001Good evening and welcome to the Thursday, February 12th, 2026 Marlington local school district board of education meeting. Please stand for the pledgece 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. >> Thank you. Call the role, please. >> Josh Hagen, >> here. >> Karen Humphre, >> here. >> Kathy Krepco, >> here. >> Mark Ryan, >> here. >> Jonathan Swift, >> here. >> Reading of the mission statement, Mr. Swift. Ah, in collaboration with staff, community, parents, and students, the Marlington Local School will develop lifelong learners who understand and apply knowledge and demonstrate excellence in pursuing the highest standards with effective intervention to challenge every student. >> Thank you. Are there any additions or corrections to the meeting
002agenda? >> There is not. >> Okay. Is there a motion to adopt the meeting agenda? >> Oh, second. >> Take your pick. >> Okay, got it. >> In discussion, call the role, please. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Special presentation. >> Okay. Good evening. Uh, welcome to the February 12th board of education meeting. We'll start with our special presentation. So, we do like to honor our high school seniors as their as our elk students of the month. So, I'm going to have Mr. Frell from the high school come up and uh talk about the young women or men that are here this evening. >> Thank you, Mr. Swisser. Uh, I have the privilege of introducing
003two of our high school students as Elks Teen of the Month here tonight. We do have two of them in attendance. So, if you would, when I call your name, please come stand up here with me while I read a little short bio about you. Okay. First up, our first Elk Teen of the Month is Amaya Sickles. Amaya is the daughter of Lindsay and Brady Sickles. She is a member of the Varsity Volleyball and Track Teams and is a member of National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Character Counts Club, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Amaya is a Duke leader and member of the Sports Medicine Career Tech Program at Alliance High School. Following graduation, Amaya plans to continue her education at Ohio University, pursuing a career as a CNA. Our staff describes Amaya as
004a hard-working and outgoing student with an incredibly positive attitude. She brings strong values and a commitment to excellence to everything she does and consistently demonstrates leadership, determination, and teamwork. Congratulations, Amaya. Our next Elk team of the month is Noah Seaburn. Noah is the son of Tiffany and Jeremy Lee and the late Aaron Sieber. He is a member of the varsity football and track teams and is a 2025 Buckeye Boy State delegate. He is a member of the National Honor Society, Character Counts Club, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is an Eagle Scout and a member of the engineering career tech program here at Marington High School. Following graduation, Noah plans to continue his academic career in college studying engineering. Staff members say Noah's leadership, his character, and his academic excellence make him a true
005asset to our school. He consistently demonstrates maturity, responsibility, and a strong work ethic. And we are confident that he will continue to thrive after graduation. And I will add, Mr. Lockach told me a story about you recently um that I won't share with everybody because I know you're very humble, but it just speaks to your character and the type of person you are. I'm proud of you. That's all for me, Mr. Swiss. people. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Frell. Uh at this time, this we will be starting the formal meeting here in just a moment. So, if you wish to depart for the evening, please do. And thank you for coming to the meeting tonight. Okay. Um, invocation by Pastor Gum. Let's pray. Father, we are so grateful for what we've just witnessed as we
006observe two students who are being recognized. God, I thank you for a school that recognizes leadership. And so, Father, I pray that you would be with this school board tonight. Father, continue just to guide and direct. We pray over Dan and for the leadership. God, I pray that you give them wisdom. Uh Lord, may they know exactly what your will is for the school, for the students, for the parents, for all the community. So, Father, again, guide and direct in what takes place here tonight. We give you praise in Jesus name. Amen. >> Amen. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> OSBA presentation, Mrs. Kreco, >> I really don't have much. They're negotiating like crazy over taxes and budgets and all of that. Um, the OSBA has already presented it dates for their conference this year
007in November. And that's really about it. >> Perfect. >> Lots going on with taxes. Okay. Thank you. Superintendent report, Mr. Swisser. >> Okay. set up here. Yep. >> Okay. Good evening. Uh thank you for joining us today for our February 12th, 2026 uh quick update from from the superintendent here for the month. Again, I'll always stick with our uh our purpose, which is every minute, every moment, every memory, and talk about some reasons to celebrate here in the district. And then what's uh what's going on right now, where where we're kind of going, right, for the next uh month or two. Uh it is school counselor week. Uh so we are gonna talk a little bit about them here. Make sure I'm good tonight, you know, but I do want to thank for the the
008incredible work they do for Monington local schools. Uh our counselors obviously support all our academic success, our career planning, most importantly their social emotional needs of the well-being of our students. And here's a pictures of them all. I mean they're trusted adults. They're problem solvers. They're advocates for our kids. Uh I can't say enough. I just I really appreciate their dedication and what they give our district on a consistent basis every single day. Um we're very lucky because we've had our counselors have been very consistent. We don't lose our counselors. Uh so but um up there's a picture of our group here at Marlington and I just I can't thank them enough for what they do. So you got over there in the left I guess from left to right you got Jacqueline Knox. She
009spends most of her time at Lexington. Jodie Fellers floats. Uh same with Siobhan uh at the elementary level quite a bit there and then you have Kylie or Kylie Miss Shackle at the middle school and then you have Miss Arrington and Miss Joyce there with uh our dog Gibson there that makes his rounds there for our high school. So it's great. So I appreciate >> uh January we always have short meetings. So we do this in February. So you see a lot of things that are in front of you from a board aspect. These are from our students uh at all five of our buildings. Our horiculture department department uh put together a nice arrangement of flowers to thank you as board members because it is January uh board appreciation month. Uh so we have
010things from Marbor Lexington Washington. Some things are student made. I think almost everything is student made from that aspect either that they've done in school or whatever to share with that. Uh there's a couple other things I'm going to share with you. So I just want to take a moment to honestly thank the board. It is January is board of education month. Uh obviously your leadership, your hours, your service, your commitment to what you give to the community is just unsung. It's not like this is, you know, a high paid job where you get to have to deal with what you deal with on a daily basis from policy to students to families or just we just appreciate what you do. And I, you know, I I know you guys, you guys hear it, but
011maybe not enough. Uh for those of you that listens in, you know, a board sets the vision, they set the tone, they hire the superintendent, they hire the treasurer, they do a agree to adopt policies or not adopt policies. Uh they approve a district budget budget, they need to be fiscally responsible, and they need to represent the community that they are advocating for. So each board is very unique. So I do thank all school boards, but this particular board has brought me on over four years ago. It's just I can't say enough good things about it as a group. So, I thank you. >> Thank you. >> Uh, we do have a couple other items here. Sure. I do this right. All right. So, our let's see what this one is. >> Not a video
012montage. >> About a minute. >> There are many qualities that make a great leader and the Marlington Board of Education members embody a variety of these qualities. Transparent is defined as someone who is open, honest, and clear without an agenda. Thank you for being transparent. A person who is innovative is someone who introduces new and original ideas and has a mindset of continuous learning. Thank you, Mr. S, for being innovative. A person is dedicated defined as someone who is devoted to a task of purpose, having a single-minded loyalty. Thank you, Mr. Hag, for being dedicated. A person who is respectful is defined as someone who shows politeness, honor, and consideration for others. Thank you, Mrs. Croco, for being respectful. A person who is hardworking is defined as someone who is persistent, driven, and tireless in
013the action and commitments. Thank you, Mr. Ryan, for being hardwork. A person who is conscientious is defined as someone who wishes to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly. Thank you Mr. Foss for being conscientious. >> A person who is approachable is defined as someone who is friendly and easy to talk to. Being receptive to others ideas. >> Thank you Mr. Social for being approachable. From all of us at Lexington Elementary, thank you Morington Board of Education, Mr. Swisser and Mr. Foss, for leading our district and caring about our community. We appreciate all that you do. >> So, that was a nice job of that group of students there at one of our elementary levels. I think that was Lexington Elementary that did that with I think >> Yoda. >> Who's responsible for the
014sign up here? Okay. So, I got another video here. So, but the sign up here's Marboro. Marvel did a sign up here. I think they did sticky notes that basically >> maybe they wrote down what they thought the board does. I haven't read them all. Uh >> they all say Mark Ryan. >> I saw I saw middle school kids names on it. >> So, middle school there might be some middle school. So, the middle school group, the student council. So, I got an email from the the middle school c uh that runs the student council and she informed me that the middle school student council pretty much went out on their own and said I'm we want to do something. So, they did I think an audio file here that so you got to listen
015in and they did this. Uh so, this was completely driven by the middle school students giving them an opportunity to kind of put something together to share with you. It's also about a minute long. We wanted to thank everyone who is a part of the board of education for their service to our school and community. We appreciate you guys a lot. Thank you for always being there to help this school. >> Thank you for what you do. >> Thank you for your hard work for this community. I'm joining here at Ring Middle School. This is my first year and it's been very good. I appreciate what you've done for this community and thank you for making it fun and educational for everyone. I'm thankful for your hard work and dedication for our school. Thank you
016so much for all of your dedication and care for the school. I'm so glad we have caring and kind board members to help this school thrive and become the best possible. >> Thank you for doing everything you can for our community. Thanks for all you do. >> We appreciate your hard work to keep us safe and educated. Thank you. >> Thank you for doing what you do and making our schools better. You guys rock. Thank you so much. I have a great experience at this school. >> Thank you so much for being here. You guys make such a difference in this school. >> Thank you, Mr. M >> Mrs. Ker, Mr. Smith, >> Mr. Hayden, also known as my dad. >> That's hilarious. >> Very great. >> That that was really good. And I know
017that was put together by the that was put together there by the middle school student council. I think they did an excellent job putting something together like that. So, we appreciate that. So, it's a pretty good looking crew up there. I said a rose between two thorns. >> So >> again, uh January is board appreciation month. We celebrated in February. Uh but I do want to thank our board and I think uh our community knows that uh we're very blessed right now where we're going. So thank you again. Okay. >> Thank you, >> Karen. I didn't hear what they said about you. I heard innovated and conscientious, respectful. I just missed I must have missed what the kids said. Um I am >> awesome. >> No. Um >> throw it out just now. >> Transparent.
018Okay. >> Get transparent. Got that. >> Okay. Uh we are we we are going to talk about we also have our fifth grade quantis students of the month or what we call our fifth grade students of the month. So here we're start with Lexington Elementary. We have the our two young men. We have January and February students of the month. So on the left over there is Camden Nunes and on the right is August Boston. So they were uh so the Kuanas group that I got to speak to about three weeks ago. They I was their guest speaker to give an update on the district. They said they really enjoy going to the buildings. You know some of the families do come. They invite them. They get to pull them out of class do something
019special for them and do that. So they do go Quanas do go to each building and get to see those kids. uh our Marboral fifth grade, you know, students of the month or Quantana students of the month for that. Uh on the left there is Maddox Brown and then on the right is Bristol Love it. So I just congratulate both of them. And then at Washington Elementary, our fifth grade students of the month for January and February or January on the left is Bryce Gates and our February is Siana Battershell. So congratulations to all of them. We also have our Marlington Middle School students of the month. So for January, our two students of the month were Maline Castelluchcci and Parker Jones. And our February students of the month were Ava Kelly and Chandler Moore.
020So those are our January February Marlington Middle School students of the month. >> He's here. Yeah. Oh, here. Nice. Congratulations. Oh. Did they tell you to show up for this? You just came to hang out. Oh, I like it. Congratulations. >> Okay. Uh just a quick kind of district update. We're just kind of in that season right now. Uh you know, where we're getting our retirements, our resignations, looking at potential staffing for 2026, 2027. Uh so you'll see some you know some retirements and we're just going to start we in February here in the next couple weeks you'll see a massive posting of people that left. So just no different than I gave you the enrollment sheet. You can kind of get an idea. The bulk of our retirements or resignations basically retirements are all
021at the elementary level. Okay. We have um I'll be honest right now I don't have any teachers at the middle school high school that are retiring or resigning which is just a great thing because that's we want to kind of keep it that way and our retirements are just due they've kind of hit the point where they are able to retire. So it's great. So we do have openings at all our elementary levels this coming season that u will be replaced because we are at two at every grade level. So those will be coming. Uh I won't give much on the legislative update. Um, you heard a lot from Ryan Gazone a week ago with where the legislators are going. As I said, Columbus is going to be more forthcoming. I think a day later,
022Dwine spoke about, you know, potentials of what it would be if you try to take property taxes away, what the percentage of sales tax could be, income tax. Obviously, we listed off all the things outside of school. Sometimes people think it's only schools and how much it really affects. So, uh, I am going to continue to do is just advocate for Marlington's story and how it affects and hope that makes a significant thing. So, I, you know, I u I have a meeting with Senator Timkin coming up uh here in a few weeks. So, able to get her ear a little bit um make some movement and then obviously we have some important election things coming up here in November uh with Ollinger leaving uh Oleger leaving that fits in our area. So we have
023some candidates there. So we want to make sure you guys keep an eye on that because you know any time we vote somebody in it's important because it's affecting directly to our district you know same with Mr. Kishman. So that's Washington Township I think is where he touches in from there. So uh coming up here uh I'm going to I had a community newsletter. I know we do the big one twice a year. I'm going to do just a small one with Bob and I I think maybe a little curriculum to it we're going to send out just to give some updates only because our forecast is done legislatively give them updates just trying to keep people in the loop of facts things that are going on in the district that aren't so much sports
024related or arts related or things like that you know to try to get that out there u from a superintendent standpoint next month we're going to have a uh Rick Baxter join us again it's about the time of year he comes just gives an update on alliance area development chamber of commerce update you of just what's going on in the city or what's could possibly have direct effect in Marlington local schools. So you guys can ask any questions about any new type of restaurant or business that's going to be you know hopefully coming to alliance in the next year or what has come in. Uh obviously uh we get about my year off was last year so we are back at it. Uh so we have classified our negotiations. Um so I'm going to open
025that up in about two weeks. So as we open that up I will keep you guys in the loop you know with where the progress we're going. So, I I um hopefully that will go well and smooth and we'll get that wrapped up here in the next month or two and uh get their contract taken care of. Any questions for me right now. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Fost. Did anyone sign up for public participation? >> No. >> Thank you. No old business. Okay, new business. We got a few items of new business. All right, item number one. >> Recommend the motion to approve the following resolution as shown in exhibit A. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Discussion. >> Yes, discussion. Since you guys don't know what this is. >>
026No, we do not. >> Okay. So, uh, in a nutshell, this resolution is what Ed Holland drafted this resolution for me about three hours ago. Uh, we have, um, one tonight. Uh, item number eight, new business is we have one capital project that I put on there, which is the middle school gymnasium floor that we talked about. Uh, that price holds till through tomorrow. So, I I would had no issue. I had it on there. So, I just happened to double check our policy um 6320, which basically is our purchasing policy. That basically I know the law the law states that we have up to $75,000 we can spend without going into a competitive bidding process. You get three quotes, two quotes or three quotes. >> That's the new law. >> That's the law. That's
027in effect for the state. The problem is is that state law was quicker than Neiola law. >> Policy. the policy update wasn't coming till next month for first read. So that means that our policy wouldn't be updated till April for that for 6320 and others, but 6320 was the one. So talking with Ed for about an hour, he said you could get a lawyer's opinion and say since it is state law that you have that right or the board has that right to approve it and you have that right to bring it and you have the quotes, but at the same time you're not following policy. So an auditor next year when they because we're always a year behind could potentially pull and say hey even though you did not break the law you also
028vi but you did violate board policy. >> So we're suspending the policy. So we're sus this is a action to suspend policy for this item one particular item to be able to do the next number two which would be to approve 6320 change because you can do it in one read. Okay. And then we've been able to go on from there. So that's the only policy that's up tonight is 6320 which you have attached also is the next page after that is 6320. Is there any questions on that? This So I had Ed basically he said he's done this before for many boards. It does happen because a lot of times the legislators laws will change. They go into effect in September or later. We don't do our updates till then. Some superintendents or treasurers
029will need things put into place quickly. So they just request and that have it done and that's what they do. So he said this was just typing in different, you know, making sure that it fits with our our board or our policy number. And that's exactly what it is. It's directly written. >> That's it. >> Any comments, questions? >> Okay, we call the roll, please. >> Miss Krepo, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Mr. Swift. Yes. >> Okay. Item number two is that policy recommend the board to review and vote on the following resolution from volume 44 of number number two January 26 policy number 6320 purchasing and bidding revised. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. >> So inside of that now
030is all it is on that front first paragraph. You'll see he he changed it to what the law seeks, which is it says at least two, not three. We had three said, but the law says at least two. So that's what he made it. And he changed it to what the law is. It went from 50 to 75,000. >> Okay. Other than that, there's no other changes. >> There's there's on this. >> Yeah. The second >> Oh, there is that I apologize. That is just because he had to take out that drafting note. Those are just verbiage that he said needs to come out if we're going to do it. Okay. Um, any other any questions? Call the role, please. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes.
031>> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Uh, this is nothing you have to vote on. It's just I have to present to the board uh our six month or or basically our semester um bullying incident that has to be posted on our website. Uh so this is what is directly reported from our principles only. So we currently have one reported incident in K12 buildings for the first semester. That number will be higher second semester. Okay. Number four, recommend the motion to approve the high school program of study as shown in exhibit C and D. >> So move >> second >> discussion. >> Uh you have in your folder was just the same thing that Miss Kayley gave to you, which is the high school program studies additions and changes. That has
032not changed. I did not run off the 77page document program of studies. >> Yeah. >> For you, but if you would like it, I have one copy here. >> No. Okay. Call the role, please. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Krepo, >> yes. >> Item number five and new business. recommend the motion to approve the resolution as presented for the Stark County Schools Council of CO government cooperative advertising and receiving bids for integrated school bus units in exhibit E. >> So move second >> discussion. >> This is our standard every uh February we get this is just gives us the opportunity to be part of the cooperative advertising to receive bids from buses at a fair and equitable rate.
033Is there any plans on getting buses this year or >> that will all be dependent? So, we kind of had a plan of a a bus a year to keep our fleet, you know, where we're at. Now, that could change as we have retirements and we have nobody in the pipeline. So, for example, I have four potentially five drivers that have already retired or turned in that you guys have accepted for the end of the school year at this or have already left. Um, I told Sher today, I said, you know, do we have anybody in the, you know, in the pipeline being trained? And she said, not really, maybe one. Not that we're not trying. It's just people sometimes forget they come in, they want to be a bus driver. They just think that
034they could be trained in a week, and then get on a bus and go. They don't understand the difficulty of having to go get your commercial driver's license, pass the test, and then the all the other training that goes with it. So, it takes months. So, sometimes that's a deterrent. Uh, so to answer your question, I can't say if we'll need a bus every year or not because if it comes next year that I have to absorb four more routes, we've already absorbed five or six through attrition just for money savings, >> there may not be a need to buy 125 or $130,000 bus because we have some backups in our fleet ready to go. >> So I just this gives us the opportunity. >> Do you know how many we have in the fleet
035right now? >> About 32. So, we have a breakdown if you ever want to see it of basically the miles that are in each one, the year they're bought. We can Tom goes as far, as amazing as he is, is you know, how much fuel each one takes and doesn't, you know, each item they put into it. We we try to track that down. So, if somebody really wants to know how we operate each of our buses, he could we could give it to you. >> All right. Call the RO, please. >> Mr. Swift. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ryan? Yes, >> Mr. Hagen. >> Yes, >> Miss Humphre. >> Yes, >> Miss Krepco. >> Yes. >> Okay. Item number six, recommend the motion to approve the following resolution as shown in exhibit F. >> So
036move. >> Second. >> Discussion. >> This is the flag football resolution to for the board to sanction flag football because it is now an OSAA sport. So, we were involved at the ground level with the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Cleveland Browns last year. Uh, Coach Cardinal volunteered his time uh to basically coach that. We had about 30 girls last year. They had just an amazing experience. Um, is now OSA sanctioned sports. We have to make a board resolution, which most boards around us that are doing it have done. And >> now, are they a spring sport? >> Yes. >> That's what I thought. You got uh some eighth grade girls interested in already. I'm hearing >> excited about it. >> Talk. It's good. >> So, it'll be Coach Carell, uh, Coach Robin
037Jones, and then I think we have another We have to have two assistants. So, it's Robin and somebody else that'll be doing another coach, one of our other football staff. >> Call the RO, please. >> Mr. Ryan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Swift. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hagen. Yes, >> Miss Humphre. >> Yes, >> Miss Krepco. >> Yes, >> I'm following the order on the computer, so if it's off on your paper, I apologize. >> Item number seven, I have recommend the motion that the board continues participation in the intra district open enrollment program policy 5113.01 for the 2026 2027 school year in grades kindergarten through 5th. >> Did you jump over the capital project or >> I'm following the exact order on here. So if she printed off early. >> Okay. >> It might It's
038there. It's the next one. >> Okay. >> I said look down. >> Okay. So it's number eight. >> Okay. >> No. Nine. Intra. Did you say enter or intra? >> Intra. >> Oh, okay. Yeah, it's nine. All right. >> Nine. >> Okay. >> Intra is the students that if you're at Washington Elementary, but you're you would like to go to Marboro, those are the ones that we approve as intra. And that only goes through K through five. >> Okay. Is there a motion? So move. >> Second. >> Any other discussion? Call the RO. >> Miss Krepco? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ryan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hagen? >> Yes. >> Miss Humphre? >> Yes. >> Mr. Swift? >> Yes. >> Okay. Number eight on in front of me. >> Yes. >> Oh, backwards. recommend the motion
039to approve the attached proposal to contract with the final floor to replace the middle school gym floor estimated at $72,970 as shown in exhibit G. >> So move second. Second. >> Okay. Yes. I mean we talked about this. >> You did. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Reason for the bylaw, the 6320 change was to be able to do this. We lock in that price now. >> Yeah. Okay. Okay. Call the role, please. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> Number nine and last one on my thing. Recommend the motion of the board to continue participation in the inter district open enrollment program policy 5113 for the 202627 school year for grades K through 12. So move >>
040second >> question. >> Um is there isn't this hurting us financially? >> No kids from other districts. >> No. Um this gives us the opportunity to maintain a ratio of about 125 kids if needs be. >> Okay. >> So we don't we've pretty much have not taken all our open enrollment in in the last four years at all. Like elementary in particular has taken zero. >> Okay. >> You re-evaluate that every year. Correct. So it it what would hurt us if let's give an I'll just give an example. Kindergarten is where the bulk of any open enrollment comes in. Okay. So maybe 10 or 12 you know we get from let's say Alliance. Let's say this year we have open kindergarten registration opened uh this past Sunday night at midnight. We currently have 53 kids
041already registered. They could be open enrollment. They could be ours. I don't know. When we get to May, our May meeting, if let's say there's 125 Marlington students between the three townships enrolled into kindergarten, then we will probably take zero open enrollment if there was say 10 or 12 because we will not add a third teacher. We're not going to add $100,000 because you're right, then we're losing money. It used to be years ago, you know, you that was you could make I don't want to say make money, but you could you pay for the teacher, but that's not the case anymore. So, we're at our slimmest we could be at the elementary at two at every grade level. But it goes the other way. If I only have 95 kids from Marlington local school
042sign up for kindergarten and I have 15 open enrollment, then that keeps us right around, you know, a steady number for that 100 125. >> Okay. Thank you. But we are getting closer to the conversation based on how legislation goes of is it going to be worthwhile for us to even have open enrollment. I know like West Branch shut down K6 open enrollment last year but left the high school open. Now they're reopening it because they said they could take one or two at every grade level just to keep the balanced numbers. So it's it's always worth having it open. It doesn't mean we have to do anything with it. Got >> it. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Call the RO, please. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >>
043yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> And who did I miss? >> Mr. Ryan. Sorry. I knew it wasn't right. I put the check box in the wrong thing. After that, >> just look at the all the notes here. >> That is all for new business tonight. Very popular. >> Okay. >> Mr. Foss. Okay. I'd like to recommend that the board approve the financial forecast as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> This is there's no change. >> There's no change from >> there are no changes from uh the work session >> meeting that we had. >> Um this is the forecast that shows us uh projects us finishing this year with a small deficit, operating deficit of $134,000. Next year that increases to about a half million dollars is projected. Um so that's the
044key line. Um, one of the reasons for that was um, if you remember um, a while back I asked for the authority to put in a appropriation to transfer money to the food service fund if needed. It appears to be trending that way that we'll probably will need that and that's reflecting the forecast. Otherwise, we would have been break even. >> So, it actually could end up being a little more than that. We'll see. We need to stop feeding on that. >> but with the budget changes at the state level and everything else, um it could be a lot worse for us right now. >> I hate to ask this, Bob, but if we're running a deficit in food service, >> does that mean we're going to have to up the price for next year?
045Not that I want to pay more for my meal. >> No, no, no. It's it's not that they pay now. We're not giving away any food. It's, you know, based on strictly based on income. The only way you would get a free or reduced lunch is based on submitting, you know, the free and reduced lunch form. >> What I'm what I'm asking is because we're paying more for the food. I'm assuming that the cost is a can of beans costs more this year than it did last year. >> There is some inflationary food cost. There's also >> going to increase lunch prices for next year. >> We will evaluate at the end of the year, but labor is also a cost that goes up. So that not so much. I mean food does go up
046but labor does too. So >> it's both sides. >> So we are looking at for example I'll just give you a example. We have a head cook uh retiring this year from one of our buildings. Um obviously we have to replace the head cook. It would typically in that world it snowballs. So the next person up it's always an internal. So as that snowballs it's going to weed down to a three and a half or four hour position is what it's going to be. So I I asked the food service just to please be causing be aware that when we kind of get to that point, we probably won't replace that position, you know, because it's this will be a start of a savings progression, you know, so we're not there yet. So some of
047those things are going to start happening naturally as people make movements that we need to tighten our belts a little bit with our labor force in the kitchens, too, just to make that happen. So, yes, potentially we could raise the prices, but I'd rather see where we're at labor because I think the labor is a little bit more than the cost, which is what we're looking at. >> And I know we we had a meeting scheduled, then got cancelled with all the snow and everything with that company that we >> Yes. So, they have I I did not follow up this week and has not been rescheduled. I will happily send that in my next update because I will follow up on that done. >> Perfect. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Call the RO, please.
048>> Miss Krepco. Yes, >> Mr. Hagen. >> Yes, >> Miss Humphre. >> Yes, >> Mr. Ryan. >> Yes, >> Mr. Swift. >> Yes, >> on the agenda are the minutes from the January meetings. Is there um >> some move? >> Second. >> Thank you. >> That was uh Josh that seconded it. Yes. >> I was getting ahead of myself and appreciate you jumping in there. >> All right, >> call the roll, please. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Thank you. I would like to recommend that the board approve the financial reports as presented for December 2025 and January 2026. >> So second. >> All right. And uh >> who was second on that? >> Josh
049D. >> Thank you. >> Highlights. Bob coming up. I'll just give a few highlights from January since December's water under the bridge here. In January, we the general fund finished with a cash balance of $5,385,731.71. uh the reconciliation was completed and let's see actually yeah if you look at like food service right now at 06 line fourth one down chose a negative cash balance of $126,480 permanent improvement fund finished the month at $143,960.32 2 cents and the 070 fund cash balance of $354,000. >> Okay. >> Uh, call the role, please. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. Mr. Swift. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> I would like to recommend that the board approve the revenue and appropriation revisions as presented. >>
050So move >> second. >> Anything to point out there? >> Yeah, a quick explanation of what these are. Um out of the general fund see transfers of just over a million dollars. Um that's $60,000 to the retirement the severance fund and $948,19740 to the capital projects fund 070. And this is the 2025 second half pipeline proceeds. And then we also received in fund 499. You'll see a pretty significant number there too to increase the appropriations. Um two grants were received. One was a smaller one. I say smaller was almost $13,000 for dump dollies that will make it a lot safer for custodians to put dump the trash cans into the big dumpsters. They're like a levered device that they wheel out and it >> does that. So, it's a safety thing. Um this is U
051Nick Evan again getting these safety grants. So, he's doing a really good job with that. >> Uh the other one is a bus safety grant. I looked at the list of the ones provided to school districts. Ours was one of the largest. $105,215. They're going to use that to add lighting and reflect reflectivity stuff and some things to make the buses safer >> so people stop running into them. >> Yeah. Yeah. We have no more people running into them. >> Yeah. Hope it'll help that. >> All right. >> Call the role, please. >> Miss Humphre. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hagen. >> Yes. >> Miss Kco. Yes, >> Mr. Ryan. >> Yes, >> Mr. Swift. >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh, the next item is kind of related to those revenue transfers or revenue adjustments. I'd like
052to recommend that the board approve the following transfers. uh from the general fund to the severance fund $60,000 and from the general fund to the capital projects fund $948,19740. >> So moved. Second >> discussion or comment. >> No, as briefly mentioned there, this is uh to kind of restock our service severance fund for some of the retirements that we had this year. try to keep a $150,000 balance in that at um throughout the year. Um and we had some retirements and severances this year, of course. And the other item is the pipeline, the first half of the pipeline money, $948,000. >> Okay. Call the RO, please. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Kco, >> yes. >> Mr. Swift. >> Yes. >> I would like
053to recommend that the board approve the donations for this month. >> So move. >> Second. >> Uh the donations that we received were from Mr. Brad and Mrs. Renee Betts, $100 to the bowling team from Elite Sports Limited, $116 to the 2026 swim team from Consumers National Bank, $156 donated to PBIS for Cleveland Cav Cavaliers tickets. And then the quota club of Alliance donated $500 to special services for hearing impaired equipment. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you for the donations. Absolutely. >> Call the role, please. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Personnel. And just so you know, with with all donations, we do send a card from the board thanking them for their
054donation to their address or home, depending on where that is. >> Uh, if you guys are good with personnel, I will read through the personnel, but we would do one consent vote. >> I'm good with it. >> Okay. Yep. >> Okay. We do have three certified retirements. Uh we have uh this year Kurt Hamilton, Shawn Dylan, and Rebecca Myers. We have a classified retirement, Mr. the custodian here at the high school, Andrew Dragon. We have a certified staff hire, one Alyssa Vargo, intervention specialist. She'll be replacing uh an intervention specialist that left mid year. We have one CLA uh we have a few classified hires. We have a new custodian here at the high school and we have our athletic secretary that'll be starting March 2nd. Then we have some sub hires that we always
055need subs from the clifi certified and classified side. We have three leave requests. One due to uh a surgery, one due to a baby and one due to uh just um a sickness that they needs to take some time off. And then obviously we have a supple just one supplemental employment uh for a resident educator that we want to make sure get on. >> Is there a motion? >> So move >> second. >> Any discussion? >> Call the role, please. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Executive session. Uh, is there a motion that the board adjourn to executive session for the purpose of considering the purchase of property for the school district purposes pursuant to
056revise code 121.22 G2? >> Second. >> Sorry, I got ahead. >> Any Oh, no discussion. Um, call the role, please. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. in at 6:50 More We're back in at 7:01. >> Okay. Upcoming events. Uh please visit our website uh morningington local.org for the athletics tab. I do try to send that to you weekly as best I can. Um February se uh we're past that. That's interesting. Yeah. No school. Yeah, we had school on February second. >> We did. So, there was no school. >> This Monday, February 16th, we do not have school for President's Day. >> Yay. >> Just we need another day off of school. >> Not going to use
057that as a makeup. I'm not sure how well that would have gone with me to bring them back in like that. >> Okay. Hey, next board. >> Next board of education meeting is here in the DLC on March 12th at 6 PM. >> Is there a motion to adjurnn? >> So move. Second. >> Any discussion? Call the roll, please. >> Thanks for all the gifts. >> Mr. Swift, >> yes. >> Mr. Hagen, >> yes. >> Miss Humphre, >> yes. >> Miss Krepco, >> yes. >> Mr. Ryan, >> yes. >> Thank you.