001Um so today, Thursday, June 26, this is our um originally was looked to be um a it is a special board meeting because it's off of our regular schedule. Um the intent um originally was to um give some approval to Heather for um you know, the end of our previous school year. And the agenda ended up a little fuller than we anticipated. So Brentton, thanks for coming and um continue to record for us. Um before I call it to order, it's not an amendment to the agenda, and I know you've all had time to to look at it, but I just wanted to draw your attention to that we typically have um committee reports. We're not doing that this this morning for obvious reasons. We will do that at our next meeting. Um but we
002do. Number eight is board discussion. Um, again, in the light of everything kind of going on with our state, thought it might be good to throw that in if we want to have some discussion. And if we don't, that's okay, too. Um, but didn't want to bog down the beginning of the agenda with um, Heather's report and Gary. So, just not that you can't we can't have discussion through the motions, but if there's additional stuff that doesn't fall into that, we will have that opportunity. So, all right, I'm going to go ahead and call the meeting to order. Mr. Bowman here, Mr. Faulk here. Mrs. Lindamman here. Mr. Napier here. Mrs. Winger here. Okay. In an adoption um number three of the agenda. If I could have a motion. So move. Second. Second. I'm sorry.
003I'm writing them down. It was Mr. P. Mr. Napier. Yes. Mr. Folk. Yes. Mr. Bowman. Yes. Mrs. Wingard. Yes. Mrs. Lman. Yes. Okay. And number four um on the agenda um A through which makes our packet thicker which is a good thing to be um on our agenda. So we have special accommodations um for awards for the spring um uh looks like girls should well looks like it's boys and girls um track and field. So I'm going to read down through these um give our kiddos some shoutouts. um Ella Boutton. Um and you can see there off to the side all of the the first team. I'm not going to read through all the details there, but um Ella obviously achieved a lot of different categories there. Um Grayson Tombs, um Cali Carpenter, Kit Bellman,
004Trinity Enzer, Caroline Rice, Yep. Elizabeth Schwarzen Trooper, Payton Blakesley, Abby Crarabel, um, Angelia Overhold, Emily Fenny, Beanie, Cassie Frasier, or Passy Fisher. Sorry, it does. I can read Fisher, by the way. Oh, here we are. voice. Brandon Hog, um Noah Smith, Aiden Mcmanis, Josh Alexander, Tanner East, Darren Hartley, Caleb Smith, um Anson Winganger, Elijah Snow, Elijah Roush, Gavin Tombs, Blake Sites, Tanner Eep, uh Cooper Ry, and then under baseball, we have um Kane Sheriff, Carter Maul, Kaden Gibson, uh Vince Lavin, and then into softball. uh Taylor Brown, Jasine Whitman, Whitman, Whitman, Whitman, Kennedy Algy, Tiana Over, and Olivia Harris. And again, all of their accomplishments at um KAC and then are listed there. So, congrats to our kiddos um for adding that into their school experience. We also have um special accommodations for staff for
005some service awards and retirements um under the five years of service. We probably should be five. Okay. Well, Ren is actually we know this retiring. Kim Lion um retired from our kindergarten wing. Five years of service we have um Adam Brown, Delaney Dout, Lillian Hoover, Mary Pound, and Tasha Snow. Um 10 years of service we have Sarah Beal. Um Heather Darnold. 15 years Lori Bgal. Um Deb Dugan Burton. 20 years of service we have Amber Perry Perry. Uh Marcia Shock and Teresa Thompson. and 25 years of service, um, Rhonda Ginger, Lori Grog, Kelly Herps, Sharon Strey, Don Tombs, and 30 years of service, Melissa Midcap, and Teresa Snider, which is wonderful. Okay. Um, letter C is a motion to approve. Oh, wait. Yeah. Motion to approve. We need a motion. That was just special accommodations.
006Okay. Motion to approve the following donation. We had $800 from the Knox County Foundation um to support programming and services related to social and emotional support. And I think we're looking for a motion to approve those or that I should say was one. That was second. Mr. Bman, yes. Mrs. Winger, yes. Mr. C. Yes. Mrs. Lindamman. Yes. Mr. Nier. Yes. Okay. Item number five, um, our treasur's consent agenda. I have three items on my agenda. The first one is the final appropriate appropriate appropriations if I could talk this morning for fiscal 25 and then my temporary appropriations for fiscal 26. Uh, the revenue came in higher. The the majority of it was all in self- insurance. Those are large claim reimbursements. So, anything over our stop loss, the self- insurance fund was reimbursed back that
007those really claims. Um, and then for general fund, um, the money that was the 426,000 came in higher was a lot of it was interest reimbursement. So, total for the estimated resources for ending fiscal 25 was 1.9 million. Um, like I with with almost 1.4 of that being self- insurance not into the general fund. Um amended appropriations is the same. Uh I only have a few here. The bottom three, the title one, the title 4 A and title 2 A. Those are end of year adjustments for our grants. Those are special education grants. Um and then we have student managed. A lot of that is the end of year for prom, prom receipts and then the district manage that is uh again just end of year for athletics and then for the fruit cheese sale
008for FFA FF I mean and then we then I have self insurance of 742,000 and that is for medical claims. my uh temporary appropriations to start fiscal 26 general fund is lower than last year as we are not paying for the bus garage out of general fund. So uh I have only received one grant so far for fiscal 26 and it is the second one from the bottom um line number 572. So that is the only grant that I have received so far for fiscal 26. Um everything else it for all the way from general fund all the way down to 300 is very similar as to last year. Some of the funds um actually stayed the same for appropriation wise. So my appropriations came in at 25 million for the whole for everything combined.
009Uh the second item I have is the transfer of 3.7 million. This would be the second final um motion for this. Uh this would be moved from general fund to the capital maintenance fund. And then I have the insurance liability. Uh the property insurance it did increase by 8,000 and the majority of that was due to the new buses. Um, with the old buses going off and the new buses going on, there's quite a difference from when I started. We still have a bus on there from 2018. 2018 we paid 82,000 for a bus. This bus coming up is 145. So, the difference uh the insurance does go up and the cost of bus increase. And that is all that I have. Okay. So I would entertain um a motion um to approve and then
010we can have discussion from there. So move second. Okay. Discussion question please. So in the if I if I I mean in the House Bill 96 they said that you have that you can take money out of general fund put just like what we're doing. Does that mean you have it has to be done like by September or October something like that to move it to move it? Did I read that correctly? I haven't read that. Okay. Have you read that? Okay. So, I could pull out my phone and we got an email. I think it was late last night from OSBA, but that's where I was I was reading. Yeah. I believe Yeah. October, I think, of 2025. But I think and maybe some clarification. I think the association was trying to get something
011in probably our hands, but I think their language even said like they used permanent improvement, which is different than permanent stays in permanent improvement. You cannot move it back. Not move it. Okay, that's the difference between the 070 and the and the PI. We have a a 2 mill levy for the PI. So, there's money coming into that fund. Okay. A lot of schools do not have a PI fund. That's the reason they're moving the general fund over to the PI fund so they can build capital projects. We have that already and that's what we use money to buy buses for is out of PI. This money that we're moving over into the 070 can can sit there for 10 years after the 10 years and it's moved back. And the from the meeting I
012went to yesterday, the county treasures meeting, um we had uh a state auditor there and the county auditor there and the state auditor as of right now has confirmed that money can still set there for 10 years. They're saying within the house bill that we have three years. So until around October we should know if it's really three years or if it's 10 years but with the county a state auditor they're saying that money can set there for 10 years. Okay. It's really confusing. Yeah. And I I mean I think the the key point being and you already made this point both of you is that that movie can that money can be moved in and out of that 070 versus if we lock it in somewhere right once it goes it stays in P.
013You cannot move it back and then and then this sets us up to be 40% 50 because the first reading was that and we hadn't gotten to this. is 50, but now that they it's come out. Yeah, they met in the middle. We'll see what the governor says, but yeah. Okay. Yeah, there's a lot there. It's ridiculous. You don't have a degree in that? No, me either. I can barely function as Yes. So, I guess let me ask you this. It has really nothing to do but with PI, what is the parameters years on that? That's indefinite or is it 10 year? Ours is continuing. All all of our levies that we have currently are continuing except the bond and the classroom maintenance, but the PI fund that is also continuing. Okay, perfect. Okay, thank
014you. Yeah, we have um we have three fixed sum levies and as of right now um I shouldn't change this but they have not touched fix some levies as of right now. So now are you using fixed sum in our language? Is that considered an emergency in the when it's on the ballot? No, it's just considered a continuing fix some levy. Okay. because they talked about changing the language on the emergency to say emergencies. Uh um according to the meeting yesterday, there's already been some local organizations um public entities that want to run um a replacement levy and and they are not. They have to go back and change their actual language, their actual ballots, everything. Replacement levies will really no longer be And that's still part of House Bill 335. 335, right? That's not
015attached to any question. Not all of it, but it's in ways and means, right? So it could Yeah, I always want to. I want to do alphabet and then I don't do alphabet there. So my question is more and it's not really a question, but this self insurance. Yes. I forget when I think I've asked this before, but is there a certain amount that we need to make sure stays there or is that like like is that kind of our we decide that? Does somebody tell us if you Yeah, I work I work with Jefferson Health Plan. They're consultants there. Um I actually meet with them monthly, right? um to go over the the fund balance and that um and they help me set the rates. Yeah. Okay. Because the the premiums also go into
016this pot. So, yes, I do work with a consultant. Not necessarily a broker, but a consultant through JHP. Okay. Yeah. It's just a lot of money that sits there, which we hope you kind of hope not to use because you don't want your people, right? You know, having things, but still, it's a lot of money that sits there. We'll just earn a little interest off that if we need to maybe. Okay. Um, any other discussion questions for Heather? If you think of something, we can catch it at the end there, too. Okay, then I guess we'll do roll call. Mr. Faulk, yes. Mr. Napier, yes. Mr. Bman, yes. Mrs. Lindamman, yes. Mrs. Winger, yes. Thank you. All right. Moving into item or number six, um, our superintendent's consent agenda. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. I'd
017like to thank Heather and Don Len and Sonia uh for all of their work here when you close out at the end of the year. Yeah. Um quite stressful and try to keep the office as calm as possible especially during a ben bianium budget year. So just thank you Heather for all your work. You're welcome. Been a lot and uh especially this year. So very appreciative of that. As far as the what I have for you as well, uh I did give you an update as far as staffing is concerned. As you're aware, we um we had a middle school science teacher hired and then she took off and took another job. Um so we are would like you to consider that resignation here this morning. We have that position posted. Um we are struggling
018there to find candidates. We have one that we're we're talking with So, we're still Mr. Brown's still working through that one. Um, also with uh yesterday with gifted an update on that as well. We we being the administration met with um mid Ohio ESC to really discuss them providing uh gifted services through a consultation basis and that meeting went very well. They're very descriptive, prescriptive if you will in the type of services they would provide. So I hope to be bringing back to you a contract with them in July um for gifted services. So um they did a nice job of explaining it and our administrators really what they did is they listened to our administrators explain their needs and uh so I I believe they're going to tailor make a a proposal to meet
019our needs here at Frederick Town. So appreciative of them and their work there. As far as um as you can see here too, we and you know, we just received Mrs. Burton's resignation on Tuesday afternoon. Um we have that position posted. And then also um with our speech and language um position, Mr. Caputo has been working diligently on that. I provided that update last week and the board update, but I believe he has um he's kind of been going back and forth. He has one or two interviews um later this week, Friday I believe. So with speech with speech will be ours. Well, maybe maybe through still through an agency but um so again maneuvering through all of that. Keep your fingers crossed. We'll try to keep you updated on that ongoing saga there. So
020moving on then uh to the consent agenda. We have Um, several resignations there from Michaela Portal, Lori Walters, and also Deborah Dugan Burton. We have on item D, we have aou with FPA uh to allow compensation for required trainings this summer related to project lead the way certification steam. Uh, that would be compensating unit members who take those trainings uh to be paid at $30 per hour. Most likely we'll be approving those individuals at the July board meeting once we get those from Mr. Shoemaker. Also having the the annualou between Frederick Town and the village of uh village of Frederick Town for school resource officer. Appreciate their partnership and always um their attention on our students, our staff, community and keeping us safe. Item F, uh, we have to resend Deborah Ray for ACT proctoring
021as ACT will pay her directly. Item G, a science of reading, Caitlyn Weber, and then a contract amendment there for um, a move from bachelor's to 150 semester hours for Molly Pence. And then also to employ as intervention specialist, uh we have Noel Dudgeon, Lori Walters, and Hannah Taylor will be um taking over uh as the new student support specialist. Summer custodial help. We've had custodians in and out. Um and this will help us with with summer help with Ethan Smith and Graham Overhaul. And then also supplemental contracts for this fall with golf. And then finally J. Well, not finally, but then item J would be already I guess it's here. Uh volunteers for band camp, football games, and band festivals for 2526. And then also item K is we would like to move the
022July 8th regularly scheduled board meeting to a week later to Tuesday, July 15th. We don't want to be together too often. We need some space in between our meetings. Just kidding. Been spending a lot of time together. Yes. In good company though. Okay. So, I would entertain a motion and then we'll have discussion. So, move. Second. Okay. My only thing and I feel like part of this is because been paying attention to a lot of different things. I can't remember if we talked about this before, but could you just give a small context the gifted thing and what's changed with that as far as I forget if we talked about this at last meeting, so I apologize. We did talk briefly on that the last board meeting. Okay. Because we had that position posted. Um
023we looking at various candidates there and with the recent law change with gifted and their certification. We have targeted funds for earmark funds directly from the state for gifted for student success and wellness for one other one DPIA DPIA and if we uh we are not allowed to use the gifted funds specifically respectively to hire a gifted intervention specialist or a gifted coordinator if they do not have the actual certification, okay, license. A lot of times districts will hire somebody with an Ohio license, but it may not be specific to that gifted certification. You temporary certified them and you can move forward with that. The law changed specifically to GI does not allow you to hire somebody with a temporary certification to serve provide that gift service. That makes sense. So we have to funnel
024those funds through and what we're looking at for those services is they will provide that person and it's not full time by any means but they will be able to provide those services to meet the requirements of the state. So, my personal thoughts on a little bit of that real quick is just that um I don't know how many educators when they're, you know, coming out or even entering think they want to be that they're putting gifted. I hope we are communicating with higher ed to say or is it a angle of we want to push more towards shared services. So I I'm not sure what the angle is there, but I don't I guess I just hope that because I don't think that a lot of teachers come out or educators should come out
025with that certification. So it's going to limit a lot of districts probably in that having your own in-house potentially. Yes. All those things you said, but also to the state report card, the revised one I believe about three years ago, I think it was three years ago, put a heavy emphasis on gifted gifted services and gifted identification and then gifted professional development. So that is a heavy weight gap closing gift if it's embedded in the gap closing indicator. So they have a heavy weight on that uh indicator within the state report card. So that's also part of the response connecting that funding directly at the state level to that state report card indicator. Yep. All right. Will be somebody in from Ohio. be physically here one right now looking at one day a week not
026not nothing no virtual no we want definitely would be here looking at the the the complete gamut from the reporting requirements to professional development to the identification the servicing yeah so I have a question for you as well I I've just been looking at the amount we've had of change over reservations have we done exit interviews to see if there's a common theme of what's I have not uh done any of the exit interviews yet with the majority of those individuals. I haven't had a chance to. What the principles have or anybody just that now principles have. I personally have not met with um the majority of those that have resigned. So that was on a to-do list and my to-do list got full. any other not that it matters but just for the good
027of the group. Um Noel Dungeon's actually Ethan Dungeon along it's his wife. That's Noel. She worked I believe in the Lexington School District. They live here in Frederick Town and so's wife. Take that right. Okay. Um anything else for the good of the group there? All right. I think we'll do roll. Mrs. Winger. Yes. Mr. Napier, yes. Mr. Belman, yes. Mr. F. Yes. Mrs. Lind. Yes. Okay. Item number seven. Um, again, we'll do it motions and then some discussion. So, motion to approve an addendum to the superintendent contract. There's these are going to be two separate. So, I need a motion for that addendum. Second. Okay. Discussion around that. Clarif. No. Yes. Yeah. Please. No. I just ask for clarification. Oh, okay. Um, I'm just gonna let Heather take a stab because if I take
028a stab or can I have you take a stab? Do you mind or don't mind? Okay. Gary can chime in. Sure. Um within the new house bill, they are eliminating pickup for the treasur and superintendent on their contracts. Um this is similar language as to what BASA has put out and then we've also contacted the attorney on this as well. Um this is just a protection to the treasurer and superintendent. If it doesn't go through, everything stays as is. If it does go through, this will um the board is not going to be paying any more than what they're already paying. So, the retirement will come out of me and Gary will pay our retirement. This is like a a fringe benefit back to us for that. So, there's no increase on the board side
029at all. Yeah. And my understanding is it exists in some current contracts even leading up to this House bill even coming yes to the table in February. I mean it's so one of those things that'll probably live in our contracts moving forward like all the changes over the years as laws change and whatever. So this this won't be a go in go out. It'll just stay right. There's also some um well there's also proposal within it. We it'll be interesting interesting to see that they may include principles in this as well. Um, the other thing too, and I I think we're I'm still speculating because even attorneys are looking at this as well, that it would not impact existing contracts only when you engage in negotiating a new contract between the administrator and the board.
030So, we still need some clarification on that as well. So, if there's an existing contract with an impact, don't. So, I I have two years on my contract. So when my two years is up in 2027, when I go into negotiate, if this bill goes into effect, that line items out, this would cover that. That's what we know as of June 20, whatever today is 7:30 a.m. Yeah. So what you know, they added principles um in conference committee, it sounds like. So that obviously maybe we'll see how much inks in the governor's what he's going to veto or whatever. But I guess my question there and I don't know if anybody in this room is going to have the answer, but is there a difference between a principal and administrator or they just use is
031that just OSBA? I think that's some clarification we need too because you have directors, you have assistance, you know, across the board. I'm sure they'll define that. Maybe that was just OSBA kind of making it just broad language. Well, that be your legis be your Congress making that, right? What I read was OSBA, so I didn't read the actual I don't think again waiting on clarification on that. It too are in this one. Yep. And we're going to want to protect that. I think for sure is looking at that we can get creative thinking out loud here to be able to recruit. Yes. Yes. I feel like I had a lady um say to me the other day, Christine, they're just massaging your patients muscle. I'm like, oh gosh. Okay. All right. So, um we
032had a motion. So, can we do roll call then on um 7A? Mr. Yes. Mr. Mr. Bowman. Yes. Mrs. Leman. Yes. Mr. Winger. Yes. Okay. Very similar. Um 7B is a motion to approve the addendum for the treasures contract. So, second. Any additional? Sure. He thinks he's funny at 7:30 a.m. I love it. You're funny at 7:30 p.m. too. Okay, so roll call. Mrs. Winger, yes. Mr. Bman, yes. Mr. Yes. Mrs. Leman, yes. Mr. Mayor, yes. Thank you. Okay. Um, like I'd mentioned earlier. So, number eight is board discussion. Um, I think we answered probably a few things in the conversation through both Gary and Heather's reports. Um, I guess I'll just add if you're following this, I'm sure we are all following this. Um, it's to the governor at this point. Um, I would
033encourage you to if you want to watch a little bit of the House floor yesterday and all the different testimony between legislators and what that it was very interesting. It's about three I skimmed through some of it, a little over three hours long. Um some things that are also on the table besides this with retirement whatever is um school board members right now it's in there that we would need to um select a party run as a Republican or a Democrat and run in a primary um before being elected to the school board. So that's something that's in the budget bill as well and made it through conference committee. It's that language is still there. So um I saw that question. I was saying yeah I mean I think it's I I guess I don't
034know how it's taking it and I didn't see I thought the same thing but it's nowhere I haven't read that anywhere. Yeah. Yeah. I guess when you when you they're taking it from a a bipartisan to a partisan absolutely election. So whatever falls under that. So they didn't really say Republican or Dem. They just said it's going to be a partisan. That's what it So I'm not sure what that looks I don't I don't know the answer yet. A lot of clarification around that too. I didn't again Oba just I think was trying to get something in our hands. there'll be lots more to come out. But, you know, they really didn't even the language coming out of the Senate was you couldn't be a federal or state employee and be on a board. You
035that included fire, EMS, police. So, our very own Chief Tracy, who's the police chief here in Frederick Town, serves on Centerberg's school board. He would not be able to do that. Now, your terms obviously run through, but then once that if this all sticks, I didn't see that. But that again, I that OSBA was given too much yet. So, lots of interesting things um going on with that budget bill for sure. Can I deviate now to a question please concerning the school system? Uh I've already been called on this. The zero period is in effect, is it for the next OAG teacher? That is part of the CR. Well, we're planning on Yes. Okay. That's what I want. That's in the schedule. I didn't want to It's in the schedule. That's what I thought it
036was, but I want to clarify that here to make sure that that is going to be conserved. Okay. Y any other board discussion needed or Okay, look at us. So number nine is um an adjournment adjournment of our meeting. So movement second. Okay. Mr. Yes. Mr. Behavior. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mrs. Lenderman. Yes. Mrs. Winger. Yes.