001I'd like to call this uh December 16th regular board meeting of the Madina City Schools Board of Education uh to order. This is a meeting of the board of education in public for the purpose of conducting the school district's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There is a time for public comment during the meeting as indicated in the agenda. Would everyone please rise for the pledge of allegiance? >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Mr. Chambers, would you please call roll when you're ready? >> Mr. Mr. Nichols >> here. >> Miss Parker >> here. >> Miss Prickard >> here. >> Miss Smeyer >> here. >> Mr. West >>
002here. >> Thank you. >> Uh first up is item B, approval of the minutes from the re rescheduled regular meeting of November the 13th. I would entertain a motion on those. >> I'll make a motion to approve those meeting minutes. B1. >> Do I hear a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Any questions or comments from anybody on the rescheduled regular board meeting minutes from November the 13th? Hearing none. Mr. Chambers, please. >> Mr. Nichols, >> I. >> Miss Smeyer, >> I. >> Miss Parker. >> I. >> Miss Pard. >> I. >> Mr. West. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uh, next up, are there any additions, removals, modifications to tonight's agenda? >> I make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Uh, do I hear a second? >> I'll second. >> All
003right. Thank you. Uh, any questions or comments from anybody hearing? None. Mr. Chambers, please. When you're ready. >> Miss Parker. >> I. >> Miss. Perchard. >> Hi. >> Mr. Nichols. >> Hi. >> Miss Smeer. >> I. >> Mr. West. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uh, first up in items for information and discussion. Um, superintendent communications. Mr. Sable, it's your floor. >> Thank you. And I'm going to shake up my portion of the agenda here a little bit. I love seeing all the visitors at our board meetings and I'm half tempted to keep you all meeting and move these sections to the end, but I know I would have a lot of students and staff back there that probably would not be so happy with me. But we do have some great things on tonight's
004agenda. Um, I want to start off uh by uh recognizing Coach H. Uh, I want to invite Alisa Teddona and her team up as they're coming up. I do want to say a few words uh about Coach Hassinger. Um I know he's an outstanding and renowned coach, basketball coach in our our district. Uh but come on up, pass. and and this this season already in the early parts of the season has already uh earned quite a record and an honor. Uh but my work as superintendent with with coach Hass uh has really gone way beyond coaching basketball. Uh and what I've seen in coach H is what he is as a person and the care he has for kids. Uh the coaching goes way beyond the court. Uh the coaching goes way beyond his athletes.
005Uh it goes into the houses of our students that need support the most to help them be successful uh people uh here at Madina City Schools and beyond. So it's no surprise uh when we see a coach like Hass uh be this successful on the court, when we see the success that he portrays to students across our districts uh in the community. Alisa, the floor is yours. >> Okay. Thank you for having us here to recognize Coach Hass. So, outside of Coach Hass's office, there's a sign that says relationships, academics, basketball. And I believe that that's in a particular order on purpose. Although he would probably prefer to be honored for the first two, we are proud to get together and congratulate him today on his major accomplishment for basketball. Now, we're going to talk
006about those other two things. Chris's motto is life is about relationships. This is why he's so successful. He builds relationships with everyone and instills that lesson with all of his athletes. And we know that his reach in the Madina community reaches so much farther than the court and definitely outside of the classroom. >> When you ask people what words come to mind when you think of Chris Hassinger, you get responses like big. Everything is big. personality, number of wins, how much he gives you. Machine, he doesn't stop. He can't sit down for long. He is obsessed with making kids better, with helping them succeed. Committed. He takes pride in how hard he works, never looks for acknowledgement, and just keeps working harder. Congratulations, Coach Ass, for becoming the all-time winningest coach in Madina High School
007boys basketball history with 171 victories following your win over Shaker Heights on December 5th, which Ann and I were lucky enough to be there for. More importantly, thank you for being a pivotal part of our community where you are leaving a legacy that makes those around you even better. And at this point, I'd like to turn it over to our basketball team and hand it over to Luke uh to offer his congratulations on behalf of the team. >> Congratulations, Coach H, on becoming the al the all-time winningest coach in Madina High School history. Every day you push us to value relationships, serve others, and leave a legacy. Your high expectations, drive, and commitment to Madina is unmatched. Thank you for making us better people and better players. We truly appre appreciate everything you do. There
008you go. You want me to say something? >> I like the microphone. First of all, thanks for coming, guys, and family and friends and everybody else. I appreciate it. Um, it's it's kind of crazy. There's just a lot of people to thank and I don't care about records. I actually didn't even know it was going to happen this game. It's kind of insane. I saw my friend from Maryland and I'm like, "What are you doing here?" He said, "It's the game." Like, I I seriously didn't know. Um, and there's just so much more to basketball. Yes, I'm competitive. I'm crazy. I'm intense. But if you know anything about our program, we serve. Our kids are out buying Christmas gifts. Those are the things we're proud about in our program. And uh, you know, it just,
009as we talk about it all the time, it's just the other things. Yes, basketball teaches you life lessons, which are really, really cool. And our our word for this year is chaos. Your life is going to be chaotic, and you have to find ways to navigate through that. We try to do that as coaches as much as we can. Make as many things with chaos, but have those little successes along the way. And this year's group especially has been so much fun to coach and I'm kind of glad I got to share it with you guys this year. So, I appreciate you guys. Appreciate the support from the from the community, from our our administration. It's just nice when you can come in and coach and don't have to worry about the little things. So,
010the support really means a lot. Thank you. Oh, and thank you to my wife and my kids because I'm not always the best person to live with during basketball season. So, my wife really especially, she's been she's been just an awesome support over all the years I've been coaching. Thank you, Now, as much as I'd like to keep the whole basketball here team here tonight, you all are welcome to sneak out the back, I'd invite you across the hall to grab a cupcake on your way out. Um, as we honor a couple board members this evening as well. All right. I was thinking the same thing. Thank you. At this time, our school presentation uh is uh from Claget, and I'd like to invite Principal Condet and his team up to the front to talk
011about the great things happening over at Claget Middle School. All right, good evening everyone. Um, we are excited to be at the board meeting tonight to kind of present some of the learning that's been going on uh in our sixth grade math program. Uh over the summer, our teachers had the opportunity to partake to participate in uh a PBL training session PD uh which is project-based learning and our math teachers in the sixth grade really did embrace uh this learning concept for our students in order to kind of make learning come alive and bring it to life so that they were able to make connections of why math is really important uh for our students. Uh because sometimes students don't always see how math can make a connection uh to their real life. So, our
012sixth grade team has embraced the PBL learning, and one of the first units they did uh was with geometry. And I'm excited here to have our three sixth grade math teachers, Mrs. Medvik, Mrs. Halley, and Mr. Ritterer, along with uh some of the students from their classes to kind of share their experiences about their first unit that they did. So, I'm going to turn it over to our uh sixth grade teachers who then will also have the students uh jump in. So, we jumped right in this year with our project-based learning with our first unit, which is on area and surface area. And our driving question that we presented to our students was, how can we redesign a takeout container using area and surface area? Um, we wanted to choose a project that really helped
013our students with something that they typically strug struggle with, which is transferring their knowledge of finding area of polygons in two dimensions to finding surface area of shapes in three dimensions. So to give a quick uh overview of what this project entailed, we presented students with takeout containers from local businesses on the square before they had learned any math from us whatsoever. They were able to brainstorm, come up with ideas, and then as they learned the standards, they went back um revised, critiqued each others, and perfected it. Um some of the products that are we they created were a infographic that they were able to peer review that served as some notes on what they had learned. Um they created a takeout container kind of rough draft on a grid where to find the surface
014area of their container they created. They were actually able to create a 3D prototype. And then um their final project was a quick video that they shared all of their findings in one place. And we actually have an example of one of those videos for you next. >> Hi, my name is Ruby. >> I'm Alison. >> I'm Catherine. >> And I'm Chris. >> And we chose Courthouse Pizza for our project because we wanted it to be easier for other people to carry around one slice of pizza instead of having to buy one whole pizza. We chose a triangular prism for this project because we thought it was the perfect shape to fit one singular pizza in it. It's a 12 by 7 by one and we need to divide the triangles by two. >> The
015way we added up all the area was by adding up every single side and we got the surface area of 102 square centimeters. >> What we liked about the project, we liked working in a group to get more ideas and combining our ideas together. Having choices like whe what which restaurant to pick, how big to make the box, and what food item would go in the box. What we learned during the project. Help us help us remember the formula to find area of each shape. How area and surface area relate, and how to communicate better and work as a team. What we liked about the project was being creative, having a choice. What we learned during the project, we learned how to use Canva and to design a logo. We got better at finding area
016of polygons. >> Hi, my name's Ellie. >> My name is Tegan. and my name is Li. This is our box. This is how it opens and this is how it shuts. >> We designed this box because we thought we could improve it in a fun way. The area of our rectangular prism is 175 square in. The surface area is 100 225 square in. We found the area by um finding the areas of every face and adding them all together. >> This is our map. what we liked about the project. We had a choice in which container to redesign. We were able to choose what improvements to make. What we learned during the project, how to collaborate better and how to find surface area. So our project was able to incorporate several of the portrait of
017a bee competencies such as character interactions with others and thinking and learning. Uh when we were creating this project, we kept the gold standard of PBL in mind. This allowed um our students to have an opportunity to demonstrate authenticity, uh have student voice and choice, be able to have reflections, and then uh critique and make revisions to their projects throughout the entire unit. Um if you have any questions about any of the projects, we will be happy to answer them. But that's all we have for you. I really liked the pizza package because sometimes they give you a giant box for this small slice of pizza. So, who here did that pizza? They were in the video there was a group that did the pizza package. >> Okay, I nice nice work. That I like
018that. That's a great idea. I think someone should do that for mass production. >> I just um I want to a little bit of a story. I was uh recently visiting family in South Carolina and my sister has fifth grader and a second grader and she was telling me all about how they're starting PBL in South Carolina and I was like from what I from what I know is we've been doing it for a while and I go yeah you guys are kind of behind the times. Um, but you know, I see this and I see how it gets the kids interested and let them direct their they're still getting what they need to know and learn, but they're doing it in their own way and making it fun and interesting. So, it's nice to
019see that. So, thank you very much. >> Yeah. Just this past week, I was meeting with one of our administrators in the district and they were talking about how they're working with their staffing, having conversations, and we've had a lot of deep learning going on in the school district. They were talking about how they talk with their staff, the difference between deep learning and deeper learning. Matt, that may have been you. Yeah, it was. Um a and you know I think this is a good example of that deeper learning, the outreach and the collaboration with community businesses and the true application uh uh of the learning that's happening. Uh and I'd encourage you I don't know which pizza the place you're working with but reach out to them and share your idea because I know
020we've had other deeper learning projects in the district uh where businesses have actually implemented some of those ideas. That'd be a great followup. I appreciate you all coming tonight, the large group. I love the Christmas sweaters, especially the the Snoopy, the Charlie Brown. I just watched that this past weekend. I wish you all a happy holiday. And thank you for coming tonight. And again, I'd love for you guys to stay, but I know you might want to sneak out. You're welcome to see if the basketball team left you any cupcakes. So, next up, I just wanted to discuss with the board uh upcoming meetings for uh January. Uh this time of year, uh we're a little bit off of a formal schedule as we'll be prepping for January uh for the upcoming calendar year. uh
021the the the board schedule doesn't necessarily follow the school year that we refer to. Um so I'm going to I'm going to look to uh Vicki and Aaron as well as we talk about these dates uh our incoming board members. Uh but we are looking at an organizational meeting uh and a tax budget hearing uh on Tuesday, January 13th. Uh at that meeting is when we will swear in our new newly elected uh board members as well as conduct business such as setting dates for the upcoming school year as well as the uh uh governmentmandated tax budget hearing that has to happen uh each year in January. Uh in addition to that uh I'd like to hold the regular January meeting. Uh so we'd essentially be having three meetings on January uh 13th uh where
022we go over regular business as well. Um when Dave and I talked, we thought it might be easier rather than scheduling another night uh to do it all in a single night. The second meeting that I want to share with the board uh is on Thursday, January 29th. Um, I'd like to schedule a work session for the board of education. That would be here at Garfield. Uh, it would be an official board meeting. Uh, but we would actually be doing work rather than sitting around this table. Um, and the work we'd be doing is surrounding our strategic planning process. Uh, we do have information back from all of the surveys and the focus groups that were conducted over the course of the first half of this school year. And we'd like to spend some time
023uh we were thinking at 4:00 uh so not at the regular time uh to work with the impact group uh to dig into that data that we received uh as part of the strategic planning process as well as to share and discuss uh potential goals. Uh my goal is to present a finalized strategic plan uh for adoption to the board in February. Uh we would also be looking to release all of that information uh to the community as well as to our staff following that board uh work session. I want to make sure the board has an opportunity to dig in as a group uh before we go out and release that and I'm guessing that will be available through our website through links uh when it is available. Uh so there if nobody has
024any conflicts or opposition to those dates uh we'll go ahead and set those dates. We don't need to take any action. Uh Dave will send out the required notification as always for both those meetings. I mixed up the whole agenda. Now I'm looking at what else I need to go over. Let's let's go to six first and then we'll go to five. Chris, when you come up, you can talk about the preschool and also give the policy update. >> It's all good. Okay. I'm uh here to present to the board for approval the naming of Helping Hands Preschool Library as the Bridget Dade Library. Um in October of 2025, a group gathered to discuss the naming of part of the preschool uh based on a letter sent from Jenny Kelly Mazlowski, who was a helping
025hands preschool speech pathologist. Uh the committee consisted of Andrew West, board member, Heather Mix, administrator, myself, Christa Goins, a parent community member, and Mindanaalda, preschool teacher. I just want to share a few words from the write up that was sent to me from Jenny Kelly Mazowski. Um I'm writing to express my deepest gratitude to the Madina City School District for hiring the late Bridget Dade in 1992. As an early childhood intervention specialist, Bridget Dade began her tenure with Helping Hands and almost from the very beginning she provided special ed services to Madina's youngest bees, preschoolers aged 3 to six. Bridget's dedication and passion were instrumental in growing this program. It seems natural and right that some part of Helping Hands Preschool should be named in honor of Mrs. Dade. With her mentoring and inspiration, I
026myself grew as a speech language pathologist. She welcomed me into her classroom, encouraged collaboration with staff and parents, created curricular language activities long before it was mandated to do so, and recognized the ability rather than the disability in each of her students. In Mrs. Dade's classroom library, children discovered firsthand that books could help you cook vegetable soup, starting with stones, milk a purple cow, and even grow beantocks to reach the ceiling. She made them feel as though anything was possible. Upon her retirement from Madina City Schools in 2011, our Northrup staff shared phrases that describe Bridget as passionate and loving, insightful and intuitive, an advocate for all, spunky and determined, and small but mighty. The small but mighty is important because Bridget was 4 foot n and was not to be underestimated. Uh, Bridget had
027a big heart, a whole body smile, a calming demeanor, and patience that knew no limits, which made her a superb educator. One Halloween, she dressed as the fairy godmother from Cinderella, and she made that day magical. Wishes small and large were asked of her, and with a flick of her wand, we all believed they were granted. What's most important in all of this was for as long as she taught at Helping Hands, she was our own fairy godmother every day. and she envisioned a center entirely designated to nurture the youngest students. I believe her legacy is part of the magic that enabled that dream to be realized. So, I wanted to read that part because I think Bridget had a huge impact on a lot of people that knew her, but also um that her
028dream was to have a building like helping hands. So, I present to the board for approval naming the library um after Bridget Date. And I know Andrew, thank you to you and the committee that was available to meet and discuss this. >> Yeah. What I when I was in there, I was I was amazed that um everybody spoke really highly of her and you could just tell from even the few pictures that she was definitely very invested in our youngest bees. And everybody spoke very passionately about her passion for literacy and books. and I saw the picture with her fairy godmother hat and stuff. It was kind of cute. So, it was it was my pleasure. >> Then policy committee update. Perfect. So, you'll have a number of policies on for first reading today. A
029lot of them are legally required. There's a number of them that are in a transportation um section that have a lot to do with again legal requirements. there nothing that we had choices even as the policy committee um as Becky and Amy can share. They're just things we required. So nothing with a lot of um choices for the district or anything to present in terms of questions um or things uh that we could tell you that pick this or that. It was just a lot of legal updates from a variety of different um house bills in terms of um testing that's required um plans we have to put into place. as I look through all these was really a lot of the um options available. So that's what I got for you tonight. I'm going
030to take the trip to the podium to recognize our two outgoing uh board of education uh members. U and uh Joe Nichols and Becky Parkhurst. Uh first I wanted to say a for few words in honoring Joe. Well, I I I actually want to start by honoring Joe's wife, Leah. I I want to thank Leah for supporting Joe in this endeavor as a board member and making sure that he's in attendance at each of the monthly meetings, uh, as well as the committee meetings. Of course, I'm joking. Uh, but I I did want to recognize Leah uh because I've I've been in the district for 10 years and especially Dave and I really get to know the board members and develop relationships and it's not often that that same thing happens uh with their spouses.
031Uh and what I've seen in working with Joe uh over the last four years is him and Lee are truly a team. Uh and during a period of time uh when we were having financial difficulties in the district and working through uh the levy uh Joe was able to wrangle uh whether I think Leah wanted to or not uh onto our committees to help guide us uh because she does have a background and expertise in those kinds of things. Um, I think it's that laidback uh attitude and mentality that Joe really uh brought personality uh to our board of education. Uh we've definitely faced some difficult situations over the last four years uh including uh repeated levy failures uh until we finally saw success uh last November as well as the timing that Joe came
032onto the board uh right off the heels of CO uh when it was a difficult time to even want to be a board member uh with what was going on uh and Joe's willingness to uh take on that leadership um and bring uh perspective to the board as we work through uh difficult issues has really uh been vital. Uh one of the key memories I have with Joe's work on the board uh was when we were making difficult levy decisions and I think it was actually the last decision that the board made about what to put on the ballot uh what millillage to put on the ballot, whether it should be an emergency. And I just remember Joe stepping up uh in that situation in order to bring some levity to the conversation uh because
033there wasn't agreement across the board as there's not always uh but the ability to have that conversation to move things forward and ultimately to a successful lovey campaign uh which is best for our kids uh is vital. Um, and the other memory I have as Joe was before he was even a board member. Uh, and this doesn't always happen. Uh, but I remember Joe reaching out to Dave and I. Uh, I'm not sure if you had your signatures in or not and you were looking for us to scare you away. Uh, but, uh, he wanted to meet with us and talk about what it meant to be a board member and what was going on in the district and have a knowledge, uh, of our district, uh, I think before really completely uh, stepping into
034that ring. And then his philosophy, which he's repeatedly told me throughout the years, uh, is allowing us as administrators and teachers and employees to really run and operate and and lead the district. And you definitely, in my opinion, lived by that over the years. So, I'm going to make you make the podium walk because we do have something for you. to honor you for your service. >> And Becky Parkhurst. What do I say about Becky Parkhurst other than she likes to have the last word when we're going around the table? Yeah, this one's this one's actually hard for me. Um, you know, I I came to the district 10 years ago and Becky is the last board member to survive my tenure as superintendent in the district. So, she was one of the board members
035uh who uh made that decision uh which uh was a life-changing and one of the best decisions in my life to be a part uh of this school district. So, I want to start by thanking you for uh being a part of that that group. Uh Becky Parkhurst also came to the school district during a very difficult time. Uh a difficult time that predated me uh and was part of a board uh that was really looking at transforming the culture uh of the school district uh as well as the perception of the school district within the community after some challenging times. Uh again a very tough job to do uh because our community lets us know what they expect of our schools. They weren't happy with what was happening with the schools. So then to
036become able to come in as a change agent uh and that change did occur uh was vitally important and set us up for where we are today. Uh Becky's tenure uh and I'm impressed uh that it has been a tenure uh has been riddled with challenges. Uh two levy campaigns. Uh the first levy campaign, I think was the second year I was in the district. Uh and it was the transition uh of a levy that was ending to a permanent levy uh which we were fortunate to get through um on our first ask uh to the community. Uh that was followed up uh by COVID uh and we went through the COVID experience uh for I would say almost a three-year period. Um, and talking about a challenge, that was definitely one of the most
037challenging, if not the most challenging moment in my career. Uh, and to manage that as a board member, uh, and be the person on boots on the ground in the community, uh, where you're having the personal interaction with such stark views of how things should be handled with our children, uh, and their schooling. uh since uh during such a a difficult time and then being part of the transition out of that COVID period. Again, a a a situation of reestablishing trust with the community, bringing people back together uh in a common uh direction. following that up by a second levy campaign uh which was much more challenging um as I talked about uh when when discussing Joe uh and being actively engaged and involved in working with the community uh whether it's dressing up like
038the buzzing bee which I was really hoping you were going to show up tonight with the glasses and the shoes. I I talked to Amy and we might have to talk to you about retiring those and putting those in a a glass glass case somewhere, unless of course you're willing to come back and continue uh to to be the be moving forward. Um Becky, your input and feedback uh has been vitally important to the district. Uh you leave quite a legacy in where we've come over the course of the last 10 years. Um, we have a lot to be proud of as a school district. Um, the instruction and curriculum that we offer, I truly believe is beyond what you see in other districts. Um, I just had a teacher come to me uh a
039week or two ago and their children attend another school district and asked, "Can my children come to Madina because we're doing so many more great things." and innovative things that they're not seeing in their home district. Um, and yes, it's a lot of work in the district, but it's also the support, the discussion, the involvement on committees uh with the board of education uh in order to put those things in place, have the difficult conversations. Uh, that's another piece I've always appreciated and whether you see it at a board meeting or behind the scenes, the willingness to have those difficult conversations. Um, you you don't always agree with Becky. Becky makes sure she knows what she's thinking. Um, but it's always moving forward together as a team and in the best interest of students and
040staff uh in in the school district. Um, and and then the last piece I have is Becky, I want you to know that you've really been a mentor to me, um, as a firsttime superintendent coming into the district 10 years ago. Um, uh, learning how to work with board of education members who have very different views, who are all passionate about our school district, uh, about the community, about the kids in the school district, and working to have a collaborative approach. uh to what's best for uh our school district. Uh not always having to have to agree uh but have the conversations that help hone us in the appropriate direction for our kids. So I thank you for your service for is it 10 or 11? Might be 11. >> 10 and a half. I
041knew it was before me. For your 10 and a half years of of service to our our board of education. And I'm gonna make you make the podium walk, too. Mr. Chambers, your items for information and the finance committee. Uh the finance committee met last month. Um we discussed legislation that would affect the school district. Uh namely I believe House Bill 129, House Bill 355, uh would affect us the most. Uh the latter one would be looking at inside millillage reduction. uh inside millillage is unvoted by the taxpayers but it's uh it's a portion that we get of 10 mills that the entire taxing district receives. So uh if that is reduced then we will see losses of uh of taxes to the district itself. So that was the general issue with the finance committee.
042Now going on to the financials for November. I'd like to point out that um that this is our last uh financials for the year. Uh we are not yet at the halfway point because December is not over with. That'll be shown to the new board here come January. Uh we have our financial overview. We always start with the beginning. The beginning is $41 million. That was back in July 1st of this year. Uh revenues for the year so far, $47 million. Expenditures, $39 million. Uh ending balance as of September uh as of September 25. That should say uh November 25, I'm sorry. Uh ending balance as of November 25, $45 million. Uh this is 5 thou uh 5,500,000 below the the October ending balance. We have revenues for the year. Um $47 million as stated.
043This is 45% of our five-year forecast. The reason is we're in the second half of the year. Usually uh your taxpayers that pay directly pay either pay their full year upfront uh which is January to June or uh businesses pay full years upfront. So that's why we're only at 45%. I looked up uh last year at this time we were at uh 46.1%. So we're we're very close to where we were last year. Uh real property taxes 30,700,000. Uh this is 17% year-over-year and as you know it's due to the levy that was voted in November of 24. And then state foundation is at 8 million. This is 6.3% year-over-year. And this does include uh um the casino revenue and it will be adjusted as we move forward. Um especially January to June. Uh the
044state takes into account student numbers. Then they also take out uh students going to other entities, let's put it that way, other entities. Uh they also uh look at their budget itself and how to realign uh foundation numbers for the schools. Our expenditures uh total expenditures for the month as stated $39 million. This is at 40.5%. Uh this is actually running a little lower than uh if you take our five months divide by 12 it it should be around uh I believe it's 41.5 41.7. So we're running below our anticipated 5-year forecast. Personnel services $23 million. Uh this is 5% 3.5% above last year at this time. Um, however, we are uh running below um the 11 pays divided by the 26 pays. We're running below that percentage. So, we're looking good with personnel. Benefits,
045however, are up 13.6%. Uh again, uh we had premium increases in double digits here in July. So, this is running below the premium increase that occurred, but we're still up. Um, and looking at the benefits, we're running approximately where the 5-year forecast is u showing us. Now, our all other expenditures, purchase, service, supplies, and capital are at $6 million, and this is up from last year. Um, I didn't take a percentage on how far up because it depends on what purchase services are being purchased at the time. Uh, supplies are up a little bit. Uh and that's because uh we we made uh significant purchases here with supplies and uh tech supplies and everything else. So it that's up a little bit. And if you look at our capital, if you looked at our our
046financials that were uh provided, our capital is way down. I believe uh we might have just hit $1 million uh for the year. And um if you think about it, $1 million in capital uh expenditures for a district that has over a million square feet of roof space uh is not very much right now. Next uh slide. Our investment income. I'm always impressed with uh the investment income that we are uh bringing to taxpayers here. We're at above a million dollars right now. This is roughly $238,000 above where we were last year. Again, it's based on your uh market values, market rates. Uh so I'm I'm not, you know, I'm not impressed with how I'm doing, but I'm impressed with how the market's doing. So we get to our true days cash. If you look
047here, the current bar is the blue bar. You could see we're below where we were two years ago. Um, this if if it was if we were working under normal legislation, I would say this is um um this this would be not alarming, but this would be something that we have to watch. Since we're working under different legislation or going to be working under different legislation come January, February, March, whenever the new legislation goes into effect, you will see in the next three to four years that that low point in January, which was the low point that we had before the election uh the emergency levy came in. You will see we will probably be either halfway down that bar or more than halfway down that bar um come three or four years from now
048because the the legislators are still talking about having a cap on carryover balance. The legislators are still talking about new legislation that they're intending to put in for school districts. as far as finances. So, I don't see us getting back to having large balances like we did with the um the substitute levy coming in. I don't see that occurring. Um we do have our cycles. Uh you could see our cycles here on a yearly basis and you could see our cycles as the levies move on from year to year. uh we do have our cycles. What will be happening though is we'll be going more into that balance as we look forward with new legislation. So, and then finally, everything you see is on our website. I uh we update it after every board meeting.
049So, anything that goes to the board is going on our website. Any questions? >> Yeah, just one quick one. You mentioned on the inside millillage I think it's you said 335 it's going to go down. Do we have a sense yet about how much we're going to lose from this legislation? Well, we I got notification today from our county auditor um because that was a question we were having is when does this go into effect and that will not according to the county at this point that will not go into effect until the update of 2829. So, so that will be the first time that we will be losing inside Millage itself. But that's again that's the information that he is receiving right now. So it could change. >> So that could change tomorrow. >>
050It could change. >> Okay. >> But this is what we're being told at this point. >> Understood. So >> m Mr. Chambers, has the governor signed those? >> Uh I believe the governor has not signed Well, no. I'm sorry. I believe the governor has signed one of the four bills that were presented to him. I'm uh not sure about the other three as of yet. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So, but that's >> but also I believe that if he doesn't sign, they have 10 days to go into effect. >> 10 days and they'll go into Yes. >> so he either has to sign or veto within the 10 days for for those to go into effect either quicker or without it they default into effect. Correct. Any other questions? Thank you. >> All right,
051we're up at board communications and we're going to save Mr. Nichols and uh Mrs. Parker's for last, but we're going to start with Mrs. uh Miss Pritchard. You're up. Um, uh, Madina County Career Center student of the month was Hayden Fort. Um, she's in sports medicine and exercise science. Madina students of the month were Hudson Caris and Jillian Rupel. Um, Laney Miller, a junior, was featured was a featured soloist with the Cleveland Contemporary Youth Orchestra at Mallet Center. Um, I was lucky enough along with Mr. West to have dinner uh the holiday dinner with um a Madina student and I at the career center uh with the meal prepared by their chef and restaurant program of Samantha Boyd and her parents. Um this is an honors dinner. Uh Samantha plans to become a mechanical engineer
052and right now she's planning on attending um Akran University. Um, I just went I attended right after the board meeting in November, attended Peter and the Stark Catcher. Uh, very good show. I had a big cast and students had great performances. Uh, Monday, I think December 6th, I attended the Canavan Bell Choir concert and Mr. Brinker as always continues to work his magic. Attend this was a hobbling around on a cane. I attended part of the root orchestra concert and then hobbled down to the pack to see the uh Claget choir concert last Tuesday. Um got to watch a Claget girls seventh grade basketball team play uh Brunswick on Thursday and then Saturday I caught the JB girls basketball team defeat um Strongsville. And also just wanted to say that the varsity wrestling team won
053their uh won the invitational. I think it's called the Celtic Invitational. I think that's the second time they've won it. Uh today I spent uh part of the morning in Mrs. Vulgus's uh contemporary world issues class as the kids talked about issues involving there were different groups talked about Somalia, Nigeria, and Venezuela. kids has some really interesting takes on some different things, but uh very informational. The kids did a really great job. All spoke up and then um in November um three of us and the new board members attended uh OSBA conference and there were um some really good sessions and particularly like on AI and then one that I attended um Ohio Excelss Jobs of the Future. So those were basically the things that happened. So that's it. Thank you, >> Mrs. Smooyer. >>
054All right. Just like uh Miss Pritchard said, we did the OSBA conference. It was really nice to go there and learn a lot of new things. Um, I couldn't tell you the specifics of everything we were that we went to, but we were offered many different classes to go to, which was really nice um to learn more about being a board member and what we have to um what we can do with that. Uh, otherwise went to the policy committee and yes, there are quite a few policies that we are we went through. um looking forward to having Miss Drooie on the policy committee next uh year. So, she's she's looking forward to it. So, yay. Uh otherwise, I've been super busy, so I haven't been able to get to many things, but I was
055able to watch the band holiday concert uh on Madina TV. And I want to let everybody know that you can see a lot of our concerts on Madina TV. you don't have to go out in the snow uh and to see them. They are very well um televised. Uh and also along that because of course I have to do my band thing. Uh they will be performing at Severance Hall in January. I don't know the specific date. I think it's January 6th, but don't quote me on that one. But um that is a big big deal. So hopefully I've been told Mr. disabled, they would love for you to go to that. So, Severance Hall, I will get you the date and I will probably be there as well. Thank you. >> All right, I
056am going to leave uh Mr. Nichols and Miss Parker for last. >> Yes, Miss Parkers will be last. >> It's not that I have to have the last word. >> I know, but we we know you like it. >> It takes me a while to form my thoughts. So, I'm I'm going to use I'm going to use my time um um to say some thanks to our outgoing board members. Um Mr. Nichols, I am going to miss you on this board. Um you're pretty even keeled. Um kind of low-key and I like it. Um very passionate about the schools. uh with everything that's been going on in legislation, you have been very pushy with it, which I appreciate and I'm going to miss that and I will miss your um I will miss you on
057the board. And maybe someday you can come back. There's nothing that ever says you can't come back as long as your wife says that's okay. Um, but uh I've I came on the board at the same time you did uh a little bit differently than you. I uh was finishing out a two-year term for a board member that resigned, but we came on at the same time and during the challenges of COVID or coming out of COVID and whatnot and I think we all rose to the occasion and um I hadn't thought of this until Mr. Sable mentioned it earlier, but my I guess my fondest memory of you is when we were talking about the the emergency levy and you did step up and made a point and the board ran with it. So,
058I appreciate that very much and I am going to miss that perspective, but you can always come back someday. Mrs. Parkhurst, I have known you for a very long time. well before the school board when our boys were running cross country and uh it's your fault that I'm sitting here because I off-handedly made a few comments while we were watching our sons run cross country and I was taking pictures. Oh, I should run for the school board. And then one afternoon for almost four and a half years ago, you're like, hey, you need to run for the school board. I'm like, okay. So, I went and pulled a petition and uh for a two-year term to fill out it, and that's why I'm here. So, it's all because of you. So, it's your fault. >>
059You're welcome. >> Thank you. I think but I am going to miss your counsel, your even keeledness, um spending many hours on the phone and updating me when I first got on the board and me asking all kinds of questions and going off on tangents and you were always very gracious with your time and I appreciate that and I'm going to miss that council and that person to bounce stuff off of or ask questions of very much even though it's your fault that I'm But I plan on staying for a while. So, thank you very much. And you can always come back too if you want someday. But you have earned a break. And um it will be I will miss you on this board. So, Mr. Nichols, for the last time, any comments, please?
060>> Oh, sure. I got I got tons of comments. How much time do we have? How much time do you want? >> I think you're limited to three minutes. >> Three minutes >> for board comments. >> Okay. >> It is It is in policy. >> Yeah. Well, >> yeah. Would you like the clock up? >> No, I'm good. I'm good. I think I can get close to three minutes. Um Well, Mr. West, um I know your email. I know your board email. Uh me and Becky both know it. So, >> my cell phone, too. >> And we have your cell phone. Yeah. So, don't don't worry. If we have a problem, we can always, you know, let you know. >> I'm sure that you will. >> Um, Becky, we we should have had a graduation
061hat so we could throw it at the end of the meeting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We'll throw our little plaques. Jeez. Um, but anyways, getting into it. Um, so this whole journey started uh long before I even decided to run for Midina. Um, I had a weird interaction um at uh Buckeye when I was coaching there with a board member and I said, "Why are they acting this way? I can do that job better." Um, and I was passionate about education from the get-go. Um, I thought that the system that I had went through was weirdly designed and flawed. And the fact that my dad had the same lessons almost that I had when he went in the 80s um was very weird to me and that it was taught all the same as when
062I went to high school in 2004 2005 around there. Um, so all of those things led me to be like, "All right, I want to run." Um, at some point, I don't know when, well, come along. I'm I'm 30 years old. Um, we are coming out of co and I was like, "Oh, I think now is the time to run." Um, and actually somebody approached Leah and said, "So, what's your husband doing? Um, does he want to run for school board?" I was like, "Yeah, sure. We'll dive into it and give it a go." So, I messaged a schoolboard member that I knew from a different district. Then I got Becky's information, talked to Becky. Becky once again, you know, pulled me into it. Not necessarily. I was already there, but um and then I
063had talked to Aaron and Dave and and uh just wanted to see what their track of the district was and did it line up with where my vision was. If it did, cool. We can make this work. If not, I'm not going to get on the board to spend every single day fighting the direction the district is going versus where I think it should be going. That felt like a waste of energy for everyone. Um, and then election night came and I got a call from Sarah, I think, and I missed the call and I called her back and I left probably the greatest voicemail after an election I have ever left in my life or anybody has ever left. And she called me back and said, "Okay, I'm going to ask you questions now."
064Um, and I said, "Can you just check your email or your voicemail, please, because that is way better than anything I'm going to be able to give you." And she didn't take that. Um, so that's my bone to pick with you. Um, but some of the things that I'm very proud of that we did as a board, um, is things that I had just campaigned on and I had talked about moving education forward within the district, trying to use, um, as close to cutting edge information and science and studies to make sure our students were getting the best possible education that you can offer at high school in America right now. Um, and I think we tried our best and and pretty much succeeded at that. Um, I mean, one of the things that was
065big implementation that me and Becky were a part of on curriculum was the CKLA program. Um, that ended up becoming a state requirement. We were ahead of it. We were there before they even forced us. Um, the CEO program was another awesome thing that gave kids opportunities different than anything that I had had in school. um expanding the capstone projects. I know we don't have them completely expanded out, but every year it seems like we're adding more grades onto it. Um that's amazing for ingraining that information that they've learned throughout the year. Um and really nailing it home and then um leading the AI conversation. I know Craig is now what four months behind where you wanted it, but you know, we got to ease into it. That's okay. Um, but being a leader in
066what does that look like? What does an AI based environment look like? How do we deal with it? How do we make sure kids aren't using it to cheat? And how do we make sure we're using it in the most efficient ways? And other various little technology things that we had talked about and we had pushed through that just makes the district genuinely function more efficiently and better. Um, all those things I walked through the door wanting to do and I'm leaving with them already done. Um and uh uh I I'm also happy leaving with the thought that we don't have really any lingering decisions that you know we went ah we'll do that next year. I will do that three years from now, right? And I understand that, you know, CO was definitely a
067thing there, but there were some decisions that I feel like we tackled at the beginning that had been even before CO. Um, and I'm glad that, you know, we're handing it over to the uh school board members elect and they don't have to deal with things that are necessarily unfinished from me and Becky. Um, and uh, I I I want to mention to the new board members since you guys are here, um, it's very simple. It's it's not that hard. Just advocate for students. That's the biggest thing that you can do. Just advocate for students and and push for what you think is right. And if it doesn't go your way, that's okay. You can still push for it. But it might not always go your way and and that's fine. But as long as
068it is the right decision in your mind, run with it. Maybe you get more information and ends up changing your mind. So just advocate. That's the biggest thing. Um and then for what the board is going to be after uh me and Becky are out of here tonight. Um keep in mind you guys are you're you're a board of five. You're not a singular person. Um, decisions will come down. I know that the 50 is beautiful and everybody loves a good 50, but in my opinion, it's a PR move. One of the things that we were told we should never do was have a split vote on a levy and that's the one we passed. So, it's a good representation of the community as a whole. Um, but you know, just just keep in mind
069that that 50 doesn't always have to be the thing. Even when it looks really good. Um, if that's not the way that that you guys feel, you don't have to. Um and also uh for the whole board, don't let you know um passion or frustrations or vendettas or egos or whatever get in the way of just doing what's right for the kids. Um no matter what, that's the main reason why we're here. Ron Ross said that's the first question that he asked, like is it good for the kids? And then everything else gets asked, right? So, I I encourage you to keep doing that and um hold your hold the officials accountable. That also goes for the community more. So, um reach out to them. Let them know that they're doing it wrong. Um and
070for the community, if you don't like what they're doing and it's more expensive, there is a way to fix that. You can primary them. You can vote them out. there's more than enough answers there in order to make that tax bill at the state level look a lot better. Um, but don't give them a pass no matter what. And I encourage the district and I know we do a bunch of things with legislation. Don't give them a pass. That's all I can ask. Um, finally, thanks to everyone. Uh, thanks to all of my fellow board members. Um, Mr. Sable, Mr. chambers administration. Um the guy behind the camera, I see you. Not literally, but you see me all the time. You let me know that when I saw you once uh at a friend function.
071So, um I see you. Um but uh thank you so much um for these four years and uh it was awesome to represent the community at this level and make sure your voice is heard. And finally, thanks to my family because I did a Midina TV interview at the beginning of all this and early voting was on our wedding day and I said, "Um, thank you. Uh, I love you. Hopefully everything is is good by the time uh the votes are counted." So, everything was good uh after that. Maybe it was a good luck charm, maybe not. But, um, I'll still give you an I love you, Leah. Thanks. >> Thank you, Joe. Mrs. Parkhurst, you're up. >> Thank you. Um, I did prepare just something small. So, it has been my profound honor and
072privilege to serve as a member of the Madina City Schools Board of Education. I am very appreciative of the community for trusting me to represent them on this board for this long. I never imagined that when I first joined the board in the summer of 2015 that I would serve for 10 and a half years. So to give some perspective, at that time my children were in fifth and seventh grades and they are now both young men in college and I had the pleasure to serve with 12 different board members over that time. I also thought about running the numbers on the number of meetings and committee hours and hours spent reading policy. Um, but it just was just too much to handle at the moment. And I thought, well, I could do a TED
073talk sometime on what it's like to be a board member and I can save it for that. I do want to share one thing that I learned. We have as a district a brilliant, compassionate, and passionate set of administrators, teachers, staff, our board members, our volunteers, our community partners, everyone that does so much to contribute to the education and well-being of our students and to our community at large. And I don't think enough of us realize that or appreciate that as parents or as community members or parents who don't have kids in the district anymore. So, I just I need to make sure the community knows that we have such a great district. As has been said tonight, we have done so much and we've gone so far and there is so much work that
074goes behind the scenes from so many of our employees and it's I'm just grateful to be a part of that, to get to have known these people and spent time with them. Um, it truly has been a privilege and we I know we will continue to do to do wonderful and great things. and I'm not moving. I'm still going to be around. So, uh, whatever is ever needed for me, please reach out because I am an advocate for public education. And having said that, I would be remiss if I did not mention that although public education is in enshrined in our Ohio Constitution, as a community, we still need to fight and advocate for it. And then lastly, I just wanted to thank my I shouldn't say just, lastly, I wanted to thank my family
075because it is not just me serving. We all serve have served together and I want to thank everyone who helped make me a better board member and a better person. I didn't grow up in Madina but I have lived here longer than any place in my life and I am very proud to be a bee. And one more thing just to sorry I know there's always one more thing right always one more thing. Um I want to thank the board members past and present for sharing their time and service alongside me. Mr. Wes, thank you for your leadership this year as board president. You've done a fantastic job and I have seen you have grown into the role. Thank you for your leadership and guidance. Uh thank you, Mr. Sable, for years of leadership and
076guidance. It was humbling to hear you say that I was a mentor to you because there's been many times where I have felt that way towards you. Um you have a very calm demeanor. My calm demeanor does not come naturally. Uh so there's many times I think what would Aaron do? So, thank you for that. Uh, and again, thank you to all the administration, teachers, staff, and students for such a wonderful experience this last 10 and a half years. And I wish everyone a happy, safe holiday. All right. Uh, any public comment? No. We're going to pass right over that then. Uh, treasures action items G. Mr. Chambers, thank you. Yes, if it please the board. Item number one, it's recommended the board of education approve the November 25 treasury financial report. Item number two,
077supplemental to permanent appropriations. It's recommended that the board of education approve the following supplemental the 2526 permanent appropriations. Uh you you have four different supplementals here. The first is for the class of 26. Uh they had a fundraiser and they needed to uh include the fundraiser on their budgets. You also have auxiliary service uh numbers here for last year. We've uh had the final expenditure report submitted and these monies have to be returned to the state because the auxiliaries did not use these monies. Uh fund trans item number three fund transfers. It is recommended the board of education approve the following fund to fund transfers. You have two items here. The first is the emergency levy. Uh money is going to the general fund. Um the emergency levy we set up just to uh collect
078the revenues and to um pay for the county uh auditor and treasurer fees and then we also set up this transfer. Uh the transfer is to move all the rest of the monies into the general fund so that we don't create 300 additional accounts for the district. Um, also as an aside, the state is moving in the way where they're getting rid of emergency levies. And so, uh, on our USS manual, the 06 fund will no longer be, uh, used, uh, following, uh, I believe it's next year. Uh, then the second one is sales tax uh, PI fund to the sales tax cops fund. Uh the sales tax PI fund is where all the sales tax money goes into. We have obligations to pay the cops bonds for uh weight and Northrup. And uh so
079in order to pay them, we have to pay them out of the bond account which is the O2912 account. And uh so in order to reimburse that account and get it back to zero, we move the monies from the sales tax fund. I would entertain a motion on treasures action items G1, the treasur's financial report, G2, the supplemental department appropriations, and G3, the fund transfers. I'll make a motion to approve action items G1 through three. >> Thank you. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments from anybody? >> Anybody? Anybody hearing? None. Mr. Chambers, when you're ready. >> Mr. Nichols, >> I. Miss Parker. >> I. >> Miss Perrick. >> I. >> Miss. Smooyer. >> I. >> Mr. West. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uh, next up, superintendent action items eight. Mr.
080Sable, it's yours. >> Number one is donations. Is recommended that the board of education accept the following donations to Madina City Schools. I do want to point out the many donations going to our speech and debate team. We have an outstanding speech and debate team that competes on the national level. Uh so these funds are essential uh to help those students have that experience in representing our district across the country. I definitely want to point out uh retired teacher and speech and debate coach coach Scott Quaid uh who continues to support the program. Um and this donation is just an example of that. Also want to point out the many, some of them fairly large donations from our student organizations. Uh as we're in a season of giving, it's nice to see the giving back
081to our local community. Uh these donations are all from the hard work of our students within those organizations in in terms of raising and earning funds. Number two is the resolution for naming help helping hands. It is recommended that the board of education approve the resolution naming the helping hands preschool library to the Bridget Dade Library per Dr. Quallock's presentation. Number three is a resol resolution to sanction girls wrestling is recommended that the board of education sanction girls wrestling as a Madina High School varsity sport beginning the 2526 school year. Uh not everybody may realize this, but we've had uh young women participating uh in our wrestling program for as long as I've been in the district. Uh it's varied from year to year as to that level of participation. uh we are on a
082current upswing uh with uh our girls participation uh in the program as well as within that time period the OSAA has sanctioned uh girls wrestling as its own independent sport. Uh because of the ongoing participation we've had over the course of many years as well as the OSAA's recognition. Uh it's my recommendation that now's the appropriate time to recognize them as official sport here within Madina City Schools. And from talking to our middle schools, I I think we really have a surge at the middle school level with that participation as well. Number four, it is recommended that the board of education approve the first reading of the following policies is presented by Dr. Quallic. And number five is recommended that the board of education approve the following overnight field trip in compliance with policy 2340
083and this is for student council to do a leadership training in beautiful bell pre Ohio in March. Uh number six is service agreements. Uh it is recommended that the board of education approved the following service agreements. Uh the first one is a new agreement called gives back. Uh, Gives Back is a piece of software um that uh we will be training and uh presenting to all of our district organizations, things like PTO's uh foundations um boosters um and it helps them to log and manage all of their finances uh and provides them with assistance in making sure they're meeting uh the necessary compliance uh as as well as giving us an easier avenue to uh assist and support them through that process. The second is Hometown Ticketing um and and this is the company we've
084used for several years now uh for our ticketing services. Number seven is a stipen payment is a recommend is recommended that the board of education approve the following stipen payment to district teachers who has served as cooperating teachers for students attending universities. And number eight is personnel. Um it is recommended uh that the board of education approve the revised substitute and temporary substitute support staff rates effective with the new year. Uh in addition is recommended that the board uh that the support staff substitute tense sen incentive as presented be approved. Uh and that's for the work period beginning November 1st, 2025. Uh the the last one that I would like to point out on personnel uh is again a very difficult one to present. Uh it brings sadness and happiness alto together and I I
085think I speak for our administrators that I'm looking out on uh right now. But uh Mr. Shields, Mayor Elect Shields uh is presenting uh his resignation for purposes of retirement. Um Mr. Shields is going to be uh sworn in uh as the mayor uh of Madina City uh at the beginning of January and legally he cannot serve in two public roles at once. Um I I know uh Jim is not ready for retirement or he wouldn't be taking on the role of mayor uh of Madina City. uh but uh in a situation where he has to make the transition making the best decision uh that that meets uh his needs as he moves over to mayor. Um I I do want to say and I think a lot of people don't realize this but uh
086Jim uh and he recently talked to me about this uh but came to the district uh 25 years ago uh and when he was brought into the district we didn't have an HR department. Um uh Jim was brought in to set up and establish a human resources department in Madina City Schools. uh and then spent the last 25 years uh running managing uh that department. Uh Jim is going to be a huge loss to the school district. Uh it amazes me the connections he has with every one of our staff members and the amount of people that he knows and we're talking about over 800 staff members uh in the district. Uh the effort that he puts in in uh initially onboarding employees as uh they come through the system. I repeatedly hear uh I
087sit down uh with every uh staff member before they're finally recommended to the board and they always rave about how welcome they feel uh by uh Mr. Shields uh as well as the human resources uh department. In addition to that, uh Jim's role in the district has gone way be beyond human resources. uh his interactions uh and his support uh of our students in the district is unmatched by any HR director that I've seen or worked with. uh whether it's working on Kowanas uh Christmas presents or just being a presence uh in helping students uh that have challenges or in need uh or giving tours uh of city hall uh and providing lessons uh civics lessons uh to elementary and middle school students uh as they go through the district. Um, I know across the
088district I've received um many questions in terms of Jim leaving and how are we going to fill that hole? Uh, and uh, the honest answer is, you know, I think Jim leaves a hole that we can't necessarily just fill, but we can adjust and move forward and make sure that we're continuing to meet the needs uh, of our staff uh, through through the HR department and through continued collaboration. Uh despite this being a sad move for the district, it's also a happy move. Uh I'm personally very proud of Jim uh and I think every one of our administrators would share the same thing uh to step into such a limelight position uh where difficult decisions are going to have to be made uh on behalf of what's best uh not just for uh 800 staff
089members within Madina City Schools but the entire community uh is uh admirable and quite a feat uh to take over. Uh the the happy piece of that is knowing that that is in the hands of somebody like Jim who's has a collaborative approach and truly wants best for people uh and has a care, passion, and love for Madina like nobody else I know. All right. Uh I will entertain a motion for superintendent action items. Uh H1, the donations, H2, the resolution on helping hands. H3, the resolution for the girls wrestling. H4, policies. H5, the field trip. H6, the s service agreements. H7, the stipens. And H8, personnel. >> I'll make a motion to approve um action superintendence action item H1 through8. >> Thank you, Miss Pritchard. >> I will second. >> Thank you, Miss Moyer.
090Any questions or comments from anybody? >> U comments? >> Go ahead. Um, I just want to say uh to Jim um he was when I was uh student council adviser, he was senior class president. Um uh so he's he's he's rounded up one of the last uh ones um that I probably had in school. There's a few left. Um couple that were here in Garfield yet. Um, but I think Jim's love of this district is uh unsurpassed. Um, and we certainly saw that during the campaign. And um, I think something that he and I share as well as we both uh, being graduates of the of the school system. And the and the third thing that we shared is that we both took care of our mothers for a very long time. And I know
091that took a lot of his time. And uh um and I know Jim, just so you know, she'd be very proud of you, as would your dad. So, thank you for all your dedication to the school system and to the people of Madina. Um I'm very proud of um you know, you being senior class president and um back in the day and I knew you'd be mayor eventually one day. So, congratulations. I just want to say that um my first inter uh intervention with intervention that's not the word interaction. Thank you. It was an inner um with Jim was at Finn and he would always come over and the kids knew him. All the kids knew him when he walked down the hallways and he would always come to our kickball uh tournaments that we
092had and he would be out there on the field kicking the ball with the kids and helping them out. So, you know, he was always involved with all the kids and still is to this day. So, we appreciate you so much. >> Anyone else? >> Yes. I just want to echo what has been said about Mr. Shields. And one thing that's always impressed me with Jim is he knows a lot of kids too and their names and their activities. And I know he helps out with Mc Mal and he was helping when my kids were involved in Macau MC Palp in the big basketball tournament. I think Mr. kind that helped out with coaching them one year and um they just have a great time and just such a great role model for our students
093and Jim we are very very very proud of you and I hope that you'll come back in May when we have the retirement May meeting right with retirement and cake so we hope you come back for that >> anybody else that's it um Mr. chambers if you please. >> Miss Perkard >> I >> Mery >> I >> Mr. Nichols >> I >> Miss Parker >> I >> Mr. request. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Last item, action item for for uh superintendent action item I >> is recommended that the board of education approve the revised athletic impact worker rate sheet effective January 1st, 2026. Uh if you take a look at the rate sheet, uh several of the increases uh were required to do because the federal change uh in the minimum wage uh for
094January uh while we're making that recommend recommended adjustment in addition uh increasing rates uh to level the rates uh across the high school for the athletic positions. I would entertain a motion for uh superintendent action item I the personnel rates. >> I'll make a motion to approve this action item. >> Thank you. >> Second. Thank you. Any questions or comments from anybody? >> Yeah, I >> go ahead. Um, and I asked this to be pulled from the main part, um, because we we just approved um the clock, the announcer, the book moving up to $13, um, because the ticket sellers were getting closer and closer. And those three jobs, clock, announcer, and book, um, are are you have to pay attention every play that goes on down on the floor. And I'm not, you know,
095I'm not saying the ticket sellers and everything don't have to pay attention, but their job is certainly a lot easier. And I know the thing is, well, we can't get ticket sellers. Well, we just approved three more uh athletic people tonight to do work. Uh when I talked to the people that were selling tickets the other day, there are 15 people on the list. And the problem is nobody wants to work Fridays or Saturdays. They only want to work Mondays through Thursdays. And the other part is I understand um where is it here? Um the box office people for the pack are only getting $11. So now, are we going to have a problem getting ticket sellers for the pack because now everybody's going to go down and want to be a ticket seller for
096athletics because they're going to get $2 more an hour. So those are my concerns. We we moved those other people up because those jobs were much harder. And if if you ever went down and watched the person who runs the scoreboard, the clock, that is a tremendous job. it. I mean, you've got to know which way the arrow has to point uh after the jump ball. You've got to stop the clock, hit the buzzer, all these other things. And I mean, she was offered by another school $30 an hour to go to their school to run the thing. And I told her, "Go. I mean, you're never going to get $30 here." But, um, this I'm sorry. I just think that if we wanted to separate those jobs in August, I don't know why we've
097changed in December. And I understand you all think we can't get ticket sellers. We can. It's just that they don't want to work when we need them to work. And that's my comment. >> Any other comments from anybody? Um, I looked at these and I'll say, uh, I've been to enough school events. I think everybody is equally important and I think all of the jobs are required. Um, I get maybe, you know, there's more intensity maybe watching a clock or the announcer, but the people that take the money at the door and help get the public in in a very timely manner when maybe somebody's phone's not working right or they're having trouble, whatever the case is. I think all of these people are equally important. So, that's my opinion. Anything else from anybody? Joe,
098Becky, Amy, >> I'm just um looking at the performing arts. The question is and the middle school, why are they all at 11? Why are we not at 13 with them as well? the the middle school. Uh the attendance at their event in the amount of money as well as individuals that are being managed entering the event uh is very small uh compared to what's seen at the high school level. Uh the pack operates on its own budget and its rates uh are determined within uh the budget uh that the pack can handle. Um a lot of their budget is generated uh through outside funds and outside events. Uh so trying to balance what they're doing with their budget and maintaining the pack as well as paying those positions uh is what went into the
099decision for those rates. Anything else? >> I think that is helpful to know about the pack. I don't think a lot of people understand that they're a selfsufficient um part of the district. Thank you. >> So, Whoops. Does that mean that we pay their salary even though they're self-sufficient? >> We do pay their salary. uh the the salary in the pack is actually a split position between ourselves uh and the city. We pay the salary portion. Uh this the city pays the benefits and then the individual that oversees uh that programming in the pack actually serves both the school district uh and the city. U the short answer is yes though. Uh and I'm going to use John Leman and Evolve as an example. There another program within the district at evolve uh that's self-sufficient
100and operates off of its own budget. A lot of that uh is due to tuition uh from students enrolling in in Evolve. Uh we do pay the necessary costs to have somebody like John there running that program though. >> Anything else from anybody? Hearing none. Mr. chambers. When you're ready, please. >> Miss Parker, >> I. >> Mr. Nichols, >> I. >> Miss Perchard, >> no. >> Miss Smooyer, >> I. >> Mr. West, >> yes. >> Thank you. Um, last item is adjournment. I would entertain a motion to adjourn the meeting. I'll make the motion. >> Joe, >> sure. I'll second. >> All right. Mr. Chambers. >> I. >> Mr. Nichols. >> I. >> Miss. Prickard. >> Hi. >> Miss SMER. >> I. >> Mr. West. >> Yes. >> Thank you everybody. Have a nice evening
101and happy holidays. >> Okay.