4/14/25 Johnstown-Monroe Local Schools Board of Education Meeting

001No. Oh, that green. Gotcha. And we're on live. Let's press that button on the bottom right there. Yep. Green light should light up. Yep. You're on. And then you turn that off. Thank you. You know, if I have a coughing fit, right? Yeah. They will pick up. Yeah. Nobody wants to hear that. Everybody ready? You guys mics on? Yes. Yep. We're good. Good evening everyone. We could uh start the meeting with a moment of silent prayer. Thank you. Stand for the pledge. Aliance 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. Please call the role. Mr. Swagger here. Mrs. Davis here. Mrs. Ber here. Mrs. Thomas here. Mr. Benton here. Don't be stealing the snacks. Uh,

002notice of the meeting. This is a public meeting of the board of education for the purpose of conducting the school district's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There is time for public participation during the meeting as indicated in the agenda. Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to three minutes. Upon request to the superintendent, the district shall make reasonable accommodation for a person with a disability to be able to participate in this activity. Recording shall be made of each meeting of the board as administrative aid and shall be preserved as public documents of the board. Thank you. Uh before we start with the presentation of the agenda, I just wanted to uh thank the city. Uh obviously we're a new uh place here today at the city chamber

003and uh with this joint venture of ours. Uh it's use it's nice to get a an actual meeting place and and you know the nothing against our media center but every time the air conditioner or the heat kicked on you couldn't hear anybody. So, uh, very nice and the the microphones here are much, uh, clearer and more, uh, audible for those folks at home. Uh, so I do appreciate it and wanted to thank, uh, the the city of Johnstown, uh, for working with us and moving some things around so that we can both share this space. So, wanted to make sure they were aware of that. And with that, we'll move on to the, uh, agenda. Any additions or deletions? I have a couple small changes. one is um you'll see under item E it's

004resolution 25-04-065 that's the consent agenda under E uh we have a proposal for a recommendation to hire new staff member Jesse Brenton and the agenda um says fiscal year 25 it should be school year 2526 just a small change and then the other um change I want to make is in that same resolution but it'll be under E also and F. Um, at the time we were finishing interviews last Friday, so I did not put Anna Annaise how in the agenda, but I want to add her for E as our student support specialist and also a few days for transition there as well too under F. Those are all the changes I have for the agenda. Any questions, comments on that? I get a motion to adopt the agenda. So move a second. Second. Call

005the role. Question. When in the consent agenda, that does not mean we're going into the projects and accept them as they are. Does it or does it? On the projects, those are individual. I just wanted to be sure. Yeah. Yeah, they're separate. Um, they come under my section. We didn't put them in consent. That's okay. I'm just checking them out consent agenda. It's all right. No, they're in U resolution 25-04-074075 and076. Got it. And those are also just when we get there, those are um the board making, you know, financial allocation potentially, but there's a lot of work to do there still with RFPs and all too. So, got it. Okay. Any other questions, comments on the agenda? Call the role, please. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs.

006Thomas, yes. Any public remarks? Anyone sign up? Anyone here sign up for public remarks? We do. Did they just sign in? Maybe just sign in. Anyone here sign up that wants to make it public? Yeah, that's right. Okay. That's what I thought. It's those two. Yeah, they'll be speaking. Anyways, I just I saw writing. So, all right. Hearing none, we'll move on to uh presentations. There we go. So, this evening I want to provide the board with an update on state funding. And I'm sure you've been seeing things in the news and you might be wondering, what's all the fuss about? Why do we care so much about what's happening? The the budget in Ohio is a bianium budget. So every two years most elements of the budget are up for revision, modification or totally

007disposing of. So it matters a lot because it can significantly impact our district finances and we have to have something predictable in order to do our future planning. And this budget cycle is no different. It's been with a lot of changes. So, let's talk about what does the budget cycle look like. I'm sure you are fairly familiar, but just to get you reacquainted, the governor's proposal for the budget came out in February. That's the first step in this bianium process. When he brought the budget out, there are elements in there that get examined by the house. the House sometime through February through April will review the budget and they'll make revisions or add in new things, delete things. And they actually just approved it on Thursday, the House. So, we're right in the middle of

008this process and it's going to move now to the Senate. Now, sometime before June, the Senate will present their own proposal and that proposal then goes to the conference committee. um from the conference committee. It'll go back to the governor's desk and hope be veto line item veto be approved but it has to be in place by June 30. And let me tell you a little bit about conference committee. So in the conference committee, they will actually look at both the House and the Senate proposal and try to line those up and so that it will go back to each of those legislative bodies for them to vote on what's presented to the governor. So it feels like a bit of a roller coaster ride. If you've been um tracking what's happening in the news

009and information we've shared in the Friday reports, it's it's been through a lot of revisions. And so I'd like to just refresh you on a couple of the main points. Under the governor's budget, there was no base increase to the per pupil base cost. And that was something in the fair school funding plan. We were hoping those base inputs would get updated. It did include the phase in of the fair school funding plan which was a bipartisan effort and it is something that we really would like to see fully implemented and in the governor's proposal that would move forward. One of the elements that was a little less favorable towards schools was the guarantee changes. And the governor's proposed scaling back the guarantee from 100% to 95 next year and another 5% down to 90

010the year after. So the second year of the budget. So I'd like to tell you a little bit about that guarantee. What is our guarantee status? So Johnstown Monroe is on the guarantee and what that means is we're receiving the minimum level of state funding that's been established and it's based on our 2020 level of state funding and that was $4,200. It the guarantee is essentially a safety net so that all schools receive some type of state aid at this minimum level. But what it means if we are on the guarantee it means the formula in that fair school funding plan isn't working for us that that we are not benefiting from that. In fact we we are so deep in the guarantee we have a mill 1.9 million of unfunded formula. That's right now

011this year and that's just simply the gap. Whoops. That's very sensitive. That's the gap um between the formula and the guarantee. Well, now you add on to that the reductions in the guarantee. We're looking at $2 million reduction in the next in throughout the five-year forecast. Now, what the governor did do is updating of the inputs. So, that it's not all negative. um he did update to the 2020. So instead of living off of the 2020 level of income, it's 2022 in his proposal. It still leaves the formula insufficient so that we are formulaf funded. In fact, we would need to grow by about 233 students in order to start having the formula work for us. and more than 50% of the schools in the state of Ohio are on the guarantee. So I think

012that's indicative of a different problem that the formula isn't working and we if it were fully implemented the fair school funding plan it would start to work for schools. So the governor's now finished and he sends his proposal over to the state house and a lot of people school people weren't thrilled with the governor's proposal and did a lot of advoc advocacy and in some elements the state heard and some they they didn't. So the biggest thing that happened that isn't good for schools is they eliminated the fair school funding plan. They completely dismantled this constitutional bipartisan formula that was still being phased in over it had a six-year phase in. They did increase the base cost per pupil um a 10% increase. The house also proposed a teacher minimum salaries at the so the

013base of our salary at 50,000. This isn't everything. These are just some of the highlights and the next few slides we'll talk about some other elements. The house it was pretty dramatic the the changes in the house. There's um expansion for private education through ed choice expansion. They increase the income threshold of 450% over the federal poverty lever level. So, a family making 144,000 or less can take advantage of those vouchers to send their childrens to private school. In the first year of the expansion, the state spent 439 million on this program. It's expected to rise to 1.2 billion in this bienium of public money going to private schools. One of the other elements the House looked at is limitations on how much cash we are allowed to keep. They It's been through a couple

014iterations. They passed a 30% threshold. So any school district that has cash exceeding 30% of their annual expenses um there are implications to those districts. So for instance if we look at ourselves we passed a cash balance policy to maintain 25% which is three months you so if you associate that to your own personal budget that means you have three months that you can adjust your adjust your spending if something changes it gives you that financial stability. That's exactly what we were looking for as well is to have some stability and plan for the future. So this is something we'll have to monitor carefully. Uh this applies to schools that get 20% of state funding and we are getting 20%. So this would apply to us. So the implications which are very concerning is um

015a loss of levy revenue. So voted levies that have been approved by taxpayers could be reduced by the budget commission if we have more than 30% of our annual expenditures on hand. Additionally, the House has proposed property tax alternatives. So in the budget, it's not just about funding or spending. There are um tax ramifications. They look at tax policy throughout the budget process. There has been discussion about eliminating the 20 mil floor, which would be a fundamental change to our property tax structure. That 20 mil floor is a minimum that schools can collect in taxes and Johnstown Monroe worked really hard to get to the 20 mil floor. We want to stay at the 20 mil floor. So that wasn't very popular. And so how they got around that is they are focused on a

016growth cap um based on the gross domestic product and what they want to do is have a fixed rate of increase in property values. So currently that fixed rate is 13%. So they're trying to manage inflation and so this this GDP adjusts quarterly for our district as property values grow which they have and some of that has been because of other tax policy for instance in 2020. There should have been a trienal update to property values but the legislature and department of taxation did not approve that adjustment at that time. and they said, "No, it's COVID. Let's wait. Give homeowners some relief." Well, now then in 2023 when property values were adjusted, it's like a six-year adjustment. And that's that has caused them then to focus on how do we limit inflationary ad um impact.

017So, by capping that at 13%, it would reduce our tax revenue by 1.1 million over the next five years. The way that that GDP works is they will give a homeowners a credit on their tax bill and that would not be paid. So even though it's it's a misnomer to call it a credit because it doesn't go anywhere, the school does not receive revenue associated with that credit. So, the budget impact from the House and and what do we do with this? What next? Where we are right now, we're right in the middle of this roller coaster and we're we've seen some small increases from the house that would get us um approximately 32,000 more in revenue. But the flip side of that is on the real estate tax collection. So it has nothing to

018do with our state funding, but the legislative body changing tax policy, we would experience that just over a million dollars in reduced tax revenue. So now the bill is in the Senate and they will look to tweak this budget bill further. This is a time for us to have advocacy with our legislature. If there's anything that you heard here that you know got you interested, I would encourage you to reach out to your legislator, whether it's the board or our community, because it is time to engage with them as they're making all of these policy decisions. And what the only thing we really can do besides the advocacy is to continue to monitor and model so that we know how those changes in the budget will impact us. Any questions? Or Dr. Wagner, would you

019like to add anything? No, I think you did a great job. Great job. We've been living the budget. Yes, you have. Is there a way to get it for those people that are members of our community? Could we get some bullet points on things that we would like to advocate with our representatives that would, you know, help us as we move forward in this process because we're going to some funding. So, if you could tell us specifically which are the items that are up for consideration where we might be able to focus on those several items. That's a great idea. Yep. I will work on that. And and also then with that put in the contact information for the legislators. Great. That way those those people in our community that feel passionate about school resources

020to help them Great idea. I will get on that. Thank you very much. Welcome. On to you. Yep. We're going to do give an update on the building projects. Um we will need to um publish the or broadcast the one uh slide, but just want to give the board general update. And I know that we've been living this, but um we'll focus on three aspects of or three parts of the building projects tonight, but as a reminder, high school project going well. Um we expect that to open in August as scheduled, so no concerns there. U we're in the process um getting all the final paperwork on this uh city building. Mr. Swagger comments at the beginning about we appreciate the partnership with the city. So that's coming together. We're have a local person we're

021using for the title works. We're getting close on that. The title has come back clean by the way, so we can take the next steps there. Uh performing arts center won't be on the list tonight as we've talked about um or won't be on our schedule list right now. Um we've talked about performing arts center and we know it's important, but we're also going to look at some different options and I believe um we're going back to maybe foundation and seeing about if we can get some supports there like we have in the past. more work to do there. And then what we wanted to focus on tonight um though are the next three aspects of projects that we talked about. So the first one would be baseball, softball and band concessions. Um I should

022say the multi-purpose building which goes here obviously then baseball, softball and band concessions and then the north campus. Um so we have all three of those. Can you um Okay. And then what I did is um board a copy of this so you can look at it. One of the things we want to talk about tonight is looking at the potential schedule of how the next projects if we move forward with all of them would unfold. Um with some aspects of this project you know we'll talk about seasonality so baseball and all think about when we have disruptions to the field and playability time. wanted to go through this and I have members of our construction team here too. I'm gonna um up and we can talk through some of this together. Um if you

023look at if you look at the three projects that are there multi-purpose building um you can see where we are right now in April. So that should be your red bar at the top there under multi-purpose. We're in what's called schematic design right now. Um, next we'll move into design development and then we'll get to construction documents and uh the guaranteed maximum price or what we refer to as the GMP. You can see the next blue bar that goes across there gives us about 12 months of buildout. So depending on the winter, we were talking talking about this in the past. If we had a winter like this past winter, it would be harder. But two years ago, we had a more mild winter. So that'll impact especially ground work. Once you're weather tight, it

024doesn't you know, weather type doesn't make as much of a difference. So, um, you can see that, you know, there's a little bit of variance there in that purple or mauve color there, but on this current schedule, the multi-purpose building should open around September of 2026. Um, any questions about that before we go on multi-purpose? Anything more to add about that? The only thing I would just uh maybe might find helpful is when you see like the red, the orange, and the green colors to the left there. That's our pre what we call the pre-construction phase. So, think about you're sitting at the traffic light waiting to go before we go to construction. That's kind of some intentional coloring. So, there's as was referred to earlier uh by Dr. Wagner at the beginning of the

025meeting, there's quite a bit of work to do just to get ready to go. So, that that's the only additional information I would would offer. Yeah. Any questions about multi-purpose at this point? The next two projects um will go through the same aspect and we'll look at this. Now, these um we do not have we might have to go back and get requests for proposals on some of this work yet. So, we're we're looking into that, but these will have potential primary timelines and an alternate timeline. So, we've talked about this as construction team and you know talked about the applications if we follow some different timelines. But just to level set where we are. So you can see with the baseball, softball, and band concessions. Similar timeline with the red where we're at schematic

026design. The next two projects are like that. Similar timeline with design development. You can see that if we go to the north campus, the next one, that one will extend out a little bit. And then similar aspects of this too where we would get to construction documents. If we get to a GMP, you can see those extend a little further. Um your top line there for the baseball softball concessions shows you know when we could potentially have that um new area open and uh that would be around June of 2026. Now again we're going to still have that aspect of the winter and you know how much we're going to do there. Um there is an alternate timeline and again some of this could get to seasonality where we could you know again depending on

027what happens in winter but that timeline could be extended where we would open in the fall of 26 probably around December which obviously isn't going to be necessary for helpful for baseball softball there or band concessions but we would get into some seating issues where we could possibly get you know some grass in there in the fall. Um the next one I'll just go with that is is similar with the north campus we follow similar timeline like I said we have the winter months and you can see that project would take a little bit longer so on one timeline we could follow we're somewhere into August you know maybe November uh uh timeline there depending on you know the winter or there's an alternate timeline where that can extend out further probably even into early

0282027. So we have a lot of work to do with those latter two projects. um the construction team, you know, we spent some time with this um happy to answer questions, especially with architects and and construction manager here. I guess for me, more of a statement. Um, so for the public as much as it is, you know, we as the board met multiple times on this and discussed uh, you know, we're trying to set up a capital project funding that we know what we're going to build over the next three years, much like we're doing on the academic side. We knew we wanted to do math and we went to science. So, we're we're we're thoughtfully going through, okay, these areas on the academic side, this is what we're going to methodically go through each

029year. We're trying to do the same thing on the capital. Look at all the bu buildings we own and facilities we have and what needs improvements and we're going to lay it out. That doesn't mean that one of these couldn't change. So, this is not set in stone. If it comes back and prices go change and the budget changes and the state decides they are not going to fund things, be aware these things may shift as a result of that. But we think it's prudent that we make a plan. And that way we know what we're building rather than each year st sit up here and try to decide what are we doing this year, what are we doing next year. So we're the grounds uh committee, you know, they're going to sit there and

030look at these each year and go, okay, this is what we can afford. This is what we can move forward with. And we're going to just methodically go through these projects knowing that we have other maintenance that has to be done in between. Now, we had the unfortunate incident, you know, eight, nine years ago or whatever it was 10 when our stadium caught fire. Obviously, our capital projects all had to be moved. So, we have to watch that as well. So, we're always going to know that we might have to flex this schedule based on what the fiscal responsibilities are of the school district. But moving forward, we are trying to lay out year after year. What projects do we want to work towards knowing that we need to get these things done? And while

031it's a lot tonight, this is the beginning of what we'd like to continue to do is run these projects two, three, four years out on all of our projects. That way we know what's coming and what we need to spend. So the treasurer has it in the funding forecast just like everything else. So we know we have uh football stadium repairs. You know, we we know we have these other things that we have to get to. Uh and the only way to do that is the to really look at these projects and come up with a game plan of when will they lay out, when can we build them, when can we, you know, get them designed, what can we afford? And and that's the idea of stringing this out uh three years, four years

032because look, we'd like it all done right now, but we as a district can't afford to build everything right now. So, we're going to allocate our dollars over the next three years towards these projects. So, I think it's important that everyone understands why we got where we're at today and why we're talking about several projects going three years out. It's intentional by this board to to allocate these resources and have a game plan, but knowing that, you know, as we go through these design phase, we're going to get dollars amounts. We're going to get GMPS that we're going to have to approve, you know, on these. So, we know where we're at. Uh the multi-purpose building obviously is our number one priority at this point. The board's determined. Then we move to the uh baseball

033softball band concession. It's a conglomerate of uh of projects there that all go together. And then we're moving to the north campus which uh is geared towards boys, girls soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, those types of things, giving them space. So these are intentional based on our current needs and where we have some uh some difficulties with our current staff and our current numbers of kids. This isn't even for growth. This is just maintaining what we currently have. So that's what we're trying to do is make sure we we've got these. The school was the first one to go. That's why it's being built right now. The addition to the high school to be ready. So that's what this is all geared toward and that's what we're talking about. So I do think it's level set

034for the public as to why we're talking about these projects today. It's not today's not by far the first time we've uh come up with this game plan. So I did want to level set that. Any other comments by the board at this moment? Financial report. Yes. Right. Well, we will as we go through this and we will do that again. Yeah. And you know, Felicia constantly keeps us updated on these things and that's the important side. You know, we we recognize these are dollars uh to get these things done and we know what our funding is currently and what it may be. So, we have to watch those and make adjustments as necessary. Some of these projects may grow, some of them may shrink. Just depends on what we get into as we design

035them and what the cost overall costs are. So when we talk about these projects, I don't want anyone walking out of here thinking these are guaranteed to be done exactly like you may think today. Uh dollars and cents will make a lot of those and then obviously the needs and growth of any of those sports may adjust some of the others as well. So that's what I have on Yeah. question from the board or anything you answer. I'm gonna give Ann credit for this because I think she said it well during our last meeting that we're approving a lot of funding now, but we're not spending it all in one day, you know, and that's important to see too is you can see this really large number, but like Tim said, we're planning years out,

036you know, for that spending. So, just know that when it's a good point because later on tonight and you have a resolution to create a capital projects fund and honestly some of that is dealing, you know, addresses what Mrs. Drum talked about earlier about percentages that we have in reserves in L2 and and our cash balances in L2 the need to have at least 25%. So that'll help us further structure that future and it can be moved if we need to if something changes that way we can erect some of the monies and that's not to scare off our design team and our contractor but that's the reality of all construction. I mean you guys know that's the reality of all construction. Well, you just articulated exactly when I mentioned the red, orange, and green.

037At each of those phases, we provide you with a cost estimate based on the progress. The purple is the final The purple's the final number. Spend it till we're sure we have it. Yeah. And so, we could do all this work and you could we could come back and say, "We've got bids. This is the final cost. It it either is in line, which hopefully it is in line with what we've projected, or it's not. And even if it is in line with what we projected, you could say we're going to pause." So all your the most important thing just my perspective is to get started get the design started get a get your plan to where you really know okay this is what we need and this is what it's going to cost and

038then you can make the decision of whether go no no go on any one of the components I appreciate that and that's an important thing we know you know as a board this one of the discussions was is we've got to go we know we need these projects we've got to start it whether or not we completed this year, next year, 2027, 2028, but we know these projects need done. So, we're going to start the process now. So, that's what uh today is about. Again, we'll even look at the PAC through this too. So, at some point, we'll have a timeline. Just want to highlight that because that's taken a little different track than some of the others, but we talked about that extensively in our work session. Anything else the board has questions on?

039We have our architects as well here too, but we spent time as a construction team getting ready for tonight. anything the board has traditionally the board has questions on we'll keep you updated then we'll talk about subcommittees and how we want to work through the process as always questions thank you um if there's nothing else with that wanted to just take a couple minutes and talk about the greater Johntown parks and recck district we had spent some time on that back in the fall and we had some direction and there was some collaboration with the city. Um this copy of the presentation that we did back in the fall, but there's a copy for you. And just want to make sure that um we talk about this just for a couple minutes of good direction

040from the board. Last time we talked about this. We talked about the uh partnership with the city and looking to extend Thank you. um looking to extend the original, you know, functionality or timeline of the greater Johntown Parks and Recck District to uh 30 years instead of uh the original 10 the way it's written. Of course, that'll have some um implications for their ability to potentially levy money and all too. Then we had some other aspects of this um presentation that we talked back in the fall. We said we wanted to have a joint meeting in November. So, we would do that in the coming fall. Um, and then we had some procedures here about how voting would occur and ballot issues. So, nothing would be a surprise. One of the things, so I do

041want to make sure we talk about because it's been discussed in some circles is we have right now in the current bylaws um, two representatives from the city, two from the school district, and then they vote on the fifth. And there's been some discussion recently with the townships or some of our municipalities about possibly changing that fifth position to represent Monroe Township. And I know there's a history township was initially, you know, asked to to join in on that. So, I was looking for some direction from the board because the township indicated that they're interested in in appointing that fifth member. We'd obviously have to work with them on the language as we draw this up. Okay. Uh, as far as this board when we've had discussions on that, I think we're all supportive of

042that. We'd appoint two, the city would appoint two, and Monroe Township would appoint the fifth member. It clarifies that fifth one a lot easier. It brings the partnership of Monroe, the city, and the schools tighter, which I think is great for all of us. We we're going to be working and should be working together on everything. So, this just is one more, you know, project that we could all combine on and uh make sure that we're collaborating as a team. And if we're really talking about greater Johnstown, it is Monroe Township is 100% within the Johntown School District and the city of Johnstown. So, we should all be on the same page as far as what the parks districts would look like here. So, uh, I I last I had heard, I think we're supportive

043of moving forward with doing this, rewriting it, giving them the 30 years and and meeting with the attorneys, and I think we'll probably have to legally look at how do you do you have to dissolve it and recreate it, which I'm assuming we would since it was created under the original uh, setup, but we just have to work with it. And then we've met with the Greater Johnson Parks District Board and they were supportive of as well, okay, the current members. So, I think it works out uh better for everybody because it gives them the ability to know what they're going to be doing for the next 30 years and what they can work towards and it gives us a collaboration with everybody that needs to be at the table. When did we last talk

044to the Greater Johnstown Parks and Rex uh board members, current current board members? When did we I mean I don't I'm very much Mike's in the audience. Three months, four months ago when I came in, I'm guessing when I went to you guys' meeting it was cold. Yeah, it was before Christmas. It was cold out, so it was in that time frame. Are we satisfied that that's the direction they want to go? I mean, certainly sounds good. Are we ready to go? I believe we are. I've not heard anything back otherwise. I haven't heard I think a No, I haven't heard anything against it. Um, we need to formally get with the city and get into like a memorandum of understanding with them or some process to repeal this basically and reinstate it. Yeah, I

045told the city we'd get back to him, too. But this latest piece with Rorow Township is relatively fresh whether it be a month or so, I think. Right. Yeah. Yeah. We want to make sure that we're just good direction. I mean, Row indicated they'd like to keep the current board members and they'll appoint or not, you know, I mean, after a term's current expire, they're not looking to come in and remove somebody, put somebody in, you know, so their intention is to keep the board as it is. uh you know and then we just have to talk about the cycle again of three to you know the two-year terms and making sure who's on what cycle so the whole board doesn't get replaced at the same time if they were terms don't end at the

046same time. Sure. I hadn't heard input from the council. That's what I was expecting the city. So if they're Yeah. They had indicated they were supportive with So I think I have the direction I need. So I'll keep the board updated. We'll work with the city as we always will and obviously each board would get the vote on it because we'll have to have resolution. So they'll have one more say in it, you know, a final say, so to speak, because they'll have to pass whatever resolution comes before them as we will as well. I think we said in January we wanted to look at those because we did have a meeting in December and I think we said we were going to do that in January. So we really should be starting on that.

047I know we've had a lot to go on. We got a few other that's like something in the summer we need to be. But I think you're right that it's one of the things I was talking to Swagger about. I thought it's one of the things we need to get back on the schedule because we I think we did say January, but time is going by with other projects obviously, right? Challenges here. Yeah, that's all I have. I think I I appreciate the direction tonight. We need a lot of time, but that's all I have for presentations as the board has questions. I do know questions. Okay, I'll keep you updated then. Moving on to board committees then. Yes, committees will be ready. Um I think our first one is buildings, grounds, and safety. You're

048not going to do the other one athletic. Um we haven't had one of those meetings since officially since our last meeting. We gave our last to you. Some of that some of that um you know happens with the whole board when we have work sessions and all too. So I'm kind of a cross here this evening between finance and buildings ground and safety. Um the building grounds and safety committee has been reviewing everything that we've talked about this evening. What happens if this legislature passes the bill in the senate as it currently seems to read from the house? What impact will it have on our schools etc. So we've looked at that and one thing we have uh be sure we wanted to punctuate there are some maintenance issues that we need to think about

049things like repair of roads and so forth. um also the stadium etc. So, we're looking at our maintenance repairs, too, in grounds and maintenance. Uh, in addition to the finance committee report, which I'll give later, but um, Ann, do you have anything else that you have? That's what I recall specifically. The van's here. The van's here. I can't believe I can't believe you missed the van. I don't Three maybe. It predates me. So, you're not authorized to drive. Yeah, I'm not authorized to drive the van, but um, we got the van I think the day we met for building. 22 van. No, no, because that's when we ordered it. Yeah, that's right. Um the day we met for buildings and grounds, they I think the license was coming in that day. Was title. Yeah, the

050title title titles. They were very excited about that and I think we put our old one on. I don't know if it got the monies. It was being bid at the time. I can give an update if you want about that. Dave put it on deals and they're gonna um salvage it because of the rust and some of the damage, but I know they get over $500. We get the exact amount for you, but I know it was over $500. The engine is decent because it's 90,000 miles out of those the bodies, but that vehicle back I think it's a 97 97 or something. So, it's we got our money's money out of that. They sold you out, Ellen. You don't get the man. Okay, that's all I have for grounds and maintenance and it

051so dotales into our financial picture. So, we'll be doing that in a minute. On to curriculum. Um, we had a very good meeting, lots of in-depth stuff. I will I see Robin smiling over there. I'm going to give a really quick overview. Um we are um looking to finalize between two different um vendors for our ELA curriculum for 612 next next year. So actually at our work session we'll have presentations from both vendors just like we have with uh other curriculums. So we we'll get time to go through those. Um just a reminder that we did implement new curriculum ELA curriculum K through five this year and science 4 through 12 this year. So, um, we had to do the ELA adoption a little bit earlier. So, we're looking at curriculum, like I said, for

052612 for next year. Ann and I got some hefty hefty bags of curriculum to look at. I've not touched it yet. Oh, good. I've not touched it yet, but I'm looking forward to that. Um, but also just to to tie in with what Tim said about athletics, we also have a schedule for our curriculum as well. So, a reminder, next year we'll be looking at we'll be implementing new um ELA. And then in the 26 27 year, we'll be looking at adopting um social studies in grades 4 through 12. Um and then in the 2728 school year, we will be looking at select electives for for different um buildings. Um and then, believe it or not, the following year, we will actually already be ready to review the new math curriculum that's been put in

053place. So, we have a really good schedule. We have a great I think we have a great system for teacher input, administrator input, board input as to how we're going through those cycles every year. Um, something we didn't talk about in a ton of detail because it's not set yet, but we are potentially looking at some um math course sequencing and science course sequencing. nothing was was promised but um really great that we are looking at the opportunity in particular to look at more advanced courses for students at younger ages. So nothing promised. I'm not going to share that yet. But I think it's really awesome that we are able to identify that, hey, we've got some students who are a little advanced in math and then we've got some students in science who are

054extremely advanced and we're making sure that we're providing enrichment opportunities for those. So um excited to see what we uh finalize for those um in the next coming months. Um, we talked about our MAC uh, instructional coach positions and what I will say is I'm not going to do this conversation justice, but there's been tremendous um, tremendous outcomes from this, not just supporting the teachers, but one of the things that they're able to do is dive really deep into the testing data for individual students. And essentially, I mean, it's like creating profiles in which they can hammer into one student of this is one area of math in which they're really on on target. This is an area where there could be some improvement. And so, we're really able to see very individualized support for

055all of our students, which is not something that we have been able to do before. So really cool that we were were able to see some of the numbers and some of the ways that our coaches were able to support students and then they're also able to dive into the curriculum with the teachers as well and helping with um implementation and pacing and all of those things. So um it was really nice to get kind of a little bit formal feedback about um some of the ways that we weren't anticipating they would be utilized in in the buildings. Um, there is a plan in all of the buildings for summer summer content and credit support. It looks a little bit different at every building, so I won't go into details. High school is going to

056do it a little bit earlier in the summer. Um, younger grades are going to do sort of like a jump start to school. So instead of doing it in June, they're going to do it a couple weeks before school starts to kind of give like just that little bit of kick, you know, kick start, get them in before all the other students are in. They seem to have some really good plans. I think one thing that could be really awesome is we are looking to do provide the kindergarten readiness boot camp for all students. um found tremendous value in last year, bringing a handful of students in them just being familiar with the building, being familiar with where they're going, kind of rules and structure ahead of time. Found that valuable for the small amount

057of students. So, we're looking at seeing, can we offer that to all students coming into kindergarten this year, which I think will be really awesome. We didn't talk a ton about Chromebooks, but Alan and I are on the technology committee. We have a a refresh cycle for computers every year um and different grades and we don't have anything set but we know that we'll need to refresh those uh Chromebooks and we are working on quotes now. There's concern about prices going up. So I know that our team's working really hard on that and also just wanting to make sure that there's not going to be a concern about availability for those. We don't have any set answers yet but just that's on our radar. Can I give one update about that? I was talking to

058Debbie Cyel today. I think we'll be able to get those Chromebooks now possibly even at at cost because now that there's been a relaxing period of time here for the quick Chromebooks. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. They're on the agenda tonight. So, if the board approves them, but um we believe we can probably get those at at scale what we need and then most likely similar if not the same cost. Won't be that increased cost. But we'll keep you updated. very exciting meeting. It blew me away at all the success that um the teachers are having with the students and um the administrators spoke very highly of the staff and I just want to thank all of them. There's a lot of work that's going on. We can only give a two three minute update here.

059It was very exciting. Very exciting. I I would like to go back and do school again. Yeah, student. And I mean that. I know. I just But I mean, I really do. We actually were gonna invite both of you from curriculum into some of the future events though. We like there's some events in May. I thought it'd be kind of interesting because you heard it report it, but authentically in the environment and see a little bit. We'll sc we'll schedule it for you so you don't have to be there for five hours, but you know, we'll get you, you know, a good subset of of what so you can get a good idea of what we're doing. I think we're going uh we got invited to uh Battle of the Books May 2nd. I sent

060you all the invitation on gave it to us in the meeting. very thankful for that and finance committee met last Monday and it consists of Mrs. Booer, Mrs. Drumy, and Dr. Wagner and myself. As you can tell, there's a lot of moving pieces financially within the school district. So, we looked at allocating funds and people have already alluded to the fact that we have new capital projects which we talked about toward the three items that we talked about earlier. And then we also have capital projects that will repair side and we're trying to get a project schedule for those along with the ones that were presented by Robertson earlier tonight. We're also trying to look at curriculum because that also has a capital spend. So we're trying to allocate funds to the different items that

061we forecast within our school district over the next several years. And then Miss Drumney also alluded to the fact that funding for the school district is a very fluid situation currently according to all the changes that are being proposed within the state. U those changes u really affect our five-year forecast because it's going to affect our revenue side. So we're trying to allocate things from a you know we have money place it in the right places but not knowing what our revenue is going to look like is a difficult task as we're trying to develop a fiveyear forecast. So, um, again, anything we can do to try to advocate for public education as far as funding within the state, that would be helpful. If any of the community members would be interested in doing that,

062we would appreciate their support. Basically, you can tell there's a lot of moving pieces. U everything has changed even from uh the meeting that was on Monday. Changes that have occurred during this week because it's a very fluid situation within the state. So, we look forward to the final whatever proposal that they're going to pass and then we'll make adjustments according. Anything else for No, you pretty well read my script. I'm good. Good. Yeah, it's a it's an exciting time to be part of the finance committee. Um, it's a very complex time. Always exciting. That is not the word. It's always exciting. Much funed curriculum we have. Well, well, yeah, we don't have the fund that curriculum has, but you know, we laugh and we're all behind the scenes, but u we have to have

063the money to uh to support all these initiatives, and if we don't have the money and we don't have it hard in the right places, then it won't be available and we won't be able to move forward. Speaking of fund committees, no wait, I just want to underscore something Tim said earlier and that is we have outlined the projects and we hope that these can go forward. The purple uh scale on here tells us will we be able to do it at the time and place that's introduced to us. The guaranteed maximum price will be extremely important to us. What is the state? What is the economy of the state? what is the US economy, how are our budgets going, etc. So, we have lofty ideas and it would be fun to do them all,

064but we also know we're very uh practical up here and we we want to see the specific projects come in at the right price and in fit into our budget. So, that's kind of the Thank you, Tim. That wrapped it up. Thank you. On to your insurance. Insurance? Well, we have we have laughter in insurance, too. Yes, we do. We're running It's uh a little bit we're drafting ideas and um Miss Drumy um Dr. Wagner Katie Schaefer Ruth Anne um we also had Rhonda Bellard came uh this time uh for Mick Riley who couldn't make it. Nick Hancock um Tucker. Nicole Tucker. She's the one that's I didn't remember who it is. Uh Don Ball and did you go Michael? No. Okay. Um there's different faces. We've had a couple meetings back to back which

065is which is good but I the faces start blending in. Sorry. Um I just wanted to say that the insurance it's still running high and it just the insurance claims are running high. So for my board members, we do have a financial document. If you haven't seen it, be happy to share it with you. Um both on the health and the dental are both high right now. So um they're working on some things uh and since we have new faces coming in there, we've had some um discussion from the group. It was not suggested by board members, but uh it's something interesting that we were surprised that was something that people would want to talk about, which is the health spending um changing it to flexible savings account. Flexible flexible savings account and um we

066were able to add that to the navigator now. Is that true? For we'll look at it for open enrollment for next year. For open enrollment. Okay. They um they talked about it, but then they said we wouldn't be able to really start it until the next period. The health savings account though. We did. Well, the health savings account. Okay. I thought you meant the flexible savings account. Flex. The section 125 plan. That's the one that you said that you can invest and get No, that the section 125 plan's a little different. What a lot of times when you have an HSA, you don't have an FSA like that. But in this case, um we can have a very limited FSA and that's what we're exploring. So primarily be for vision and for dental and it

067could be for some child care as well too. So we want to be able to target some of our staff and realize they could potentially pre-tax dollars. So if you have child care needs um and you're paying those after tax dollars you might be able to earmark those and get them through as pre-tax. We are trying to get that for the enrollment for Yes, that's exactly thought we were on track. Well, we had what you're you're right there because we had talked about could it be done this year and then through that process um it can't be done this calendar year. So, um, it'll it'll be looked at now and then then we can look at it most likely it'll occur in open enrollment and that would be effective in January 26. And dental vision

068is another thing there too and and we talked about the example of parents maybe of teenage children who have braces and I know that some families have you know we'll do my wife and I did this for our kids. We did like December we did the bottoms and tops and January vice versa. So there's ways to spread things out. That's where I got confused thinking. Yeah. Yeah. There's they're very confusing because sometimes you'll just have an FSA, but we can have a a smaller, more targeted one because we have an HSA in there, too. Yeah. Yeah. It's very complicated, but they they received it well, which was Well, I think it's again, it's about educating our staff. Yeah. Educating our staff. If you can use pre-tax dollars, you know, why not? And then if you

069have these expenses, it's just better kind of plan for them. And then one of the other things that they shared with us was a find a provider um step by step and they were going to send that out. I'm not sure if they have yet because we just met but that was something that they're going to send out and include and basically that just goes through the steps of how to find a provider that's in network for your health plan. Um which is key. Um I know Mrs. shaper while we were there you were looking at some things but it just it was kind of a nice example uh we were able to use and look things up and some people don't realize that that's out there um and I know they're gonna uh Mrs.

070Drum was thinking about going and doing uh what do we call it finance with Fridays with Felicia finance Fridays with Felicia love it oh another exciting that's right opportunity but she she had had some um when she's gone into the school buildings, people have come up to her and ask her questions and uh we think that they would be more apt to ask her questions about insurance and do that before open enrollment so they have some time to think about that um you know instead of being right at enrollment and they need to make some decisions and then she's able um as well because she has all the information to look at it and provide some guidance. It wouldn't be a decision just guidance. Good idea. One small update. We um met today with our

071insurance just Mrs. Drum and I did and our consultants and one of the things we talked about was looking at um how we're trending and you know as you said the numbers are higher but also the prospects about changing July 1 and um only having the option to go on the high deductible you know the HSA plan idea there is when we looked at it off top my head so It's rough, but the HSA um is running much better. You know, somewhere in about the 80% loss ratio where the the PO plan is running much much higher. So, we talked about that and we actually had part of our discussion today was looking into that. So, we'll be able to give the committee an update on that, too. But that's potentially where we might that

072came out of the committee, too. I I wasn't sure if we had any information back on that. That's another thing that came from um the ideas of the group. That's fresh because that just came today. We had a little bit of not done. Then we'll get another insurance committee meeting on that, but that could become effective as early as July 1st. We're just exploring that right now. My turn. I was going to say speaking of committees, I sounds complicated. Um although I think policies similar. Um so we have a total of 11 policies that we reviewed. All of them are on the agenda tonight for um a first read. Um Three of them were policies on student supervision and welfare. Um, some other ones were field trip and other district sponsored trips. Um, and like

073I said, most of them we pulled from the Neola update 43.2. So, they've had a lot of updates this year. We're making our way through. We'll have a new up. We'll have another meeting pretty soon, right? Really next week. So, busy time. Yeah, I think the last one's yours. Oh, LPDC. Yeah. So, the um local professional development committee met uh they had staff in attendance for that. So, Stephanie Stoie, Laura Curts, uh Rene Britain, Annette Price, Michael Shipton, Derek Rosenberg, and Worman. They looked at individual staff professional development plans. So, they had six of those that were approved. One they have to follow. There was should have been a seventh. They'll file with that staff member. and they go through not only the plans for professional growth then also licenses. So they did recommend license

074renewal for one staff member. I don't read all this in because um you know we don't want to give that much detail but I have it if anybody needs it. Um also they approved contact hours for staff. So that those are staff working toward their growth plans and license. Um, looking at some future planning, the state of Ohio this note u, but the state of Ohio is now requiring that our local professional development committees really look at some grade banding. So, it's either going to be K8 or 712. Grade bands for the years have shifted quite a bit. So, now it sounds like they're back to two. So, that'll be something our LPDC will be working on to get our staff into one of those two. Um, something unique that happened which hasn't really was

075changed back in the 1990s is for some reason the Department of Education issued a license for one of our staff members using credit hours when that's supposed to be the local decision. Again, that was changed back in the 90s. It went from a state model to a local model. So, we're going to look into that and make sure that everything comes through the local professional development committee as it should. Um, and then there's some just future topics. They were talking about looking making that we focus on goals and having those better defined so staff know what they're working toward and some of those will involve our professional development things that we have on the schedule because some of that professional development time can count toward lensure renewal. Um they also are going to look at

076again future planning about potential scheduling changes for next year that meet everyone's um needs and then also looking at the number of attendees um in the LPDC. I think there's some discussion we need to have about you know do we need I think especially for the high school because there's more staff there than the other building. So, we'll talk about that on the side that I'll look at Mrs. Schaefer when I say that. Um, and then some other uh topics um they're looking at is just watching movements in the state and what's happening. Mrs. Schaefer and I did a presentation for the LTDC talking about that House Bill 8 and you know some of the changes that will become effective in July this year. So, we want to stay on top of that. that will

077be part of their future planning as well. And then lastly, oh, two more things. One is they um will have a transition to a new digital system that'll be taking place of the kiosk, which we use right now. So, we'll get staff ready for that because that's our repository to not only access information as a local professional development committee, but also committee, but also for staff to make sure they're managing their needs inside of that. And then their next meeting is scheduled for May 6th at the board office. So, we'll have it updated at our main. That's all I have for LPDC unless there's questions. Any questions in LPDC? Moving on to consent. Resolution 25-04-065 is consent. Approval of consent agenda. Can I get a motion? So, move and a second. Second. Let me run

078through these real quick. Okay. So, we have some unpaid days there. Um, we don't talk about those, but we made sure those met the criteria. So, we have those listed there for three staff members. Um, salary, degree change. Um, as staff earn additional coursework, they can be eligible for moving horizontally on the pay scale. Um, we still have a schedule A and B, so there's few people on A, but it is possible if you're on A to move um horizontally on that schedule. So, that's what you see there. Rachel Dorne. We have two resignations on the agenda there for Gabrielle Edwards and Andrea Rburn, each in separate positions. Gabby was in a elementary position and uh Andrea's in a high school attendant position. So, both are going to be resignations and have different effective days.

079You can see written there. Certified employment. We have two people. I want to introduce one here at the end when we're done. U we have Jesse Bruntton and we're recommending him for high school geometry. He sends his best and I got this from Mr. Shipton. So um um we'll and we'll bring Mr. Brenton Brenton to the next board meeting in May if you approve him tonight. But he said, "Sadly, I cannot make the board meeting tonight, but if there's a way to let the board know how truly excited I am to be a part of the district and looking forward the next academic year, that would be great." So he really looks to be well qualified. We're excited to bring him on as a team. Um, and then Anelise How is here and for the

080student support specialist, she will be replacing Kendra. So, I'll have her introduced her at the end through. The next item in F is also Anaise How and that's for transition time. She's finishing her internship and after May 1st, we have a little bit of time like to spend up to three days with her and Kendra. I think we have a good transition. We're off in a good spot for next year. classified employment uh from Michael Cartwright's department. You can see that there. Supplemental employment. A lot of information there. You can see um we have a couple people to hire. Um I was going to talk about this at the end, but I'll just throw this in real quick. You know, we've had some challenges with our track coaching. You know, some public things we've had

081to deal with there. But one of the great things about Johntown is the resiliency of staff and people jumping in. So when you see here under supplement employment, um we talked to Melissa Dyer and she actually jumped in to be the interim, if you will, u middle school coach to keep things running along with the rest of the team. Um and then she's also going to keep a 20% role to oversee that program. And as challenging as the situation has been with track and coaching, it does allow us to better meld the 712 program. So it's not everything's a challenge. And she was able in the next item I to recruit um Bill Dyer and he will be in the 80% position. So that's her brother-in-law, not her husband. Not her husband. I was thinking

082it might be her husband. We actually do those things, you know. But we we did this all with the team and um you know, it's one of those things when you're in season, you got to get things done. So um but she'll help supervise him and he'll be 80% in that role and and u she'll really help with that. Um the next section in J these are long but as you recall we started this process a few years ago. These are just non-renewing positions. So anyone who was under employment for 2425 will be non-renewed. I'm always careful with these when you look at um all of these and you'll say well what about some of our more you know veteran coaches been here? We this is just part part and par part parcel what we

083have to do. It doesn't mean we're not going to rehire someone. We hired most of them back on the next page. Yeah, I was going to say that, but I'm always careful of that because, you know, when we started this, it's it's just a matter of cleaning things up. So, it's very clear about your your years are compartmentalized. Um, that we also do the same thing with uh volunteers under three. There's a list there of non-renewal. And then, as Mr. Schwer said, then we get back to hiring people then, some of whom for the upcoming school year. So, you see supplemental employment and you know, a lot of detail here. And then pupil activity, um, just the demarcation area. Those are people who aren't on our staff. So, you know, them under people activity as

084opposed to the other category. Um, also bring out some volunteers and you can see there's a long list and we certainly appreciate their support. Um, oh, we have our district-wide instructional coaches. We call them instructional coaches as opposed to just math. We talked about curriculum because when you see here, we're recommending Lisa Allen or Yeah, Lisa Allen continue, but we want her to pick up science as well. So, we know there's always a strong marriage with math and science. have somewhat of a relationship with English and and social studies. But so this will meld together nicely and Lisa will handle primarily like a 412 512 perspective. We'll see how that that works, but she's going to take more of that secondary or upper intermediate to secondary and then Julie will help us with math and

085uh be able to pick up all the way through the intermediate. I should claim um additional intervention specialist position. Um, as a reminder, whenever we have an increase in a full-time employment position, we bring that to the board. So, that's what we're bringing here is because of of needs and projected need for upcoming school year, we're asking to approve that. And if that's approved, then we'll post position to fill that. Uh, board meeting minutes are there finance report that takes us through our unless there's questions. I do have a question. Okay. On the nonrenewals, even though we vote on it, Is it nonrenewal effective at the end of the current school year? Correct. So is that the last day of school? I'm just curious. Or is that June 30th when the teachers, you know, like

086what's the end of the contract? It's generally the end of the season. Okay. But if for a specific date, it would be the end of the school year. Got some make sure because I see we're non-renewing some spring sports. I just want to make sure we're not nonrenewing someone that's co- currently right in season. some of the staff um especially if you're a teacher on spread pay. So you get non-renewed your season's over but some of that pay could be spread that's you know into July. So yeah it's it's always an odd process because you can be non-renewing and then also hiring you know the next one. So they overlap but this is the proper way I would say to manage our personnel expectations and understand any other questions. Can I intro can I have

087um Yep. Mr. come up and give an introduction for Anelise and while he's waking his way up. Um she is a graduate of Johntown. That's always exciting, you know, when we have people coming back. Yeah. So, that's kind of exciting about that. Mr. Yeah, we uh we had five applicants for our our position that we had open. Mrs. Arbagast, as you notice or know, is going to be staying home with her family. So, we're excited for the opportunity. Disappointed to lose her, but we're excited for her to be able to do that with her family. Uh we went through a process, had four teachers involved, myself as well as our secretary, Mrs. Fobble. We interviewed four candidates. Um and Anelise just stood out to us. Uh she has a lot of excitement for position. Obviously,

088she's from Johnstown, so she's excited to be back here with us. Uh we think she'll do a great job. So, we did have a lot of good candidates, but we felt like she was the best. I don't know if you want to say a few words about coming back or not, but thank you so much. Hi, everyone. Um yes, my name is Annaise. Um, I am a graduate of Johnstown and I'll be getting my masters here in school counseling in the next few weeks. Um, I'm super eager for this. I care so deeply about this community and the schools. Um, so I'm just very thankful and honored to be stepping into this position. Kendra has definitely left big shoes to fill. U, but I'm super excited to take this on and continue collaborating with her.

089Um, and there's just a lot of support here. So, I'm really excited to be um, joining uh, the schools again. So, thank you. Do you want to give a little background too because you've been doing an internship so it's it's a little bit I mean not intermediate per se but you've had some experience coming back as a adult now as a graduate not a student. Yes. Yes. Absolutely. U yeah it's definitely been different coming back um in this role. U but I had some elementary experience in my first internship I was in Westerville um and so the elementary kids really grabbed my heart. It was K through five so that was phenomenal. Um, and then I had the opportunity to do my full-time internship at the high school um, this year, Mr. Shipton, um, under

090Deb Merrill's supervision, and that was really, really awesome. I learned a lot. Got to work closely with Shannon Cox, um, who I've learned so much from. So, it's been a really incredible learning experience collaborating with all new people. Um, so yeah, so I'm I'm very thankful and very excited to be stepping into this role. So, well, welcome back. Thank you. Thank you so much. Yes, I know. I've known you since you were little. Yes, you have. Yes. And it's always exciting to see our students come back. It's a sign of how old we are that these people were. Thank you. And I know you have a tremendous amount of excitement and passion for this school district. So, we can't wait to see all the great things you're going to do to us. Thank you, Mr.

091Red. I appreciate one other exciting part of the year, right? Our first first official new incoming years. Yeah. And one other quick thing, we would really appreciate those couple extra days to work with Mrs. Arbagas to that transition if possible. You know, I think that's on there, too. But, uh, they've already collaborated a little bit, but it would be nice to get her in and do a few things with the staff potentially. We talked about so she could be authentically in the school year and still and see that your internship ends, I think, on May 1st, you had said, right? So, time after that, we give her about three weeks to get a few days in. So, we put in there not to exceed three days. Sounds great. Yeah. Yeah. Very excited. We'll have our

092other candidate bring forward like I said next meeting. But we talk about being a destination district and these are kind of things that you know we hope people start here and retire from here. A lot of excitement. So we always appreciate this. This is a renewal part of the year. We're getting ready for next year. Thank you. Thank you so much. Yeah. Thank you. Now that's it for consent on this. You have questions. Any other questions, comments on consent? I would just echo what um Amanda said earlier about the math coaches. Um I need to do a better job as a board member to let you guys know too of some of the things that we learned. Um I did have a chance to speak with Tim and Ruthanne about that. And um Mrs. Gwyn

093gave quite a bit of information about u why we would have math coaches or why we would have literacy coaches. Um and a part of something that we'll see in the future. Whereas I think when we initially started the math coaches, we thought it was just going to be for bringing on the curriculum and and the adoption. But as we hire new teachers, they would also be helping them and coaching um with the pacing and the instructional as well as in two years we're going to be looking at uh the results of our math. Do we want the math curriculum and if we want to do anything uh different and reviewing of the curriculum? But It's very they can get right down to the student now and drill down and see where they're having trouble

094and they can follow the student through the grade levels. So if if you're a fifth grader, that'll follow you through your education experience. If you're a seventh grader, it starts now. Things like that. And I I was blown away by that. So they've done a lot of work. They have another meeting coming up in May. They're gonna do some more looking at the math and the data that they've received. So, just want to give that plug for math coaches. I appreciate it because everything I shared with me was that the the coaching has been very successful in and working on the pacing is extremely important for the success all the way through. So, working on that and having those coaches available to work with the teachers on that uh work in that field is result

095in better academic uh results for us and growth academic growth as well. So, we'll see the students getting that growth that we've always wanted them to have. We'll be able to see that now. I was going to add I think one of the benefits too is before we had this curric curriculum um I think it was kind of you know each year was a little bit in a silo and teachers you know met their objectives and all of that. And I think one of the benefits of the coaches is they can see, okay, third grade's doing this and fourth grade's doing this and how do I communicate with the third grade teachers that this is something in fourth grade at the beginning of the year that they're struggling with. So maybe spend a little extra

096time, you know? Um, and I think traditionally it's it's not uncommon to see a struggle starting in sixth grade when it's a new building, especially in math. There's new language, there's all these things. And I think the coaches help bring that consistency and again they can say hey we're seeing these trends in sixth grade math like you know these are some things that can be done in fifth grade to help that transition to help bring in that language to help bridge that gap so that there isn't this huge sort of like oh my goodness math is considerably different in sixth grade. So you know helping to sort of have that I don't know syn synchronizing the transitions and and building that in I think also has made a huge difference. I think Mr. Hancock also

097uh shared with us one other point that was um the peer they were able to speak with their peers and uh do the collaboration and get ideas um and and that's been very helpful for them. So that's another point uh for the math coaches and Mrs. had tried to apply for a literacy governor governors of excellence for um literacy and because we actually contract through the ESC for our literacy program that it it wasn't eligible to be able to apply for that particular recognition. So it doesn't mean that our staff isn't doing great things just means that you know they have specific guidelines for it. The pacing is interesting. You know, I without giving too much, but to your point, the when we have a curriculum, we know where we're supposed to be. When you

098look at how you pace in that, we found a situation where we were getting about seven out of nine months done because it just wasn't. So then that impacts your testing of course too because you lack the exposure those two months. Then you think about how that sets up the transition for the next year and students are missing. So that's probably one way you can objectify this and it's an example but something that was found not anyone's fault but they you know kind of follow the pace for the students and then we what we've been looking at is tier supports and then how do we keep that pace moving where it should be but then for those who need supports to come in and backfill that. So these are deep conversations. So, I'm glad you're

099bringing up some of this including the tasting because that's one example. Like I said, we need to advocate more and I think it was a misnomer maybe on our parts. I do want to thank the administrative team because they're driving this, you know, a lot and we wouldn't be doing this without Mrs. Cidle. So, when we're talking about curriculum instruction, she's there. You know, it's why we're giving her fiveyear contract. I think we tried that last time. She's hiding back there. I didn't even see her. Yeah, we see her much longer than the other. We know she's there even if we can't see her. But we No, she's really been helping and and the building principles, you know, we've always uh had building principles who are strong instructional leaders, every one of them as well,

100too. So, we appreciate that. Yes, they are. Any other questions, comments on consent? Call the role, please. Mr. Benton? Yes. Mrs. Brewer? Yes. Mrs. Davis. Yes. Mr. Swagger. Yes. Mrs. Thomas. Yes. On to the treasurer recommendation. Okay. The first recommendation is resolution 25-4-066, which would be to um approve a donation from Jim Derer for the Amy Bullard Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Can I get a motion? Motion. Second. Discussion. Obviously, thank you, Mr. daughter for the generous donation uh to the Amy Bullard scholarship. I appreciate that. Did you get the other donation that I spoke to you about that boosters received? We were at the March. Is that the same? That's the same one. Yeah, that's the same one. We were Yeah, we were able to back trace that because I when I

101talked with that was they cashed the check by mistakes. They wrote it. That's that's the better. Yeah. Okay. Great. Thank you. Excellent. Call the RO, please. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Brewer, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. The next resolution 25-04-067. The recommendation is to approve the reestablishment of a capital projects fund fund number 070 for the board of education of the Johnstown Monroe School District Licking and Delaware County, Ohio for the purpose of accumulating resources for the acquisition, construction or improvement of fixed assets and authorizing special cost centers therein. There is a larger um detailed resolution within this. Um Mr. President, do you want me to read that larger? I do not. Well, good. You can read it to yourself. Unless any of you I mean we've read it, we've seen

102we all are aware. We're aware what we're doing. Okay. Uh can I get a motion? I'll make a motion. And can I get a second? Second discussion on this. We've had discussion at the beginning. This is what we've talked about. Call the role, please. Mr. Benton? Yes. Mrs. Brewer? Yes. Mrs. Thomas? Yes. Mrs. Davis? Yes. Mr. Swagger? Yes. Position 24-04-068 is volunteer nonrenewal for the 2425 school year. Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion and a second. I'll second. I um pulled this one out of the group so we didn't have a conflict with Mrs. Thomas. Any questions? No hard feelings. Yeah, we're nonrenewing like landscape. Call the role, please. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mrs. Thomas, same. Mrs. Ber. Yes. Mr. Swagger. Yes. Resolution 25-04-069 is unpaid administrative leave. I can

103get a motion. A motion and a second. A second. This Mr. Cory Ross, middle school wrestling, middle school track, and it's effective May, I'm sorry, March 24th through June 30th, which is the end of the season officially or the end of the calendar or end of the contract. Yeah. Any discussion? Call the RO. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs. Ber. Yes. Position 25-04-070's credit and content recovery support stipens. Can I get a motion? Motion a second. A second. We have not to exceeds here for all the buildings. So, high school not to exceed 14,700 and that's, you know, all grades 9 through 12. Middle school not to exceed $4,200. Uh intermediate not to exceed $2160. And then elementary school not to exceed $9,990. And there's a larger area

104we're covering there with we have a third grade guarantee as a reminder. We still have to address that elementary grades there. And there's some other aspects of that we're working on within elementary. How do those compare to previous year's dollars amounts? Do we know? Um they're comparable. The intermediate comparable. I think the intermediate actually might be a little less than we had last year, but they're within. Yeah, they're all comparable. In fact, I think the middle school's less as well, too. But we have the ability to more focus now, too. Some the high school and the elementary are higher because because needs there. Like we're going to do a lot with credit recovery as you're right at the high school. And we're offering four courses at the high school for credit recovery, ELA 2, biology,

105geometry, and algebra. And some of the younger grades, uh, first through third could be serving 30 to 40 students per grade. Yes. What were the four at the high school? EA2, biology, geometry, algebra one. Try to group the students for those we can see have some credit deficiency. It's just like, you know, they have the morning session like they've done previously, then they have an afternoon session. You know, I had that lengthy conversation about Yeah, but I didn't get that one question answered. What do you do if you have more than Yeah. If you have to do an entire year, what do you do at that time? Dr. Wagner, we can look at correspondence courses with that, too. There's different ways. Sometimes you get into a later graduation in December. Um, I'll tell you, you

106know, I always don't like to do this. We have to do credit recovery. But, um, a lot of times the students are foreseeable we're working with, right? But not to pick on things, but we have some people I've said before about more transient right now. So if you have a student coming to us in their junior year and they have freshman equivalency that still is on our books because they're here for a period of time and so we're starting to see some challenges there as well too. The the students who I know we experience ready some of the students who maybe aren't performing well. We've look we've been looking at how we customize some of our programming and we've had great success with some of our career tech programs. for example, there's a few that

107that have done well, but some of the challenges now are ones that are short-term for us movements. So, they come in in eighth or ninth grade, but they're not usually later that usually high school. Yeah. But, you know, you'll have high school students come in and might have a year or two to close three or four years worth of gap, right? You know, so that's not every student, of course, but those are the challenges, but we've started to see it. Yeah. Those are some of the more some of the challenges you see because one of the things we do at the high school level is making You know, if a student ends ninth grade and they're already deficient, then how are we going to catch up? So, we're trying to work on that already. Yeah.

108Really, at the end of the day to the question is it really is how much can we extrinsically put in place to try supports, but ultimately it's got to be intrinsically embraced. You know, we say we set the buffet, but if someone's willing to partake, that really is is them and their support systems. We appreciate that. The teachers are willing, the teachers and staff are willing to do this for the kids this summer. Absolutely. Any other questions, comments? All the role, please. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Swagger. Yes. Position 25-04-071 is summer professional development. Can I get a motion? A motion. And a second. A second. So, this covers uh English language arts um for grades K through 12 and then um also foundations training for grades

109K through three. Um what Mrs. Wagner wants to do is we'll use that phrase level set again, but you know, we've had people come in at different times. We've had the experience some of these programs right now. So, she wants to make sure we're, you know, really have a solid foundation with foundations. We've seen good results with that. That's part of the WS reading program. We believe in that, but it'd be good just to have a day to make sure we're all on the right page there. And then that could be up to 31 teachers. And that second one, uh, second, the first one is up to 53 teachers. That was you. Any questions, comments? Call the RO. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Resolution 25-04-072

110is approval of resend revised 2627 district calendar. Can I get a motion? I'll motion and a second. A second. We review this as well too. You try to report on calendar. Yeah. Not that substantial change. Call the role, please. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs. Brewer, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Resolution 25. 04-073 is approval of the 2728 district calendar. I need a motion. A motion and a second. Second. This one's similarly the except that now we're pushing forward next. I do want We knew this was coming. Yeah. I do want to thank Mr. Bluesenberg because there's a lot of detail in this that goes in and we have a calendar that Mrs. Schaer sits on that command. So this one where we were watching the school year move up and now

111we'll push it back and it all has to do with how the weekends and holidays and everything else falls. Yeah, we've been talking about this for a few years. Absolutely. So, this is gonna get us back on on cycle. Sometimes it organically happens, but it it has an workforce issue, but this otherwise you get to go so early or so late. So, yes. Call the role, please. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Resolution 25-04-074 one of three building additions. This one is for the multi-purpose building. Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion. Can I get a second? Second. Um as questions. Um the the GMP will come back to the board for response on this. Correct. Correct. In other words, we're just not moving

112into it. The wording doesn't necessarily reflect that. Um, no. I'll make sure to Okay. The board as long as we do that with the other projects. Yep. Absolutely. And this this resolution is going to be a little different than the next two because you will not see a request for proposal. And this one this was part of our original package. So, this is the only one we're definitely moving forward. Just to make sure the board's all on same page here. The first one is it's a go. Not that we're not going on the others, but this is a go when our other package. I just want to make sure it's part of the original art piece that we did and you know I would look back on that. Mr. McDonald and I were looking at

113that. Do you know that goes back well over a year we've been working on this. So you know yeah it's not new news. No it's not. But we even we published those back in March I think it was of 24 even and then there's discussion that goes back. Um and the the discussion we've been having and why you know we're bringing this forward now is because it's a little bit of a larger building. We didn't go too big but it's at that 12,000 square feet. So we think that meets our needs. I know the board's been through quite a few reviews of that. Call the role, please. Mr. Benton? Yes. Mrs. Davis? Yes. Mr. Swagger? Yes. Mrs. Thomas? Yes. Mrs. Buer? Yes. Um, resolution 25-04-075. This is also building additions. And this one is ban,

114I'm sorry, baseball, softball, and band concessions. Can I get a motion? I'll make a second. I'll second, but I got a question. Okay. After you second it, we can ask all the questions you want. I'll second it. All right. Discussion. Can we change the title? Because when you look at it, it says baseball, softball, band concessions. So, if you're not listening to the meetings, if you're not involved going to all the different sessions, you think we're putting in three concessions. I kind of would like to change that a little bit because we know talked about is baseball drainage, baseball back stop, baseball possible way dug out cutting down cutting down the uh is one building for them all three to share. I know, but I mean like can we Well, that's what we had those

115original concept athletic complex or whatever we want to call that over there. Yeah. You know, we're calling it the north. Alan said like western or the west campus west campus but something it's not that we're hiding anything it's just we're calling west campus and north camp north north it just sounds like we're putting in three concession stands and everybody's going to be like well they were supposed to put in three concessions that's not what we're doing scope is beyond just a concession and raises a very good point that I think it's very misleading to the public and this is just for planning purposes planning That's it. Yeah, this is plan. So, this the West athletic complex we'll call it. Is that What are you guys thinking? Band softball plus it's baseball improvements softball path and

116building and it's the band concession with bathrooms that can be split between softball, baseball, and band. I mean, it's a it's one building, but it's servicing all of all of those different properties. I mean, the the wayside for the football season, the the spring. So I mean it's almost like the I liked what you said Alan was like the west campus or you know it would be the west part west athletic comp what do we call it west campus west west campus I don't know whether we should say athletic because then they're going to discuss another we wanted to include make sure band was a part of that as well too so it's more well we could always we could always just because we want to make sure ban concession's on there but it right

117now the way it reads I just I feel like it looks like three concession stands and everybody's going to be like, "What are we doing?" U Yeah, three concession stands. We got one room. One room. Figure out how to split it. Just what window do you put up? But she's correct. It's, you know, it's an improvement that's going to affect those three areas. Yep. And and I I would think that would be important to have the right message. And so everyone knows in the public looking that hasn't seen or talked about this. This is about putting in a a uh small concession stand that can be used by the band during football, baseball during baseball, softball during softball, and a small restroom like a permanent restroom with running water rather than porter johns that during

118away games the away side would actually have some restrooms. during baseball there place for them to go up and use restrooms in softball and a walk path over to the softball fields uh because there's been some challenges uh having a a a smooth walk path to get over to the uh softball field. So, this would provide all of that all at one location. So, while it sounds like a a lot of things and it improves drainage at some areas, it's got a dugout. I mean, there's other aspects to it, but that's really the the crux of it is the getting baseball, softball, and band all in that little corner of the right field of the baseball or where the current band boosters uh concession is now. Yeah. So, yeah. I mean, I don't know how

119we define it down from where the band concession is now just because of how the how we are lowered. We're trying to put it a little bit towards the corner so that we can block it off during the football game and then in the spring we're going to flip that so then it'll be towards the other side. Um, and another reason why we're doing it is when you're digging, you might as well dig all at the same time and get that out of the way because you don't want to go back and try to dig again. So, well, we're not identifying the baseball field, which has been a a watering trough. I said the baseball drainage, but I mean, but if you say concessions, that doesn't make me think. I think we're just saying west

120campus. I think we say west improve because we're looking at the back stop, the baseball drainage, the away dugout. Um because we think that the home site is good. Not to get way in the details. The reason the restrooms and everything are going up there is because that's closest to our pump station. So we have the shortest distance to run sanitary sewer and water because down at the baseball field or the softball field is a long way to go. And the furthest while water flows up and down, sewer does not flow up and down as well. So, uh, putting it nearest our pump station is the most economical way to handle that while still servicing everybody. Be sure to add that language. We we've had a lot of we've had a lot of studies on

121that. I mean, it's that's one of the reasons why we haven't acted as quickly as some people in the community think we should have, but uh, it's we've looked at it in buildings and grounds. We've looked at it aletics um and finance. So, it's not that it hasn't been looked at, it's just it's it's a challenge and that's what this project's to solve some of those challenges. Correct. Since we're calling the other one north campus, we everyone good if we call it west campus. I was going to say west campus improvements. Just call it west campus and north campus, right? We need to resend the uh motion. No, because that's not the title of the actual work. I just think it's soon enough we can do that so that we don't get people confused. So

122we moving forward serve that then as we move forward you know with this depending on what we're going to do Vinnie then um I can we can put some detail behind that so we know what what exactly is being done whether it's baseball softball because some of it will be that comes back to us once we get the information it comes back to the board we review it then we would if the money's right and economic conditions same disclaimer as before these are all projects we're planning butvious obviously time and money will determine what moves forward and what portions of the projects move forward. Point about GMPS too because this could be separate GMPS. You may end up having three GMPS for each phase of it. That will all kind of depend. So, okay. Um

123and and this resolution as well as the next one. If you notice this, this is the one I want to call out to. We're going to review the need for a request for proposal before anything else. If the board approves this tonight, that'll be the next step because this was somewhat contained in the initial RFP, but we want to make sure we cover all that. So, I may have to take that out again to the public, but we'll see. Any other questions, comments? Call the role. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Swalker, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Resolution 25-04-076 building additions and this is the north campus. I get a motion. I'll make a second. Same discussion and comment on this. Same discussion. Yep. And then the request for proposal. Same thing

124with this one as well too. Yep. Any questions on this one? I think we all know what we're talking about on this one. Call the role, please. Benson, yes. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs. Davis. Yes. Resolution 25-04-077 Chromebook purchase. Can I get a motion? A motion on this one. Um I know we talked about this a bit, but we put the new costs in there not to exceed of just 107 117,450. I'm not sure after today that we heard that that it'll be that high, but we'll we'll keep the board updated. We're going to always try to I trust that you'll get the best deal possible. Right. Yeah. Well, but that'll be your maximum exposure as the board and then we believe we can do better. But we'll keep you

125updated. Any questions, comments on this one? The roll, please. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mr. Swagger. Yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Resolution 25-04-078 is approval of landscape design solutions contract. Get a motion. Motion and a second. Second on this. Um, we've had this company for years and they asked for a multi-year contract because we're looking at some things and how we're structured so she for the future and changing footprint with uh physical buildings and and fields. So, we're recommending just a one-year contract for this and we'll immediately start looking at long-term options whether we want to come back with a multi-year or, you know, maybe go out to bid on this. I'm assuming on uh the grounds maintenance we have a mowing schedule that they must follow and all that. Yes. We

126check they are um also including the city and the reclaim JJ's got them included in it and their price didn't change since we asked for Okay, sounds great. Thank you. Any other questions, comments on that? All the role, please. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Position 25-04-079 is tech cred artificial intelligence training. Can I get a motion? A motion and a second. A second. We put this one on the board agenda. Um, this training runs through Muskingham Valley ESC. Um, initially we thought that they would um automatically pay this, but we found a little different arrangement with the state and and school districts. So, we're asking the board to approve it so we can get it paid for and then they reimburse us. So, that's the

127reason why we brought to the agenda for the board for the agenda. Otherwise, we thought they were going to direct. Any questions, comments on this? How many teachers are going? Um, it depends. Actually, um, Mrs. Hibel's leading this and we had an initial, how many people are initial? 15 and then you apply for a second one and we've been funded as well too. I was actually in initial training. So, went through it was six hour training and then we have a second wave. Um, so we'll get the next group and then you can continue continually apply for this. Great. Sound good? Any other questions, comments? Call the RO, please. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Um, resolution 25-04-080, Children's Conser Conservation League of Johnstown facility fee

128waiver approval. Can I get a motion for a motion? And a second. Second. This is on October 28th and this would be our second year doing this. We have a nice partnership with that group. So, This is at JIS or is it Yeah, J. They had it there um this past year and I think they enjoyed the facility. We got a nice little Mrs. Stford usually comes to the meeting and ask any other questions comes or did I get a motion in a second? Motion. We're good to go. Call the Mrs. Thomas. Yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Mr. Benton. Yes. Mr. Swagger. Yes. Resolution 25-04-081 is approval of overnight extended student trip to the Big Red Band. Can I get a motion? Motion and a second. Discussion. Talked with some board members.

129I think there's some questions too about is there ways that we could try to support families a little bit more than this. I think there's been an increasing cost as we talked about earlier. Um, some certainly financial changes, challenges, instability sometimes. So, I'm gonna take that forward. I think we looked at some of that last year, but I'll make sure it's looked at and see if some of the fundraising dollars could be targeted or some other ways we can help with the funding because I think it's about $350. $350. And, um, I believe they give a discount. I don't know what that is, but they get a discount if they have another child in band that was also attending a camp. I How much is the camp itself? Do we know? 69,000. It's in the

130What? Do we know what the per price per Yeah, I guess. Is 350 covering the total cost or are they offsetting it and 350 is what's left? I don't I don't really know in the Hang on just a minute. I just didn't know how many kids how to divide that in. So the estimated total cost is 64,400 about 350 per student and they think that so someone's got their calculator ready. 64,400 and they think 184 students 350 exactly 350. So they're paying for So no fundraising is going towards this. That was my question. I would like to just add one comment to what Ann's doing. For some of us, we bought an awful lot of cakes and for over the years I've thought that offset some of this family responsibility for camp. So that's a

131I don't know that I'm right. I just remember hearing that. So if we're not doing fundraising for that or if we are, I would be curious to know what portion goes back to the family. I know that um typically it's the mattress sale that goes back to the camp and I think it's the year Amanda had it. So there would be two last year and the year before it would have been 15. It goes back to the it's not a very large amount but one of the things so did they deduct that from the 350 afterwards? They tell you it's 350, but then later on you learn it's 280. Just say yes. Is that okay? You'll get I'm not familiar with you get So it's called a charm account and they run that through the

132charm account. You log in as a parent and you can see uh what your balance is on there. Um and then you would just pay that. you have the opportunity to put a deposit in, paid in full, put a deposit in, or by the time camp comes around, which would be this July 27th or or is it is it July 27th? Yeah, that's the date, first day of the camp. So, let's say it's July 27th. So, they would have to pay by a certain date, but the band boosters puts in their initial deposit of the kids that are going to go and then um but it's $350 per student. And I think that um we know on average what do they end up paying? I mean I just don't have a concept $350. They end

133up paying the full 350. Okay. I try I don't know. either. Okay. The first year I think I'm thinking back like when Evan went to my son went to uh DC or something like I paid up front and then I got a check back after like I paid the full amount up front and then later on I got a check reimbursing me for whatever sales they did or whatever and that's why I didn't know if it worked the same way. Do you get a Okay, that's my only reference is is the same. I count but like I said, you know, they have to have fundraisers that are towards that. Okay. And um I think we talked about it the last year too. We'd like to see some funding. I mean even at DC the kids

134have an opportunity to get half of their I believe it's half even fifth grade camp. They got $80 off this year per student fundraising. We're even looking at 15, but there's a scholarship and I know that they have scholarships and, you know, no child is turned away from band camp for financial reasons. But the other thing to look at is, you know, they have a fundraiser every month. They have the cake auction. Um, they've had the band fan fair fall out on the field in October. You can go to Texas Roadhouse tonight. It's Texas Roadhouse tonight. A 10% donation. They had the American Legion spaghetti. And I'm not I'm excited that they fund raise and that they're out there fundraising. I I don't want to say that, but that I'm upset about it. I just

135like any other extracurricular activity that they can help offset the cost. I think $350 for a camp is expensive when you're going every year. And I know it's affected the numbers for New York because the senior parents are like, you have to choose which one. And I do know that that is a conversation that goes on. So, It's just level setting. You know, senior year is expensive. We all know that. We've all had seniors. So, there's a lot of expenses and just would like to see a little help with that. What we'll do is don't want to say that I'm telling or dictating just Yeah, I think that's fair. A lot of questions. So, we'll take that forward and we can bring that back to either curriculum or finance. We'll bring one of those two

136back and and look at review and talk about how we'll handle band camp and some I have some things I'm working on with fundraisers in general. is helping me. Um, that'll fit in with a a calendar that we're trying to develop for the district. Anyways, it's a nice camp. I was just going to say nobody has any issue with the actual camp. It's just a funding mechanism. It's a very nice camp. I think I think everybody's happy with the camp. It's a nice camp. The kids like it. The cabins are cabins. I mean, you know, they're not it's nothing. It's just the imp the financial impact on the it's the financial impact. And then they're going every year. Um, and they're adding days. So, now they're up to six days. And that's a lot. We'll

137definitely look into it and we'll be able to get you some answers and talk about the future. Anything that uh Well, I guess we'll vote on this now. We've had that. Yeah. I think because of this date, I think we really should this year. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I don't think anyone's opposed to the camp and no one's looking to stop the camp. It's just a matter of looking at the funding mechanism for the camp, right? Yes. And I think we talked about it last year. So, I think when it comes up again in the fall, you know, they put their their application in the next time, that's what I'm going to say. You know, how are we helping the kids to get through this or the parents really, right? Call the role, please. Mrs.

138Davis, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Resolution 25-04-082 is the second reading of revised policies. A motion and second. Thanks. Any questions on the second reading of these revised policies? We've by the time policies hit this board meeting, we've seen them. Yeah, we've quite a few times. So, if you have questions, speak up. Call the role, please. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Ber. Yes. Mr. Swagger. Yes. Mrs. Thomas. Yes. Resolution 25-04-083 is first reading of revised policies. A motion. Second. Questions, comments? Call the role. Mrs. Davis? Yes. Mr. Benton? Yes. Mr. Swagger? Yes. Mrs. Thomas? Yes. Mrs. Ber? Yes. Resolution 25-04-084 first reading to resend policies. I'll make motion. Second. Any questions, comments? Call the role, please. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes.

139Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Resolution 25-04-085 first reading replacement policy. I'll make the motion. I'll second it. Questions, comments. All the role. Mrs. Davis? Yes. Mr. Benton? Yes. Mr. Swagger? Yes. Mrs. Thomas? Yes. Mrs. Ber? Yes. Resolution 25-04-086, first reading of new policies. Motion. Second. Discussion, question, comments. Call the role, please. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mrs. Thomas, yes. All right. Any additional board comments on anything? Dr. Wagner, back to you. Just a couple things real quick. We've um started the kindergartner's doing a great job with her team leading that. Um I think I shared with the board numbers are a little lower this year not because of our marketing or anything else and it seems like it's similar with other school districts. So we're watching that

140live births are down as we look at that in the area. So we'll keep you updated. I will tell you for this reason for that reason though any positions like we had a second grade resignation. I've not been posting new positions right now until or if we post them might be internally because I want to we have six kindergarten sections right now with We're trending significantly lower for this time of the year. So, may end up having to move some people around. I'd rather do that than to do something else. Um, graduation planning already starting on that. Um, we had a good meeting last week actually. Um, Mr. Shipton's leading that. Um, we'll get with all the board members. We'll have gowns for you again this year. We're looking at hoods. We're going to take

141the next level there. Maybe even better gowns. the ones we had were I think kind of seeing their end of life there. So we met with the representative and the one was there and the team. So we're getting organized to watch for that. We'll probably need some information from you to get those final preparations together. Um July 4th preparations are coming along. Um appreciate the support there and we're looking forward to that event coming up. Um by the way, Mr. McDonald's already worked on the video for that and we'll be celebrating Carl who I It's 100 years old this year, right? Yeah. Yeah. I think it's right after July 4th or sometime in the month. Yeah. Yeah. So, it'll be 100 years old. So, obviously a lot of recognition there. He was in our video

142last year as well, too. But we have some aspects of that. So, a lot to share. PTO Spring Carnival was Saturday, went well. She had some heating and cooling issues in the morning. I heard about, right? But, uh, we got that taken care of. Um so they PTO and PTO's looking at that. You know we have meetings with them planning meetings. Um we'll see if that's going to continue in that venue in that same way in the future. It's a lot of output you know a lot of work for event there's some good community building that happens there too but I think after we saw the Wizards game I think different ways to community build and output wise. So we'll look at it because we don't we don't want to burn out our volunteers. Um

143athletic boosters just an update there. been working closely with the athletic boosters. Um we've been down two officers out of four and working as administrative team um is there and Kaylee Kaiser and they've really been trying to do the entire lift for four people. So we've uh inserted ourselves to help. Um elections have or nominations have occurred already. So we're trying to rebuild the boosters for the future and then uh we're expecting elections in May and I think it's as early as tomorrow. We have another meeting with the boosters. One of the things we're looking to do is emulate some of our good work that we have with the PTO. So, with the new boosters, we're going to be um the new officers or at least some re-elections of existing people, too. But whenever we

144get a full slate officers, we're going to start doing some pre-planning on that like we do with the PTO and work with them and see what we can do to help. Um we'll do that. Uh so, you'll expect future updates there. Um EMIS position. Um we've had some updates about that, but You know, we've been filling that with the contract for some time. We've posted the positions. Mr. Wman has conducted first round interviews and we're getting ready for second round. We'll whittle that down and then we'll move that forward. Could be as early as May. We'll have a recommendation for the board. Full time. Fulltime. It's been a full-time position in the past. And then um then we have a contract right now that really isn't full-time. It's about the same cost. One of the

145things we're looking at though, Mrs. Drum and I have been talking about how to streamline some of our um efforts and EMIS is interesting because it touches so much. It touches pupil services, it touches um curriculum, it touches finance, personal obviously, but one of the areas it touches and it could be helpful is enrollment and registration. And I know our numbers are significant increase increasing. We just talked about kindergarten, but we do see more transient behavior than we have in the past. And so we're expecting some support there and even we talked about some backup to the treasur's office as well too have some cross trainining because we're small as an organization so we have to wear a lot of hats but when they get called upon those those thin numbers show themselves so we'll

146keep you updated about that but we think we can come in probably less than the contract cost that ballpark so that should be good um housing projects just want to give the board an update there you know we're always trying to demand a seat at the and uh make sure that that we're there at the uh early discussions. We've had I've been invited to two meetings with Jersey Township and they're talking about some overlay of some of their uh township properties. So, we've been involved with that and making sure that we understand what the development could look like in terms of commercial, certainly the residential aspect. And you know, I'm always interested in multif family. Um people would be surprised to know the number of multifamilies we have in the district already. So, I want

147to make sure that we really have good planning for that. Um, and again hear have our voices heard. So, working with Jersey Times are very cooperative with them that we appreciate being on the front end of that. And then also, you know, uh, watching Leafy Dell because the apartment will come online there at some point. Last I've seen, it's 72 74 units. That's probably our most immediate need or immediate resident, new residents that will come online. And then, uh, development M and 161 as well too. Now that'll affect probably three school districts probably will it'll affect us licking Heights and Northridge as well too. So working on that. Any time you want updates let me know or I'll keep providing them. Um put student feedback here. Wanted a little direction from the board. don't need

148a vote tonight, but you know, one of the things that the board did um last year and we had a study, so we did it kind of late in the year, but we the board approved um really abolishing most student fees. We had a few for some of the technical programs at at the upper grades. Um but we looked at supplies and student fees and just wanted some direction. Do you want us to look at that again? Because I think that we can do that again for the fall and I believe we can manage on that. We had a little bit of a discussion in finance about that. I was just going to say I'll lean to the finance committee to tell me if that's something that they're recommending and and obviously if we if

149finance tells us we can do it, it's a great thing and it's a way to help out. I was going to just say I know that last year we approved it a little bit late in the summer as far as like um ordering supplies and things and so I know for some of it was we got what was available and I know that they're working this year to have I think you already have lists built for um but I guess I some information I'd be interested in seeing is um projected costs for next year just are you know did some things not last were this year What were we replacing? Were we replacing just some things here and there or was it entire folders for entire grades? So, and you know, I mean, I would

150estimated cost versus actual cost. Yeah. And then yeah, what we would project for the next year and do they have supplies left over because I think you know they ordered so much. I mean, did we have we have extra? We can give you an update on all that. Um, generally I'd say we're supportive of it as a group. Correct. Okay. And she's also going to look at bundling was one of the things requesting. That's one of the challenges that we had last year was everything comes in bulk and then we have to sort through it to get it into the assembly line they had down there. So we're looking at um the consumability of some things it hasn't held up. You know, I think it's third grade. testing down different headphones. They're great. Yeah. Um

151the uh head headphones we had just aren't holding up. So we actually are into the over the year ones right now and I think those are hold up well. But we're having that issue even at the inter intermediate too. So it might be worth putting a few dollars in then we could see more and see what the life cycle is and that might get more than a year. But we'll get all that for you. But I will tell you that other than I know it was a little late and we had some challenges sourcing generally it's gone well. I think families really appreciate it. So, we'll finish our study and depending on where we are with our committee structure, maybe we can bring back the board as early as May. Okay. What if teachers don't

152foresee something they really need down the road? How do we handle that? Well, we have different ways to Yeah. No, that's a good question because um we have these supplies and and some of the fees, but we also give the teachers some money um individually and there was some discussion around that last year too. I think with what we're doing here, part of our study has shown this thus far that with the fees, um, the monies the board's been providing for fees and supplies, um, we're actually covering a lot more areas. So, I think to answer your question, we would take from that other pod and look at that $100, but we found some teachers are taking some other $100 and supplementing in other areas. I think that's as needed right now. In fact, we've

153been watching the trend and we haven't spent as much of that $100 as we had in past years. Yeah. because again we're the consumability is is coming out of other areas. So they were supplementing. We're kind of learning things along the lines. I think if as if we continue to do this and we continue to get a the quality that we want. Yeah. It's going to make it easier on everybody because every student's going to have the same exact type of whatever folder. There is no there is no discrepancies between individual students on what their parents purchased or were able to purchase. Sometimes you go to can't even get anything. So, right, taking that pressure off the parents, not only the financial pressure, but the the emotional pressure of going finding all those items. I

154think there's part Tim, that's fun for you maybe, but not for me. Well, I think there's the products that we can make, you know. So, if it's the Kleenex, it's not going to be the right coarse Kleenex, it's going to be the one for lotion if that's what we're doing. But everyone will have the same. And then the buying power like you're talking about bundling and all too when we buy in such mass you know you know half a penny a unit doesn't sound like much when you start start taking that to scale it adds up quickly especially if we can but I will tell you as far as we know everyone's had what they needed I think part of it too has been a training because people are used just going out and ask

155for more um and you know again we like anything else you first year we learn some things we got some things cheap like plastic bags aren't holding up I don't know if you ever seen the receable bags you go open them and they kind of split before the everyone I get anymore. Yeah. Yeah. I don't care which one you get. Splitting. Well, we're finding things like that, you know, little things. But we'll we'll bring it back to the What about calculators? Um, as we add math classes, do we have enough calculators in the classroom for the students, you know? Yeah, we usually take care of as a district anyways, you know, for supplies, but if we need those, we'll add those as as possible. There's a life cycle. the lower grades. The upper grades is

156pretty good. Hopefully the upper grades have it, but I mean we're adding um stat advanced statistics, aren't we? And then talking about possibly doing a fourth grade. So just want to make sure we have calculators in those grades. A lot of times we build those into supplies from curriculum. So you'll see so whether it's manipulatives they're using or whether calculator software, we try to wrap that all in. That's in the lines. We typically charge Unless they're taking it with them like sometimes some of the upper graphing calculators we would do that years ago and kids would take it with them. Yeah. Yeah. The the supplies that you know the when we started this whole curriculum adoption about you know we have a fiveyear cycle right now and one of the things we did financially is

157build that into the forecast so we have all of our assets we need for that. Excellent. Yeah. We'll we'll definitely look at that and bring that back. Um I already talked about I said I would talk about middle school track but I already talked about that. So we appreciate um you know again our high school team supporting our middle school team and I should have said you know Jim as well as Melissa helping out and we have Bill Dyer now taking over. He has been in place actually. Last thing is um I should have said this for Mrs. Strong was talking about school funding. Um one of the things we're we've been talking about is also getting our legislators in um to try and make sure their voice is heard. We'll keep the board up

158in case you have a few minutes you can pop in because I think there's always strength and numbers but also positions that they know school board members are coming you know to the table because we have a few legislator contact. Okay. That's all I have unless there's questions any other questions comments and I get a motion to motion second. Sorry, I was still typing. Was an second was Ruthanne. Okay, thank you. Mrs. Thomas, yes. Mrs. Ber, yes. Mrs. Davis, yes. Mr. Swagger, yes. Mr. Benton, yes. And the meeting is adjourned. Thank you. It's in the front there. Oh. Are we sure you guys saw that?