off. All right. Sadie and Jasmine. Who explained to them how you did how you created this project? Um so basically I used Google Slides. Um it's like a really easy uh site that I used. And you can like take any like presentation and it makes things like things that like makes it look really better. Yeah. Okay. Not a lot better. Ready? Brilliant ideas are also the simplest. In this explainer, we're going to break down a really cool presentation from two students, Jazzy and Sadie. They spotted a super common problem and came up with a genuinely smart solution for saving energy. And it [clears throat] all kicks off with this phrase, "Cut the watts, not the learning."
007I mean, how good is that? It just perfectly captures the whole idea. Make a smart change that saves resources, but doesn't get in the way of what's really important. It's catchy, it's clear, and it really sets the stage for everything they're about to propose. So let's start where they did, right? With a really clear look at the issues they were seeing every single day at their school. And it really is that straightforward. The big problem is that lights in places like schools are just on all the time. Doesn't matter if people are in the room or not, that power is being drawn and energy is being used. We've all seen it, right? It's a classic case of waste that happens pretty much everywhere. Okay, so that's a fair question. You might be thinking, "A few
008lights left on here and there, how big of a deal can it actually be?" Well, turns out when you scale that up across an entire school, day after day, week after week, that impact adds up and it adds up fast. And this is where it gets really interesting, because it's not just one problem, it's three. First, the obvious one. It wastes a ton of electricity. Simple as that. Second, all that waste shows up right on the school's electricity bills, making them way higher than they need to be. And third, and this is the one you might not think about, it actually makes the light bulbs burn out way faster. That means more physical waste and more money spent on replacements. So when you define the problem that clearly, the path to a solution gets a
009whole lot easier to see. And the one Jazzy and Sadie came up with is both super clever and luckily already exists. And there it is. The solution is to switch everything over to motion sensor LED lights. See, it's a two-part fix and it tackles every single angle of the problem they pointed out. It's not just about turning lights off automatically, it's also about using a much, much smarter kind of light to begin with. All right. So this is the crucial part. How does this one change make such a huge difference? Let's really break down the mechanics of how the savings work. Okay, so the first piece of the magic here is the motion sensor. It just completely automates the whole process. You no longer have to rely on the last person leaving a room to
010remember to hit the switch. The system just handles it, making sure power is only being used when it's actually needed. It totally takes human error out of the equation. But like I said, that automation part is only one piece of the puzzle. The type of light bulb you use is where the energy savings really get supercharged. And this number just says it all. According to their research, modern LED bulbs use only 20% of the energy that regular old school bulbs do. So even when the lights are on, they're running at just a fraction of the cost. I mean, think [clears throat] about that. That's a massive 80% reduction in energy used right there. So let's just put it all together, side by side. On the left, you've got the old way. Lights that are always
011on, sucking up tons of energy and needing someone to flip a switch. And on the right, the new solution. Lights that are on only when you need them, using 80% less energy when they are on, and are completely automatic. It's It's a no-brainer. It's a clear win in every single category. So with the problem so clear and the solution so obviously better, Jazzy and Sadie's presentation gets to its final, most important part, actually making it happen. And they don't hold back at all. This is a direct, powerful call to action, aimed right at the people who can make the decision. They're asking teachers, principals, and administrators to make the investment. It's a plea for a real, practical change. And it's all backed up by a solid argument. And the reasoning is boiled down to two
012simple, powerful points. Why do this? Because it's better for the school's impact on the environment and in the long run, it's just plain cheaper. An 80% cut in lighting costs could mean thousands of dollars saved. Think about that. That's money that could go to new books, better computers, or all sorts of other things the school needs. It's an investment that literally pays for itself. And that really brings us to the end. Jazzy and Sadie's project is just a perfect example of how noticing a simple, everyday problem can lead to a really powerful solution. So it kind of leaves us with a final thought, right? What's the light left on in your world? What simple problem is right there in front of you, just waiting for its own bright idea? >> Yeah, I just want to
013say I think Hey, good job. We've been kind of experimenting with the play on words kind of new presentation so we've been kind of experimenting a little bit with it. Um not quite sure, you know, how we're going to move forward with it but it is pretty cool. I mean that and it's only as good as the information you give it. So it starts hurting and the information was really by Sydney and Jaz, you know, it does a pretty good job of creating something pretty cool. So Alex Hale. Alex by stand up and again we use her >> [clears throat] >> Hello. Hi, I'm Sydney and I'm and I'm going to talk about how we can conserve school energy. So this presentation is mainly to show what kind of stuff is being wasted instead of
014that stuff in separate other things. So what's the problem? Well, energy is constantly being used a bit too much. An example of this is how people are leaving lights on in rooms without turning them off which can cause the school to spend money on things that aren't being used. So how can we solve this? Well, one of the best ways to solve this is by using motion detecting light switches. When a When a person When a Sorry. You're good. When it detects a person is in the room, the light will go off. But if it doesn't detect movement for a certain amount of time, the light will go off. With all these changes, we can use the left over money and spend on other things such as education, lunches, field trips, and more. Hey, good
015job. The last one of the I think I think Lily was the only one that took this on. It's kind of near and dear to my heart. This issue is that the good haunting us at the middle school for quite some time and so Lily proactively took this on and and she's got a solution for our problem. Hi, I'm Lily and this is My project is on recycling at our school. Why is not recycling a problem? It's not a problem or it is a problem because the landfills are filling up fast and the disposal fees are costly along with you know, that is Well, the recycling could reduce them by 36% and it creates environmental and financial incentives. Recycling uses fewer resources and it conserves resources and it will make our but will make our
016environment It also teaches students to be environmentally responsible which could lead to fostering life long habits. My solution is to begin with recycling again like we did with only our paper and plastic and not with everything else that we throw away. We can start in the cafeteria trash cans that are labeled to show students where to put what in these trash cans so the computer saves money. So just be lined up and put it in. Each area. If we start small then we or if we start small with things like separate trash cans, it would spread it would spread to many other places. And then having recycling in our school, it'll reduce our environmental footprint and also teach our students to recycle which will then spread the reduction of not only the school's footprint but
017also the people leaving the schools. It reduces landfill waste and also saves energy and transportation which will be good because they're not putting out as much trash. The food waste can not let off nearly as much of their harmful gases like the nitrogen dioxide and methane which are affecting or affecting greenhouse gases. And this matters because I know we care so much about our world so why do we not care about other things that we are the rest of this? So we ask for your support or we ask for you to consider this by using recycling containers in our cafeteria and in our library so we can be more environmentally responsible. What if we so much of a burden when it comes to our students, our school, and our planet? Good job, you guys. Good
018job. But this is a great activity that the kids today they walked around the school, they they solved problems, and they were the ones who came up with the ideas to try to fix it. Uh couple of the highlights that's going around for fifth grade uh fifth grade very heavily invested in their Ohio State testing. Not only do they take English from my class but they also have the science part part of there. Uh yeah. The fifth grade teachers have done an excellent job walking the hallways. They have signs. There's a lot of slang terms you can get to relate to. They say do you know, do a job, take your time. Uh they're doing a lot of activities in the classroom to prepare these kids for the Ohio State test. And they already took
019the language arts test and walking around the rooms, I mean they do the kids working hard. They're learning a lot. They did a nice job. Uh in the social studies class, they did a Renaissance unit. Uh this is the same that they did a cool activity. You see the picture right here where she had the kids get underneath the desks and she put them blank notebook paper taped it to the bottom of the desk and then they had to go in there and draw a picture like they were Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. So it was kind of a cool little activity that they did and then they got to write about all of these stuff. Just some different activities where they're just doing stuff differently that gets the kids motivated and enjoying school. Uh
020fifth grade stem, uh May was the boom mission that just took place and they had a they threw airplanes but paper airplanes are always a no no in school but here they see how far they can throw them to decide which one is best. Uh you can see that they're having a ball with that today and they're watching them today Some of those things they get to play with the foam and throw them around and that means it's pretty fun all around but they're pretty fun. They did a nice job. Uh sixth grade, genius students. Every one of the students in our students in the room, they're doing a great job. The sixth grade, uh robotics is another program. It's going well. Mrs. Urban, Mrs. Gatto, they're still doing the self defense thing. They're making
021posters where they're talking about their strengths. So it's just a good group just getting together. Um once in a while they just you know, let let the kids be kids and talk about their strengths and what they're doing well and what's going on in their lives. >> [clears throat] >> Great program overall. Um Mrs. Weekends has established home room reach the class where they're going to have a program where they which I think is nice to see. Sometimes we get out of the habit of reading novels to them all and it's nice to take a break and have a guest reader come in and bring guest readers in or uh sixth grade science. This is a great house of sir or first grade she's a co-teacher with Mr. Shoemaker. Actually they've been around with fun
022activities where they're grading things, they're building models, they're using food to describe mitosis and meiosis. Um there's a lot of fun activities that she's promoting. Uh really nice addition to our school. Uh Mrs. Gatto's class with math, obviously a tested subject. She's coming up with a lot of different activities where the kids get motivated uh to answer math questions and sometimes she gives the kids taking little bank questions and labeling them easy, medium, and hard and letting the kids choose what problems they want to do. Uh even though sometimes the hard questions are just as easy as the easy ones but you know, just that motivating kind of cool social studies concept when the kids are working on math and they're finding out that they can answer them. But they should be able to tackle
023all those problems. Mrs. Gatto has class for geometry which goes over all the concepts of geometry uh here. She did an activity where they had to take papers stack it up, make a tower. Okay, day four spring break. Uh sixth grade physical bowling. They used to be at the bowling alley through a bowling center over here in South South Bay. Uh they did two different groups. Kids had a ball. Eighth grade. Uh we had a robotics team. They competed at Kent State. They finished second overall. Uh some of these schools are bringing They're doing really Yeah. Some of these schools We go there as one team. Some of these schools are bringing three or four teams. So our students The competition is is pretty high there. They Kent State and actually they were doing a
024really nice job but the kids they they went up there to challenge and even when something didn't work, they were able to go fix it. And I think that's the greatest part of the when they go there and they try their robot does not pick up the blocker. That they have time to go back and reprogram it so when it's not for competition they're able to build. They did a really nice job. One of the classes that we have Mrs. Newsome's teaching is career exploration. I think career exploration even at eighth grade something that you would need but I think that's a good start to develop your own jobs and things to explore as they get older. And we had Robert Tanner as a part of our eighth grade because he reached out to us
025and said, "Hey, can I come speak to one of your classes?" So he came in and did a really great job and even said, you know, "Kids want to come down go to the Erwin Wild Preserve or whatever they call it. Take her around the park. So, really nice job. It's It's good to get other people involved. Uh student council, they had kindergarten car pool, elementary, and our student council so they stayed out there to help out. Another thing that Lucy did is she reached out to the Coventry Fire Department and they brought in some people to teach our kids CPR. So, it was a three-day course where they came in three days. They brought in the dummies. The kids all got certified. So, just another opportunity that you know, they still these kids I'm
026glad they're learning and hopefully that maybe next year every single eighth grader will go through this class and get certified CPR. Uh Mr. Balog, obviously he's in our building, he reached out to the seventh and eighth grade students to be in the musical, help out. I'm very happy that a lot of kids got to be part of it. I think the musical was great. There was so much hard work that went into it, but just let these middle schoolers be a part of this. Um it will feed the program. Some of these middle schoolers even had speaking parts in the play. Uh some of them were just in charge of taking care of things in the back, but they got them a sense of belonging. Which is great. Thankful that he was able to do
027it for the kids. Uh another elective is Mrs. Schuler uh is coming to teach two music classes and we reached out to the community for keyboards and I think we have a total of 15 keyboards right now that were just given to us. So, she's teaching kids how to keyboard uh that are not in the band or choir. So, they're It's a great program. I do like it a lot because they're good to They're starting to learn music, learn notes, and things that they would never pick up if they weren't in the choir. And finding out this is a success there because they're putting the headphones on, they're listening to the play their music. Um and she's teaching a subject that they really enjoy. It's a lot of fun. So, we're going to continue that
028and more of a gradual learning music experience. And then upcoming events coming through, we have a choir concert April 3rd, band concerts, our eighth grade formal May 22nd, eighth grade is going to DC May 18th to 20th, and then our eighth grade promotion is April 28th. And last day of school is April 27th. That's it. Any questions? I just want to make a little comment about where the Red Fern Grows. Last week or last month I said the same thing. It's my favorite book like ever. And for the longest time I would tell my son stories like I made them up and they were all the stories about Little Dan and Little Ann from Where the Red Fern Grows until he went to fifth grade and he read the book and I got busted because
029he was like, "Hey, I know these stories." And it was all from that book. So, This is awesome that that's a whole unit cuz it's such a good book. Yeah. Thank you for my story. Your presentation's really good. Thank you late ladies and gentlemen for getting up here. I know it's hard to be brave, but you did a really really really really good job. Thank you. Yeah, you can stay if you'd like to stay and if you'd like to leave you are more than welcome to. We're going to have to continue our meeting. Folks, sorry. We're going to continue our meeting so Say it's a good job. Thanks for coming. You don't need to stay. I was talking. Oh, okay. Are there any other district reports to give? Okay, I'm done. Do we have any
030citizen participation? Uh let's move into Board of Education comments starting at our left. Megan. Far left. Yep. I don't actually Far left. I I I look I enjoyed the seventh graders. They got up and and how they started their thought process. I you can tell them a lot of things, but then learning something takes them to save the time. They part in that and I think they It seemed like they they got a lot done and a lot out of that. And I enjoyed the part where the robots they did so well at Kent State and they had the robots, but they had some problems, but again they fixed those issues and I think that's a good thought process for anybody to go through and that's to try to recoup and get back on your
031feet. If there is a mistake or if there's some sort of an error that was made, how do you response to that error and how you get on? And then the CPR from the fire department, kudos and shout out to the fire department for coming up and and doing their deal with the kids and and doing the CPR with those. And they especially they had that much hands-on with the kids on in those mannequins. Okay. Uh first like to thank the opportunity to see another Thanks. Be thankful for the opportunity to see another presentation from the school system. See what the middle school is up to. We've We've seen some of the other schools school buildings as well, which is which is always good. Uh the room was packed as you pointed out, Mr. Fisk,
032which is nice to have. Uh it'd be nice to have it more common, but that's okay. Life goes on. Um Thank you. Yep. Yeah, I don't I don't have much. Definitely appreciate the presentation and kids coming in. Everything getting into busy season here for the district. So, everybody buckle up and attend as many events as you can, please. Yep, and that's that's it. I just wanted to add what everyone else said about how nice the presentations were. I heard a lot of good things in addition to what I saw from the musical. They've done some top grade things in the high school and the middle school and just want to commend them on all their hard work. You know, that's a lot of work and a lot of time commitment, but um makes us proud.
033I attended the musical as well and it was so awesome to see so many kids on stage when four years ago there was not, you know, they started with no program. So, that was awesome. The The middle schoolers, the high schoolers, and then the band that played were all alumni with a couple of older people there, which is really cool. And then um the set was fantastic. Mrs. Schuler did a fantastic job with that. Just It's just so so good. Um I just want to also give some encouragement to our spring sports that are happening right now and um keep everybody safe and keep the rain away so they can get all their games in. And also say that um the Taste of Coventry is next Tuesday. It is at La La's Gather at the
034Lakes at La La's and um it's $35 if you pre-order your ticket or $40 at the door. And um you can ask us for a person to get you a ticket or you can go online. All teachers and staff would have gotten an email about it. Um the Taste of Coventry is put on by the Coventry Schools Foundation and they raise money for senior scholarships and also for teacher grants. And so, many of the programs that we have that are maybe after school programs or within the school day are uh the Coventry Schools Foundation gives them money to help them with extra educational resources like What are those thing things that Mrs. Schuler bought? Ukuleles and ukuleles and music things and lots of stuff for the hydroponics program and Legos and just lots of things
035that directly go back to our school. So, the money raised goes right back to our kids in the form of things that help them with their education. So, everybody should go. Should be good. All right, I have Okay. Let's move into superintendent recommendations, George. I know we have quite a bit on the agenda, but it's like you said yesterday mostly procedural, so April's our big month. So, get comfortable. I'll read as clearly and as quickly as I can. Uh number one, certified personnel recommendations. >> [clears throat] >> Continuing status, it's recommended the board grant a continuing contract to the following certified employees effective with the beginning of the 26-27 school year. And it's for Mr. Baylock and Mrs. Brown. Number two is non-renewal. Non-CEA supplemental contracts, it's recommended the board non-renew the supplemental contracts which
036were in effect for the 25-26 school year for those individuals who are not part of the board's CEA agreement per exhibit S1. And just a reminder that's uh just a formality that we need to do every year. It doesn't reflect any any sort of issue with any of those coaches. Number three, employment casual day-to-day substitute teachers. It is recommended the board inform the substitute teachers that they have reasonable assurance of being reemployed if needed during the 26-27 school year. Number four, employment certified one-year limited contracts. It's recommended the board employ the following teachers on one-year limited contracts for the 26-27 school year per exhibit S2 noting not shown on the list are already on continuing contracts and no action is required for those individuals. Number five, extended time supplemental contracts. It's recommended the board grant
037supplemental contracts for extended time to the following employees during the 26 2026 summer and for the 2026-27 school year. That's 12.5 days for our guidance counselors. Eight days for our special service providers. 28 days for Mrs. Matheny, our speech language pathologist who also covers any required evaluations at St. Francis. Uh technology 10 days for Mrs. Gramsky and then 10 days for Mrs. Fallon who takes care of all of our year-end credit recovery, our Apex program. She manages all of that for us to help our students that still need to get some credits on before the next school year or to reach their graduation requirements. She takes care of all of that program. Number six, extended time supplemental contracts. It's recommended the board grant supplemental contracts for extended time to the following special service personnel for
038the 26-27 school year. These supplemental contracts will be paid through IDEA B grant fiscal year 27. The rate is the hourly rate of the individual. These hours are to be used outside of their yearly contracted days. That's for Mrs. Greathouse and Mr. Rutowski. >> [clears throat] >> Number seven, employment summer school get ready for school. It's recommended the board employ the following teachers as summer school 2026 get ready for school instructors. Number eight, employment summer school elementary activation instructors. It's recommended the board employ the following teachers as summer school 2026 elementary activation instructors. Number nine, kindergarten screening. It's recommended the board employ the following teachers for the 2026 kindergarten screening process at Coventry Elementary. This is a state required program and process covered using general funds. Number 10, employment one-year limited contract. It's recommended the
039board approve a one-year limited contract for the 26-27 school year for the following individual contingent upon receipt of a clear record of required background checks and drug screening. This is according to board CEA agreement and on the appropriate salary scale. And that's for Grace Porter who will become our new Coventry Elementary School kindergarten teacher. Number 11, rescind spring coaching supplemental. It's recommended the board rescind the following coaching supplemental contract approved at the March 18 2026 Board of Education meeting and that was for Mr. Perdue. And number 12 is supplemental contract related to that one for the 25-26. It's recommended the board grant and/or reissue the following supplemental coaching contract for the 25-26 school year. Non-staff contracts are contingent upon receipt of a clear record of required background check. That's Justice Stevens, a recent Coventry graduate.
040Number 13 is job description. It's recommended the board approve the following revised job description for behavior specialist. The changes reflect the updated terms used in the state of Ohio operating standards in addition to adding information related to Ohio's IMTSS model. We went down got involved in this project as we were having success with our program at the elementary school in supporting our students that have behavioral challenges and we wanted to also extend the good things that were working there to our middle school. So, we reworked the job description to make sure that we have that continuity to help our other students with special challenges. And those are all of the items under personnel certified. Okay. Is there a motion to discuss and consider items 1 through 13? So moved. Second. Any questions or discussion? So,
041the behavior specialist is not an additional employee? No, that's Mr. Steiger at Smith. Okay, Mr. Steiger at Elementary, Mr. Smith at Middle School. Okay. And they were involved in the creation and they should work on the program as well. Anything else? All right, Lisa, could you call the roll, please? Mr. Falsone. Yes. Mrs. McGraw. Yes. Mr. Sulik. Yes. Mrs. Pat. >> Yes. And Mr. Hasten. Yes. And number two, personnel classified. Number one, temporary seasonal help. It's recommended the board employ the following individuals for temporary seasonal help positions effective 6/1/26. Uh and those individuals are listed. As a reminder, this is a team of six people and we approved Mr. Schumacher to be part of this group last month. So, that'll be our complete group for the summer. Number two, retirement resignation. It's recommended the board
042accept the resignation due to retirement of the following employee for the position indicated. And that's Mrs. Fitzpatrick who's been with the district for a number of years and worked magic as a one of our classroom our classroom assistants. Um she's been very active in a lot of things in the district. We wish her nothing but the best in retirement. Change in hours, buildings, positions. It's recommended the board approve a change in the hours, buildings, and/or positions for the following employees. That's Ms. Williams effective 3/30/2026 to move from a 4.25 hour bus driver to a 5.25 hour bus driver and that's related to changes in pickups and students that are riding her route. Number four, employment. It's recommended the board approve the following for positions indicated contingent upon receipt of a clear record of required background
043checks. Ms. Thomas is a one-hour bus attendant and Ms. Crawford as an eight-hour CES building secretary and Mrs. Crawford will be the new secretary at the elementary taking over Grace Porter who's retiring at the end of the year. Okay, those are all of the items under personnel classified. Thank you, George. Got a motion to discuss and consider the classified personnel recommendations. I'll make the motion. Second. Any questions or discussion? We have a lot of people retiring which is sad. And can we get a whole list of everybody that retired? I'd love to maybe call them out on in May and May is the last meeting. Yes. Call them out in May and thank them. All right, hearing nothing else, Lisa, call the roll, please. Mr. Falsone. Yes. Mrs. McGraw. Yes. Mr. Sulik. Yes. Mrs. Pat.
044Yes. And Mr. Hasten. Yes. Uh item number three, other business. Recommendations, number one, a contract and the first three we heard are are similar. Um number one, contract Gardner Systems Service Solutions. It's recommended the board renew the three-year contract with Gardner Systems Service Solutions for the HVAC preventative maintenance program at Coventry High School at an annual cost of $25,836 payable in quarterly amounts of $6,459 to be effective July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. Number two is a contract with Gardner Systems Service Solutions. It's recommended the board approve a three-year contract with Gardner Systems Service Solutions for the HVAC preventative maintenance program at Coventry Middle School at an annual cost of $19,908 payable in quarterly amounts of $4,977 to be effective July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. Number three is a contract with Gardner
045Systems Service Solutions. It's recommended the board approve a three-year contract with Gardner Systems Service Solutions for the HVAC preventative maintenance program at Coventry Elementary School at an annual cost of $12,276 payable in quarterly amounts of $3,069 to be effective July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. And Ms. Kendrick wanted me to also share with you that it's part of the program of being in the preventive maintenance program when we do have issues, we get a discount savings on the parts to fix the the equipment as well. I'm good. Number four contract ESY Kids First. It's recommended the board approve the contract with Summit ESC for ESY services at Kids First Transition Opportunity Program for students for the summer of 2026. The cost is $3,000 per student for three students for a total of $9,000 paid
046out of IDEA B fiscal year 26 funds. And just a reminder, ESY stands for extended school year. And as part of the students' IEP process, uh the team determines whether or not a student would have um a regression of academics uh achievement over the summer and if they do, then we provide services so they don't lose that um over the uh three three months of summer. Number five contract Wings of Change Therapy. It's recommended the board approve the contract with Wings of Change for 26-27 school year. The total cost will be $70,040 billed in monthly installments of $5,836.67. The program covers a the students' IEP intervention services related to services, uh vocational training, sensory regulation, behavior management, social education services and ESY if determined necessary. Uh and that would be for a resident student. Number
047six is contract with the KRG Educational Services, what we uh normally refer to as LEAP. It's recommended that the board approve the open contract for student placements with KRG Educational Services Inc. the LEAP program for educational services for the 26-27 school year, 182 days which expires on 5/28/27 at a per diem rate of $170 per day. And that's a program uh for students that have uh special behavioral issues um that need more restrictive environments. Uh it allows them to be more successful. Number seven contract with Groovy Garfoose LLC. It's recommended the board approve the contract with Groovy Garfoose LLC to provide music therapy to three of our special education classrooms for the 26-27 school year. This will include 31 days of direct services for $7,130 paid out of IDEA B fiscal year 27 funds. And
048that was a program um Mrs. Farkas' class piloted two three two or three years ago. Um it really went over well in the initial pilot. Um and then all three of the buildings uh the uh it would be the three classrooms wanted to provide that musical therapy. Um if if I could connect you with an opportunity to watch, it's fantastic to watch how the kids um just embrace the music and how effective the therapy is. Number eight is the contract with HBC. It's recommended the board approve a three-year contract Healthcare Healthcare Processing Consulting, a Remesant company. HBC coordinates and process processes the district's Medicaid claims to the Ohio Department of Medicaid within the Ohio Medicaid School Program. HBC assists the district in procuring reimbursements for our services and complies with all Medicaid guidelines. This contract
049runs July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. The yearly cost is $14,000 and paid quarterly from the general fund. Um Lisa could speak to the amounts better, but we get a massive return on that $14,000. Um they bring a lot of funds back to us um reimbursing up the the services that we offer. Number nine contract with LLA Therapy. It's recommended the board approve the contract for LLA Therapy. Services include physical and occupational therapy for students who have qualified for these services through assessments and are provided services through their IEPs. The speech rates are if needed for ESY service in the summer months. This is a three-year contract and will be in effect for the duration of July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2029. And those rates are listed. Number 10 is a contract with
050Children's Medical Center of Akron. It's a friend recommended the board approve the three-year contract with Children's Medical Center of Akron for nursing services for the 26-27 school year through the 28-29 school year. Our current needs include one registered nurse for the district and three medical assistants. The contract includes the additional services of family living class, CPR AED for up to six people trained, and first aid course for up to eight people trained. Uh and those rates were listed based on our uh registered nurse and our uh medical assistants. Number 11 agreement with College Credit Plus. It's recommended the board approve the agreement with Auburn College to provide College Credit Plus courses to eligible Coventry Local School students. Number 12 contract with Bedford Reinforced Plastics. It's recommended that the board approve the contract with Bedford Reinforced
051Plastics for replacement of the concrete grid bridge that spans the creek between Coventry High School and the track area at a cost of $57,030. A noting that the exist existing bridge will be lifted and moved by Luco Crane and will be broken up and hauled away by the Varbikas company. And I shared with you uh Yeah. the picture of what the bridge should look like. And Mr. Olson told me today that they're planning to start the project in October after the football season's over. Um if the marching band would need to practice uh for a competition that they may have, they'll use the uh the stadium football field for the practices if they won't be able to get to uh the practice field. Number 13 contract Raptor uh Technologies Public School Works. It's recommended the
052board approve the contract from Raptor Technologies known as Public School Works for a staff training portal from July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2029 at a first year cost of $3,089.96. In years two and three at a cost of $2,212.16 annually. Um this came out of um as you know, we have a number of uh cybersecurity uh mandates to um uh to comply with. And we found that our current uh staff portal for uh trainings was a little lacking in those areas as well as um this program has uh more tools to help us encourage staff to get it done if they're if they're falling behind in their required trainings. Number 14 is a contract with NEONET. It's recommended the board approve the contract with NEONET for an EMIS shared services agreement for 5/1/2026 to
053June 30th, 2026 at a cost of $3,400. And this is just to provide support um when uh the employees that handle the EMIS may be absent. Number 15 curriculum adoption. It's recommended the board approve the following curriculum adoption for Coventry High School for the 26-27 school year. That's history, McGraw Hill, a six-year adoption of 2026 through 2032. United States history and world history materials to include student and teacher textbooks, online materials, professional development, and shipping and handling at a total cost of $39,896.40. And also math, McGraw Hill, six-year adoption 2026 through 2032. Algebra one, geometry, and algebra two materials to include student and teacher textbooks, online materials, professional development, and shipping and handling at a total cost of $59,233.33. And just noting that math, we've been on this uh cycle it seems like forever, but
054it's been about two years. We spent last year uh working on the big adoption from the Summit ESC, uh working with our teachers on new instructional strategies. And then this year we focused on providing them the most up-to-date curriculum that we could uh to help our students succeed and meet their potential. Number 16 student insurance. It's recommended the board permit Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company to offer student insurance for the 2026-27 school year. Uh we've offered this in church for several years. This is an optional program at no cost to the district. An exciting what year, number 17, our graduating class. It's recommended the board approve the graduating seniors for 2025 provided each student completes the necessary graduation requirements for exhibit S4. And number 18 our DARE resolution. It's recommended the board adopt the resolution
055in support of the DARE program for the 26-27 school year for exhibit S5. Number 19 deletion of inventory from the curriculum department. It's recommended the board approve the following deletion of inventory from the curriculum department. And those are a number of old um no longer in use textbooks. Number 20 is accept a donation. It's recommended the board accept the following donations. The first one is um the science tables uh that were shared with us from Woodridge Schools. They're going through a major renovation of their science wing um and they had some tables that they had no use for. Um and you know, they were pretty decent shape. So, we're grateful for them for donating those to us and allowing us to use those. Considering what we priced for a new table, they're roughly $900 a
056piece. And we've got over 30 of them uh donated from Woodridge. So, we're very grateful for them sharing. And also then for the second one there, uh $131 donated by the Coventry American Legion Post to help offset student food service accounts with negative balances at CES. So, the students that have uh had to charge uh lunches for various reasons, the American Legion's covering those. So, that's always a feel good. And we're happy that they are and grateful for their support of that. Number 21 accept donation band uniform. It's recommended the board accept the following donations of band uniforms to the Coventry Band Parents Association for exhibit S6. And I think I shared that with you last Friday and I incorrectly shared the hats are here. It's the raincoats and the hat boxes that have not
057arrived yet. Um but the uh the uniforms and their hats are here. Number 22 football out-of-state summer camp. It's recommended the board approve the following trip at no cost to the district. The entire trip is funded by funds raised from the sale of discount cards and a $35 donation from each family. And that would be for the football team to to travel to Gettysburg College from July 6th through the 9th. We had discussed possibilities of while students were there potentially taking them to visit some sites in Philadelphia or possibly Washington DC is only about a half hour 40 minutes away. But when we thought about Philadelphia was a bit far for the regulations related to our bus trips. And Washington DC that would be just a few days after our 250th celebration and I wasn't
058comfortable with our school buses driving around Washington DC with that much of a of a celebration going on. Hello. Those are all of the items under other business. It said you don't want to read verbatim. All right, is there a motion? >> [clears throat] >> So moved. I'll second. Okay. You guys have to have questions on all that stuff. I have one. George, for number 17 should that say 2026? Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, it should be 2026. I didn't write it properly, did I? The easiest way to actually correct it is number 17 should be our 2026 graduates, not last year's graduates. So we have to make it in there. Okay. We'll make it. Um a couple of questions if I may, please. Yes. So for items one, two, and three which is the Gardner
059contracts if I read the wording, it seems that they were already here for the Which was the first one? The high school. Mhm. And then they're expanding to the middle school and elementary. Is that a correct understanding of the wording? Yes, our the issue we we got into the service programs is we had a failure of the middle school chiller Mhm. 2021-22ish. Seems like forever ago, but it was just a few years ago. And we learned that we just needed to do a better job of taking care of those. We've also started doing water treatment programs for the fluid that goes through the units here at the middle school or at the high school and the middle school as it becomes very corrosive if you're not if you don't keep up on it. It rusts
060out the inside of the pumps. So while it's a tremendous expense um we thought at this point after the district not being able to afford preventive maintenance for so long that we wanted to try to get back into preventing some big bills down the road. So that was the thought process. So the expansion to middle and elementary is Gardner winning the work from a competitor or that wasn't even being done by someone like Gardner? In terms of >> been doing preventive before, but it's not him. They've been in place since um The chiller issue? I think so. They had the year They did not have preventive maintenance prior to it. Okay. And all right, so cuz the way I read it before was that understood it was Gardner was at the high school and they
061had two two other vendors at the two different buildings and then so now Gardner got it all. Does that mean did that equate to a price savings? Our prices for a lump sum. >> Yeah. concept. That was the reason for the questions. All right, so I just didn't know if I No, no, that's okay. That's okay. I recognize that our photographs are samples. Yes. Right. They're go-bys of what could happen. Um I was kind of curious with the position of the current bridge at the creek do the holes in the fiberglass planking provide opportunity for bees to come and hang out and cause possible issues? And would the actual our final design actually have covering like maybe a channel concept to cover those up to protect the community and the students? Um I don't believe
062we thought of that issue. Okay. Um but I'll bring that up with Mr. I'll bring that past Mr. Olson. Okay. Is something to keep an eye on. Um one thing I didn't share is we do have to reinforce the footings at each side of the bridge and as this one's a little heavier and when they came out and looked and it's incorporated into the cost that the footings will have to be beefed up a little bit. Um one more if I could, please. On number 14 the neonet where you have the $3,400 um covering roughly two months. Is that money that has been paid or money set aside that if something comes up, we are we would have an envelope to pay out of? We would have to pay that as part of a purchasing
063agreement with them. That first starts on on so on like May 1st. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Sure. Any questions? Are the teachers happy about the two the adoption of the history and the math? The math is because they worked on it for so long. And history it didn't take them very long to decide. They they went through the process pretty quickly. And I can speak departments have to share. It was Mr. Rushton's consultant from the ESC and his departments working together going through the materials and deciding what they felt was best. I'm super excited about the graduating class of 2026. Good job. Almost Yeah, I just want to say thanks for the donations. Those signs signs tables were huge from Woodbridge. It's nice to see school districts helping each other out. Yeah. Um I believe
064we had some staff help move them in and set them up. Right? Who was involved in that? Um most I was Mr. Johnson, myself, Mr. Olson, Miss Pavlovich and a bunch of staff from Woodbridge. We loaded them onto the U-Haul and then when we got here that all of our custodial team helped get them out as each table weighed roughly 80 to 90 lbs. So we were all hurting the next day. >> [laughter] >> I think to everybody for helping helping out with that and thanks to the American Legion Post for the donation for school lunches. That's cool. Anything else? Is this is the first time they the football team's done anything with the summer camp, right? It's since during my time. Yeah, I don't know. I'm not sure if they did. remember them ever
065doing anything like that. If you watch the movie Remember the Titans, it's going to be very similar as that team went to Gettysburg College. >> [laughter] >> So we've joked about that ever since Hope they get to meet them then. They'll have the same successful season that team had and everything. That would just be helmets. Are they going to take full I'm not sure if it's helmet and shoulder pads or it's just helmets. Yeah. But they shouldn't be in good condition yet. No contact condition. Conditioning and team building. That'll be fun. I think they can't wear [clears throat] you know. All right, Lisa, could you call the roll, please? Mr. Balder Yes. Mrs. McGraw Yes. Mr. Sulik Yes. Mrs. Path Yes. And Mr. Hastenler Yes. And we have item number four which is central office
066item. It's a stipend. It's recommended the board approve a stipend for the work indicated. That would be for Mrs. Ratcliff for $5,000 to continue as our transportation clerical and supervisory support. As a reminder, we started that this year and this would be for next year. Um when it looked like Mrs. Smith could potentially miss our transportation director Mrs. Smith could potentially miss a number of days, potentially weeks. We had no one that really could step into her role and had her knowledge. So she's spent this year teaching Mrs. Ratcliff how everything works. Um and thankfully at this point we haven't had any unexpected absences, but Mrs. Ratcliff has continued to support Mrs. Smith in her clerical needs. Those are all of the items under central office. Good. I will make that motion to approve that.
067Is there a second? Second. Questions? Discussion? Does it publicly say 2026-27? And then does it say what year it is? It would be for the 26-27 school year. 30 minutes. Yeah, but it doesn't say it on there. Yeah, that's a good catch. All right, Lisa, call the roll, please. Mr. Balder Yes. Mrs. McGraw Yes. Mr. Sulik Yes. Mrs. Path Yes. And Mr. Hastenler Yes. Under the treasurer's recommendations this evening, we have um item number one. It is recommended that the board approve and place on file the March 2026 financial report. Please cross out and reconciliation as that is still an ongoing um review. So we're just going to we just have the financial report. Um for exhibit T1. Item two, it is recommended that the board approve the POs over 5,000 per exhibit T2. Item
068three it is recommended that the board approve the resolution to establish fund 029, accepting gifts into such funds, and appointing a scholarship committee to administer such funds as outlined in exhibit T3. Item four, it is recommended that the board approve the memorandum of of agreement with Zupka and Associates, an independent public accounting firm, whereas the auditor of state on March 11th, 2026, issued a request for proposals for a terms of engagement related to the Coventry Local School District to perform the financial audit, including the components and requirements pursuant to sections 117.11 and 117.115 of the revised code for the fiscal periods starting July 1st, 2025, through June 30th, 2030, for exhibit T4. And just to remind you, the fiscal audits are a year They are auditing the books from the prior year, which is why
069there's a back there. Item five, it is recommended that the board accept the resignation due to retirement of Shannon Demita, director of fiscal systems, effective December 16th, 2026. And item seven, it is recommended that the board approve the revised job description for the position of financial assistant for exhibit T5. And that is an updated job description that was prior that was previously approved by the board based on the retirement of our accounts payable. Your director of fiscal And that includes items one through six. Is there a motion? So moved. I will second. All right. Discussion? I just wanted to um thank Shannon Demita for all of her work for many many years here in the district. She's just I'm sure there's many many things she does that we don't know that she does, but I
070just wanted to thank her um for all that she's doing, and then um give good luck to the person that's going to fill this role um eventually. Thank you. We need to ask her on the list of month when we're going to be adding her on the list, yeah. Yeah, I definitely agree with that. She's She's got uh big shoes to fill. Appreciate all the hard work she's done here. We have her for a little while longer, which is nice, but um yeah, just wish her the best in her retirement. How many years did she have here? Um by the time she retires, I believe it'll be 30. 30. And she's had a lot of different jobs as well. As you see, she was a teacher and a I don't know what all she did.
071She's one of those, so she's one of those. You got to have Got to have those those people that step in do what she's got to do. Any other questions or discussion? All right. Lisa, could you call the roll, please? Sure. Mr. Bowser? Yes. Mrs. McGraw? Yes. Mr. Sulik? Yes. Mrs. Pat? Yes. And Mr. Hostetler? Yes. All right, we do have a Board of Education recommendations this evening. Um Recommendation one for the resolution National Institute of Standards and Cyber Security Framework. It is recommended that the board approve the resolution adopting NIST Cybersecurity Framework in accordance with House Bill 96. Uh you'll find exhibit E1. I believe this was also in Georgia's board updates in our last week. This is the summary of it, so that's the only thing on the agenda there. Is there a
072motion for that? So moved. Second. Comments? Um Lisa, call the roll, please. Mr. Bowser? Yes. Mrs. McGraw? Yes. Mr. Sulik? Yes. Mrs. Pat? Yes. And Mr. Hostetler? Yes. >> [clears throat] >> All right, I'm going to make a motion to go into executive session for the one hearing for conducting reviewing negotiations of our big bargaining sessions with employees. Is there a second? Second. Okay. Mr. Bowser? Yes. Mrs. McGraw? Yes. Mr. Sulik? Yes. Mrs. Pat? Yes. And Mr. Hostetler? Yes. Thank you for coming. Thank you. Thank you. Drive safely. Great job. Thank you. Thank you. All right, we do expect to take action afterwards. So, hopefully it won't take too long, but just an update, and Lisa and Georgia, if you can hang out out here, and if we have any questions, we'll call you in.
073Okay. That's great. Thanks. >> [clears throat] >> Yeah. So, this wasn't the fiscal chapter. This is just the That's what it's going to look like. Yeah, because it looks like it's just Like I said, two columns and five. mentioned It's our little swag and done. Yeah. I think And then we'll go out there and change it. I'll be just speaking