001Order this regular meeting of the Oberlin City Schools Board of Education. Please call the role. >> Miss Anderson White >> here. >> Miss Gatson >> here. >> Miss Garrett >> here. >> Miss Dagel >> here. MC >> here. I will entertain a motion to adopt the agenda for this meeting. So move >> second. >> It's been properly moved and seconded. Are there any additions, changes, corrections? >> There is a deletion on page three. >> Jackson Lavina um is not going to resign that monitoring position. >> Okay, so a deletion. Oh, it's marked on here. Any other alterations, changes, additions? Any questions? Hearing none, please call the role. >> Miss Anderson White? >> Yes. >> Miss Gatson? >> Yes. >> Miss Garrett? >> Yes. >> Stagel? >> Yes. >> Miss Amecha? >> Yes. Um, next. Do
002we have any citizens concerns on agenda items? Looks like we didn't have any. Anybody check? >> Yeah. >> Okay, there are none. Um, next we have news of note and presentations. Dr. Hall, >> thank you. Have a couple of um shout outs as well. Um, first day of school was successful and they did a great job. The first week of school, uh, we had professional development for our teachers and also all of our staff from custodial staff, bus drivers to teachers as well. And that went really well. Um, as opening for the teachers coming back for the first day of school, we would like to big thanks um to our amazing staff, enthusiastic students, and supportive families for making our first day back so successful. We even had opportunity to provide families with our little
003perk, our first cup of coffee, uh, which had some nice, um, was in the newspaper as well. um our administrative staff and our administrators um stood outside and also our teaching staff provided um parents with coffee as they drove by and dropped off their students and we had opportunity to talk to a lot of our parents of bringing our students back and like to thank him for choosing um Overland City Schools as well. We had um Open Doors previously a heartfelt thank you to all our county and community members and organizations who participated in Open Doors. Open Door is an opportunity for our parents to come into the school to get schedules, to meet some vendors, to meet parents, I'm sorry, to meet um teachers, um to go to their classrooms, and to get familiar
004with the school. So, we had a lot of great parent turnout during Open Doors and like to thank the board members who um attended as well. That was great. Thank you. I would also like to announce um CBS film crew at Oberlin High School will be in um small CBS film crew will be interviewing students who are part of the man's work project at Oberlin High School. The man's works projects co-f facilitated by David Ree and Oland High School graduate Johnny Cole. He did a presentation for us um last couple of months last year. Um Johnny Cole is aiming to model healthy manhood for the male for male identifying um students as well. Um the group address this topic as gender identity, emotional well-being, media literacy, health rel healthy relationships, leadership and personal growth. Um
005so CBS will be coming in um have a special film crew um for our students as well and we have releases for our students who participating in that. The segment will air in late September and we'll notify our parents and the board when that happens as well. Uh football Fridays, we like to invite our community to attend football games and our activities. Um Friday night football games have returned and we are pleased to announce that on Friday, September the 5th, it would be alumni night at the stadium. Home games start at 7:30 p.m. at Bailey Stadium at Oakland College. We also like to thank all everyone who donated supplies for our students. Um from stuff the bus to um um different services that came and provided folders and books and pencils for our students. Uh
006we distributed all those materials out to the schools and um our students and teachers like to thank you and the community members who donated supplies for us. We also like to have um today we have a special um thank you from I'mma turn it over to Roman Fox. Um she would like to address the board and um some good news for us. >> Good evening board. Hello Dr. Hall and Bob, Mr. Reinhardt. Um, I am Brunwin Fox, choir teacher with the Oberlin schools, and I have a message from our music and arts departments. We want to thank you for your consistent and continued support of our programs. We are very grateful for the improvements to our Oberlin High School facilities that you have approved, including refinishing the auditorium stage, the acquisition of a new cycllorama
007for the stage, and the upcoming installation of air conditioning in the music and arts wing. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Um, your commitment to music in the Overland Schools has also contributed to our recognition as one of the best music communities in Ohio. For the third consecutive year, we have been awarded this title uh each of the nine times we have applied for it in just the past decade. Um so as a very very small token of our appreciation, we'd like to give our board members a 2025 best community music poor music education sticker and our superintendent and treasurer a mug to remind them of how lucky we are to have such well-rounded students in the Oberlin schools. So thank you. >> Thank you. [Applause] I'm gonna put it right next to my
008other one. >> Thank you. [Laughter] >> Thank you very much. >> Much appreciated. >> No, you guys doing a great job. Thank you. Okay, next we have facilities update. Um, on our agenda we have uh our design and development stage. I'm going to turn over to Mr. Dina Colola who's uh working with our project to give more information about the design development stage as well. >> Thank you Dr. Hall. Good evening everyone. >> Good evening. >> When we started this project, the 68 portion of the high school, we thought we'd need about $30 million. followed the state guidelines in going through the design process. We're currently in the last step. Um we added about 7,000 square feet extra. Um we put some space for the board in there. We put more classrooms in. With all
009that said, we're about a million dollars over that bus uh estimated budget. Uh we have about two and a half million dollars in contingencies. Some of that would be used for like bad soils if we run into a problem, but some of it is like a buffer for the the bids compared to our estimate. So, I think we're real close to about that $30 million. However, as we went through the design process, there's some other things we wanted to add. We're probably going to bid those as alternates, see where the price comes in, and then the board can superintendent board can choose if they want to do those. I think we're probably going to want to do that. I think we got one shot at doing this. So, we're probably going to want to do
010it the right way, assuming the treasur can come up with those extra funds. So, while we're a little bit over budget right now, I'm not too concerned about it. Uh, we really won't know until probably February when the bids come out how the bids line up with our estimates. I'm hoping they come in a little bit lower, but with this crazy economy and tariffs and all that, I just don't know. But, I feel comfortable where we're at. The last step in the design process is the construction document process. That should be done by the end of the year. We'll bid early next year with the exception probably in October, we're going to bid an early site package. That would be getting putting up the temporary fencing, getting the site ready uh for the actual building
011to go up. So, I feel good about where we're at. I wish I could report we were under budget, but I kind of suspected that that was going to happen when we started adding the extra space. Any questions? Currently the board will be approving um DD stage um to which I provide a few documents for you. If you'd like to see more detailed documents on the DD stage um please you're welcome to come into the office. I have binders and binders and binders and blueprints. Um if you'd like to see some more um of the DD stage for us um one of the things we are doing is we are going to meet with local vendors as well. That's part of our um agreement that we're going to work with them and try to give
012an opportunity to um to work and have an opportunity to bid on the project too at the same time. So we also will meet with JBS and have them involved with the project as well. Um they're very much interested like the Overland Elementary. Um so they'll be involved with the project as well. We want to have as much local and community involvement as we can with the project. >> Question. So what the board is voting on today is not like um set in stone >> no >> design plans for the actual building can thank you >> there there's four steps in the design process programming requirements you identify the spaces you want schematic design you start to organize that design development which we're at now you plug the spaces together and then CD documents which
013is everything final the way it is you'll have at least two more opportunities to decide if you want to move forward with the project. If you approve this tonight, you still have to approve the construction document phase. That gives us the authority to go out to bid. Then once the bids come back, you can say yes or no to those. So you have two other steps, but the design is is just what it says. It's a process. So we're fine-tuning, revising. We might add a few things, we might take out a few things, making all those changes to have a a final package ready. >> Okay. And Dr. Mr. Hall, you said you have all those uh designs in your office. >> Yes. Yes. >> Final little as as final as it is right now.
014>> Uh stuff that Okay. Uh and how many how now when you say uh binders and binders are we talking? >> Yes. Everything from um the landscaping to plumbing to all the details. Um you have to plan out the DD stage. >> Okay. >> Um so designs, but have to keep in mind too that we're still in design stage. So, um you'll see some pictures in there, but those things may change, >> but it'll have the overall like um footprint and semi blueprint of it. So, you can be like, "Oh, this is what the classrooms will look and oh, this is where so and so's office might be or whatever." >> Um possibly look, this is what we Yes. is >> ish. Okay. >> Um because if the bid comes over and we're already about
0151 million over, so you can't have no office. Yeah, that's that's fine. I'm okay. I go in a tent with like the army. >> You know, we'll put you in a trailer. >> That's fine. Um, but those things will be adjusted as we get closer to the the finances of it because as we get closer and closer, we're fine-tuning, but we're we know we are over budget. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Okay, that um concludes my report. >> Okay. Um next, I will entertain a motion to approve board items A through E. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been properly moved and seconded. Board items are A approval of the June 17, 2025 regular session minutes. B. Approval of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding for 2526. C. Appointment of
016the OSBA delegate and alternate for the November 17, 2025 annual business meeting annual recurrence. D. Approval of the resolution declaring impracticality of transportation of identified students per OC 3327.02. and E, approval of the resolution approving the school district's design development documents for the construction of a new 68 middle school building in connection with the school district's OFCC expedited local partnership program project. Um, if there's nothing specific about the minutes or the coalition for equity and adequacy school funding, then do we need to talk about the appointment of the delegate and alternate? I think we have two people. >> Yes. Yes. Um, Janet and I are definitely both going. Charita, are you going to the conference also? >> And I've I've been the delegate once before. Um Janet and I spoke and she would be more
017than happy to do that this time and I can be the alternate. Um and then Charlene maybe you can go you can be the delegate next year. >> Okay. >> I can do that next year. >> Okay. So then we Anybody else want to have anything to say about that? Are you just dying to be a delegate? I didn't >> I just want this is my first time. I just want to go fair. Yeah. And listen to quiet. And you can go and sit in the back of the delegate process. >> Okay. >> Um if you're interested in that also. >> I I just I'll just be there in the room >> paying attention. >> Great. >> Okay. So that sounds like that's been sorted out. Thank you Joanne and Janet. And what else? And
018then we talked about the design development. Anybody have any questions or comments about any of those board items other than what we've discussed? Any additions hearing? None. Please call the role. >> Miss Anderson White? >> Yes. >> Miss Gadson? >> Yes. >> Miss Garrett? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dagel? >> Yes. >> MCA? >> Yes. Next. I will entertain a motion to approve treasurer items A through D. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been properly moved and seconded. Bob. >> Okay. We have two months since we didn't have a July meeting. Um, we ended the month of June with 45,580,9645. We had outstanding warrants of $17,596.31. Again, 20 $23 million of that balance is the building project. So, it's not um we balanced to the penny. Um there was no adjustments needed to be made.
019Interest for the month of June was $155,899.93, bringing the yearly total of interest to $848,58149. um with the five-year forecast. Um the general fund ended the year with um 1,400 or 14,668,690. That was up just about $3 million from the previous years. Um and most of that was because of the income tax was up over a million dollars. And also when we sold our cops issue that brought in $600,000 of excess funds and we knew that that was going to happen and that's going to help make the first payment this year for the bonds and interest. Um we ended with outstanding in incumbrances of $214,24. Um and really it's right along with our projection. So there's really any questions on that or you want me to go deeper. Um and again the all the funds
020again we ended end of the year with an unencumbered balance of 42,350,448. 3 million of that is incumbrances. A million.2 was the architect contract and a million.3 was the GM contract. So most of that encumbrance is all a up with the building project. And then for July, we had we ended the month with 50,817,87845. Again, our outstanding warrants were $18,377.99. Again, we receive our property tax or two first two advances in July. So, that is why we increase so much. And we also get an income tax payment in in July. So, now we we got our final payment in August for the income tax and then that will fund us until January when we get the real estate taxes again. So that balance will naturally deteriorate. Um again, we had no adjustments. We balanced to
021the penny interest for the month was $157,8242. Um we did meet with the finance committee to start the um five-year forecast. We did go over my first attempt at the five-year forecast with the new state budget. They have changed the forecast to a three-year is what they're calling it and current year. So, it's a four-year forecast and we have to have it done now by August 15th, but this year they've given us to October 15th. So, next meeting we'll I will have the new five-year forecast ready for you to look at and go over. We did go through it this morning with the finance committee and nothing blaring was brought out. Um I still have a few numbers to fine-tune and then we'll have that ready to go and I'll share as soon as I
022have it available so there's questions you'll have you can ask them then. So we ended the month of July again in the general fund with 18,97,692. Um outstanding incumbrances in the general fund was 1.7 million. And again, we do a lot of um they're called super blanket purchase orders, which covers the electricity for the year, the gas for the year, the maintenance repair on the buses for a year. So that's we encumber a lot up front and then that dwindles down to the 200,000 that we usually end the year. Um other than that, everything is falling in line with where I I have projected it. And then all funds we ended the month with um again 50,817,876. Um we actually are up in the um general fund like I said because of the real estate
023tax dollars and then also the interest is attributing to that because I didn't budget quite that much. So some of that is what's falling in there. Um we did get our final payment from the nexus. So the 070 fund later in this we will be approving the um transfer funds um for the Nexus general fund money of $632,100. They are paid now in full um with interest. Um and they will start making their half payments just like everybody else on the I think it was 46.7% that they ended up with for us. So um of their true cost of building the pipeline Are there any questions on the financials? >> If not, we um you'll be approving today the um second amendment to the SHC Suburban Health Consortium. What this amendment is um we haven't
024adjusted these amendments or how the um consortium is governed since it was created with five schools. and now we're up to 17 schools. Um, so meeting six times a year with 17 districts is hard to get quum. So what we're trying to do is what this the changes this does is makes a board of a subcommittee of nine districts to serve three-year terms staggered. So we'll have three members with one year, three members with two years, and three members with three years. And those nine people then will meet bimonthly, monthly to bimonthly as needed to run the consortium and then the whole consortium will get together a minimum of three times a year um to approve rates and stuff like that. So that's in the nutshell that's what this agreement is changing. Um it also
025is changing the the um treasurer position so that um school school districts are chosen to be treasurer. Um it used to be mandatory that it re that it transferred every five years and this institutes that now we are actually paying the district that is the treasur district because it does involve a lot of money and financing. So when you're dealing with $10 million as a consort uh yeah $110 million of expenses per year um and they're sending out weekly aes and stuff to pay the bills. And who represents us in that consortium? Is that you? >> Yes. >> It's superintendent or treasur >> can rep each district gets one vote. >> So where are these 17 districts? Are they >> um it's it's us North Ridgeville. Um Avon Lake, Rocky River, um Polaris. >> Yes.
026Polaris the county career center Kyhoga Falls Brexville um Brunswick Orange um I can't it's Warrenville Heights or Richmond Heights and I think it's Warrenville Heights. >> So it sounds like several counties in the northern part of Ohio. >> Okay. Oh, and the um Kyogre County Career Center is in there also. >> So, Oh, Garfield Heights is in there also. So, so yes, there are Yeah, they're all open. >> It's not And there's large and there's small. It's not >> And we have the career centers and we also have the >> We don't have any ESC's, but we do have the career centers. Any other questions on that? Okay, I just talked about the um approval of the transfer and then later on the board starting next year, we'll have to talk about if we still
027want to depending where the project is bid, if we still want to put money towards that in the 070 fund, if we want to leave it in the general fund to pay the debt for the cops issue or there's always we could also set up a separate 070 fund to start the funing for phase So once I get the five-year forecast and we approve the February edition of it, that's probably when we want to make that decision. So we have a lot of time to think about it. And then the don donations for the month. Um OESPTO contributed $328 to pay for exhibition t-shirts. Cynthia Raph Chen, $25 to the Penny Lock Memorial Backpack. Um, Chipotle Chap Ohio pie prints $5021. Sorry for messing that up. Royalties for Spirit Wear OSAA um $1,250. Athletic Enrichment
028Fund. Um, Maxine Hawk for $5,000 to the Penny Lac Memorial Backpack Program. and we care closet. Um $135.50 in school supplies. Any questions? >> What is the athletic enrichment fund? Is that >> that's for that's to help pay for the students going to the um track meet for the state tournament track meet. So that's reimbursement to help offset the cost of room board and all that fun stuff. Any other questions, comments? Hearing none, please call the role. >> Miss Anderson White? >> Yes. >> Miss Gadson? >> Yes. >> Miss Garrett? >> Yes. >> Miss Dagel? >> Yes. >> Miss Amecha? >> Yes. Next, I will entertain a motion to approve superintendent consent items A through O6. >> 06. >> So moved. >> Second. It's been properly moved and seconded. Dr. Hall. >> Okay. Item A
029is 2526 Spectrum transportation agreement. We have some students um that attend Spectrum um and Spectrum does provide transportation, their own transportation. So this relieve a burden on our drivers as well um by utilizing Spectrum service. Item B is LCC direct admissions. This is an agreement with Lorraine County Community College that provides expedite um admissions to LCCCC. Um and this provides um LCC with the our information for our seniors going um or all our seniors. Um students can opt out of this if they wish and do not provide their um information if do not wish. Um that's something be going home to the um parents as well. Item C is approval of Everdriven Technologies. This is another transportation company that specialize in providing transportation for um some of our extraordinary students. Item D is approval of
030the increase of 612 lunch and breakfast prices. Um the reason why 612 and not K5 because K5 in the district currently is um is eligible to eat free within the district. So this is um just for 612. Um AVI performed the calculations um and this is the minimum that we can provide or minimum amount that we can um offer to our families to get federal money back in return. Um item E is a OS music and arts field trip to Nashville, Tennessee. Item F is a service agreement centers for children. Um this is another placement for some of our students who be placed at ESC for Northeast Ohio um that receive special services. Item G is um provide HI support hearing impair support for some of our students. H is a safe and reliable transportation
031company. um for the last say five years or so they have been provide pro providing transportation support for um field trips um and um various things for our students as well. If we have to get them to school they'll provide transportation to them as well. Item I is a special education model policies and procedures um per the Ohio Department of Education and workforce uh we've always had um a model policies and procedures u for special education. the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce as updating them. So, this is required um that we have to um approve this by the board to do updates. Item J is to purchase um is to receive bids for Ohio school council. Um the district will purchase a new bus this year um to keep our fleet up and current.
032Um we've been doing a great job with far as working with our bus drivers and not having our um and updating our fleet periodically to u maintain service for our students. Um this just requires us to go out for bid and it takes about a year to build a new bus. So um this is the first step in that process of um purchasing a new bus. Item K is theou for class one tech supply specialists. um our tech um support specialists um will move from 230 from 260 days to 230 days. Thisou with the union um to move that person from 260 days to 230 days. Um we've already spoke with the union and that person as well and they're all in agreement. Item L is revision of job description for um OBC staff. Um
033it involves a mentor of assistance in our subservices caller. So we kind of um worked around different job descriptions to provide more support for sub services to see if it works this year. It's a one-year agreement. Then we're going to review it in May with Oopsy um leadership to see if it's working. Item is item M are student handbooks for all our schools. Um there may be some revisions. So this you may see this again um either next month or the next couple months um at the reveal and we may fine-tune them a little bit as well. So you might see that coming up for the board again. Um the revisions would just be um moving some things around within um the handbooks. Idle manage transportation agreements with um college and also agreements with uh
034for a trainer. the district will have a trainer in the morning time provide services for some of our athletes. Um we don't have a athletic trainer. There's a shortage of athletic trainers. So we've um contracted with a trainer who provide um support for our students in the morning time. Um so during the week if they get hurt they can come to treatment in the morning. Um and our athletic director will monitor and develop a process allowing students to come down and get treatment. um if they need more than what the trainer can provide, we'll notify the parents during that time. >> Oh, quick question. Uh were there only two athletic trainers services that were going to be contracted for or were there three? >> There's two. Those are the daytime ones are the ones in
035the day. Um and >> we already done. >> Yeah, we already did the other one for the the >> for the games. Okay. Um, and then when you say that they're during the week, so it's going to be kind of like an office hours type of thing. I mean, I hear you saying it needs to be organized, but what's the >> during the day? It's uh from like 8:00 to about 9 or 10 and students be able to check in uh with a sign in and saying hey we of course we don't want to miss academics but we'll know by the night before um this person needs to see the trainer and they'll have a form assigned so they can go to the trainer >> and our our ad will be aware hey we know
036this person needs to get in. >> Okay. >> Um and we'll communicate with the teachers and staff to let them know that Johnny's down at the receiving treatment for them. >> Okay. Okay. So, and then the other athletic trainer that we have is just for during the games. They'll always be available. Yes. Okay. Got it. >> One more question. So, before didn't we like have a service that we contract? So, we're not doing that. >> Um we wish we could but um they were short and they were unable to accommodate us for um athletic trainer. Um there's a shortage out there for the athletic trainer. So, if anybody trainer, please call us. Okay. We can also get them to drive the bus too if they can. >> Hopefully. >> I was recruiting bus drivers. >>
037Good job, Farah. >> Always trying to recruit us. Uh, we have a couple of resignations. Item O um as well. Item um 01. Item 02 is some recisions. We have item three is leave a absence. Um Miss Esposito will be out for some uh couple weeks or so. We have Mr. Ferguson who is a um licensed math teacher who will be in there for uh Miss Espazito to provide support. Um still working with Miss Espazito and following her lesson plans as well. Um item 04 is some change in positions. I'd like to welcome Mrs. Williams as well who's also um a community member um who will be taking on administrative assistant job of athletic director. item 05 as well as some new employees hired in. Um, have a new um, our ASL program has changed
038this year. We usually have a service that's virtual, but we actually have a teacher this year. So, we have been um, would like to welcome um, Grace Baker on board as well. Oh, we also like to welcome we have here today is um Julian um Aassa Gorman as well, our new athletic director. I'm not sure if you want to say a few words or um Okay. >> Yes, you do. >> So, the people at home can hear you. >> All righty. Well, nice to meet you all. I'm Julian Costa Gorman. Um coming from North Homestead High School where I did my internship, graduated from University of Cincinnati. This is my first year of ading. So far, it's been pretty great. Some of the things that we're interested in doing now, for example, like Dr. Hall
039brought up at the beginning, September 5th, we do would like to have an alumni night. Um, we do have we do have food trucks coming. We have a a food truck, Frankie Bees, out of Valyria. And then we also have a Crush Lovable ice cream truck coming that I cleared through Oland College and their their right channels. And all food trucks are Oberlin Fire certified. And we are excited about that. We do have a little lot of cool things coming and lining up for that. Outside of that, um, I really am just trying to find ways to get out in the community, find ways to get seen, get eyes on our athletes. We're doing great so far. Our volleyball team won their first game, first two games for the first time in six years. Okay.
040And they're going at it tonight to win their first three. All right. And we're just our football team, I know, they're working really hard and we're we're one win away there. So, we're doing really well. Our soccer teams are doing well. Our cross country athletes are running well. So, we really are starting our fall off really well. Um, everyone's really receptive. So, I'm always right across the street at the high school. I'm very easy to find myself. My office number is everywhere. So, for all of you and everyone at home, I'm very reachable. So, >> thank you. >> We also like to welcome um who's not on here. We also have a new drama teacher as well um Kylie Strader who will be u providing supporting us for our drama um performances as well and
041also with our drama department. And item 06 are some few stipens and also see Albert Baron's in there. Um so former board member will be providing support for soccer as well. Request approval of item A through 06 from the board. Uh, yes. And I just I don't know if anybody else has any additions, but I did want to take a moment to just um mention one of the names on our list um and give you know our love and condolences to the family of Keith Urbansky. Um for those of you who have children who played soccer uh in the city over the years, I know mine started at like three or four and Keith was a staple in that soccer experience that my son had. and he actually played all the way up through sophomore
042year at Oland High School with the same kids, same parents and Keith was one of them. His boys played soccer. Um, and he was a we lost him just about month or so ago. And so just want to give condolences to his wife Crystal, his parents Steve and Betty, and um just acknowledge that that's a huge loss for our community. And then also we lost Miss Connie Ponder. So, another just pillar in our community. Um, and someone who again with both my boys just well, she called my youngest son 68. She almost had it on the nose. Um, he's 6'5, but she just was everywhere all the time, very much a part of my children's upbringing, part of the reason why they're doing so well um right now in the world as young men. So,
043I wanted to make sure that we took time to acknowledge those people who really supported our community. Anybody else have anything that they want to add? Okay. With that, please call the role. >> Miss Anderson White, yes. >> Miss Gatson? >> Yes. >> Miss Garrett? >> Yes. >> Miss Dagel? >> Yes. >> Miss Mecca? >> Yes. Okay. So, next we have board updates. Uh anyone have an update for uh the as liaison board members for any of the committees that they belong to? >> Yes. Um for uh legislative leaison. Um there was another hearing uh in Franklin County uh with the regards to um vouchers hurt Ohio which we're a part of now. Um and uh Judge Paige doubled down on uh the idea that this is not in Ohio's constitution. Um uh so we'll
044see what happens with that. Um I wanted to let people know that there is information on the OSBA website for people who are running as candidates for school board. So that's a good resource to know about. Um, I know there are other people in the community that may be watching tonight who might benefit from that information as well. Um, uh, also there's a group called Parents United for Public Schools. Um, they're having a a a Zoom meeting this Thursday night from 6:00 to 7:30. So you can look that up uh with their their title. Again, it's Parents United for Public Schools. So they're our ally. So that's it. >> Thank you. >> Then I've got sort of an update. The endowment board meets um next week, Wednesday, September 3rd, from 5 to 6 PM. We
045are actively recruiting new um community members and you can be a parent, you could be a we have a teacher representative, but teachers are welcome to come, you can be a community member that's interested in being more involved in the school district. It's a great committee because we fund um fund projects for the teachers and the students write their own grants. So, it's a really great way to get involved if you if anybody wants to be more involved in the school district and hasn't had the opportunity. We meet here at the elementary school. If you come to the I don't know which way that is, >> West. If you come to the west door at 5:00, um we meet upstairs in that great um meeting space on the second floor. And then the techn not
046technology the finance committee met this morning. I feel like we talked about that already in >> and we are also looking for members if any community member that would like to come join our meetings. They are public meetings and they are posted. Um just give me a call at any time and I can walk you through the process. Thanks. Um so I know that the PO the um finance I mean sorry town and gown committee has met. The last meeting that they had I was not able to attend. Um but our meetings have been scheduled for bimonthly so every two weeks because of the summer and people traveling a couple of them have been cancelled. Uh and we have the next one that I see on here scheduled for September 12th. I think that's correct.
047Uh Dr. Hall, do you have any notes from the last one? I think it was like two weeks ago maybe. >> We discussed Eastwood and um providing each other with updates on Eastwood as well. Um and we informed them that we're still working with uh um the land trust as well for that. Um so we did discuss that and we also discussed um the news kids coming back to Oakland College and enrollment and how can we provide help each other through our process. Um we also discussed um honoring officer needm as well. So those are some issues that we um talked about as well. So we have another meeting to um honor officer need um as well. So um those are some issues that we discussed. >> Great. Thank you. And then um Ann Sham
048as the representative for the board to JVS's board sent in an update about a little less than a week ago, a few days ago. Um her update indicated that they discussed a few things this month. Uh their treasurer, Corey Thompson, was recognized as a crane's leader in finance. The JBS's new website is up. Um some they've gotten some questions about the colors um that are part of the effort to be ADA compliant. Uh several building projects were completed over the summer. One is the LED lighting project came in under budget. The epoxy flooring project came in under budget. Cosmetology and carpentry project came in at budget. The CDL project is underway and is coming in under budget so far. lamp post with cameras are going up now and they are per purchasing five semi-truckss using
049grant funding for the program. Uh and wanted to thank Oberlin for attending the JVS breakfast a few weeks ago. Efforts to improve and maintain clear lines of communication between JVS and the homechools is critical to JVS um working effectively to serve our children. Uh she asked us to note that all JVS kids have access to their homeschool's websites on their iPads so students can be kept a breast of what is happening at home assuming the home sites are updating. Uh and she said Oberlin thankfully is um she asked us to remember that September 18th is connect to a cause. People can donate to support both the Oland City Schools District and Lorraine County JVS endowments and a lot of other worthwhile organizations in this community throughout the county. And then the annual fall festival craft
050show fundraiser for the student organizations is October 4th. And then just as a side note, I'm adding this as a resident. If you've driven down there, they have a really cool billboard, you know, kind of what do you call it? >> Yeah, like display. Yeah, electronic s sign and display. Uh with a lot of great information on it. So that's kind of cool that they have that up now. >> So that's the JVS update. Any other reports from anyone else? Okay. Um so next we have hearing of the public on other items. Did anybody sign up? >> All right. >> No, thank you. And future meetings. So September 9th will be our work session. It'll be at 6:00 p.m. right here at Oland Elementary School. And then September 30th will be our regular meeting for
051the month. Um 6 p.m. here at Oland Elementary School. Um so now I will entertain a motion to move to executive session pursuant to OC121.22 G1 to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official. >> So moved. Second. >> It's been properly moved and seconded. Um, any questions? Hearing none, please call the role. >> Miss Anderson White? >> Yes. >> Miss Gadson? >> Yes. >> Miss Garrett? >> Yes. >> Miss Stagel? >> Yes. >> Miss? >> Yes. So, we will go into executive session and there will be no business after the regular session is ended. So, we will adjourn. So, this effectively ends the meeting. Um, if anybody wanted to talk to any of us, you know, you're more than welcome to hang around out here until
052we're done. I don't know how long it'll necessarily take, but, you know, I'll be happy to talk to anybody who sticks around and has questions for me. So, thank you all for being here. Thank you.