July 8, 2024 Board of Education Meeting

001thank you for joining us tonight it's really wonderful to see all of you um uh this is the July 8th 2024 meeting of the Westerville City Schools Board of Education and this evening's agenda will be displayed on the screens in the front of the room printed agendas are available at the back of the room or you may find the agenda on your mobile device by connecting to the district's website at www.wcsoh.org click on the our district link and select Board of education and follow the board docs link to our current meeting agenda there will be two opportunities to address the board this evening the first being agenda item 7.01 the first set of comments is relative to agenda items 8.01 through 12.04 please State the agenda items you're referencing at the beginning of your comments

002the second opportunity is agenda item 13.01 there's a signup sheet in the back of the room um at the table each speaker will have five minutes to add address the board a timer will be shown on the screen and with that Miss Marshall will you please call the rule Mrs Davidson here Dr neest Baker here Mrs Valentine here Mrs opman here Mrs Meyer here would you please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all um there are no District highlights so moving along to the superintendent report Miss Hamburg right thank you I'm actually going to go up to the podium and have a few folks join me tonight

003for our strategic plan presentation all right good evening while we're getting that pulled up board members you should have a copy of the plan at your spot as well as uh you miss Marshall I want to start by introducing our Consultants with the impact group Phil Herman and Tom speaks they are going to be helping to present here in just a moment and they're going to give a quick overview of the process that we went through and then I'm really excited to see so many of our committee members and I want to take a moment to recognize them after they kind of introduce the process thank you Mr Hamberg this evening for the Strategic plan presentation um we will be uh obviously um doing the introduction we're going to look at the foundational documents so

004uh Westerville was really clear with us when we began that there are some core elements and some work that has already been done that U that you would like to see guide the Strategic plan and so we'll reintroduce those foundational documents um we'll look at the strategic planning process and introduce the committee many of the members who are here this evening um and then uh we'll get into um what are the priorities and objectives so we'll look at how we got there to um to the priorities and objectives um and uh and then we'll have team members share um an overview of those priorities and each of the objectives lastly we'll wrap up um with what are some of the next steps Where Do We Go From Here in regard to the Strategic plan and

005answer any questions that you have as a board so good evening as you recall we first began to build our portrait of a graduate in 2017 and we developed the six competencies social emotional Wellness adaptability problem solving collaboration critical thinking and communication and those skills which will prepare our students to contribute to the competitive and changing World in which we live which our mission statement asks us to do our essential elements create the environment with which these competencies and our Glo our grade level standards are all taught in every classroom in our system and together they comprise our educational framework which is the foundation of this strategic plan that's just a graphic with a little more detail on what Scott just spoke about okay the next piece that we shared with our strategic planning committee

006was an overview uh Carrie Dennis our business manager spent one of the evenings getting really in depth and we've also done that for the board at one of our work sessions so you're all familiar with that presentation but we made sure that our committee was aware of our tenure facilities master plan I know it's hard to read on there but just to give you an idea um and then we spent a lot of time getting feedback from them that we were able then to share with the board before you voted on that next phase but we thought it was really important that they had the grounding in um not only those educational documents but also in what we were trying to do with our capital projects and our facilities okay I do want to take

007a moment um and if you are when I say your name if you're here could you please stand and I do want to take a moment and do this because I think it's really important um when I tell you that these people gave a lot of time for this process it was a lot of time and I think there was one evening when it rained but I think the rest of the time it was like the most beautiful weather you could ever imagine like in May when everybody just wanted to be outside uh two and a half hour meetings one night um poor Jennifer had ordered us pizza and I got delivered to the South concession stand um but other than that we did feed them uh we did get them some food that night

008as well so it it was a great time the engagement was really really strong and I'm just super appreciative um the first meeting of this process was actually on my third day of work so I couldn't have asked for a better group to come in and just really kind of give feedback get me up to speed and just help drive this process from a community standpoint so again if you could just um I know not everyone is here but I do want to say everyone's name and we'll be reading some of this for the benefit of anyone watching this from the recording as well um so that you can hear who was on the committee Anne Baldwin Jack Brown Amy Clifton Mark Cooper Jessica Dio Frank Dobson Adam flugy Carly Foy Aon frankow Linda Freeman

009Walker Gertie glass Angie Goff Lynn Harvey Laura Hendrick Patrick Hickman Ryan hilberts Valerie Jin jinsky Dr Jennifer knap Jesse Martin Dr Michelle Martin Diaga mou Steven maroy Olivia Menlo Celeste Miller Kelly modick Steve Munger Dr Nancy Nester Baker Eric nickel Sarah Novak Amanda osendorf Meg Patton Adam Porsche Cheryl wford Latrice Reeves Nava Robinson Tammy Santa Brian Shaw Dr NRA Simmons Char Smith Shelley Smith Mark smolik Tim Stiffler Tabby Swain brandana Swanson Doug Schwartz Kate Toma Luis Valentine Casey Walo Katie Weber Tracy white Jennifer wyers Molly Woodruff Ken R and Becca Yanni In addition to those folks we also had all of our members of the cabinet if you're in here would stand as well that helped facilitate those groups all right so let's have a big round of applause for our planning committee additionally we

010had originally aimed for our last board meeting to bring this to you as you remember but our committee gave us such good feedback at our last meeting we felt like we needed to take a little more time with the revision on the objectives we felt like the content of the objectives was in alignment with where it needed to be um but the feedback on some of our our verbiage and our education need uh was very well taken and so um we did move this a meeting and still we have this great of a turnout so just super appreciative to people giving up their evening here in July to come and spend the evening with us so thank you Phil there we go so I'm going to give a quick overview of the process uh you

011might remember when uh Tom and I were with you in February uh we ran through the anticipated process for the Strategic plan development and for the most part that was the process that we followed there were a few places and it happens in any strategic plan where the process starts to get a little bit messy um the feedback is um is uh coming in you're trying to decide on um what the overarching priorities are how we're going to organize it um how we're going to align all the different feedback that we're hearing um and uh and this process was no different um we ran into some of those um same bumps and again um huge um thank you to the committee members who um would work through that with us and provide such enthusiastic feedback

012every single time we asked them to reflect in one of the meetings uh um on the information that was put before them um and to um think about it critically um they did so um with just um full participation and enthusiasm and then additionally uh members of the cabinet um uh members of the administrative team the board Representatives um uh provided excellent feedback to us as well and that really really helped us continue um to uh to move through the process and uh ultimately generate the results you see before you this evening the the committee process the committee met five times and um and we began again those first three meetings where we really were exploring some of those foundational um foundational elements so the very first U meeting we um dug in on understanding

013the educational framework Mission Vision and values of the westernville city schools and in each one of the uh the meetings um there was a time for learning or reflection or um understanding the themes or results that the committee had produced in the previous meeting but then there's also opportunities for the committee to engage with one another and provide um feedback to us as facilitators based on what they had heard um um either to elaborate um on uh information that we needed more um understanding from those participants um or um to to actually work on the work themselves in terms of um developing some of the wording around priorities or objectives and so in this um first meeting we focused on that educational framework and the Mission Vision and values of the school district and then

014we asked the committee um what does Westerville City Schools most need to focus on in the next three years to promote the values and competencies representing the portrait of a graduate and to prepare our students to be competitive and prepared for the world they will enter when they leave Westerville City Schools um and uh and that's one example of some of the activities that they that they participate in um through the process additionally in that first meeting um they also began the SWAT process the strengths weaknesses opportunities and threats and so the committee also provided us um the strengths um of Westerville City Schools at that point in between meetings we always compiled all the information that we heard um and generated uh the themes so that we could begin listening for are there common

015themes from either Community input or the members of the committee that are continuing to surface um throughout and how do we um organize those and prioritize those in the second meeting uh again our opportunity for learning there was understanding the facilities uh master plan um and uh Carrie Dennis gave the overview um of the facilities uh master plan at uh at this meeting um and this meeting actually timed up um with um just before the board considering phase two of the facility master plan you might remember I me so we were not only able to um have the committee understand the importance of that plan over the recent years and where the district is headed and what uh and to reflect on what could that mean for the establishment of the priorities and the objectives

016in this plan but also they were able to um uh provide some instant feedback um uh that we were able to share with you as the um board was considering what um components are considered in uh phase two of the master facilities plan or facility master plan um and what's not included in that in the third meeting oh in I'm sorry in the second meeting we also began the weaknesses of the SWAT analysis um uh we were able to focus on that where am I supposed to be pointing this right can you advance it Jennifer please thank you in the third meeting uh we looked at the analysis and insights um from the three Q meetings so in the fall and in the winter um Dr Clark and uh members of the administrative team um

017had a whole series of uh meetings with um internal U members of the school Community external members of the school Community um asking about uh what they like about the schools um what they see as the challenges of the school district um as well as um they're interested uh what are their interests in um uh the istics of a superintendent and so um those uh likes and challenges were all compiled by the administrative team into primary themes and then we were able to engage the committee in looking at that information and to ask them to also um uh look at down the summary of themes um and to provide feedback on uh what did they see as those top priorities um from all the information that had been collected from those uh meetings and why

018do they believe that those particular um themes evolved from our stakeholders so we were able to go deeper into that data with the members of the committee that were also representing so many different um uh positions and roles within the community and within the schools um again when we have these engaging um conversations every time and collect all that information we begin to see overarching themes and what was interesting is the themes that we heard from the committee were also aligning with the themes that came from those questions um or those three Q meetings um which is uh great when we see that because it it's a nice confirmation across uh the board that's how people in the community feel um from there um between the third and fourth uh meeting we had an opportunity

019to work with the cabinet and the Board of Education Representatives um we looked at all the information that we had before us and those themes that we're surfacing to begin to establish the overarching priorities and at that point we established um five priorities to bring um back to uh back to the committee um and uh we brought those um five priorities and we asked um for feedback on those um priorities U and we asked the committee to begin writing objectives based on everything that they had learned so far um and that they had already talked about um they began writing the objectives um for each of those um priorities the first draft of those um objectives um and uh each of the the subgroups of the committee began working on objectives that evening then all

020the Committees rotated through and looked at the work of each of the other subcommittees that evening um and we did a gallery walk and they provided instant feedback and then the um uh the subcommittees that evening had a chance to rewrite their objectives so we had two swipes at it in the very first um time of our first drafts um of the uh creation of the objectives and in the weeks that um followed that as we began to work um with the uh cabinet uh the district uh leadership team members of uh the uh teaching and learning team uh members of the different departments we got feedback um about these priorities um so these and the objectives so these were the the first draft um priorities that you can see those five um that were

021up there on the left side um and as we were looking at the objectives that were r WR it became pretty clear that many of the objectives aligned with the Essential Elements of quality instruction and there was a really important conversation um with the uh leadership team in those different um groups um and the board representatives to say are we missing an opportunity to align the Strategic plan to uh one of the really um guiding documents and foundational documents of the school district and um and is it are we creating Confusion by having a strategic plan and also having um the uh educational framework and uh and which one are we following are we working towards the educational framework are we following a strategic plan particularly when so many of the objectives aligned to the

022educational framework and so we said well wait a minute let's pause and look at these objectives and align these objectives and um and see do they all have a home underneath those Essential Elements um and most of them had a home underneath the Essential Elements um and helped advance that work but not all of them uh had a home and as we began to realize it it was some of the um elements that were really around um Finance facilities um the uh communication and transparency um some of those objectives um are really more about supporting those um those first three uh priorities and so what we ended up um doing was saying the overarching priorities are have already been created in the Essential Elements of high quality ruction as part of the educational framework but

023there's a fourth um and that's really about managing resources to support the implementation of the educational framework um and so uh that took us back then to revising those objectives um and multiple uh more swipes so we brought those objectives um back to the committee overall um they really like the uh alignment um and felt as though the content that had been created in the plan absolutely captured um all that they had learned and all they had discussed and the feedback that they had heard um from the uh from the community but we had some work to do on the objective language um they felt as though our um the swipe at that point um was um two educational EAS was speaking um too high using too many terms and was too wordy um and

024so there was strong encouragement um to uh Whittle those down and to bring those objectives in um in uh tighter and that was the work that we have been doing uh between the last meeting and this evening um in that fifth meeting uh again these are some of the reflection questions that we asked of the committee that helped us um uh come to those uh those results Tom's going to talk to you for just a moment about what is before you tonight in the plan in terms of priorities objectives um and some of the um subcomponents in terms of the work ahead thanks Phil so you're going to continue to see throughout this entire process priorities objectives action steps this plan has four priorities there are 17 objectives a priority is a high level Focus

025area in organization that identifies what is critical to its long-term success an objective is a specific measurable goal or Target an organization sets to achieve its priorities this is what you're voting on this evening this is this is this the Strategic direction of the district that everyone has waited in upon which is excellent we're ready to go the next piece here hit this the next piece is the is the action steps okay so an action step this this is tactical and actually your leadership team began to get in into this today this is who is doing what when and how is it measurable right this is the rubber meeting the road so the action steps understand that that is actually the plan itself this is the plan over the next year is this occurring and

026the main steps which were establishing this for are the Baseline recommendations implementation and measurement so Baseline we need to First establish for each of these objectives where are we right now what's going well what do we need to improve where are we right now to establish that Baseline we establish a date for that the next is recommendations we from our Baseline what do we have to do specifically to go from our Baseline to the intent of the objective implementation when do we begin to implement this and then measurement when do we measure it to report out the fact that we are indeed meeting that objective as we move forward uh you're going to see in the next weeks and months as the administration begins to build uh specific timelines and ownership of those that'll be

027made available to you all but this is how we're going to roll it out moving forward all right so with that um and there are copies of the plan in the back if you did not get one and you would like one board members and and Miss Marshalls I said you should all already have one at your seat we are going to go through and and just share and for the sake of the streaming um we are going to read these but I would also advise you if you go to the agenda online there is a PDF of this presentation and of the plan so if community members want to see either of those documents are available um and with that Gertie glass is going to read through our first set of objectives for safe

028and inclusive environments WCS staff are trusted adults who develop and provide spaces that are physically and mentally safe values diversity and and student authenticity as a result students are seen heard celebrated and are able to thrive grow and take risks objective number 1.1 promote the development of the whole child and cultivate relationships among students staff families and the community objective 1.2 create accessible learning environment to ensure every student feels empowered and experiences a sense of belonging through a culture of diversity equity and inclusion objective 1.3 develop and Implement clear and consistent two-way communication systems and accessible format to inform and engage internal and external members of the school Community objective 1.4 Implement recruiting hiring and retention practices to secure a high high quality staff that is more reflective of the diversity of our students objective

0291.5 Implement a comprehensive system of support for employees to include training mentorship clear communication of expectations and opportunities for collaboration and Leadership objective 1.6 establish clear standards and metrics to evaluate safety functionality inclusivity and quality assurance Insurance protocols within our learning and working environments thank you Gertie and we are going to have a Q&A session at the end for the board but I do want to pause after each of the priorities and just see if you have any initial questions on the objectives in that section okay great we'll move on to Priority two we have student centered learning WCS staff facilitates student learning focused on the individual and Collective needs of students shared responsibility for Learning and Alignment to grade level standards while creating opportunities for student voice choice and interests student- centered learning results

030in empowering students to be contributors of ideas Solutions and talents in their local and Global communities 2.1 Implement a multi-tiered system of supports which is is often referred to as mtss and you can see we've linked in um since that's a big education term there's a link there so if you go to the online version which we will have this on our website after you hopefully approve it um so folks can go in and get a little bit better idea of what that is because that will be a huge Focus area for us over the next couple of years but an mtss framework to address academic behavioral and social emotional growth and this is a good time to pause and just say um one of the things we obviously talked about wanting to ground these

031objectives in the documents we already have but an important piece too was that we were including work that was already started so you're not seeing in front of you 17 brand new objectives hey staff by the way here you go um a lot of these things our staff members are already working on our teams are already working on so this is in um various phases of implementation throughout our buildings and depending on if it's the academic Behavioral or social emotional growth side so we want a system a a systemic system that we can use across the district create family and Community engagement opportunities to enhance learning experiences for our students and encourage a sense of belonging and unity provide ongoing professional development for all staff focused on culturally responsive practices that promote student achievement diversity

032equity and inclusion and again I'll pause there to see if you have any questions so far on objective two or priority to all right next up Priority three which is clear evidence and application of learning and our Deputy superintendent Scott Dorne is going to share these objectives WCF staff provides students various opportunities and options to demonstrate growth understanding and Mastery of the grade level standards through regular formative and summative feedback and help students connect that learning to their future path through and Beyond prek-12 education objective 3.1 provide all students opportunities to demonstrate the application of critical thinking Innovative problem solving and collaboration through learning experiences relevant to the demands of the modern Workforce objective 3.2 provide all students with choices and a variety of future Pathways and options to demonstrate Mastery of grade level standards

033in objective 3.3 develop processes to evaluate the effectiveness of programming and resource allocation prioritizing impact on student learning and I just wanted to add and highlight that last one is one that um Nicole and and Scott and I have been talking about a lot um Scott and Scott we attended a workshop the state put on that gave us a really good tool for that and so you know as we look at our continual challenges with State funding other Revenue sources um and growing needs that are students have we really want to make sure that we have a strategic systemic way of looking at the programs we have evaluating the impact they're having on kids and what they're costing us and so that's going to be a big area that we're planning to focus on this

034year so I'm really excited about that questions on three all right cruising right along number four and I love this little icon that they made so I just want to point out that it's juggling the three other icons so manage resources responsibly to support the educational framework WCS staff are dedicated to advancing the education framework through strategic initiatives and sound financial practices our efforts will promote Financial stewardship transparency and accountability while aligning with educational goals Community expectations regulatory requirements and sustainability principles objective 4.1 develop and integrate technology systems for data collection analysis and reporting to showcase the effectiveness of District initiatives 4.2 utilize a comprehensive resource allocation framework that aligns budgetary decisions with the district's values and strategic priorities and again I just want to emphasize it's not that we're not doing any of this

035it's being more strategic about how we do it moving forward 4.3 promote Financial stewardship transparency and accountability to ensure all Financial activities support the district's Mission and strategic goals 4.4 ensure the district remains responsive and resilient to changing demographics technology educational needs and resource availability we had a lot of great conversation around this one with the the committee and especially the community members on this one um so I think that's a really exciting objective for us to make sure that we're staying on top of all the current uh changes and 4.5 align the facility's master plan with educational goals Community expectations regulatory requirements and sustainability principles while addressing the school district's current and future needs and enhancing operational efficiency so there you have all the objectives uh we'll have a like I said a general

036question session here in a moment but any questions on um priority four with the managing of resources um I just have one on objective 4.2 because I know you worked everyone worked really hard to get the language it's very understandable um so I'm just wondering Miss Marshall um since you know we talked about how we already have uh we're already working on all these but we're going to continue to make them more systemic can you just talk to people sort of in English about a resource allocation framework and what work what that means to you what we're already doing in that regard and I'm just trying to make it really understandable yeah so I think the best way to sort of explain that is just sort of talk about what we're already doing so we

037continually look at the fiveyear forecast is you know I bring it to the board twice a year but it is a document that's updated periodically throughout the year as we go through different planning phases and things like that we start our conversations around the next year's budget cycle in January um all of our departments and buildings receive spreadsheets they are creating their goals and their buildings and departments and they're aligning all of their resources and their budgetary needs based on what they're creating and that's based on whatever our district goal is and how all of that models through and so that is something that we're currently doing we um continue to have opportunities for adjustments throughout the year as we know things can change we have two periods during the year specifically where they can

038sort of move money between accounts and things like that as as the needs change um and that sort of thing so uh that's what we do now um I think that this fits right in line with that it's just um sort of memorializing it in a document and what we currently do I think too as we are adopting these strategic objectives it gives us an opportunity to have a conversation with Nicole and her team about are we allocating the resources so if our community says one of these is a a priority and we're not really allocating resources toward it then maybe we need to look at another oop sorry another area where we can move some resources and so I think it it helps us make sure that we're putting our resources where we say

039our priorities are yeah and I I do just want to mention like those conversations around the budget so they start in January you know they all receive spreadsheets but each individual department and building their meeting with their teams to work together to develop that budget we go into each of the buildings and each of the Departments and meet with all of them and go over it it's uh me the deputy superintendent our assistant Treasurer my fiscal coordinator we sit down and we look at um where are the gaps what what are you looking at for next year what are your goals and we have all of those conversations a as part of those meetings and they're working with their team before we ever get to that spot so great thank you for walking through that

040because I know one of the things I've really appreciated learning about the last few years and you've put a lot of effort into is those doing those building meetings um and making sure they're face to face you really have a sit down you know with building leadership and so I think it's just important that people understand um how you're already working towards you know what that framework looks like now but appreciate too um thinking about in the future looking even more closely now that we have the rest of the Strategic plan in place how to align with it so thanks for walking through that and I will say like every department does this right so the teaching and learning team they're meeting with the building principles and their directors and coordinators as they're thinking about

041their goals and their allocation of resources for the next year I know um Carrie and Doug visit with all of the building principles to talk about what's needed for facilities and those sorts of things so I think as an organ oranization we do this at every level um all throughout the organization so and you will see other objectives again in here that we wanted to make sure to Nicole's point we memorialized them because we didn't want them to fall off it wasn't like oh we're replacing them with other priorities this is still this should always be a priority for us any other questions on objectives under priority 4 all right so next steps we hope that the board will approve the plan um this evening um if the board uh approves the the plan this

042evening U we move forward with the um identification of chairs and co-chairs for each objective chairs and co-chairs for each objective um uh are typically members of the administrative team um or um uh or leaders within the uh within the School District staff um that become the champions of that objective it doesn't mean they're thear of that objective they're not um driving it um all by themselves it means that they're making sure that those steps that Tom went over the Baseline the recommendations the implementation the measures um that they're bringing the right people to the table to keep advancing that work um that we're sticking to the timelines that we established for that um for that work so establishment of chairs and co-chairs um and then establishing the timeline um what are the um time

043Lin what are the um timelines for the Baseline and the recommendations typically then you establish the timelines for the implementation later you don't really know exactly when you're going to be implementing those particular objectives um until you've had an opportunity to say what are you recommending um where are we today and what are we recommending to advance that work from where we are today um uh and so we established uh those Baseline and recommendation um timelines and then eventually the implementation and uh measurement timelines um and then the teams get to work um those four action steps for each of those objectives that is the work of the plan in the coming years and as Mrs Hamburg already pointed out uh some of those objectives are continuation to work this underway so the um it's

044going to be easier to establish a Bas line um and um and the recommendations because um uh you're already doing some of that um some of the the work that's represented in this plan others will have a longer um leeway and a longer runup and here's the other thing there 17 objectives um and uh it's uh intended to be a multi-year plan um you can't do it all at once and so there should be um some of these priorities that um take a longer term um or a longer Runway um to actually get really underway with them um and then um periodic updates to the board of education to the community and so um uh I think Mrs Hamburg was talking about quarterly um uh updates on a strategic plan that would be typical for

045many um school districts who are implementing strategic plan um to um provide quarterly updates how are we doing um uh how are we um doing in terms of making the progress on our um Baseline and um ultimately what are our recommendations um and where are we in in uh implementing these uh these steps and so that's what's coming next and that's what um really over the course of coming months but also years any other points you want to talk about next steps um we just share too that we plan on um rolling all of this out at our all admin Retreat on July 31st and then more importantly to our entire staff at convocation on August 9th so we can get everybody on the same page with where we want to focus our work questions

046comments well I want to start by thanking everybody for all this work and the thoughtfulness that went into it the time that people put into it um really appreciate that we were able to get feedback you know in real time as we're making decisions as a board too um so thank you all for and taking your time during the summer too to come here tonight as well I do just have one question I appreciate that we're going to be doing quarterly updates I'm wondering if there's some and I know that we haven't gotten that far yet because we haven't moved towards the implementation and actions and all that but if there's some sort of like visual that we would be put able to be put up online just so if somebody was curious of how

047we're doing just check in and if that would be possible yeah absolutely um Greg and his team have been involved in this process and so I would be leaning heavily on them to help us create those visuals so that we can keep our community updated we've also talked about I know um Phil's team is planning on making us a would you say like 11 by7 document that kind of has a visual of these and then we talked about like being able to simplify some of that language tour we can also have that translated into some of our main languages for our families as well and be able to put that online too so we thought that was an important priority and was brought up several times by our committee about making sure everybody had access

048that's great and also I just want to say thanks for like not creating 17 new things and really bringing everything that we have together um into one document that's really exciting I really appreciate the opportunity to have watched the process uh and I thank both of you I thank all of our team and I certainly want to Echo what Christy was saying thank everyone who chose to work on the committee and beyond that I so appreciate that this is not a plan that was created in a vacuum it's not a a theoretical plan theoretical plans look lovely and they can have great visuals but if they're not not grounded in the work that's already already been going on if they're not grounded in the community itself they're nothing more than something pretty so this is

049not that kind of strategic plan this is the kind of strategic plan that as I've said to some of you before is triangulated it focuses on the information that we have the work we've been doing and what our community members and our staff members have been saying this aligns all of those those pieces and creates out of all of those many easel sheets and all those sticky red dots and all of those threeq conversations it brings all of those pieces together and that is a difficult thing to do but you've done it very very well and I hardly commend you all of you for the work that you did to create this real real life plan thank you so I just want to say thank you thank you for everyone that was involved in your

050time and your talent that you shared I am super excited to watch this come to fruition and if there's anything I can do to help support that please let me know I'm all in um I have well a couple of things like everybody else I want to express my my gratitude I mean it is not easy especially those of you with with kids and families to pull yourself away to come and you know talk about strategic plans in the summer on a lovely evening so really thank you um and I my question really is for the impact group because I always I always think it's great when you have the opportunity to get an outside perspective on your school district to take a moment to do that um and you all probably worked with lots

051of districts on strategic plans and every district has its own sort of personality and this might sound like a a a weird sort of generic question but I'm really curious about pressure what strikes you about Westerville right that's like we don't know the water we swim in so tell us what it looks like yeah how are we different unique what what what are we so one of the things I was really um struck by um and Tom feel free to jump in here as well um one of the things I was um struck by was the um sense of community um Collective Community even in a district that has uh multiple High schools um and uh sometimes when we work in districts with multiple high schools um there's not that same sense of collective um

052Community the like the we are um Westerville um um and you have that um which is something that's really really powerful and should be um cherished um here and I don't even know if you know that that's not a thing in other places right you know um but um uh but it's um in some cases um it's it's not a thing um certainly um you have an amazing team I mean I have uh the next slide says thank you and there's some thank yous I wanted to say um you know of course to the board of education for the um opportunity to do this work um but also to the committee members um who were representative um of the of the community and um and uh again the level of enthusiasm and engagement for the

053schools um for the work um that the schools are are are doing um was you know typically attendance falls off um in a lot of places we work um you know you get that first meeting and then attendance um falls off attendance didn't fall off here and I was worried about it every time with those nice sunny days that she was talking about I was worried every time and attendant never fell off um and there was that level of Engagement and that speaks very powerfully uh as well um the other thing that really really stood out um to me um was the um the found documents right so there um that educational framework um with the Essential Elements of high quality instruction the portrait of a graduate um uh and um and all that had

054been done already um with within the within the school district um plus the uh Master facilities plan or facilities master plan um uh that's unusual um to have that be that clear on the educational framework and um and and what you're Desiring um to do instructionally um and so um it was really um kind of a little bit of a um challenging process because um uh I wish we would have had that Vision to more closely align this um earlier um but once we realized um this strategic plan is actually aligning to a lot so well to the work that's already been done um it really became fun um at that point to um to um align those uh objectives so those are some things that just immediately jump out for me I agree with

055everything Phil said with the added addition of Civility um we do a lot of work throughout Ohio and Beyond and there were some very diverse opinions here there's some different people at different ideas and everyone they addressed things with with kindness and with thoughtfulness and everyone had an opportunity to say what was on their hearts and it was respected and that's not always the case so once again it's a high performing district there a lot of really intelligent thoughtful people and what struck struck me is just Civility and sense of community it was really an honor to be a part of it thank you thanks and I went to um I I I went to school here back when the north south rivalry was a real thing so I'm just glad we're in a new

056space and I think Phil you said you started your thank yous but just did you have anything else you want to add there um I I did also in addition to the board of education and the committee members um I uh did want to thank um uh the cabinet has been so um uh enthusiastic and supportive and helpful um for any questions that um I had clarification that I need history background been really helpful um um especially um uh working with uh Nicole and Scott Dorne and Angie um you guys have been amazing as far as um just um the support for me um uh Nicole I think was my first um support and the first cell phone number I had and and unfortunately she just had to keep pointing me to other people because

057she was the only cell phone number I had at first but um I just uh really appreciated that um type of cooperation and spirit throughout so thank you all and I know I already thank the committee but I do have one more thank you they didn't want to be on the committee list but the three ladies at the back table there who will be very embarrassed by that but Jennifer Kristen Kylie um most importantly they fed us every meeting and organized all that um had everything set up the room set up um just all that behind the scenes work um Jennifer did all the emailing to the committee and sending everything back and forth with Phil so just really appreciate all their support on making this a reality and with that if you don't have

058anything else that is the entire presentation that we have for you tonight sorry I just have one I had one more question sure um so I was actually part of the 2017 strategic planning committee just as a mom and so obviously we're doing this again in 2024 is there a plan for how long of a life cycle this will have or is this going to just kind of live in perpetuity until we've met goals like what's the plan for that my hope is to keep it as so we talked about chairs for each of the objectives but I'm going to take the role as the chair of the plan and make sure that it continues to evolve and so um I think as we get to a point and things are met he talked about

059three years typically but I think instead of just abandoning this it's pulling our committee back together and you know maybe adding folks as we evolve and um just getting input on what additional goals or when we feel we've met we can kind of share that out in replace but I don't want to I'd like to continue to use this one as as best we can okay great thank you thanks thank you um next and may I have a motion to enter into an executive session for the purpose of discussing the discipline and dismissal of public employees and the employment and compensation of public employees so moved second M Marshall Dr Nest Baker yes Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Davidson yes Mrs opman yes Mrs Meyer yes you may stay but we're going to enter an executive

060session we'll be back all right well thank you for staying we are back um and may I have a motion to ENT turn you just return oh okay just ask that everyone said yes okay may I have a motion to approve the minutes of the regular Board of Education meeting held on Monday June 24th so moved second any comments questions okay M Marshall Mrs Alman yes Mrs Davidson yes Dr Nest Baker abstain Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Meyer yes and we have some public comments so I'm just going to call up Mr Doug Nichols and just a reminder that you will have five minutes to address the board please State the agenda item that you're referencing at the beginning of your comments a timer will be shown on the screens and Mr Doran will call time

061when five minutes has elapsed please keep your your comments professional avoid the use of inappropriate language and refrain from identifying individuals in the vent of a complaint please address your comments to the board and not the audience and there the microphone on is the microphone on yes thank you good evening Westerville Board of Education District Treasurer and incoming superintendent congratulations I'm here this evening to speak to you concerning agenda item 8.01 I'm asking the board members here to vote no on the resolution the Franklin County auditor 2023 Mass reappraisal values appear to be inconsistent what are possible reasons why the 60 appraisers used by the Franklin County auditor to appraise 450,000 properties were not even from Franklin County the process takes the auditor's office two to two and a half years if my math is

062correct each appraiser spent 30 minutes or less appraising each property is that enough time to perform a quality appraisal the Franklin County auditor said his office began to use a computer assisted Mass appraisal system or C in 2020 the 2023 Mass reappraisal was only the second appraisal cycle in which C has been used by the auditor's office this is the first time it's been seriously by citizens and news media alike auditor stenziano said when the appraisers came around in Franklin County they didn't even get out of their vehicles would it be fair to district taxpayers for you to base a significant 4.9 mil levy on property values arrived at through that kind of process without pausing long enough to examine it to be sure the levy request is set on a solid foundation of facts

063and accuracy Treasurer Marshall has commented on a couple of occasions recently about the importance of apples to comparisons Auditors appraisers value both her property and my property at the same $183 per square foot in 20123 in 2020 the C system valued my modest property at $129 a square foot while valuing her higher end property at only $11 per square foot should treasur Marshall seems to work extremely hard for her income so by all appearances her property is welld deserved for her and her family at this time there not appear to me to be socioeconomic favoritism with the auditor's values inconsistencies seem to exist in wealthy and modest neighborhoods alike often on the exact same street for no apparent reasons they occurred all over the Westerville school's tax District many inconsistencies exist in your own neighborhoods

0642020 trienal appraisal values increase an average of 20% 2023 Mass reappraisal values were historically high with the Westerville tax District averaging a 38% increase your own neighborhoods saw increases in the 50 60 and even 80% ranges one of your neighborhoods even had a property that increased 102% board member Valentine values on your street only varied from the 30% average sir do not call out individual members that's part of what we say you cannot you can put whatever in like just a person in there but do not call out individual members do you understand I do okay thank you one of the board members that lives in County their property only varied from the 38% average by plus or minus 6% unlike the Franklin County Properties but that neighborhood was evaluated by the Delaware County auditor

065which reasonably should only lead to more questions about the Franklin County evaluations the West Board of Education met on December 20th 2019 the entire purpose of the meeting was to oppose the edro voucher program during the meeting it was stated how important it was that data be interpreted accurately current board members so I can't say names no okay no there were two board members that are current that were in attendance of that meeting as well as the treasurer in the most recent board meeting uh the treasurer noted the lack of accountability surrounding the Ed Choice program if accurately interpreted data and accountability are important regarding the Ed Choice program shouldn't they be equally important concerning property values Olevia is based upon treas Marshall stated recently we do not have any say in value set by

066the county Westerville schools don't have any say in the state's Ed Choice V your program either but you're able to spend time and energy opposing it can you please stop using people's names people's what their names of you're supposed to be addressing the board I was given an email by the treasure so it's not fair game to use her name in an email that she sent identifying individuals in event of a complaint so it's the email wasn't a complaint it was simply a communication with the district treasur is that not transparency we just heard that in the presentation that was given fine it's fine thank you Westerville schools doesn't have any say in the state's Ed Choice Voucher Program either but you're able to spend time and energy opposing it you even appropriated funds at

067the last board meeting to join a lawsuit against the Ed Choice program I'm not expressing a Viewpoint in favor of the Ed Choice Voucher Program nor one opposing it this evening I'm simply asking you to invest in Equitable your time's up I've been in you've interrupted me several times may I finish please I'm almost at the end you you can have five more seconds Scott re said at the May 2020 May 20th board meeting that 40% poverty level is in the student population homelessness is at an all-time high please seriously consider the question how will a levy a 4.9 million families thank you can you if you want you can leave your comments thank you um next up we have Miss Laura and I'm gonna pronounce this last name wrong huh em Emma Trace thank

068you just a reminder there's five minutes and please keep the com as professional it wasn't green I am so nervous um hi thank you for allowing me to dress you board and Miss Hamburg we have a personal connection my kids graduated from Big Walnut in 22 and 24 so welcome to Westerville we're happy to have you um I'm Laura emra I'm an intervention specialist at F Elementary I'm also a level one dyslexia practitioner um I had a question on it's 12.01 your strategic plan on objective 1.4 it says that um to implement recruiting in and retention practices to secure high quality staff um could you just help me understand how we're going to address that objective um I don't know if you've realized since May 20th we've had 14 resignations of intervention Specialists within the

069district six resignations are on the docket tonight um we have 18 current openings for student Support Services um we've done some research on neighboring District districts just to see what their intervention population looks like Dublin has zero openings olangi has two G has three and New Albany has zero but we have 18 so I'm really concerned about the retention of high quality staff um it's a profession I'm in I hold dear I absolutely love what I do I love my colleagues who are all supporting me um so I just have you know general questions on what Westerville is doing specifically with OB Ive Point 1.4 to help us retain those highquality staff members when right now it's July 8th and we have 18 openings for student support services so what are other districts doing to

070retain their staff that Westerville is not able to do so thank you thank you okay um moving along to 8.01 may I have a motion to approve the resolution to proceed with an issue of bonds and Levy of an additional tax and excess of the 10 mil limitation in certifying the same to the bond of Elections so moved second any discussion comments you want me to talk about this yes please um so as we have talked about uh leading up to this point this is the final step in order for the district be on the ballot in November this is a combination two questions one vote ballot issue uh $140 million bond issue to be repaid over 37 years it is estimated by the county auditor the Dem millage for that is uh 1.66 Mills

071we have bonds falling off in the future so we are able to do this as a no new millage with the um addition of the capital projects fund that the board has allocated existing resources to coupled with this bond issue we do expect this to be a no new millage it'll actually be a slight decrease based on the county auditor estimates in addition to that we have a 4.9 mil operating Levy that will generate about $2.8 million a year and that is for a continuing period of time and we have had a lot of conversation around the needs for this Levy we have expiring Esser funds um from the federal government we also have seen significant Cuts in our state funding while we continue to be underfunded by the state and we also don't see

072increases on our voted property taxes due to the effects of House Bill 920 um as we've had many many conversations about in addition we continue to see the same increases in costs that the rest of the world is seeing as we all know we're living in a high inflation time and the cost of doing business is just great along with the needs of our students continue to grow um I think our Educators that are in the audience can probably attest to that and so uh this was my recommendation that the board be on the ballot in November uh the conversation around the millage uh the estimated property values and all of those things because of the way Ohio law works and House Bill 920 um regardless of the value change if the values were to

073decrease if they weren't correct for some reason and the county was to come back and make some large um decrease in property values the millage for the for this uh ballot initiative spe specifically for the operating fees would never go above 4.9 Ms so that's the voted millage it will never exceed that millage um for the bond issue that is based on an amount up to $140 million should there be some drastic change in values we would definitely want to reassess what that would mean to our community before moving forward with actually issuing bonds I have spoken with the Franklin County auditor office and they're not aware of that they haven't they have nothing put out where they're evaluating you know some Mass change to what the 2023 reappraisals were and as I've shared with

074the board previously um and in many Community meetings that while 38% the in the average increase for homeowners in Franklin County was 38% in Westerville schools um the county aor also shared with me that over 30% of the homeowners actually saw a decrease in their property tax bill due to the reappraisal um updates so that is how House Bill 920 works we didn't invent the law the county auditor didn't invent the law uh it's been in place since the 1970s and so that's what we have to live with today so just to um connect those dots a little more and and reemphasize what you said so the millage could decrease but it's not going to increase and so if values continue under houseal 920 to increase that millage would fall back so that we collect

075roughly the same amount yes just to clarify yes I rais some concerns when we began talking about the millage amounts and I appreciate the comments that people have made to me and information that people have shared with me and concerns and questions that uh are totally understandable within the community when we begin talking about going on the ballot and I have all of those and considered where we are and what uh we're all responsible for a yes vote on my part on this is an acknowledgment of a number of changes that need to be addressed uh in particular I am thinking about the comments made by one of the speakers as we talk about certain vacancy levels that are higher than we want them to be it's only my opinion but I feel like we

076have been too thin too long in some of our areas where we have seen extensive growth in student need we've not been able to uh stretch the dollars farther even with Esser funds or uh other components of funding that we have utilized we've not been able to stretch the dollars far enough provide the level of services that our student population now needs it would be satisfying if I could look at the student population size and do a straight correlation to identification of how much should be spent uh overall on instruction and curriculum on Staffing on facilities that's not possible the way it might have been when I was a much younger person now we have layer upon layer of student need that has escalated Beyond I think what any of us expected this is a

077district that has experienced incredible demographic change We are continuing to do that and with that change and with societal changes the needs of our students have increased to the point that I cannot in good conscience say that our current level of expenditure our current level of income allows us to meet those student needs appropriately it is um a big ask it's an important ask and I am focusing my particular vote on what is it that we actually need to do to meet the needs of the students in our school district because meeting the needs of the students in our school district actually meets the needs of every single person in the school district as a whole that's what I wanted to share with you it is a messy layered look at all of our income

078and all of our expenditures and I have come down on the side of yes um Meeting those needs which are real and um growing is what weighs most heavily on me with this particular issue um and you know I I know people know that I live in this District but I like to point out I have several households of family members who will also be subject to paying you know additional taxes and so I think about them some are retired some have small children um and so this is weighed on um both a districtwide level and knowing the needs of I mean we know that some of our families are in really difficult circumstances um and some people are on limited income so it is never easy to ask for more money it is never

079easy but the needs are real and we will all pay for it down the line if we don't take care of kids now and so I have listened and I listened to financial analysis and the needs analysis and so you know I'm supportive of this for those reasons it's never easy to ask for more and so miss Marshall I know we all know the answer to this question but just to be clear there is no other way to fund Meeting those needs correct besides going back to the community and asking for yeah the school funding system in Ohio has put districts in a place that our only option is to go to our local community to make up any shortfalls that we have in revenues and need yep and that's where we are so thank

080you for um all the everyone in the district who has done the careful analysis and sharing of needs and expressing the needs that continue to exist um and this is where we are so thanks I'll just add to that I think also um what's really challenging is our general assembly continues to try to St strip away funding and continues to um put a lot of stipulations and requirements on school districts and so that adds another layer of needs and funding needs and so um as my colleagues have said I know we all have been listening and doing work sessions over the past year year and a half listening to the needs of the school district or even longer but you know doing that publicly in these work sessions and listening to the financials and so

081it is something that we do very thoughtfully knowing all of these other um you know other people's lived experience and where they are so yeah I'm trying not to talk um just right when Jen and I came back from executive session the last five years and sitting like looking at Ed Educators out there the Dynamics of our school district have changed from Co just the needs I can't even express and I'm not in the classroom every day but the needs that our kids are coming to school with and that our staff members have on top of it um I feel like we are good fiscal stewards and we will continue to do that and to ask good questions but at the end of the day this is our job um I am fully supportive I

082appreciate all the due diligence that the community has done that our staff has done um that I always you know I want to invest in our kids in our community so thank you I will Echo the sentiments that my fellow board members have mentioned and I especially want to stress the point that President Meyers made about if we don't want to have these levies over and over over and over again the state legislature has to do its job to fund public education at the level that is prescribed by our state constitution if that does not happen this continues to happen now it has been five years since the last Levy I think we have stretched it as far as it will go I Believe Miss Marshall and her team try very hard to not have

083us on the ballot but with the increase in the prices of everything those prices also that affects the school district as well if you are paying more for groceries the school district is paying more for food for the kids for breakfast and lunch as well so you know it's been a compilation of all of these things that kind of lead to having to be on the ballot and having to go back to the voters again and ask you know we we need we need more for our kids and I think for for me personally I have a little one who you know started his journey in the Westerville City Schools right downstairs in the ELC he was he's been on an IEP for K through five and it has had been heartbreaking the first couple

084years at his school you know kindergarten and the first grade teachers emailing my husband and I like he had another outburst today he had a meltdown there were no aids to help them so you've got 25 26 kindergarteners in a room one teacher and another one or two maybe that have extra needs how do you balance that it's really difficult and I'm sure those who are there can attest to it being super difficult so as everyone has said as the needs of our kids has changed we have to be able to keep up with that because if we don't those problems don't fix themselves and they will surface later on so I am in support of this Levy like we said it's never easy to ask for money when I was you know teenager asking

085my mom for like money to go to the movies was hard this is a much bigger ask but I am supportive of this because the children who are going to graduate from art programs are going to go on to become you know the engineers and the doctors and the designers and performers of the future that we're going to be interacting with for the rest of our lives and I want to make sure that we give them the education deserve in order to be those productive and happy adults later in life Miss Marshall ready yep Ready to vote Mrs Davidson yes Mrs Valentine yes Dr Nester Baker yes Mrs Alman yes Mrs Meyer yes um may I have a motion to approve resolution the resolution to proceed with in oh sorry I'm reading the wrong one

086may I have a mission to approve the resolution to for the agreement for deposit of public funds in First Commonwealth Bank so moved second Miss Marshall uh yes thank you president Myer members of the board so this is just a followup from the last meeting uh our actual agreement with the First Commonwealth Bank which is our current uh banking services any questions comments M marshelle will take the vote Mrs Alman yes Mrs Davidson yes Dr Nester Baker yes Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Meyer yes and may I have a motion to approve the personal consent agena 9.01 through 9.14 so moved second and welcome Mr Cooper good evening president Meyer vice president Alman members of the board Miss Marshall and and her superintendent Miss Hamburg this evening's Personnel consent agenda includes action items with regard to

087resignations retirements leave of absences contract status changes onetime pays and other employment related decisions we have two staff members who have announced their retirement on this evening's agenda Deana Cathy is retiring after 23 years of service to the district and Connie Brown after 38 years of service to West Ville City Schools we appreciate all they have done for our student staff and community and certainly wish them the best in the years of retirement ahead I would like to note a few administrative items on this evening's agenda that are recommended for your approval within item 9.01 I would like to call out the resignation of Greg bbr as our chief Communications officer we appreciate Greg's 18 years of service to Westerville City Schools leading our Communications Department and certainly wish him the best in his retirement

088ahead under classified contract status changes it's recommended that Charlie boss current Communications and Community engagement coordinator be reclassified as an administrator and continue her leadership in the communications department and Charlie is here tonight welcome Charlie under licensed contract status changes it is recommended that Janice mopine current assistant principal at man France Elementary fill the role of director of educational equity and I see Janice back there in the audience tonight thank you for being here Janice and it's also with great excitement that I highlight the board's resolution this evening to employ Angela Hamburg as superintendent our administrative team is thrilled to be able to work with Angie given her teaching and Leadership experience her Forward Thinking vision and unwavering focus on students at the center of every decision finally I'd like to give you a a

089brief update on some of our hiring um so far this summer while summer for school buildings usually means quieting down a little time for reflection and planning for the year ahead it is one of the busiest times in HR as you know we've committed to hiring several new FTE specifically in our highest need areas for El teachers and intervention Specialists to dat we filled all of our English language teacher positions that's 12 new FTE to the district for this coming school year and 20 new hires of intervention Specialists those 20 intervention specialist positions fill all of the open vacancy positions from a number standpoint and actually net additional ft to our district um that have already been hired so I know there have been some questions with that tonight so I just want to clarify

090that piece there we do still have some a few openings of is positions four of those have been offered just today uh I also want to not just major appreciation for our administrative team especially our El department and our special education department they've been working since December on hiring positions um knowing that we are going to add FTE for this coming school year um so just a appreciate all of the work that they have put in the hours and hours of interviews since December for this and just um just the amount of time and effort that they put into growing this support for our students if you have any questions I'm happy to answer answer those at this time any questions we're gonna vote on Angie's contract separately okay you can vote on it separately

091yeah yeah yeah please so the motion was for 9.01 through 9.14 okay sorry all right can I say something just about Greg Greg I know you're not leaving yet um but you know you've been leading up to this for a while it hasn't been much of a surprise as you put all the things that you put out there on Facebook I've been following them and then running and hiding my head under a pillow and yelling no no no no you have been a rock not just for this District but for all of Central Ohio and all of the work you've done I admired you and your professionalism long before you came here and I was delighted when you came to Westerville I am not delighted to see you go although I know that what you

092have put in place here and the people that are stepping into the roles will carry on what you've done but I thank you I would just thank you Greg I was a little shocked to see that again but um um excited uh for you and excited for Charlie and Janice so um excited for these new roles too yeah there you that yep Mrs Davidson yes Mrs Valentine yes Dr n Baker yes Mrs Alman yes Mrs Meer yes and may I have a resol resolution to employ Miss Angela Angie Hamburg as our superintendent so moved second any comments and you are so excited you're here I can't even express so it's uh long time in coming we're excited about the future and and your outlook on the entire district and how much you are student focused

093and you care about staff and our community and so I just can't say welcome enough thank you and I the fact that you jumped into the strategic planning process on day three like not everyone could do that um and and we've ended up with something a really useful document so I know that um that's only a piece of the job but it's an important one because it's sort of our guide post you know moving forward so thank you for doing I know it was a lot of work just to sort of get up to speed and be able to run that process so thank you for that and lot I I know I know thank you everyone else for um for making that so successful um but I'm just thrilled that you're here thank you

094so thanks I'm gonna layer on I'm really excited that you're here um and I just appreciate how collaborative you've been and how you hit the ground running at day one um yes you had a lot lot of support and help but it's just really the feedback we've been hearing from the community the feedback that we've been hearing from buildings it's just really really nice and really appreciate it um and excited to see what's next so thank you ditto right it is a tough time to be a superintendent um everywhere not just here it's a tough time in the super tendency and I'm delighted that you've chosen to make a home here we are going to be in good hands with you I do not doubt it for a moment I'm excited this is good stuff

095just as I was yelling no no no when with Greg statements I was yelling yes yes yes when you were willing to step in and uh on an interim basis see what you thought of us and what we thought of you and now it's time to go Full Speed Ahead thank you you for being willing to be here would you like to introduce your family members real quick since they drove all this yes so I am I would say they will be very embarrassed but um my sister-in-law Tammy Cisco and her daughter my niece Sydney Cisco are here um from about two hours away from St Mary's um where my husband's family still live so appreciate them being here tonight to support me thank you yep Ready to vote yep Dr neest Baker yes Mrs

096Alman yes Mrs Davidson yes Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Meyer yes um may I have a motion to approve the student handbooks for the 24 25 um school year so moved second any questions comments we're all excited sorry we're all just really excited I assume we had no substantial we have not received any feedback since the first reading so if you don't have anything additional tonight okay all right Mrs opman yes Mrs Davidson yes Dr Nest breaker yes Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Meyer yes there's no new business um next we have standing business and can we take it as one it is or do okay I'm sorry okay let's take it may I have a motion to approve the Strategic plan so moved second oh any questions any questions or comments okay Miss Marshall Dr Nest

097Baker yes Mrs Davidson yes Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Atman yes Mrs Meyer yes and may I have a motion um to approve the resolution from practicality of Transportation so moved second and welcome Miss Dennis good evening code allows for public schools to determine the practicality of Transportation after consideration of a number of factors including Li to the cost of providing Transportation the mic's not M okay there's a lot of like gesturing out there like this and this and um even after four children I never got those I work on that one we can start again um good evening we'll just start there um aice code allows for public schools to determine the impracticality of Transportation after consideration of a number of factors including but not limited to the cost of providing transportation and the number

098of students to be transported the department of purchasing and Logistics has evaluated the listed private school student per the requirements of section 33272 of the Ohio Revised Code and declared the student impractical to transport approving this resolution will allow the district to offer payment in lie of Transportation in the manner provided for per the Ohio revised code at the rate set by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce it is being recommended that the Board of Education approved declaring the listed student and practical for transportation and offering payment in Le of Transportation if you have any questions happy to answer them any questions okay thank you Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Alman yes Mrs Davidson yes Dr Nest Baker yes Mrs Meyer yes and may I have a motion to approve out of state overnight field

099trips so moved second and welcome Miss Bodwin right good evening president members of the board superintendent Hamburg Mrs Marshall this evening you'll see a date change for an out of the country field trip as the date for the cultural immersion trip to Italy was inadvertently added to a previous agenda as March 26th they're actually leaving March 29th and students will not miss any days of school so we want to make sure that was correct and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have any questions all right thank you M Marshall Mrs Alman yes Dr n Baker yes Mrs Davidson yes Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Meer yes and may I have a motion to approve the settlement agreement so moved second M Marshall Mrs Alman yes Dr Nester Baker yes Mrs Davidson yes Mrs Valentine

100yes Mrs Meyer yes and we have no public comments so moving along to board comments who would like to go go first I can go first um first I want to say a quick apology to our speaker for my tone um I'd like to explain that in the past when names have been used at the podium it does impact our families and our homes so you did not know that but I need for you to know that because it does hurt our families so I'm going to move on from there Greg you will be deeply missed you uh um you are always there I think this last two years we've had a lot of people leaving that truly impacts our district this will be one that the community will notice so you will be missed

101um to our fou staff that showed up tonight thank you thank you for coming it's so nice to see people come and engaged and um share concerns in in a thoughtful way so I respect that and uh just one more thank you to our strategic plan members um in the impact group for all that you've done thank you well I'll just say there's you know Board of Education meetings sometimes on the surface they might look a little bit less than exciting sometimes um but there's actually a lot of there's a lot tonight I mean if you really listen I appreciate those of you who are here taking taking the time to speak taking the time to share um because there's a lot going on so um Greg we wish you all the best right we

102really do um and welcome uh to Janice and new role and um just want to welcome superintendent Hamburg thank you for being here and um some really important conversations about asking for more resour resources to do what we need to do for kids so thanks for speaking up like Jen said we had a lot of really big topics tonight a strategic plan for the next however many years um Angie so excited to have you as our superintendent um and then like like we've talked about more resources for all of the things that we need for our kids and while that's a lot I'm really excited actually for the next school year because this provides a lot of opportunity and I'm just really excited to see where we go from here I've said enough I'm just

103to say ditto I'm just excited for where we're heading um really appreciate all the work appreciate the comments I appreciate people um asking questions really do but just really excited for the future and where we're heading so thank you all and with that the board will meet in regular session on Monday August 12th 2024 at 6: pm at the Early Learning Center which is here and for those online it's 9:36 East Wind Drive Westerville Ohio and with that may I have a motion to adourn so moved second M Marshall Mrs Valentine yes Mrs Davidson yes Dr Nest Baker yes Mrs Alman yes Mrs Meyer yes thank you 753