Cuyahoga Falls City Schools BOE Regular Meeting 4/22/2026

001Ready everybody? Good evening. It's 5:30 p.m. and I'm going to call to order this regular meeting of the Ka Falls City School District Board of Education on April 22nd, 2026. Miss Doyco, will you please call the role? >> Mr. Gomez >> here. >> Mr. Harris >> here. >> Mr. Sher >> here. M White >> here. >> Mr. Zipper >> here. Thank you. Item B is approval of the agenda. Number one's a motion to approve the agenda. It's recommended the board of education approves the agenda of the April 22nd, 2026 board of education meeting. Action by the board of ed education adoption of a consent agenda means that all items are adopted by one singular motion unless a member of the board of education, treasurer, or superintendent requests that any such item be removed from the

002consent agenda and voted upon separately. So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Please call the role. >> Mr. Gomez. >> I. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Schaefer. >> I. >> Miss. White. >> I. >> Mrs. I. >> Thank you. Item C is our opening ceremony. And number one is ourformational items. This meeting is a meeting of the Ka Falls Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the school district's business. It is not a public community meeting, although there are opportunities for public participation. If an individual wishes to address the board regarding a topic found on the meeting agenda, the individual must complete a registration form found inside the attendance notebook and present it to the treasurer. Following the introduction of the topic by the board president, followed by board discussion,

003the individual will be recognized. If an individual wishes to address the board regarding a topic not found on the meeting agenda, they must notify the superintendent and/or board president of the topic no later than three business days in advance of the meeting. These individuals may share their comments during the board business portion of the agenda. In both cases, the individual will preface comments by announcement of their name and address and limit comments to three minutes. All statements should be directed to the board president. No pre person may address or question board members individually. An unabridged board agenda for this meeting can be found on your electronic device at the address shown on the screen. And for your convenience, hard copies of the board agenda may be found on the sign-in table down by Mr. Harris.

004The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Kaga Falls Board of Education is Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. right here in the Blackbox Theater. And now for our pledge and welcome, Mr. Harris. Please stand for the pledge. >> To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> Welcome. Our vision. Ka Falls City School District. The hub of our community. Committed to a culture of caring. We innovate. We create. We personalize education for all. Our mission, every student, every day, every opportunity. >> Thank you, Mr. Harris. Brings us to item D, presentations. We have a lot of wonderful things to celebrate tonight. And first up is our friend of education award. I'd

005like to invite up Mrs. Schaffer. >> Thank you. >> Good evening. Uh it is my honor to present the Kaga Falls City School District's friend of education award established by the board of education. This award award recognizes individuals, businesses, and organizations who make a meaningful and lasting contribution to our district's vision, mission, and strategic plan. It celebrates those who go above and beyond in supporting our students, staff, schools, and who help foster the culture of caring that defines Kyhoga Falls through their time, talents, and unwavering commitments. Tonight, we're proud to recognize Mark Bowers for his extraordinary dedication to our instrumental music program for the Black Tiger community as a whole. A 1985 graduate, Mark's commitment to the Tiger Band has spanned more than 40 years. For two decades, he served as president of the Pride

006Alumni Association, helping to strengthen and grow a program that continues to thrive today. 16 years ago, he helped establish a scholarship awarded annually to a graduating senior pursuing a degree in music, an investment in the future that continues to impact students year after year. One of Mark's proudest accomplishments was helping to secure a $25,000 donation to name the band room in our 6 through 12 campus in honor of a beloved band director, Robert Felbush. This tribute ensures that Mr. Felish's legacy will continue to inspire generations of student musicians and it reflects Mark's deep respect for our history and traditions of our program. Mark has also played a vital role in building and sustaining a partnership between alumni association and our instrumental music patrons through his leadership and fundraising efforts such as TAG day and Italian

007festival. These collaborations have generated, by my math, hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting the purchase of new instruments, uniforms, and opportunities for our students. Beyond those numbers, Mark has created something even more lasting, a culture. His enthusiasm and pride have helped build a vibrant alumni band tradition that keeps graduates connected long after they've left our halls. From the moment seniors relieve their receive their alumni band shirts before they graduate, they are welcomed into a legacy that has helped nurture that he has helped nurture year after year. Other districts have looked to replicate what he does, but they'll never be the pride of the pride. Mark's passion for Kaga Falls runs deep. Today, he continues to serve our district as executive director of the Kaga Falls City Schools Foundation and Alumni Association, where he leads efforts

008to support and enhance educational opportunities for all students. Simply put, no one embodies black and gold pride quite like Mark Bowers. Please join me in congratulating tonight's friend of education award, Mark Bowers. So this is this is for you box freezer. Oh. Oh, thank you so much. Keeping me organized and friend of education and and I've invited Mark to share a few words. A man of few words. Thank you everybody. I am incredibly humbled and incredibly nervous being up here, but I want to talk about the Tiger Band because that's my passion. We are so blessed and so fortunate to have the strong music program we have here at Kahoga Falls. I kid you not when I say we are the envy of every band director in northeastern Ohio, including a specific one up in

009Orange now that I think about it. Um, the Tiger Band runs very deep in my family. Bob Fel Bush molded me, Brandon Duval molded my daughter, and Dustin Harris molded my son. And the music program itself molded my wife, a Firestone swimmer, into one of the best band moms around. So, where are my top tigers? If you're a top tiger, raise your hand. CONGRATULATIONS. And I want to tell all our young ones, at some point, Mr. Harris and Mrs. Lambert is going to come to your classroom and ask you if you want to join the band. Your answer needs to be yes. I do. I want to be in the Tiger Band. So, thank you for the award. I can't accept it personally. We have a committee of 10 people. We've been together for 21

010years now. And it's because of the committee that the band has worked. The band has done what we've done. So, I accept this on behalf of the entire Pride Alumni Committee. Thank you very much. AND after all our recognitions are over, we are going to get pictures with all the people we recognize. Uh Dr. Selco will give more instructions about that. But we just want everyone to know that and note that. So don't anybody try to leave before we get those pictures because we want everybody in the community to know and get an opportunity to celebrate you as well. Um, for our next two presentations, I'd like to invite up our assistant superintendent, Mrs. Jodie Houseman. >> Okay. Um, thank you, President Gomez, Vice President Schaefer, board members, Dr. Mr. Celico, Miss Stoycoy for having

011me here tonight as well as um thank you community and my colleagues. So at this time I'd like to invite Miss Scalla and Miss Turange up to join me please while they're heading this way. And if there are any staff here tonight, is there any staff from Richardson and Dwit? Come on up. Yep. Yep. You get to come too. COME ON. SO THESE are two elementary schools have won the governor's science of reading uh champion award. And so this is issued by the Ohio Department of Education and workforce and it celebrates schools that have demonstrated a proven commitment to highquality literacy instruction with research-based science of reading practices. So some of the things that the schools have accomplished are 100% of their teachers, administrators and all teachers in support have been um certificated in the

012science of reading pathways. They have completed the structured literacy certification coursework. They are implementing their core instruction with evidence-based programs such as Hegy foundations witten wisdom. We are doing targeted intervention using Orton Gillingham, Wilson Foundations and UFly. We do universal screening three times a year on all our students to let us know how they're proceeding with reading. We are diagnosing with precision and using specific screeners to inform us when children are not making progress. We are also monitoring students who are not making progress so we can see if those evidence-based strategies are closing gaps for our readers. We have a building leadership team that looks at the data and informs our teachers and our administrators how we're doing. We also have our teacher-based teams who are dedicated to universal instruction through teacher clarity work that

013they've been working on for the last few years. And we have three literacy coaches in the district who work and do learning walks and come in and support our teachers in a variety of ways. We also promote literacy night for our families. We had over 400 guests this year. We also have reading celebration weeks in our schools and um that they have continued to improve and close those gaps for their subgroups. And so we're so proud of all that you've done and we appreciate everything. So thank you. Do you want to make a comment? Okay. >> They're like, "Thank you. Thank you." >> Talk about how rare that award is. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. Gomez. So, we have about 23 2400 public schools at the elementary level. They are about a 100 schools in

014the state of Ohio receive this award. So, it is a very prestigious award based on how few receive it. So, thank you for reminding me of that. Okay. And then Miss Trillon, do you want to stay up? And uh Mr. Smith, can you join me? Any high school staff here? >> The Richardson staff could have >> The Richardson staff can come back if you want. They're they're so excited about the first one. >> Yeah. So, our high school and our elementary uh school, Richardson Elementary, won the momentum award. Again, this is a very prestigious award and it's an award for schools that are showing improvement in a very fast-paced way. So, to receive the Ohio Momentum Award, um that they have to show significant improvement in student achievement while maintaining strong growth. So to earn

015the award you have to with a performance index which is based on student achievement performance at three points or more and showing children showing progress expected year's growth or more than one year's growth and earning a four stars on their progress component on the report card. And these are schools that are showing progress. They have not quite met their five star rating but they are very close to getting there. And so, uh, we're proud to announce that the high school, whose performance index rose by 8.8 points, so they're way beyond the three points. And Richardson Elementary performance index rose by 4.6 points. Again, way above the three points. We appreciate their dedication and hard work um to improving and growing our students and knowing that this is our moral compass moment that we are here

016to ensure our children are ready for um employment enlistment or um further what's the other one enrollment further education I'll GET IT SO THANK YOU CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU, MRS. HMAN. AND I think it's really important to recognize these are awards that the state of Ohio is giving to our district and our building. You know, we as board members and our administration sing our sing the praises of our district loud and all often, but it's something different when the state of Ohio says that they can see something going right in our district, and it makes us just exceedingly proud of what's happening here in Kyoga Falls. So, thank you to all of our staff and all of our buildings for what's happening every day. And with that, we have another presentation. we get to have our

017staff star award. I'd like to invite up Miss Allison Bogdan, our director of human resources. >> Thank you, President Gomez. Good evening, everybody. It is my um honor every month to stand before you and recognize one of our own, a staff member that is nominated by their colleagues. And this month, the person that we are recognizing is a pair professional at the Preston Elementary School. Her name is Miss Amy Stavves. You want to come on up here, AMY? >> And as always, the whole Preston staff is here. Would you guys like to come up here? Uh, >> is everybody can come up and those people that nominated her can speak. Tammy will. >> Oh, they're coming. >> They're coming. >> And Joanne can come up, too. >> Yeah, Joanne, you can come up, too. >>

018She wants to do it, Joanne. >> Come on, Joanne. >> Come on. She can't not. >> We We know Joanne >> longer than any of us. >> We know Joanne. She can come on. We have Miss Doss has a record three people that nominated her, so they're all going to be speaking this evening. Miss Hansen, do you want to start? >> Okay. Go way back. >> Hello. I've worked with Amy for like 12 years and I've known her really well. Um she has become an indispensable asset to the to the school district for her pro proactive initiative and unwavering dedication to student success. She has helped me through a lot of stuff that we have at Preston and um I could not do my job without her. She is um she treats every student with

019individual importance ensuring they feel safe, supported and valued. And I just want to say thank you. And I'm a better person because of you. CONGRATS. >> Oh boy. >> I agree what she said. Now I have to read this. Um I've worked with Amy >> eight months. >> Y >> but I've known you like >> longer than that. >> Like 20 plus years or whatever. I'll read it. Uh, while spending time with the press and staff this school year, it's an honor to recommend Amy Stabs for our district shining star award. I cannot say enough positive things about this lady. She has a natural ability to connect with students and always demonstrates compassion and support. She is amazing with students and creates positive environment where they feel valued. Amy's dedication to students and and Kite

020Fall City Schools um is evident in the way she supports, nurtures, and encourages them every day. Amy lives and breathes black tiger gold, black and gold, and I am honored to stand beside Amy. >> Thank you. >> All right, here we go. So Amy is the definition of shining star because her light reaches everyone regardless of the setting. At school, she is a fierce advocate for both students and staff, never settling for good enough and constantly pursuing her own professional growth to better serve our community. She supports all areas of Preston and sets the example for others on how to best support students. The staff turned to Amy for suggestions, strategies, strategies, and basically you name it, and this includes me. First is me. Amy has taught me so much when it comes to meeting

021the needs of all students as well as helping the adults. I don't know which is harder. Okay, I do, but I'm not going to say it because this is being recorded. Amy has even been asked to share her knowledge and skills by conducting district PD sections sessions. Amy Stabs is the kind of person you want in your circle. While she excels in her career, she is also the unwavering center of her family. Selflessly supporting and being there for her children, grandchildren, dad, grandmother, great-grandmother. Amy doesn't just show up, she steps up anytime and any place. Amy stops. I want to be just like you when I grow up. Our district is so fortunate to have you and I am blessed to have you in my circle and in my corner. >> Miss Sts, would you

022like to say something? >> You don't have to, but we know you like to. >> Oh, I do like to, but not in front of a mother. Um, okay, hold on. Um, oh, I am so blessed to have all these people to work with because it's just not me. We all as a team do it. You all have my heart and we work together and we're going to get through the rest of this year together with smiles on our faces, right? And my family, the bagged ones are back there. Go ahead, raise your hands. My kids and my daughter. Oh, and I love that I can be there with Wyatt. Yeah, they all make it worth it. Everybody makes it worth it. Just smile and have fun while you're doing it. So, thank you. Thank

023you. And then that's going to bring us to our top tigers. The reason we do top tigers last is because we want our students to see all of the wonderful people that contribute to their day. We can't do what we do without community members that go out of their way, give of their time to volunteer to support our schools. We can't do what we do without the amazing progress that our schools are making. We can't do what we do without dedicated staff that go above and beyond, but we can't exist without our students. So, that's why we always end with our top tigers. So, I'd like to invite up Dr. Celico to do our top tiger presentation. >> Thank you, Mr. Gomez. Um, good evening. Good evening. >> Good evening. >> Students, what do you

024think about that? We had to wait for all those adults. Oh my goodness. It's like when's it going to end? No, our adults are equally as important. Um, and so we had to give them, you see how excited they get as well. You see, when you're a child, you get excited, but when you grow up, we get excited and very proud of our staff just as much as we are of you. So, thank you for waiting through that process and our community members for this award as well, Mr. Bowers. So, um, all right. But now is the big moment for our top tiger. So, who's excited? >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD. NICE. All right. Well, how many of you is this your first time um for your child receiving a top tiger? First time. Okay. All

025right. First time. Well, let me tell you for those of you who may not be familiar with top tiger award, the top tiger award is given by our uh board of education to students from each building each month. So the students are chosen by various staff members in the building and I get the pleasure of reading about each one of them. So I'm going to ask um when your name is called. So students I need you to listen carefully. We keep changing between the auditorium and here so I got to make sure I'll have my I know my staff and board will check me on this. So when you hear your name called I want you to come forward. Okay. We're going to stand over here. You're going to get some nice goodies and prizes.

026And Miss uh Mrs. White, where'd she go? Oh, there she is. Sometimes Mrs. White's hard to find, but there she is. All right. Mrs. White is here to help me um distribute those um gifts and prizes that you will receive this evening. You also will get, and I don't know if I have one here. I don't see it in front of me, a uh yard sign for you to uh bring home. You can put it display it in your window or in your yard that um says that your child is a top tiger. So, that is compliments of uh uh CFA, which is our teachers union. And Mrs. Carile is here this evening. He's representing. So, thank you to your union. All right. So, once you get all of your things, you're going to get

027a picture uh from Mrs. Stewart is back here. So, you're going to come here, make a stop to Miss Stewart, and then we'll have you go back to your seat. Afterwards, we're going to come probably out these doors, and we'll go out to the right. Is it to the right or that way? Which door are we going to? Okay, this way. I wasn't sure which classroom we chose. So, this way. There's a classroom and you will um get a t-shirt and you'll hear more about that. I don't want to shirt. >> Oh, that's right. See, I was right. >> They're going to the left for a picture. >> See that? Left for picture. Don't you worry. You're in good hands. >> After the picture for the picture after you go to the right to get

028your shirt. Don't worry, there will be adults to help you better than me. I promise. Different adult. >> All right. BUT I WAS RIGHT. MY first inclination, but I saw Mr. Elder pointing that way and I'm like, I thought right was the goodies that way. So, don't worry. You'll get there. All right. So, as um in addition to uh CFA contributing to this evening and supporting our students, we also have other generous community sponsors, including our Kyahoga Falls Foundation and alumni association. And we want to thank all of our partners for really it takes a village as we know to raise our students and to encourage them to be the best that they can be. So, we appreciate all of our partners. And at this time, uh we are going to have Miss Weekley, I

029think from the foundation, come and speak for just a moment. Thank you. Good evening. So, my name is Megan Weekekley and I'm proud to serve as our communication lead for the alumni foundation. I'm a proud graduate of Kyoga Falls in 2008. So, really excited to come back and help present this award on behalf of the foundation. Um, in addition to top tigers, each year the foundation awards over $150,000 in scholarships to our graduating seniors. We also award multiple teacher grants for special classroom projects and work with various alumni around the community to help plan things such as class reunions or host their class websites. Each May we recognize distinguished alumni and host a special recognition program and reception. So that's coming up in two weeks. So feverishly working to get that ready. And then the

030most exciting part is all of our top tigers are invited to walk with us in the Memorial Day parade. So really excited to get that invitation out and have you march through the parade with us and celebrate with your community. So tonight after the top tigers are recognized and the group photo has been taken, we'll head over to the left for the photo and then back to the right for the t-shirts and folder distribution. And the t-shirt we are asking that you wear to the Memorial Day parade so you're recognized at that point again as a top tiger. On behalf of the Kaga Falls Foundation and Alumni Association, we're congratulating all of our top tigers on earning this very special recognition. We're proud of each and every one of you and look forward look forward

031to seeing everybody at the parade here in about a month. All right. It's just as I said, you're going to go to the left first and get your picture and then you'll go to the right. So, yes, we'll take our picture first. And those of you who received awards, um the staff members, please uh also wait and we'd like you to join us for pictures as well. All right, so we're going to get underway and we are going to start with our first Top Tiger student from the high school and our first student to be recognized this evening is Ella Salashi. Ella, come forward. You get to stand here and get embarrassed. Ready? Are you ready? All right. Ella is a standout top tiger who exemplifies what it means to be a curious and dedicated

032scholar. Their profound passion for history goes far beyond the standard curriculum. They consistently seek out deeper understanding and are always eager to go above and beyond in their studies. This academic drive is matched by a remarkable work ethic and a natural inclination toward leadership. In the classroom, Ella doesn't just participate. They elevate the conversation, encouraging their peers to think critically and stay engaged. Ella's enthusiasm for learning is infectious, and their dedication to excellence in all areas makes them a deserving candidate for this recognition. CONGRATULATIONS. All right. And our second student from the high school this evening to be recognized is Isa Sullivan. Okay. Isa is the definition of a top tiger. Am I saying your name right? Awesome. Consistently demonstrating a work ethic that sets a high standard for our entire school community. She possesses

033the rare ability to lead by example, often serving as a quiet but powerful role model for her peers. Whether tackling a complex academic challenge with grit and resilience or stepping up to support a classmate in need, Isa approaches every task with integrity and a growth mindset. Isla's leadership is rooted in citizenship. She is a stabilizing force in the classroom who treats both staff and students with genuine respect. Beyond her academic achievements, it is her consistent dedication to doing the right thing, even when no one is watching, that makes her an invaluable asset to our school. Isa truly embodies the spirit of excellence and service that this program seeks to honor. CONGRATULATIONS. >> All right. And we had a student that was unable to come last time, so I'm hoping is here this evening, and that's

034Ashlin Walker. >> Ashlin able to be here? >> No. All right. Well, Ashen was our high school student, and our science department um recommended her, so we can just give her a ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE WILL WE WILL CHECK IN WITH HER. All right, moving along to the middle school, we have Bryce Dilts. BRYCE. BRYCE. All right. Bryce is a shining star for team Phoenix. He always has a sunny disposition and a willingness to help out. He is super friendly with both his peers and staff. He consistently earns A's and B's in his classes and confidently answers questions and shares ideas as well. In addition to his academics, Bryce also plays the trombone in the band and enjoys the middle school robotics club. Awesome. Mr. Hartong would like to give Bryce an extra shout out

035for creating engaging review games for our history lessons. I'll have to come to one of those. I'll probably get them all wrong, but I can come. All right. Mr. Hartong puts these games on his website, and all the students then benefit from Bryce's efforts. Team Phoenix is pleased to award the top tiger to Bryce. Good job, BUD. All right. And our next student from the middle school is Gabrielle Wolf. GABRIELLE. WELL, HELLO. All right. Gabriella is the type of student all teachers hope to be a part of their class. She is hardworking, conscientious, and dedicated to learning for learning's sake. Gabriella is great at working with peers. She takes others perspectives and shares her perspective to gain a well-rounded understanding of topics and the world around her. That's good. You don't see that all the

036time. She is the individual that stands out for fitting in. She has integrity by doing all she is supposed to without fail. We are so proud of Gabriella and look forward to seeing her achieve all she is capable of in her future. no matter where she goes and what she does. CONGRATULATIONS. UH, another uh, student that was unable to make it last time, I'm not sure, was able to make it this evening is Wim Hamada. We, are you here this evening? No. All right. Well, congratulations to Weem. We have a good little clapper over here, huh? All right. Getting into it, huh? I like it. You got Mickey Mouse and Goofy. Yeah. Excited. All right. Keep hanging in there. All right. All right. Our next school that we're going to um award uh recognize this

037evening is from Dwit, our student, and that is Li Lijah Mororrow. ELIJAH. >> I don't think he's excited. What do you think? You almost knocked Mrs. White over in your excitement. >> Good job, bud. Are you a track star? >> Yeah, I see it. I can't even come close to catching up to you. All right, so Elijah, let's hear about you. You're a hardworking and dedicated learner who consistently does what is expected of him. Elijah excels in reading, math, and science, showing strong academic ability and genuine desire to learn. kind and helpful. He always tries to please and brings a positive attitude to the classroom. Even when facing difficult situations, he maintains a smile and continues to persevere. Elijah is the cheerleader in our classroom, always congratulating others or offering kind words when someone is

038feeling sad. He enjoys being helpful to both friends and teachers and is always willing to lend a helping hand. Elijah listens carefully to directions and works del diligently to complete each task. Outside the classroom, he participates in drama club. I can see it. Yep. And loves entertaining others. Yep. Bringing enthusiasm and creativity to his performance. I have one of those at home, too. Don't you worry. I am beyond proud of him and his work, and I'm honored to nominate him as this month's first grade top tiger. CONGRATULATIONS. Right here, there you go. All right. Our next student from Dwit is Ivy Smith. Ivy. Hello, Ivy. >> Wow. Ivy is a superstar student who brings kindness. Step forward. I see some cameras. You're like the paparazzi over there. Step up. All right. Ivy is a superstar

039student who brings kindness and hard work to school every day. Whether she is tackling a tough assignment or helping a friend in need, she does it all with a giant smile. I am so impressed by how she takes charge of her own learning while still making time to lend a helping hand to a friend. She is respectful, responsible, responsible, and always makes safe choices in class. Ivy is a true friend to everyone, and I'm so proud of the amazing progress she has made in first grade. Congratulations, Ivy. Good job. All right. Moving along to Lincoln School. Uh, we have Macy Riddle. MACY. OH, shake hand. All right. Okay, Macy. It has been an absolute joy to witness Macy's growth during this school year. She has demonstrated tremendous growth in her reading fluency. This progress is

040a direct result of her persistence and and focus. Furthermore, Macy continues to impress me with the depth of creativity and genuine effort she pours into her writing. She doesn't just complete assignments, she elevates them with her unique voice and thoughtful details. Most importantly, Macy's character shines through in everything she does. She treats her peers with unwavering kindness and empathy, making her a natural leader and a shining example of core value, core classroom values. By consistently and authentically practicing BTP and stars listening, she sets a remarkably high standard for those around her. She understands that being a student is more than just about grades. It is about how you treat others and how you show up each day. I love that Macy is truly becoming a distinguished scholar and a compassionate leader. And it is a

041privilege to support her on this journey. I am incredibly proud of the work hard work she puts into school every single day and I look forward to seeing all the things she will achieve. CONGRATULATIONS. >> All right, our next student from Lincoln is Lwandu Prince Safari. I love that name. LANDU. OH, I was looking forward to that. All right. Um so uh Lwandu we will catch up with um at Lincoln grade four fourth grade. All right. Our next school is Preston and our first student is Austin Basket. >> Is it basket or basket? >> Basket. >> Okay. Good. I was trying to make it fancy. It sounds I like that. I was right. Basket. All right. Austin. Austin is an exemplary student who is consistently polite, respectful, and a positive role model for his classmates.

042He demonstrates a deep understanding of core subject and core subjects and has a particularly strong grasp of scientific concepts and vocabulary. His curiosity and enthusiasm for discovery add a wonderful dimension to our lessons. It is a joy to teach such a motivated and knowledgeable precedent student. Congratulations, AUSTIN. And our second student this evening from Preston is Aaliyah Russell. Aaliyah. Hello. You ready? Yeah. I love that smile. You are so ready. All right. Aaliyah has exceptional leadership qualities and others benefit by her example. She is a conscientious worker and excels in both reading and mathematics. She is a role model by being an attentive listener during instructional time, completing all of her work to the best of her ability, and by actively participating in all classroom activities. She is helpful to her teacher and her classmates.

043She brings enthusiasm for learning each and every day and inspires others to do their best. I can count on Aaliyah to bring to bring a smile into the classroom each day and always be willing to learn. We can expect great things from you in the future. Congratulations, All right, we're moving on to Price. Our first student from Price is Wesley Peterson. >> Whoa. You're We should have a race afterwards. We have some long hallways. You can You can go nuts right down the hallway. Yep. Have >> All right. Do you go by Wesley or Wes? Uh >> all right. Well, we'll stick with Wesley because that's what it says. Very formal evening. So, we'll go with Wesley. Okay. This year, Wesley has shown wonderful growth and enthusiasm for learning. He is a bright and kind

044student who takes pride, great pride in his work and always tries his best. Wesley is quick to lend a helping hand to classmates and is a thoughtful member of our classroom community. He also loves to make others laugh with his jokes, bringing joy and positivity to those around him. It has been a pleasure watching him learn and grow this year. All right, Wesley. Good job, BUD. All right, our next student from Price, and I'm going to hope I pronounce this right, and if I don't, you correct me. Aya Ausha Pandeka, did I say that right? Where's Miss Yeah, it is. OKAY. All right, we got it right. All right. Well, come here a second. First of all, we need to see you. I know you're a little a little hesitant. I feel a little resistance

045as I'm nudging her along. Okay. We want to see how Oh, yeah. She's like, I'm going to stay close. All right. You stay You stay by me. All right. I got you. I got you. All right. >> Well, Ausha is a sweet little girl. Yes, she is. who enters the classroom each day with a big smile on her face. She is always sweet, kind, and caring to every student in the class. Aisha is always willing to help her friends and teachers when she can. She is a hardworking student and tries hard to always do her best, even when things get hard. She demonstrates Black Tiger pride and is a positive role model for other students with her behavior and enthusiasm for learning. I am proud to nominate Ausha as a top tiger in kindergarten as

046AT PRICE ELEMENTARY. SHE'S LIKE, "I'M OUT OF HERE." All right. That was very sweet. We needed to see her. She's adorable. Our kindergarten students. All right. >> You know, Miss White was once a kindergartener at Price Elementary. >> Oh, look at that. Twins. >> Years ago. >> Well, yeah. >> In the 19. >> I won't comment any further. You are one of my bosses. All right. Um, moving along to Richardson, we have Maverick Penta. Never. There he is. Hi. Where are your teeth? >> You don't have You pull You pull them out. Oh, that's the worst when kids come and they show you their wiggly teeth. I'm like, "All right, thank you. I'll I'll trust you. I take your word for it." All right, Maverick. What do we hear about you? Maverick is a thoughtful

047and motivated student who consistently demonstrates leadership and kindness in the classroom. He serves as a positive role model for others by showing p patience, responsibility, and a genuine enthusiasm for learning. Maverick has a strong love of reading, especially the Magic Treehouse series, and he eagerly participates in book studies where he shares ideas and engages deeply with the stories. In addition to reading, he enjoys writing and creates his own books. Recently, he he proudly wrote a book about Pokemon cards to his kindergarten class, and he read it to them. He wants to wanting to make the experience even more engaging for his audience, he decided to bring his cards to show alongside the story. This demonstrated both creativity and an understanding of how to connect with younger students. Maverick also shows character during math lessons. When

048classmates need help, he does not simply give them the answers. Instead, he patiently walks them through the steps and encourages them to think through the problems on their own. Maybe you're going to be a teacher. What do you think? Maybe. We don't know, right? His willingness to support others while promoting independent thinking makes him a valuable member of our first grade classroom. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Our next student, where are we at? Oh my gosh, I lost track here. Price Richardson. Oh my goodness. Excuse me. Amelia >> Cahane. I got it. I HEARD IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, AMEILIA. HI. All right. Ameilia is a wonderful student who is kind-hearted. She comes to school every day with a bright smile and a positive attitude that truly sets the tone for learning. Her enthusiasm and readiness to

049learn make her a joy to have in the classroom. Amelia is a very bright student who consistently works hard and takes pride in her work. Her dedication to her academics and her willingness to apply herself each day makes her a role model for her peers. She is an excellent partner for classmates who may need assistance because she is so patient, kind, and helpful. She takes the time to support others and encourages them in such a thoughtful way. When she is not in school, she enjoys playing Oh, I thought that said football for a minute, but that would be cool, too. Softball, spending time with her family, and reading. She has a kind personality, and great work ethic. I have truly enjoyed being her teacher. Keep shining bright, Amelia. Congratulations. Oh, AMEILIA. ALL RIGHT, moving to

050Silver Lake. Our first student is Jaden Madrano Morales. No, Jaden. All right, we'll catch up with Jaden. All right, and our second student is Haley Murphy. HALEY. OH, there you are. Hi. >> You know me. >> You do remember me? I remember you. See, we remember each other. I was in her classroom. Yeah. Was I behaving? >> Was I behaving? >> All right, that's good. All right. Got me nervous. Haley. All right. Haley has come so far during her time at Silver Lake. She has grown in her confidence. Haley is an incredible helper. She is always stepping up and offering to do things for myself and for other kids in our group. She has improved her reading significantly over the course of her time at Silver Lake and continues to push herself to become the

051best student that she can be. I am so proud of Haley. Congratulations, honey. Get your picture. >> Wow, how unkind am I. We finally got down to our preschool student. I made them wait this whole time. Isn't that terrible? I'm awful. So, usually what we do is we used to start with youngest and work our way to the oldest, but when we're in the auditorium, they have to sit on stage. And we thought our older students could handle sitting up there longer than our younger ones. But we don't have that situation here, so maybe we need to do it in the reverse. But our preschool student has been extremely patient waiting and are proud to bring forward our patient Grayson Mao. Hi. Oh, good manners. He said thank you. See that? I love it. >>

052What? Yeah. You ready, Grayson? All right, Grayson. >> Ready? I'm gonna talk about you, Grayson. Are you ready? Okay. We are honored. Okay. All right. Okay. >> All right. You want to get up here, TOO? LET'S GO. WHOA. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. READY, GRAYSON? >> YEAH. You want to say hi? >> HI. >> READY? >> All right. We are honored to nominate Grayson for the Top Tiger Award. Grayson demonstrates an incredible enthusiasm for school each and every day. He arrive Yeah. >> Right. I'll second that. He arrives with a bright smile on his face and often claps with excitement when he sees his teacher bringing joy and a positive energy to our classroom from the very start of the day. Grayson actively participates in circle time, engaging in all activities and joyfully singing along to every

053song. His excitement for learning is evident in all that he does, and his positive attitude is contagious to those around him. Grayson truly embodies what it means to be a model black tiger. His eagerness Yes. Yes. His eagerness, kindness, and love for school make him a deserving recipient of this award. Say thank you. >> Thank you. >> ALL RIGHT. WHAT A SWEETIE. Oh my gosh, I love our kids. They're so sweet. All right, it is hot under these lights, though. I will say everybody's hot. All right, so that concludes our award ceremony, but I want to say a few things before we um head over to get our pictures taken. Number one, as you saw, we have a number of staff members are here this evening. They didn't know that they were going to be

054recognized for staff awards. They came for your children. So staff please stand and be recognized for being here. Principles that includes YOU any staff any staff. Thank you for being here and showing support of your students. That I know means the world to them to see their teachers here this evening and and our uh other staff members here. So they really appreciate that and thank you for taking your time. Also, um again, I want to recognize our our parents and families who make a difference in raising their children. There are such wonderful things to be um heard about all of our our students this evening, and that is due to all of you. So, I would like to recognize a round of applause for all of our families. All right. Thank you uh so much.

055So, what we will do is those of you um we don't have a lot of space, so I think Miss Stewart generally appreciates the students. you know, coming in first. Families, you are going to get an opportunity to get pictures. So, we will definitely make that known for you. But there's going to be some standing in the hallway and then we'll call a few of you in at a time to get pictures. But, if I could have all the students first go out this door, see Mr. Elders over there and we'll go out to the left. Thank you again. It is so hot. >> What? >> Oh, okay. Yeah. Thank you. have a birthday. >> That's all. >> Oh, I got plenty. Yeah, he's got a phone. No. Hold on. Thank you very much. You

056must the general fund monthly cash flow up there. Um, it's up there now on the on the um on board docs, but I went to go pull it up and I noticed that one was missing. So, if you didn't see it, it's up there now. Um, so we can take a look at that one first. Um, my page. Um so still receiving our um second half or technically first half as far as that second half for us um tax collection. So um again a very similar month to what we had last year in March. Um we just received the final settlement this last Friday. Um and then we ended in a positive uh balance of about 1.6. Um we got about $6 million in April. Um so that will increase come April. Um and then

057you know we'll start to see May and June as not being huge revenue months um just because those will be completed and that's that's where the majority of those funding is. But um looking to be pretty much on pace with um what we thought in the February forecast. Um the other one I do want to point out um is food service. Um just because we've been we've been looking at it. >> Um it you know we're still it's still running in the negative. It's obviously less, you know, this this month. Um, you know, Bill and I Bill and I have talked um multiple times and we kind of keep in keep in touch on this um with things, you know, towards the end of the month in June and May. We're not expending, you know,

058as much for buying, you know, purchasing supplies, food, all of that kind of stuff. Um, but we will still be receiving uh, you know, like our federal reimbursement. And so um at that point if you can I think if we look at expenditures you can see like last June we only spent 78,000 compared to the months before were all around or a little under 200,000 um so you know it's it will be close um and hopefully we can kind of um ek that out um but we I I kind of review it on a semionthly kind of baseless basis once we get those you know reimbursements and things to look at it but um it is definitely going to be close come the end of the year. >> I guess my concern is even if

059we break even we came into last >> fiscal year with cash on hand. So knowing that even if we break even which is still good like I'll be happy to break even but that's with bringing 172,000 into the year. So, we know that it's going to need an advance that it probably won't be able to pay back to the general fund next year. >> Yes. >> Um, yeah. And it it will, you know, some of these things we'll get a full picture of next year too. Is there reduced costs by having, you know, middle school, high school together obviously um and you know the efficiency of that. So, are there reduced costs compared to the the first half of this year? Um so those are going to be things not only in food service but

060all in general fund you know the the utilities for this building the you know how how are those going to compare to what we were doing um and what we were paying previously at three separate buildings um and so hoping that's a positive effect. I know it's, you know, overall net positive effect that, you know, things are more efficient, so we're not spending as much and and that, but certainly, um, you're right, we came in with almost $175,000. Um, and even that balance has dwindled from what it was even in previous years. You could see we were almost at 900,000 two years ago. What what do you attribute the difference to? >> Um during during the pandemic, we did get some additional funding for um for COVID um with that there was kind of the

061everybody was free at certain points um where we got more reimbursement than we are currently um getting now. Um so I think that's kind of how the balance got built up a little. Um another as as you all see and we all see in the grocery store, >> it's it's the same thing for food service on a on a much larger level um in those those actual food costs. >> Um and one other major factor attributing is our insurance costs um for those staff members that work in food service and get insurance that has gone up significantly over the past two or three years. I guess one of my other questions is um we the board raised the rates for breakfast and lunch. So in June once the full school year is over could we

062get um some information on how much money that raised and that would help us I think as we're going into setting appropriations for next year of like what was the actual impact of that. I mean I looking at it now it's not going to be really helpful because it wouldn't be a full year and then will we in the summertime will we do the C analysis again the cost benefit analysis for C for the district >> we actually I think it was in your Friday notes perhaps sometime in this month maybe Bill and I have looked at it um it's it's very close but it's not it's still not beneficial for us in that aspect Now there's a factor in there is a factor in what they their calculations spreadsheet is assuming you get more

063of an increase because everybody's free. So if you got more increased participation so I think they have by default in their like 5% I don't know what they base that on necessarily. Um and using that we would lose we would lose money. Um if you move it to 10% it moves the needle just slightly over us making a little you know coming out basically even um based on as far as revenue goes um because they what they do is they figure out what they would um reimburse you for verse what we're getting for reimbursements right now. So it's looking at that that aspect of it. Um, >> well, do we have data on our usage like during CO when it was free for all? Could we just plug those numbers in? >> Because I don't

064know. Does that make sense? Like it was free for everyone at one point in our district. So, what were the usage numbers then and percentages? >> Oh, the usage numbers. Okay. >> And could we apply that and then see what the financial outlook is and then make a decision based on that? Yeah, we >> I get that it's different student I mean people of mature there's a lot of different but that's the best rolling through my head >> that's the best numbers we have without actually giving it a try >> for a year which is harder because giving to take away is >> much more difficult >> with C if it's still the same I haven't looked to see if anything's changed but like you lock in for like a block of time >> so

065we wouldn't do you wouldn't do one year and then have to flip back the next year uh you know to like everybody pays again. I think they're fouryear periods if I remember correctly that you know if we qualify now then we kind of locked in regardless of what happens for like a four-year period to be on that. Um, but it also has some implications as to the economically disadvantaged portion of our funding as well because you've got kids that don't aren't necessarily um would not necessarily qualify for free and reduce, but they're being counted as free. So, I'd have to look into that aspect of it as well, just to kind of make sure. I don't know overall if it'll make a huge impact because of the guarantee. You're talking about automatic qualifiers. >> Well,

066this would be so we get so there's a that economically disadvantaged restricted category. C impacts that >> like people that automatically like anyone on Medicaid or is that what you're talking like people that automatically qualify? >> So yeah. So there's like who like right now how we're operating like there are some paid there are some you know free you know whatever. Um, but if we were on C, they're all considered free in a sense, even though by the book some, you know, some of them may not qualify, just like they don't all qualify now. And so how they're like categorized through the state then impact will impact our foundation funding for that economically disadvantaged because that's you know that's what they're looking at is those kids that are free. Well they're all free. >> So

067we would appear to be more have more disadvantaged students than we actually have. >> Yes. But there's I and I can't off the top of my head remember that there are >> Well, that's a good thing. >> There are some drawbacks though. It's more than just like that piece. Like there are other like layers and I can't I'm not going to speak about it right now because I I don't without looking back into it. >> Well, that's only if we ever go back on the formula. >> Yes. And so, but I'm not I'm not 100% sure if it'll still affect I know if it'll because we're on the guarantee. >> Um how that will affect that. So yeah, there's a lot of like layers to it um as far as that, but I will look

068in to that and we can have Bill pull the numbers for during the pandemic. >> I'd be interested to see what those because that's like the best we have. And if that says, hey, this is bad for our finances and with the position we're in, >> then it is what it is. But >> and the other I'm not the only board member that wants us to get to >> I would say the only other caveat to that is that >> that's only looking at our revenue which right now our revenue is not covering that. So we'd still be all things equal given this scenario. We're still losing money overall. >> Yeah. um because all it's looking at is what do you get in reimbursements now from the federal government verse what would you get under

069the C program and it doesn't take into account and we also lose the revenue of those paid students. So that's part of it too and that's the other piece that why I'm not sure even with increased participation like in the calculation spreadsheet it works out and and they have you factor in like what is your monthly revenue from that as well. Um so it's like basically your total revenue. Um but you know that's variable again based on participation numbers based on you know this year we increased some costs. Um but you can see even with that even if we broke even on the revenue side of it we we're still in this predicament. >> Well yeah that I mean we can't our school district is not going to solve inflation. I have two questions. Um,

070when calcul when calculating for that, is there a variable reimbursement rate? Like depending on your percent disadvantage, is there a different percent of reimbursement based on your disadvantage? So, if we have a higher percentage, then it's a higher percent reimbursement. >> Yeah, it's because they're different rates. So like they look at the kids that are disadvantaged that they would give the free rate to and then the kids that are what they called what they classify as denied which is just full full paying students they're you're reimbursed at a different rate for them. >> So they just raised the what the guideline is the income threshold is a little bit higher. So we >> I guess that's my second question then. So when they've just raised the rate, >> but the the kids that So that

071is and this is another like layered thing. So when you're calculating for C, you can only you only count the kids that are direct certified. So people that fill out an application and they qualify by income are not counted towards considered that disadvantaged. It's like our kids that are on um and families that are on SNAP and Medic we're getting that direct certification from the state because they're enrolled in some other >> um program >> which with the cuts that have been recently made with and the requirements with SNAP benefit was become very difficult to >> so yeah there's a lot of >> qualify for >> pieces to >> to that and yes it's much more difficult >> you get like there's our total free and reduced >> not hard to qualify for SNAP it's

072hard to keep your qualifications. So, you can qualify for SNAP benefits, but to keep your benefits is very difficult. Now, that's that's the tricky part. >> I think you have to be employed to qualify, don't you have to be employed? >> No. No. You can you can do community service. Um it's it's a certain number of hours per week. my friend my friend works at JFS and his his job is to work with all the elderly people that are getting SNAP benefits. >> So that's his thing right now is um the different ways like these are people that are obviously not going to go back into the workforce. So the alternate pathways. >> Okay. >> So like you can go to your pastor and like volunteer at your church because a lot of people are

073already, you know, I'm involved in my church. I volunteer at my church that counts. >> Okay. >> So, yeah. So, those students, those direct certified students, they don't have to fill out anything with us. We get that like file from the state and it's automatic and they don't have to do anything. But then there's also the portion of our students that are not on one of those benefits, but still qualify by income guidelines um based on household or whatever it is, but maybe don't quite qualify for SNAP or things like that. They're not counted in the calculation for C as like being a uh an economically disadvantaged student in that sense. So they're two different numbers essentially that you know two different groups um one with the application people and one without. >> It's very

074tangled with any more on food service? >> It's all related to our food service finances. >> Yeah. >> But it's just us trying to explore every avenue possible with our financial realities. >> Other things you wanted to point out? >> Um, no. I mean, I always point out interest, but that's getting, you know, kind of we're closing out funds and um, you know, few and far between in that. So, um, you know, that's going to go back to kind of our normal >> levels pre construction obviously. Um, you know, 46,000 this month. Um, but you can see as we start to black some of these things out, like we've expended all those funds. So, um, we've got a little bit of local share left, um, but not much. And then we'll just have the cops,

075um, remaining that we will get So besides our general >> and just related to athletics, there's uh Mr. Johnson and Mr. Hutch have been working with Dr. Celico on a proposal in regards to rentals of athletic facilities and I think that's coming to us next month. So that'll impact athletics as well. Relevant to all of this. >> Yes. Trying to generate revenue. many ways to do it, but we try to find them. >> Yeah, we can. >> Yeah. >> Any further questions or comments on the financial reports? >> If not, please call the role. >> Mrs. Schaefer. >> Hi. >> Miss White. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Zimmerman. >> Hi. >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. >> Your comments. More. >> Um. Yes. Um, so I attended OASBO's conference um last week

076um which was great. It's always very informative and um I actually had a meeting at Hudson earlier today for the sixth district and um I was kind of talking to some of my colleagues about it and typically it can be a it used to be not that I advocate for what has changed but when the forecast was due in May and our conference is always in April sometime and and you're trying to close out a year sometimes it can be a little stressful then to be away for like three or four days and um one of the treasures made the comment like I felt a little more relaxed this year because that we, you know, that was behind us and like we were able to kind of, you know, do more. Now, I I'd still

077swap it out if it would be, but um but yes, that was that was part of it. Um Joanne went wild in the trade show and I was going with her and yes, it's like she tries to get me to go and I just will not do it. >> Um >> well, you know, her argument is she's bringing it back for the ladies in the treasur's office. Someone reached out to her today and she had no recollection of talking to this person. I was like, I think you go in there and black out because you're so excited and you have no recollection of what happens while you're in that >> bunch of prize. >> And I was like, this is why I don't believe. >> Um, so it was it was great. It's always a

078great conference. um they kind of right around that time announced the kind of coalition of public I forget exactly what it's called um >> coalition to protect public services. >> Yes. Yes. Thank you. >> Um so that just um came out um and looking forward to kind of some things from there. Um moving forward pro at next meeting um but before this um we are looking at school fees. So and um putting having those on the next board agenda for next year. Um they're working through that right now. I'll get that out to you like I typically do beforehand with kind of like the backup for you know what what all is included in those costs. Um you know K12. So um other than that just closing out the year. >> Has the deadline for

079purchase orders already passed? Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. Passed last week while I was gone. Had about 127 emails. >> That was fun. >> So, most of our expenditure should be >> accounted for. >> Contracts and uh payroll at this point. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Y So, yes, they've closed out. So, other than um very extreme emergencies >> or blank or blankets. >> Yeah. So, >> okay. >> Yep. >> Did you want to show that your sign that Miss >> Oh, >> uh, Zimmerman gave you. >> So, they got it at the rally. >> No, Mrs. Zimmerman made that. >> She made that. She drew that. >> She drew that >> by hand. >> That's the Ohio State House. She drew that by hand. >> That art for kids hub YouTube. >> Yes. Which

080I learned from co art classes with boys. You said the state house is after >> okay looks good >> drawing it >> well you got you gota show it that way they can't kind of like the Independence Day UFO >> group sorry >> who's so I said I'm I'm gonna need that when I saw it I said I'm gonna need that so I'll put it up in my office. >> Thank you. Thank you, Miss. >> Item G, superintendent CEO's business consent agenda. Dr. Salico. >> Thank you, Mr. Gomez. Uh, it's recommended that the board of education approves the items as listed in the superintendent's consent agenda. >> So moved. >> Second, >> Dr. Salo. >> Thank you. Um, my computer is acting up. It's splitting the screens for some reason, but all right. Um, we

081have uh several personnel items this evening for your consideration, many of which are routine. Um, some appointments, coaches, uh some resignations, event workers, substitutes. Um I do have uh two people in which um I will introduce you to this evening. One is here, one was unable to attend. Um I'll come back to that in a moment. Uh we also have a service agreement for school links contract. And as a reminder, that's through 6th through 12th grade that um assists with our college and career uh readiness goal and graduation. We use title money to cover the cost of that so it doesn't come out of the general fund. It is a quite a big expense, but a number of our students uh use it. We track the usage and we're trying to get more parents to

082use it. I saw your questions today. So, and there's actually a lengthy if in your administrative content in here that might help answer some some more questions you might have. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And then um there's a uh service agreement for Toshiba Business Solutions and we this is essentially um approving the bidder of the contract. And so what we found is that we will save about $50,000 over five years. So again, we'll take it. So I appreciate Mr. Hutch's work on that um and trying to find us some other solutions because we certainly use copers a lot in schools. We know that. Um next we have um our certified staff. Uh we have a number of uh teachers and I think teachers and support staff being um recommended for continuing contract and I'll just

083list their names and yep I know they're here this way right we have um from Dwit we have Jessica Felman Emily Marsh from Lincoln Jessica Cadillac Preston Alma Honen she was here earlier um Preston and Price uh we have Emily Smith she's here raise your hand Emily there she is um we have Liz Morris and Trisha Hollow. So they're here from Price this evening with their principal from Kyog Falls High School. We have David Gritter and Glennice Palmisano. And the middle school, Vince Colado and Eric Orupan. So um again, as you know, this is um uh what teachers especially is important um to them and striving for this. Um there's there are requirements from the state that they have to meet and then again not just from the state meaning in terms of qualifications and

084education but we also um have a say in that certainly the principles make those recommendations to me and I am supporting the recommendation of these continuing contracts this evening. Next we have um some job descriptions. So this is a result of a number of the changes. You will see an accompanying handbook at the next meeting. We just need to uh one thing was brought to our attention from Miss Stoyo. She wanted us to work on a little bit more. So we'll have that to reflect what you see this evening. But it's not unusual that we ask you to um approve the job descriptions. Then second to that would be then the handbook and compensation and things associated. But we are create we are creating a new position but in doing so we are eliminating one.

085So we're actually reducing one administrator in our operations department. And that's Joe Bagatti who's not here this evening but he's our director of operations. He will be retiring and we are not replacing him. Instead we are going to just give more responsibilities his responsibilities to uh you'll see here uh Ryan Hutch at our our next um meeting where um we created a chief operation officer job description. So Ryan will keep his duties that he's doing with the exception we're modifying a little bit but then he will pick up all of uh Mr. Bagatti's responsibil. So I want to point out that we are making a a big reduction there in the operations side. We also uh have a job description for our prek12 gifted and secondary literacy lead. Currently Tammy Belco is in this position.

086Um again this is a teacher support position. So it's kind of quasi administrative but it's really um working with teachers and this is she is uh currently our prek12 gifted person but we are adding to her job description the secondary literacy piece. and um we just need to give her uh we're giving her more responsibility because as you heard RIMs are moving up to middle school and that we need some support in the middle school and we're unable to use title funds for that like we would our structured literacy support leads but we're unable to do that. So we are going to give that responsibility to Miss Boco. She is a middle school teacher uh middle English teacher by trade and um strong in ELA. So she's going to lend some support there. So that

087is not an addition that is actually she's getting more responsibility. Um technology supervisor this also uh we we have a current administrator in the technology um department. We are just uh modifying his job description now that Ryan will be taking over. We are going to uh just redistribute some of Ryan's responsibilities to him. Um and that will be David Moore. So he'll just uh but he's it's again it's not a new position. It already exists. We're just tweaking that job description. And then um lastly, we have a career technical and special education transition specialist. This was an administrative position for our sixth district compact and we are taking it out of the administrators um and putting it into our professional handbook. So they will not have the uh benefits of administrators. So we are making

088a reduction there as well. >> That's because Amy McDougall is retiring. >> Yes. Thank you. And then uh next meeting I will talk a little bit more about more of the deeper reductions and changes that we have um with our administrators um again at our next meeting. But those are the job descriptions and then I will go back to our >> Before you do that, can I just add on to this? So, with administrative changes, um I know we've gone through and we still have some more to come. Really deep cuts and difficult decisions as a board this year. And often times when you do that, people ask a board, "What about administrators?" And I just want to point out, we have made a lot of cuts to administration in our district over the last

089several years and this year as well. And the cuts in total, not just the ones mentioned tonight, um to administration just this year total over half a million dollars in savings to our district. And those aren't total cuts over the last several years. That's just cuts to administration. This year in this district are saving our district over half a million dollars. I think that's important to note because people do always say, "What about administration? Start at the top." We are not leaving our administration out of this. We are saving over half a million dollars in administrative cuts and asking people to do more. >> Yeah, thank you. That's true. And you just um made me think of something which might sound small but really when you total it up it probably and Miss Bogna knows

090it's probably u tens of thousands of dollars. When our administrators are out or you know maybe a medical leave or we have um a time when a building's uncovered as a principal's out for a week, our central office steps in rather than hiring a substitute principal which can be costly. Um, everyone that you see here in the room, including myself, has gone to a building and sat and played principal for a day. So, we do save the district. We have saved the district and we should probably total that. Miss Bogdan, someday if you could do that for me to share with the board the amount of money that we've saved just by chipping in and we appreciate and enjoy doing it. I mean, it is fun. We we enjoy being there and get to be

091reminded of what it's like to be principal again, right? So, um, but that is another way in which we save. It's is it $500,000? No. But it it definitely means something that we show support for our buildings and also savings. So, >> and even administrative assistance, Dr. Selco's administrative assistance been out for weeks. We have a person that we usually use to fill that gap when when someone is out in the administrative offices for an extended period of time and we're not using that person right now. We've asked Miss Doyco's administrative assistant to step in and literally do two jobs, which I know is very stressful because these are two high stress positions to assist and um Lisa Grim's been assisting both of them, which I know is a lot, but she's been doing it

092with with grace and fortitude. >> I think I mean you guys have really looked at streamlining. I know every department has tried to streamline, but we want to maintain the quality of, you know, what we offer. And um I think we should definitely acknowledge people willing to take on more more duties and more responsibilities in service of that. >> And and also when we cut administrative positions, those are people that our building level leaders look to for support. So, I know that people in the community might not always understand that, but that's less support for our buildings as well because that's who they call to support them when they're dealing with difficult situations to come in and step in and help them out or to consult on an issue. And the busier those people are,

093the less quick they are to be able to respond to help them out as well. So, it does put the pain back into the classroom. And I I think sitting up here, we understand that it's a lot harder and it's no disrespect to our community. It's harder when you're you haven't seen the whole picture to understand that. So, it's no disrespect to people whose first reaction isn't that, but I can understand how this whole system works a little bit more and understand how all of that works and and then it it does trickle down to the classroom eventually. wanted to get the hard stuff, the the less fun stuff out of the way before we got to celebrating a new hire. >> Yes. >> Um, so this evening I'm recommending to um two school psychologists

094and I wish I would have spoken with Miss Zean a little bit before this because I I always confuse charters, non-chartered, publics, all of those. But we have to we have two psychologists that um we are adding and one is a result of us having to go to um a school in the district. Is it non say it >> nonpublic charter? Thank you. I always screw that up. So a non-public charter um that we have to provide a school psychologist to. These are students that don't attend our district either, right? And so we are responsible for providing um a school psychologist to those services. so they can um assess students and um but those students could be in Akran Stow you name it Woodridge and yet we're we're responsible for that so I just want

095to point that out because that is a a large expense to the district and again I'll refrain from my other comments regarding that but it's another another challenge that we face but the good news is as a result we have some two great people being um uh presented to you this evening our first was unable to join us this evening um so her name is Paige Ryder and she wanted I just want to take a couple minutes to introduce her. Um our second she'll be our um excuse me our school psychologist that we'll be uh recommending and she earned her bachelor of science in psychology from the Ohio State University. She then attended the University of Dayton and earned her master of science and education with a concentration in school psychology and a school psychologist

096EDS um as well. And Miss Ryder is finishing her internship at Ketaring City Schools this year and is excited to get started in the falls. I did that in reverse. why I was logged in and had here. I was supposed to say that second, but I actually am doing her first. So that's why. Now I'm going to the person who is here this evening and that is Hannah Fitz Simmons. And she is uh um also being recommended as a school psychologist and she is Miss Fitz Simmons has earned all of her degrees from Kent State University including a bachelor of arts and psychology, a master of science and education with a concentration in school psycho psychology and a school psychologist EDS. And she is currently serving the students of Waterlue and is excited to join

097the talented school psychologist, Black Tiger family, and we uh congratulate both of them and welcome to the falls pending your board approval. So, we can't clap just yet, so you have to wait. >> And if you three of you would have stayed up in the balcony, it could have been like the Muppets like you know that we tease Miss Doyco and um her partner about Joanne about them always. They look like the two muppets. WE DON'T LOVE THE THAT'S TRUE. SHE DOES HAVE THEM ON HER DESK. >> I don't feel like a puppet or an old man. >> So, I'm sorry. But yes. So, um that's all I have for you this evening. >> Thank you. >> Further questions or comments from the board. Congratulations to our teachers for earning their um continuing contract and

098you're so congratulations to our new hires as well. Welcome. >> I'm Mr. Hutchnos. I'm going to comment on the printer contract uh because I I do RFPs and specifically for printer contracts in my day job. So, um, he sent me the whole bid matrix and I dug really deep and I appreciate him answering my questions on this, uh, because, uh, there's a certain way that they try to make their money on printer contracts and he did a really good job of protecting the district to make sure that, uh, we are locked in for a period of time and the district's well protected, not get any surprise costs. So, really appreciate that. Thank you. Call the roll, please. >> Miss White, >> I. >> Mrs. Zimmerman, >> I. >> Mr. Gomez, >> I. >> Mr. Harris,

099>> hi. >> Mrs. Schaer. >> Hi. >> Thank you. >> Would you like to come forward and say a few remarks? >> Hi everyone. I thought if Grayson the preschooler could do it, I could also come up in front of the crowd and say a few words. Um really I just wanted to take a few seconds to thank the board and you Dr. Celico and everyone else. I am so excited to be joining the Black Tiger community and I'm really excited to start this fall and be able to serve the students and their families. >> Thank you. >> Did they warn you to watch out for the school counselors? actually work with her dad at the city. >> He's the assistant financer. >> Oh. Oh, yeah. That's right. I didn't know that. >> Uh item

100H, superintendent's business. Your comments, Dr. Celica. >> Thank you. Uh I just want to reiterate um we have had a lot of accolades lately in the district and it's just so refreshing and >> you know just kind of um beam with pride when we get these um accolades and awards um presented and you saw a couple of them this evening. I'm just really uh proud of our our staff at uh Richardson and the high and high school. Those momentum awards, the two awards that you saw this evening are not given out uh you know very easily. Um you have to earn those and it's a select group and so we're just really really proud of Richardson in high school for their momentum award and then Dit and Richardson for the governor science of reading. you

101know, we've heard a lot about that award and uh or excuse me, not the award, but science of reading and that um you know, as we talked about the the numbers and how few uh districts are getting that recognition or schools. Um so, I'm just really proud of that. And then we also um learned and you'll you'll see them at a subsequent meeting here, but um the purple star award, DIT just uh received that honor and so now they've added to the list of Richardson, Lincoln, and Preston. And so supporting our military uh families and just really um and I I do want to give credit to Peggy um in our um HR department. She really truly has led this initiative as well and encouraged our our principles and our staff to really um you

102know uh take part and support our military. So uh congratulations to all of them. She's really really proud. >> And I think Miss Zimmerman now has the information to take back to Silver Lake. I looked it up >> and I spoke with Miss Miss Brown tonight and let her know about the preschool. So, she was excited about that. >> Oh, um because she knows how to do it. She's already done it once and she said, "Sorry, Miss White Coff, that um she's gonna >> she knows how to do it." So, it'll be her second time and she's going to >> let you know and she's going to rope you in and do it with you. >> Teamwork. >> I didn't tell her I didn't tell her that for the record, but she said that she

103was going to have you do it. So, so we'll have all our elementary schools and preschools be purple star schools here in short order. >> All right. Um, and another proud moment I think for us is if and and if you don't know this is happening, I guess we haven't been paying any attention, especially being downtown. The art walk is tomorrow at night >> and just um wow I just Miss Schulman and her team and you know I we give Miss Schulman the credit because she leads us but there are many others that are uh playing a role in that with our in our art department and our teachers and how they support that and these ducks ducks are everywhere. I mean being bombarded by ducks. So really looking forward to that tomorrow night. And

104Christine and I were talking about how lucky we've been with the weather. Another beautiful night for us. That's been the last few. So, I'm looking forward to that and wearing our t-shirts and supporting uh all the work that they've done in the downtown. So, encourage people to come and just be safe, too. There's a lot of people walking, a lot of children, so we got to keep an eye on them. Uh let's see. Last week, I took our soups troops went to Lincoln and we um read stories and did activities in kindergarten and first grade. So, that was fun. They really enjoyed it and I was very impressed with the students like because sometimes they're a little shy around little ones but they were like bam right in there and just really really cute time

105and they created the activities. They were very well done. So it's a win-win on both sides the little ones and the and the older ones. Uh we I am in the midst uh with uh others on our team here of negotiations. So uh we have been um spending a lot of time together. Bogdan's um organizing us for um Oopsy, SEIU, and um and teachers. So, we have all those going on. So, we have three nights of that. We have one another one tomorrow. We'll have more next week. So, it's going to it's negotiation season. So, a lot of time spent there. Um but I'll provide an update for you later this evening. And then, um just want to congratulate the mayor. I was able to see the state of the city as a couple of

106you were able to attend uh Kyoga Falls. and I appreciate um the work that they're doing. Um the mayor is always very impressive and lovely to listen to all the things that are going on and I did not get to the village. Um it was Emerson's 13th birthday so we didn't want to I don't think I could miss that that evening so I I missed that. Um but that's that's my report. So thank you to Miss Houseman for stepping in for me last meeting. I'm happy to be back. >> Thank you. Okay, that brings us to item I, board business, future agenda items. I uh connected with Dr. Celico and reviewed the list um that we created at the last meeting and we have worked to calendar those. So, all of the ones that were

107mentioned have been calendared for future meetings just so you're aware. Um but is there anything additional to be brought forward at this time? >> Okay. >> The graduation will be next next >> meeting. List of graduates. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yes. That that will be coming. >> When are we doing the the portrait of a graduate? >> Portrait of a tiger. >> Is that on the list? >> Well, I was waiting till the art walk is over. >> Oh, sure. >> Sure. Pretty immersed in that. But >> it's on the list somewhere. >> Just however you want to do it. you know, if you're planning a work session or a board meeting or >> maybe June, we might need to start creating a list and like have an actual work session meeting in June. >>

108The last few years we haven't, but I feel like this year we have enough topics maybe to talk about for like an actual work session meeting. >> Okay, >> let's think about that. We can brainstorm some stuff because we have always have that one. We've used it for other purposes in the past, but maybe we actually need to have I feel like there's enough percolating. Is that >> Yes. >> Yeah. So, that might be valuable. >> It's on It's on the calendar already, right? June 30th or something. Is that what we're talking about? The work session. >> It's the middle meeting in June. >> The middle meeting in June is always a designated as a work session. >> Okay. That's what I thought. We do. I know. >> Yeah, we did three. >> 24 >>

109and the 30th. >> And what's the third one? >> The 30th is a Tuesday. >> Oh, I took that off my calendar because I thought that that was a mistake. It is there. Okay, put it back. >> All right. >> Okay. All good. We'll move to item two, committee reports. I'll go first. Board policy. We do need to schedule um a meeting because we do have some policies to review. Um and then I was approached and Mrs. Schaefer as well by some board members from Hudson that wanted to meet with us to form they said their board wants to form a a board member committee to discuss the sixth district. So, we are meeting with them next Tuesday to discuss that. Um, we have quite a bit of information to discuss with them. We're not

110sure what they're going to bring. Um, and then subsequent to that, I've spoken with board members from Kent, Hudson, and Talmage. And I have >> Stow, >> Kent, Hudson, Talmage, and Stow. And I have scheduled to speak with somebody from Woodridge about this idea. So, um, so far everybody is on board. I assume Woodridge will be on board as well. So, just that's a committee related item. >> Mrs. Zimmerman. >> Oh, sure. Um, we haven't had financial advisory committee. Um, we did have a foundation and alumni association meeting last week. Um, they are giving away as Miss Weekley mentioned earlier $150,000 in scholarships. They had almost 70 students apply and almost every single one of them re well I don't know if I'm supposed to say that they were able to to really distribute a

111lot of um scholarship. So that awards ceremony will be um May 5th. Um and Mark Bowers he's gone but he is now taking on the executive director role. um just a great fit seems like. Um and that they're working very hard on um engaging members and improving their website and and um they're very interested in supporting us on advocacy. They want to know what's going on um you know on the state level and so it's been a very positive experience so far. >> Great. Thank you, Mr. Harris. Yeah, just a um we had a business alliance council meeting last Tuesday. Uh Miss Hman gave a fantastic presentation on teaching and learning, sharing all the great progress we've been making and there were folks there that were very impressed by you know some of those numbers

112and so um you know really appreciate you doing that and sharing that with folks in the business community. Um we also got uh some updates on the uh portrait of a a black tiger as well. I think that's where we made the decision we need a little bit more yellow uh in there as well. Um, so, um, but no, it was it was great. Um, and then, uh, did I miss anything on that, Miss Schaefer? I know you were there as well. That was pretty >> easy breezy. Um, and then a quick legislative update. Uh, it was mentioned the, uh, new statewide coalition, the Ohioans protect public services. I'm just going to read from what I have here. Has launched a coordinated educational effort to ensure Ohioans have accurate information about real world impact of

113eliminating property taxes. The broad coalition brings together trade associations representing public schools and local governments, business organizations, nonprofit profits, and other entities around the shared commitment of protecting the essential public services Ohioans rely on every day. BASA, uh, OSBA and Oasbo have been actively engaging members of coalition since formation. Um, so you know, I'm very like, you know, Miss Stoyco mentioned that. I'm sure you'll keep us posted on how that's going along the way and I'll try my best to to follow up on that. And then I also wanted to mention that today or this week um Governor DeWine launched the Ohio attendance dashboard as well. So that is um out there and uh that tool is designed to provide fast, transparent, easy to use attendance data uh for for schools. So that's what I

114have. Miss White, >> none. >> Mrs. Schaefer, >> um the we're meeting on Friday for the district wellness committee. >> Okay. Well, I should have said for community engagement empowerment team. Um the first evening event is actually next week. So, just a reminder, we have those two evening events for our at our elementary schools for our families and you got a calendar invitation for that. So, the first evening event is next week. So, I was remiss not to mention that. So, just a reminder about that. Okay. Brings us to number three, comments. Mrs. Schaefer, you're up first. >> Oh, I'm first. Okay. So, I feel like we did a lot. Was Have we met since the musical? >> No. seems like a long time. So, my best friend and I went to musical and she

115has not been to like a high school musical for a couple years. Our our girls graduated in 19. So, um we went to the musical together and she was super impressed. Um I already knew it was going to be fantastic, but um we were sitting there and we kept forgetting that we were watching high school students. >> It was so good. And then the screen that comes down behind the that projects the backgrounds. Now my son liked working on like the backgrounds and painting the backgrounds and everything. So I did feel a little bit bad that he wouldn't have gotten to do something like that. >> I mean he's graduated so he wouldn't have anyways. But but it was so spectacular when they had the the wizard's head and they're playing picture. >> It was

116really good. It was really good. And uh the chemistry between the cast members and everything was was really great. It was it was really great. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Um let's see. We went to the state of the city. >> But you know I'm sorry. Mer Lucas is here who was a big part of that um production the Wizard of Oz. So while he's here it was great. >> Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. Y >> since I saw him here. >> Yeah. Fantastic. >> And um the state of the city that we went to. I like to go I like going to that because he puts everything bless you. He puts everything that's happening in the city kind of in in like in a bite-sized piece for you in just a kind

117of a short presentation. And I didn't realize um you'll remember uh Mr. Gomez, the 15th largest city >> in Ohio. >> I'm surprised >> 53,000 residents. That's >> I was surprised then when he kind of listed the things that are happening in the city, you know, oh, I forgot about that. Oh, I forgot about that. And because the city is so large and you're thinking, well, what about my end of town? Well, how about my when is my road getting paved that, you know, but the city is so large, there is always something happening there's always a project happening, always something getting planned. So, it really kind of put that in perspective attending that. And then we also attended the the state of the village um in Silver Lake. And I don't I don't personally

118live in Silverlake so I don't keep up on everything that's happening there. So it was nice to see what was happening over there and um and hear about all the all the road work that you guys had to do over there. Must have been a headache. And then on all the the drains and the sewers. It was seems like it must have been a big headache. Um and then last night we went to the supporting and protecting public education next steps for community action. Um r would you call it a rally? Rally. They said bring signs >> and I think we were the only people that actually brought signs. >> It wasn't a rally. That was what was disappointing. I was ready to rally. >> Chant someone start a chant. >> Well, I think you

119I think you did chant a little bit, didn't you? Mrs. Emer. >> Yeah, >> we were we were well represented. I thought Kyoga Falls I appreciated that we went and we had a good representation. We had teachers there. Miss Carile was there and a couple other teachers and >> we were well represented. And the people that were at the table speaking um they they all had like a I think what the one said the drop the mic moment. They all had something that was kind of like a drop the mic moment. My favorite was the bus. >> Yeah. >> You know, do you know how much a bus cost? And we're all like >> well I don't know. And they're like you know neither >> neither do the >> neither do private schools because they

120don't have to buy because they bus. But it was it was funny and I I don't know that she meant it to be like that either, >> but it was a good >> But it was a it was a good one. It was I I I enjoyed myself. Um we >> And I'll probably post this on my Facebook page, but make your voice heard and how to contact your state legislators. >> Yeah. And how to stay uh to show your support and some information. I'll probably start sharing some of that stuff >> in bite-sized pieces. >> We share it all at one time. It gets lost. So, >> I think that's all I have. >> Thank you, Miss White. >> Um, yes, we I all of us attended the care banquet and it it's just

121a lovely time to celebrate um some of our community members or staff that do some wonderful work and caring for our students. And that night we celebrated the Elks lodge. They are just wonderful. And then we all the districts together celebrated their libraries which to me is just special. Um although they didn't really talk about reading which kind of I I was taken aback a little bit and I know probably it wasn't the time to really discuss kids reading but you know it's what libraries are to me and um but they do a wonderful job in caring for our students and it was nice but I just also wanted to say real quickly that you know to me reading is it's just it just helps you grow and like with most of our top tigers

122they're readers and write and I've heard writers too which I really appreciate >> but you know I think we learn from stories we learn who we are as human beings from the stories that we tell the stories the books we read and I also want to make a a real quick um thing for art because one of my former um colleagues was an art teacher. He said she know you know Patty actually the written word started with art and I said you're right it did. And so again through the artists the musicians we have it touches our soul and it says something. It tells us what it is to be human and I don't want to ever lose that. So and don't forget the art walk is tomorrow. So that's all I have. I don't

123I don't >> Thank you, Miss White. Mrs. Zimmerman, >> I agree with you about reading. Um I think it's the foundation for all learning. Um, so I went to the ra the rally slash gathering with with some a bunch of us and um I found it even though there was no chanting, I did find it very positive to just see how um all of our local public school districts in Summit County really believe in what they're doing and they're fighting through the uh challenges placed upon us outside of our control. Um, but they all, you know, we all care about students and we want to give our students as much uh support and as much of a leg up on their lives as we possibly can. And it's a good thing. 85% of kids 85%

124is that what she said? Somebody I think that's a stat statistic are in public school. So it's it's still of course relevant and important. So um I've found it a a good experience. Um, I went to the 5K here um on Saturday. I ran slashwalked the whole thing with my husband. It was a real nice event. Beautiful day. Um, the National Honor Society did a great job. Um, so I hope that continues to I think it was the second year they've done it. So I I expect it will continue to grow. I also went to the musical. Well, I was I'm a like theater nerd myself going way back. So, I was also very impressed um with the talent all around from the stage crew to the to the leads to the musicians. Just really

125important, something we don't want to have to cut. >> Um all of those, you know, they're not extra. They're they are part of your education. So, um and then I'm going to uh go tour the Black Tiger Family Center early in the morning with Mrs. Merkel. I've never been to it, so um I asked her if she would show it to me, so I'm looking forward to that. That's all I have. >> Thank you. I'm up next. Um the artwalk is tomorrow night, but Friday night is the second annual middle school PTO food truck festival right here on at the 612 campus all around outside. So don't forget about that either. Um I was able as well to go to the state of the city as well as the state of the village. Um and

126I was happy to um go to both and hear about um the strength of both of our communities. Um went to the rally gathering last night as well. Um I really enjoyed beforehand they started late but that was okay because we had a lot of time to talk with people other school board members. um our union leaders from our district and and that I thought was really beneficial as well, like the conversations we were having. So, I enjoyed that piece of it. And on Tuesday, um Mrs. Schaefer and I are going down to Columbus for an OSBA workshop on it's basically OSBA recognized that every school district because of the cuts from the state is struggling with finances. So they came together to have a workshop about what's everybody doing about this. So we're excited

127to hopefully bring back some ideas. I don't know that it's it's certainly not going to be any good news, but we're just interested to hear what's going on and try to get some information from kind of the collective voice of the state. And uh Katie Johnson's going to be presenting at that as well from OASPO. So, we look forward to that information and bringing it back. Um and I was at the care dinner as well. I appreciated um recognizing the Elks. I said we're literally running out of awards and I told the Elks that we're literally running out of awards to give them because of how much they do for our district. Really phenomenal people that um go out of their way to care about the students of our district. That's just really um heartwarming

128um and just great people. And the library idea was actually stolen from us cuz we honored our library last year and they liked that idea. So then they honored everybody's library this year. So that was stolen from us. So that's what I liked about the care dinner. There were a lot of things that I thought were um a dishonest reality about the strength of the sixth district compact. And this oped was just in the Beacon Journal um from Josh Gordon. Sorry Miss White, I'm stealing your thunder on bringing an article. He's the executive director of the Barbaran Community Foundation and he um was talking about and this is interesting because I've been bringing a lot of stuff about different career tech ed but Barbaran is a compact so they're in the four cities compact with

129Norton Wadsworth Cobbly Fairlon and themselves Barbber and combined they serve much less student population total than the six district compact but they have CNC machining and injection molding uh public safety training such as fire and EMT and cyber security programs supported by a dedicated cyber range which is pretty awesome training people for real life jobs and what Josh Gordon was talking about in his oped and I'm real selective pieces here uh he said the purpose of a pathway is to provide direction and momentum with the understanding that plans can change but if we define the employment pathway only as getting a job, we risk limiting that momentum before it begins. If the employment pathway is going to serve students in our community, it must evolve into a true career pathway that includes access to specialized

130skill development, training connected to local local employers, job placement opportunities, and wraparound support student services that help individuals persist and succeed. And then he said the purpose of a pathway is to provide direction and momentum with the understanding that plans can change. So his his goal in this and I thought it was really insightful is that you know we talked about the three E and he's not against the three E but he said that as we look at what success is for employment we think of it as a job and we need to challenge ourselves that jobs don't create success careers do. >> True. And so I thought that was a really wonderful it was challenging when I read it to think about at first but like I say >> post-graduate success is now something

131that we are being evaluated on in our state report card as a high school. Graduation is is not considered enough success for us. We have to prepare them now not just to walk across the stage but to be successful after that. And then one of the other things I wanted to bring is something that the state of Ohio department of education and workforce um and their career technical education subsection um recently released. It is two maps. One is middle school students participating in career technical education and it's a map of every CTE area. So whether you're um a compact, a comprehensive, a JVSD or a CC, um your boundaries and your So the first one here is your percentage of students in grades seven and eight who generated CTE FTE and completed a CTE course

132located at a traditional public school district. And the six district compact the percentage is zero 0%. And some of these districts have 90% plus in some of these compacts. And then the other map that they created is participating students are those in grades 9 through 12 who generate a CTE FTE and either completed a CTE course located at a traditional public school district or sent to a JVS for CTE coursework and counting again the lines. The lowest color is 0.1% to 9.9%. That's the lowest color rating. That's the color rating that the six district compact is in. We have the lowest percentage that you can rank in under the rankings of the state for students enrolled in career technical education. And we know that our four and fiveyear college graduation rate after a kid graduates

133from our school is low. And we also know as of right now that we have zero kids currently enlisted. So we we need to be really serious about how important this is. It's not about criticizing people. It's about doing our job as school board members to advocate for students to be successful. >> Mr. Harris, you're up next. >> Um congratulations to our top tigers and all the amazing folks we recognized this evening in schools. Uh I was able to attend the state of the city as well. A lot of great things already said about it. Um Care Award Center as well. Congratulations to the Elks and the libraries. Um, and then tomorrow, yes, the art walk. Very excited about it. I got a duck obsessed three-year-old at home, so we he's just he's he's very

134excited me to wear my pin this evening as well. So, um, but no, I'm looking forward to it and I hope to see you all there. >> Thank you. >> That brings us to item J, executive session. Everyone's executive session pursuant to RC121.22 22 G121.22 G3 and 121.22 G4. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 121.22G121.22 G3 and 122 1.22 G4. It is hereby moved the board adjourned to executive session to review negotiations or bargaining sessions with employees concerning compensation and or other terms and conditions of employment to consider the employment and compensation of a public employer official and to meet with board legal counsel to discuss disputes involving the board and or the school district that are the subject of pending or imminent court action. >> Second, >> please call the role. >> Mrs. Zimmerman

135>> I. >> Mr. Gomez. >> I. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. >> Mr. Schaer. >> Hi. I >> we're in executive session at 7:38 p.m. There'll be no action after except for adjournment.