001Yeah, that's my plan. >> Good evening. It's 5:30 on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026. I'll call to order this regular meeting the Kaal City School District Board of Education. Miss Joyco, will you please call the role? Mr. Gomez >> here. >> Mr. Harris >> here. >> Mrs. Schaefer >> here. Miss White >> here. >> Zimmerman >> here. >> Thank you. Item B is approve the agenda. Number one's a motion to approve the agenda. It's recommended the board of education approves the agenda of the February 25th, 2026 board of education meeting. Action by the board of 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 request that any such item be removed from the consent agenda and voted upon
002separately. So >> second. >> Any discussion? Please call the role. >> Mr. Gomez. >> I. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Schaefer. >> Hi. >> Miss White. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Zimmerman. >> Hi. >> Thank you. Item C is our opening ceremony. 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, the individual will be recognized.
003If 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 person may address or question board members individually. An on a bridge 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 as well as request address to the board may be found on the table
004by the sign and book done by Mr. Harris. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Ka Falls Board of Education is Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in the 612 Campus Performing Arts Center auditorium. Now for our pledge of allegiance and welcome Miss Doyco. Please stand if you're able to flag United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Second time today for you. >> Welcome. Our vision Kyoga 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, Miss Stoyco. That brings us to item D, which are presentations. And first up is our staff
005star award. And I'd like to invite Miss Allison Bogdan, our director of human resources up. Good evening. It is my pleasure every month to honor and recognize one of our very own that is nominated by a colleague. So, it's a staff member who is nominated by a colleague called Staff Star Award. And this month we are recognizing Miss Grace Petroski who's right here. Come on up here. Here you go. Look at this. >> Oh, wow. >> Right there. Yep. And the person that nominated her is Aaron Mancini. They are both custodians at Lincoln Elementary. >> Grace started at uh Lincoln I think in July, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. And uh she's fantastic. Uh towards the end of the month, she hadn't even been there for an entire month. Me and Mike, the other worker,
006we were out on vacation. and she had to deal with a fridge that caught on fire. I've never got a deal on anything catching on fire in 20 years. So, I'm a little jealous, but she's a she's a she's a quick learner. She's always willing to help step out of her comfort zone and learn something new if she needs to. She's good enough that I'm doing public speaking. >> Grace will get your picture afterwards. So hang around and we'll start. We'll get your picture. >> Grace is also a graduate of Ka Falls High School. So we're always proud to get to employ one of our own. >> Thank you. That brings us to number two presentation, Top Tigers. And I'd like to invite up Dr. Celico. >> Thank you, Mr. Gomez. Good evening. >> Oh
007my goodness. I think one person said good evening. Good evening, everyone. >> Good evening. Yes, we should be so excited. What about you guys excited? All right. Well, let's hear it. Like, good evening, Dr. Good to see you. Anything. >> All right. Okay. All right. Okay. Um, one quick note about Grace. Uh, when I first met I don't know. So, how long have you been here? >> Two years. So, I remember when she came, I was like, hm, are you old enough to be here? And do you need a pass in the hallway? She's such a a a young lady that, you know, was back then she looked even younger. So, congratulations, Grace. We're proud of you and thank you for all the work you do for us. Thank you. All right. Is everybody ready
008for Top Tiger? >> Okay. All right. So, um, this evening I'm going to talk to you a little bit about Top Tiger before we begin. And just just by show of hands, any families that have been through this before who know what it's about? All right. We have one. Anybody else? A couple. All right. Was Grace a Top Tiger? We won't put her on the spot, but we're going to. >> I think so. Oh, well, >> you are now. So, all right. Okay. All right. So the the top tiger award um is an is an award given by our board of education to students from each building each month and the students are chosen by different uh staff members in their buildings and I get the distinct honor of reading about each one of them
009and I'm going to mix things up a little bit and with that said so I know that I see a number of our staff members here this evening to show support for our students that are here. So teachers and principles and all of you staff members who are here, secretaries, I see all of you. Admin assistants, can you please raise your hand and we'll give them a round of applause for supporting your children. Thank you. I know it means a lot for our students to see you here supporting you. So, thank you. So, we need to listen very carefully because this is like our third time we're changing this up. All right. We're even going to mix it up even as late as like like 20 minutes ago, I should say. We were just mixing
010things up. So everybody needs to listen carefully. I'm going to tell you how this is going to go. So students, when I ask when I call your name, we're going to do it one at a time and we're going to start with our high school. I'll give you that hint. Okay? We'll start with our older students first. You're going to come forward. You're going to stand here. I believe it's Yep. Mrs. Zimmerman is going to help me. She's going to have some um uh gifts for you. You will stand here. You will get those. You're excited about that. We'll get those gifts and you'll you'll be here while I read about you. All right? So everybody gets to hear about you. Then you're going to come on the stage and there's Mrs. Stewart is going
011to be up there. So when you are done being we, you know, when we say everything that we're going to say all these great things, you're going to head up there. She'll take your picture and then she'll show you where to go. You're going to sit on those risers for the rest of the the names being called. All right? And then at the end, you're going to um get more uh goodies. So you'll get some instructions from our folks that are about to come up here soon and talk to you about what that means. But you'll head out, everyone together after we get some pictures on the stage and families, you'll have an opportunity to take some pictures and then you're going to head out to our other location which is our blackbox theater this
012evening where we have some other things. You'll get some directions there. So many things to remember, but you're going to do great. All right. Um I also want to point out Mrs. Carile's in the back. One of the things that you'll be receiving this evening, I don't see it here this even. It's I don't know that we have one. We don't have it here, Miss Kyla. >> Oh, it's missing. Well, it'll show up. Okay. It's a sign that you'll be able to put in your yard uh and proudly or in your windows, wherever you would like to to um show that you have a top tiger that lives in your home. So, that's somewhere, but that's compliments of Mrs. Carile and our uh teachers union. So, a big thank you to them for supporting our
013students. And also, I'd like to add um that we also have generous other generous communities uh sponsors and partners that uh really encourage our students to be the best they can. And they too provide some of those things that you'll see in your child's uh bag this evening. But I also uh a big part of this um and uh one group that we are extremely grateful for is our foundation. And we have a couple people here this evening who are going to speak to you uh about the foundation alumni association. And I think it's going to be uh Chris Shrader this evening so she'll come up and Mrs. Scoffield is also here today. So thank you. >> Hi everyone. My name is Chris Shrader and I am a proud to serve as a trustee in
014the Kaga Falls Schools Foundation and Alumni Association. I'm also a graduate of Kaga Falls back in the dark ages. The Kaga Falls Foundation is one of the sponsors of the Top Tiger Award. In addition to Top Tigers, each year the foundation awards over $150,000 in student scholarships, awards grants to teachers for innovative classroom projects and helps connect alumni by assisting with class reunions and class websites. Each May, we also recognize two to three distinguished alumni and host a recognition program and reception. All of our top tigers are then invited to participate with us and walk in the Memorial Day parade. So, you guys get to be in a parade in May. It's a lot of fun. tonight after everything is done when you get your picture done and everything and then we'll head over to
015the Blackbox Theater and that's where you'll get your t-shirt and um and a little thing for your family to look at your moms and dads. So, on behalf of the Koga Fall School Foundation and Alumni Association, we congratulate each and every one of you top tigers on earning this very special award. We are proud of each and every one of you and look forward to seeing you in the Memorial Day parade. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Trader. All right. How many of you uh is this your first time in our new auditorium? First hand. Okay. What do we think? >> Great. Beautiful. Yeah. Nice. Lots of blue. That's what I always say. Lots of blue, right? Gorgeous. All right. Well, we're happy you're here. >> Is your your favorite color is blue? Oh, nice.
016I like blue, too. Okay. Um, it's like walking into a kindergarten class and you know, you say, "Does anybody have a question?" But then they all want to tell you a thousand things. None of them are questions, but it's all important. They want to tell you things, right? So, all right. So, we're going to go ahead and get started. We'll see who we can follow all those directions, but I'll help you out if we forget. But, uh, we're going to start, as I mentioned, with, uh, the high school students. And we have two students that are not be able to attend this evening, but I will read their names. And that is Aaliyah Ellers and Brooklyn Roman. And just to make sure, neither one are here. Is that correct? So, congratulations to them. And our
017other high school student is Andrew Heights. Is Andrew here? Andrew. Yep. Come on up. Andrew, nice to meet you. Did you go by Andrew? >> Uh, yeah. Okay. Very good. >> Stand right here. Okay. Ready? All right. What grade are you in? >> I'm a senior. >> Senior. Nice. All right. All right. Andrew exemplifies our health and physical education expectations by maintaining a positive attitude, always putting forth his best effort in all of his classes, respecting others, and following safe practices, rules, and procedures. Andrew is a senior who is actively involved in the baseball and CTE program at Kent in business and sports management program. In the program, he is learning about finance, sports management, marketing, event planning, and much more. After high school, he would like to continue his education and pursue a degree
018at Ken State University to major in business management. Congratulations. Good for you. All right, moving on to our middle school. And our first student is London Jenkins. London. There's London. Hey, London. All right. London has been exceptional and has stood out from the other students in Miss Thompson's health class. From the beginning of the year, she has consistently demonstrated an excellent work ethic, approaching every assignment with care and attention to detail. Whether they are discussing topics like mental health or developing healthy habits, she is always prepared and eager to participate. She shows great empathy towards her peers, listening attentively and always offers support when a classmate is struggling with a concept. She is focused and diligent even during challenging lessons and sets a high standard for her fellow students to follow. Her commitment to personal
019growth and her resilience will continue to serve her well throughout her middle and high school experiences. She is truly a joy to have in class. Congratulations. I don't believe our other student was able to make it here, but I just want to check. Liam Hamanda, is Liam here? Okay. Well, congratulations. All right, moving along to our elementary folks. Someone's excited. Wait till you see. All right, our next we'll start with Dwit. All right. And our first student is Kyler Foster. Hi, Kyler. >> Congratulations. >> All right. Kyler is a model student who consistently demonstrates an impressive work ethic and shows up daily, ready to engage and participate in class. He works diligently to complete assignments, always arrives prepared for the day's challenges, and is committed to achieving his goals. Beyond his studies, Kyler truly shines
020through his character. He treats his teachers and peers with the utmost respect and is always courteous and kind. Kyler sets a wonderful example of what it means to be a supportive classmate and a stellar student. Congratulations. All right, our next student from Dwit is Vivian Rollins. Vivian, there she is. go by Vivian or do you go by Viv? >> Well, this is why I asked because Mrs. Houseman is over there. She's our assistant superintendent and she has a granddaughter who is named we nickname she's nicknamed Viv. So there you guys have something in common. Mrs. Houseman, raise your hand. There she is. See, now you can now you have a new friend when she comes to visit. All right, Vivian, let's Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's not what I was gonna say about you. I
021got a lot more to say. Ready? Okay, Vivian, ready? Listen, is a student who has vibrant energy and creative intuition. Whether she is gaining inspiration from graphic novels she is reading or busy at work drawing her her own, Vivian's incredible imag imagination and create creative spirit are evident. What truly sets Vivian apart is the sunny disposition she brings to the classroom. Her cheerfulness and bright personality make her a joy to be around. She approaches every challenge with a smile and a genuine eagerness to learn. Her teachers are so proud of the dedication and joy she brings to DITIT every day. Congratulations. All right, our next school is Lincoln and our first student is Amari Min. Amari. >> Amari. All right. Hi All right. Amari is a truly exceptional student who leads by example every single
022day. Not only is she kind and helpful friend to everyone in our class, but she also shows her peers what it means to be a dedicated worker. Whether she is showing off her team her teamwork on the soccer field, expressing her creativity through dance or building imaginative worlds of Roblox, she brings energy and a positive attitude to everything she does. Her ability to balance being a focused student with being a fun, loving teammate makes her a wonderful role model for all of us. Amari, keep shining and being the amazing leader you are. Congratulations. All right, our second student from Lincoln is Adam Mosen. Oh, there he is. All right, you ready? All right. He's excited. You're the one who said blue is your favorite color, right? Yep. Me, too, buddy. I like it, too. All
023right, Adam. Adam has been an exceptional student at Lincoln, consistently demonstrating both hard work and excellent behavior in the classroom. Adam has been working on his reading and has shown significant improvement in his fluency and comprehension. Most importantly, Adam is a kind and respectful classmate who is always willing to help others. Adam is a positive and enthusiastic member of our class, and he always participates in class discussions. His smile is sure to brighten up your day. I would agree. Way to lead with black tiger pride, Adam. Congratulations, honey. Okay, our next student I don't know is here either. We'll see. This is This student's from Preston, Le Frederick Glover. Not here. Okay, good. Congratulations to you. And our other student from Preston is Meline Monroe Blankeno. Right. Did I do it? Did I say it
024right? >> That's a great name. I love it. All right. But you go by Maddie. Like I can abbreviate all that down to Maddie. All right. Maddie is new to Preston this year. Her ability to flourish in in new environments. Her positive attitudes towards learning and her self-driven pursuit of growth have been ad uh admired by all. Her teachers think that Maddie has the most amazing attitude about school and is eager to learn. She is always super happy and her positivity spreads to her classmates. In the art room, Maddie is also an incredible artist. Nice. She uses her creative thinking and problem solving to help create beautiful works. The Preston family is so proud of Maddie for taking on new challenges with a smile and lots of bravery. Congratulations, Maddie. All right, moving on to
025Price. Oh, I see a smile. Let's see if I'm right. Samuel Battery, that's you. >> Hi, Samuel. >> Samuel has been a quiet leader in our classroom and is always showing Black Tiger pride. He has many friends and gets along with all of his classmates. All of his teachers have had great things to say about him. He leads by example, diligently completing his work and assisting nearby students who are struggling. When other students are distracted, he remains focused on his tasks and completes them with excellence. Samuel received our highest Ohio State test writing score for the fall test, WOW, and has received straight A's in math and language arts from both quarter 1 and quarter two. Overall, his performance this year has been outstanding, demonstrating the commitment to excellence that makes him truly deserving of
026the Top Tiger Award. Look at you go. Good job. All right. And our second student from Price is Prequel. How are you? >> Good. Good. All right. Pri is an standout second grader who c who pairs a heart of gold with a serious can do attitude. He's the kind of student who never forgets a please or thank you making him an absolute joy to have in class. When it comes to academics is a master of focus. He takes immense pride in his work. When he attempts a tricky math problem or a tough reading passage, he doesn't give up. Instead, he leans into a growth mindset. He he treats any mistake as a chance to learn something new. We are so proud of you. Congratulations, honey. Okay. And we have a third student from Price because
027one was a makeup from last time. And our third student is Anna Lum Lumzel. >> All right. Anna shows us every day what it means to have a big heart and a strong brain, even when she thinks no one is watching. Whether it is helping someone clean up a mess or playing with a new student at recess, Anna is always looking for ways to be kind. She studies to prepare for tests and perseveres when she is learning something new. Way to go, Anna, and keep up the good work. Congratulations. All right, moving along to Richardson. We have Landon Lynch. Landon is how you doing? All right. Landon has worked very hard this school year so far and met many of his goals. During small group times, Landon always stayed on task and works hard and
028would encourage others to do the same. He always has a smile on his face and a positive attitude. Landon is motivated to succeed. He always tries his best and does not hesitate to ask questions in order to make sure he fully understands what it is he needs to do. He expresses a lot of pride in his accomplishments. Landon is a great student and all of his teachers have expressed how much they enjoy working with him. Congratulations, All right. And our second student from Richardson is Mercedes Reed. Mercedes, >> you are so well coordinated, girl. You really are. Look at that. I've seen you before. Look at that. Pink and pink shoes and glasses. Woo! Decks out. I'm loving it. All right. You ready, Mercedes? >> All right. Mercedes is a wonderful student in class. She
029demonstrates Black Tiger pride each day as she works to complete her classwork and follow classroom directions. She is respectful and kind to her teachers and peers. Mercedes demonstrates a positive attitude each day and is an excellent role model for others in her class. Congratulations. Good to see you. All right. The last elementary school, then we move to preschool. Silver Lake. Ready? Our first student is Brady Redowski. All right, Brady. Brady is a true standout in our classroom. He has an amazing peer who is always willing to help others and he consistently gives his absolute best effort in everything he does. His enthusiasm during class discussions is amazing and he has a natural way of making everyone around him feel supported. Beyond his hard work, he is also the unofficial classroom sports expert. Oh, good to
030know. Brady keeps the class fully updated on every score and game highlight. Keep up the great work. Your kindness and work ethic will take you far. Have you did you watch the Olympics? >> Yes. >> Did you follow what hockey? Who won hockey? >> Uh, USA. >> Yeah. Men and >> men and women. All right. Good. All right. And our next student I met yesterday in class when I was at school, Tessa Wolf. Right, Tessa? Mrs. Hutchinson's back. She's taking a picture. This is where I met you in her class yesterday. Remember? Yep. All right. Tessa is an amazing student. She always comes in with the biggest smile on her face and usually a fabulous headband. Check. Check. She has a smile anytime you look at her and she tries her hardest at everything she
031does. Tessa is also a wonderful helper. The only time she needs redirection is when she is helping too much and needs to complete her own work, which is a great problem to have. She is incredibly respectful and encourages that behavior from those around her. She is a wonderful example of black tiger pride. Congratulations. All right, we're finishing up here with our preschooler. It's a big moment. Ready? I wonder if that's you. Our preschooler is Everly Warsler. Is that you? Oh my gosh, I'm so Let everybody see that beautiful face and dress. Ready? There we go. Good. Ready? Everly has made wonderful progress since the start of the school year. While she initially benefited from extra support to adjust to the classroom, she has blossomed into a confident and independent member of the community. Everly now
032initiates imaginative play with her peers more autonomously and is increasingly expressive in communicating her needs and ideas to both teachers and classmates. Beyond her social growth, Everly has become a leader in her daily routines. She trans transitions into class with ease and is a joyful participant during circle time. The preschool staff is incredibly proud of the strides she has made and look forward to seeing her continued growth throughout the rest of the year. Good job. All right. That is some good news. Um I want to just take a moment. We're going to take some pictures and as I mentioned families, you'll have an opportunity to do the same. But I also I always like to take a moment to applaud those of you who are in the audience as well as parents and family members
033who show support to the students. Um this is not by chance that students exhibit these traits. It's from each of you modeling and encouraging and supporting your children. So please let's have a round of applause for all of our All right. Thank you so much. We're going to uh invite the board up for some pictures and then uh like I mentioned uh Miss Stewart will give you the okay when it's time for families to do the same. Thank you very much. >> And then afterwards you're going to go that way to the black box. >> Yes. That's >> I'll bring your award because we're going to get a picture with you. >> Oh, Grace. Yeah. She might still. >> Yeah. >> Oh, wow. >> They almost come out of there. >> Do you want to
034Do you want to stay there for? Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> You don't want me to stand there? I might be able to get him out. >> Ladies, are we back on? >> Okay, we are ready for item E, Treasure CFO's business consent agenda. Miss Toyco. >> Thank you. It is recommend the board of education approve all items listed in the treasur's consent agenda. >> So move. >> Second. >> Discussion. Mr. >> Yes, I'm a busy bee tonight. Um, so we have the minutes. Um, and we have um our amounts and rates. So, our certification of tax levy. So, that is something that we do annually. Um, and it's really just um that I received that the second part of it, that actual budget commission certification from the county. Um, and so
035then you guys will just go ahead and approve those. Those are for next fiscal year. Um technically tax year, but you know, starting with that next year. Um so we do this every year. It's got to be sent to them by uh April 1st. >> And it's like the completion of that tax budget process. >> Yeah. It's like tax budget. Yes. It's the whole Yeah. Gets us all square to get started in July. As a reminder that um your budget commission now can do a lot more than they used to be able to, but the Summit County budget commission is saying no thank you to that. >> Yes, thankfully. >> Uh the other one is a contract for services for Julian and Groove. So, they've done um our excuse me our audit for the last
036five years, which I thought I had didn't know we were in the last year. It didn't seem like it was that long. Um, typically the state of Ohio audits um, you know, school districts. However, they don't have the manpower to do everyone. So, they outsource some of their um, contracts. And so, typically what they do is they'll give you an initial five-year contract. They'll let you extend it one time for five years and then you've got to go back to be with the state. So, this will be an extension of that um, for them to still do the same thing for the next five years. Um, starting with next, you know, starting with this fiscal year, auditing next year. So, there's that. And then our donations, um, just always appreciate of those. There's a number
037of them there. Um, Miss Leslie, Leslie, someone in the audience. Um, so thank you to everyone. Um I point out that uh the sons and daughters of Herman benevolent fund um donated almost $16,000 to food service to uh help cover um the lunch debt for students. >> And at that time it cleared all the debt that was at that time. Correct. >> Correct. >> Yeah. I I do not know what that number is at this point but yes. And then we also received another um anonymous uh for $625 for the same same thing. So >> and so that's it under consent agenda. I just think good to note that um our policy on lunch is that folks that with a negative balance are served a full lunch in our district um and then it gets
038charged to their account eventually basically at graduation time and or if they're trying to pay a sport that's really when that comes due so to speak. Um they just carry that balance with them. We don't really do anything in the meantime other than we try to collect it, but we don't really do anything in terms of we don't not serve them a meal um or treat them any differently. So, um we know that there are people that carry significant debt, but that's just the choice of our district that we're not going to deny a student or stigmatize them as other based on a decision that an adult makes. Um that's important to us as a board. So, um when folks like that reach out, it really does make a difference in in students lives. So,
039thank you so much to them. >> I think um perhaps as a board we should send a thank you note to that group because that's a significant donation. >> Yeah. >> So, someone would get a card and we could coordinate that >> because that's a significant donation that I think >> doing the same. >> We should uh every donor gets a thank you note, but that's a significant donation. I think we as a board should send a note as well. >> And then I just wanted to note as a point of discussion, the Julian and group thing just so people in the community understand the audit is still the same audit. It's same government auditing standards that the auditor would do. You don't get any break in terms of what they're looking for. Um so
040>> yeah they are still responsible once they are complete they submit it to the auditor the state auditor for review um before it is accepted um by this uh Ohio auditor's office. >> Do we also would we also have to pay a fee to the auditor? >> Correct. Yes. >> Yep. >> Yeah. We still pay audit fees on it which are assumed um annually as well. But it's just important that folks know it's not a lesser audit. It's not that somehow for 10 years that our books are not being um looked at with the same standards. It's the same government accounting standards book that they use that the auditor would use. So I just wanted to note that since we were talking >> any other questions or comments on this piece. >> Please call the
041role. >> Mr. Harris. Hi. >> Mrs. Schaefer. Hi. >> Miss White. Hi. >> Mr. Zimmerman. Hi. >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. This brings us to item F. Still treasur CFO's business. Miss Stoy Koi brings us to the five-year forecast. It's recommended the board of education approves and accepts the 5-year forecast as presented by the treasur CFO. >> So, will pass out her presentation. Um, so you have like an extra slide because I totally forgot about it and then last I had already printed all the slides. So you'll you'll know when some opening comments. We know and our community obviously knows that um we're using this financial presentation um from which to make decisions about open enrollment, but we're in particular going to discuss open enrollment in the next piece because our five-year forecast touches everything
042that we do um from employing our people, which is the majority of what we do is employ people who then educate our students and do all the other necessary pieces of what we need for our students um from transportation um administration, all these other things are really involved in our five-year forecast. So, we know that we're making decisions off of open enrollment from this data, but we're going to specifically have a conversation about open enrollment separate from this so we don't lose focus that so many decisions are made based on our financial decisions, not just open enrollment alone. Um, because we think that's very important. And then one other piece of information is that um you know we're making big decisions with open enrollment and um employment pieces obviously impacting family and students lives there.
043But I also think it's important that the board um see the full picture of what potential cuts can be and we've been given some information about that. But I think um we need to be presented with everything that's on the table so that we understand the full picture of what's being presented to us. Um like for example, I think we were recently told um that we're looking to reconfigure the way that um building subs are done for next year. So like that's another piece of the pie that we need to better understand how that's going to financially impact us because we were told that piece. We don't yet know the financial impacts of that as well. So, I think we um and I don't know, it's not for tonight, but certainly it impacts our five-year
044forecast and it impacts the financial decisions we're making. So, we just need um maybe there's a document that we can be given of everything that's on the table in terms of finances um pre-levy um and then post levy as we make those decisions. >> Thank you. >> Okay. All right, we'll get started. It's like Dr. because I've read my mind. You can get you can hit the next one. And talking about the Olympics and I'm sad because it's like that's what I was doing for two weeks. Nothing else. You know, you're in the middle of like uh sports seasons. You got spring training and you know, you got basketball, but it's not on. So, it's like the Winter Olympics are on every day all day. And and the Winter Olympics are c a drastic difference
045from summer. I mean, it is. It's like you'll see later, but like how do you know you're good at half the stuff they're doing in the Winter Olympics? Like where did you do that at first? >> Try that. >> I don't understand. >> Anyway, um so I'm not going to go through every slide on here because there are a lot and a lot of them you've seen before such as this one, their vision and mission and the strategic plan goals. I just think it's important to have those in there since that's what guides um a lot of this. a specific finance piece to the strategic plan. Um the purpose of the five-year forecast um as we know um it is for our long range planning and discussions of financial issues which is is what we're
046uh part of what we're doing tonight. So um so starting off you can go to the next one. Um so this is the filing of the fiveyear forecasts technically four. I'll get into more of that later. Um, so starting this year, just as a refresher, you you pull them up. Um, the financial forecast had to be submitted by October 15th and again at before the end of February. So, starting next year because of when they passed that bill, um, it was already passed August for to do that. So, starting next year, it will be August 31st and the end of February each fiscal year. Um so I've mentioned before but those present a number of challenges for developing accurate um projections um you know staffing decisions insurance renewals are not settled tax settlement collections are
047not all the way um have not been dispersed in full to us um to know um and some of those things can have a material impact on the forecast as you will see um technically now it is a four-year forecast is all that we're require ired um to submit, but we will continue using the five-year model um because it is a good management and planning tool. Um can you go back? Yeah. Okay. So, um in this forecast and you'll see in the graph next is that uh you know we are trending toward a revenue shortfall um starting in fiscal 2029. Um, so a revenue increase of $6.69% or a f over $5.6 million reduction in expenditures in addition and that's in addition to what is already captured in this forecast um would need to happen
048to balance the budget um by the end in 2030. Now, obviously, we're most likely not going to see an revenue increase, no matter how hard we try, unless there is a new levy. Um, and that's pretty much probably the only way um we're going to see an increase of that significant. Um, because we are just there's not a lot of ways for us to gain revenue. Um, and you can tell you can see in that number for the reductions that that is going to start impacting students. If that is is the case, it is going to start impacting um the everyday education. >> Well, I think we're honestly past that point if we're being realistic because we've already delayed curriculum adoption. >> Yes. >> So, >> yep. >> It's just going to more drastically impact
049them. >> Yep. >> Okay. So, you can go the next one. >> Um so, this is what it looks like with colors and numbers. Um you can we're we're barely above that uh you know in this year and last year and next year um and then we kind of start to go downhill come 29 and and 2030. Um again those the um OD looks at the first three years um to see you know what your balances are and what your financial stability is. uh the fourth and fifth year they don't pay attention to as much just because a lot of different factors can impact things that many years out. Um but still again using it as a planning tool. Um we know so the next slide shows you kind of that broken down of you
050know what our revenue and expenditures are um in each of those years. Um you can see that throughout all five years we are in a uh deficit. We are deficit spending um um to a certain extent. And then at the bottom there are some renewal levies that are um assumed in those in those figures. >> So starting off with revenues. >> Um so with that we see like our expenditures go down in fiscal year 27. What's the reason for that? >> That is part of that is staffing. So, um the closing of Preston um some other reductions that have been made through attrition. Um I'm trying to refresh my memory here real quick. U that's the that's the biggest one. Um and think of what we did this year that's major that I'm like I
051know I'm missing something that is totally major and I'm sure the rest of air conditioning bills >> part of that is that yeah part of it is that part of it is um you know we've had a reduction in part of yeah we've had reductions in um we had reductions in staff this year uh we have reductions going into next year that and benefits um we also have the the major capital improvements that we've done um like Preston and Price we're still paying on that um partially this year. Um I know it's probably in here somewhere and where I go. So I know I'm probably missing something in there, but I would say majority of it is salary and benefits >> and with the 6 million and 2030 difference between 2027 is that basically um
052increases payments to staffing. >> Yeah. It's assumes it's assuming services. Yeah. and and then insurance being >> Yeah, that's what I'm guess staff make more as is appropriate. >> Yep. >> Insurance and benefits and then >> purchase services because things cost more over time. >> Yeah. Yep. So when when you when it says here um a $5.6 million reduction in expenditures, that's that figure in 2030. If you reduce expenditures earlier that ffects the whole rest of the chart, right? So that would >> it does lessen. >> So it's kind of when it's talking about that, it is talking about it kind of cumulatively. Yes. Okay. >> So yeah, the sooner >> you know earlier you do it, the more impact it has on those those final years both increase wise and decrease wise as as
053Mr. Gomez just pointed out. You know, we're compounding a lot of estimates such as insurance um that costly B or teacher and other employee um salaries that we're assuming a certain increase in steps um just for you know based on trend not necessarily you know things that are set in stone so those also compound to get to that point where they're at 68,000 um they may not you know and I can tell you they probably they will not be exactly that number no way but they could swing drastically depending on a number of factors that again like you said if you start now or good or bad if they happen now it's going to continue to impact it. You know, the only way to keep costs flat are to reduce staff every year based off
054of the increase in benefits and whatever increases they're getting as well as to cut purchase services based off of inflation. But at the end of, you know, from 27 to 2030, you're going to look at your district and be pretty disappointed with your delivery of education model. >> Yes. Yes, you will. >> And then that my other question is, is there anything we can do? And I know there's no way we can cut $3.4 million between now and the end of the fiscal year. we've had this conversation, but are there things that we can do to lessen that deficit before the end of the fiscal year? >> I mean, I think we've done a lot of what we we've been able to do. Um, you know, if you recall, we had a 10% budget reduction
055and then I also went back mid year to administrators and asked them to cut more. Um, so obviously their their budgets that that amount, you know, salary and benefits is where the majority is, where you're going to have the biggest impact. Um, but you know, we've we've actually cut more than 10%. We didn't really put a percent on the, uh, you know, the second time I came around. Um, so other than kind of, you know, um, being mindful of that as we approach the end of the year of what we really need and and things like that, um, Could we do things and c could this possibly be a little bit better? Yes. I mean, we still have four months to go of the year. Um, you know, we're going to be cutting off purchase
056orders in April. You know, typically then we're not we're not doing a lot of um new ordering after that point in time because we don't allow um the purchase orders. Um and so other than that, and that's not going to have a super significant impact >> because we do that every year. >> Uhuh. Yeah. And so, yeah, even Even, you know, let's say you have your budget and you're being mindful and you're like, well, I will not spend this this year, you know, even though I planned for it. Um, that would be great and it would be helpful, >> but you might need to spend it next year. So, does that really make a difference? >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> Um, sorry, but talking about the timing of this and how previously the timing was
057better to do it in May and November. >> Correct. >> Right. >> So, We have to do this because it's a state requirement in these months um for our deci our board decision making. Can we do it in a month that make do this again in a month that makes more sense and base our decisions on that internally? Yeah, I mean I can provide you with, you know, basically it wouldn't have probably all the bells and whistle, you know, of this does because that's officially what gets submitted. But yes, we could do an update, you know, as of your end. We could we could always do that and I could always send it to you guys >> um to look at. >> It's more accurate. I mean, >> when you say our decisions, what do
058you mean by that though? Well, I just mean, well, we can only make decisions with the information we have now when we need to make them. I just have I guess I mean having more updated accurate projections even if it's not what we have sent to the state. >> Yeah. We've done forecasts out of time under I think every treasurer I've been worked with since I've been on the board for various reasons. And when the state requires you to like submit a plan, you have to then update your forecast as well. So I think we did that last year too. I think we did three forecasts last year. >> Yeah, we actually I think had four last calendar year because we had to do one in November recall. >> So >> because again There there's
059one of those things we they flagged us in October because we did not have the levy results of the renewal, but once we had the levy results of the renewal, it if I would have turned it in then, it wouldn't have been flagged. But we had to approve it again now with that information and resubmit it. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, I mean, in all honesty, Christy does a forecast in some way every day because she's looking at these numbers every day. >> It's Yeah, I mean it's a the docu like it's a software that is used. So like I'm looking at that all the time and putting in these the updates to say okay now here's where we look and and things like that. So it's forecast >> it's a live piece. >> It's
060called forecast 5 analytics if you want to look into the software. >> Okay. >> Because you're like me and I know you want to probably Google the software. >> What do you plug in forecast wizard? Okay. Okay. So, we're talking revenue. If we can go to the next slide. So, revenues um we we'll start on that side. You can keep going. Um so, we know our largest revenue sources are local taxes um and state sources. That's over You can keep going. That's over 91% of our total revenues. Um this forecast has two anticipated renewal levies. Um one that you'll we would start seeing the um collections in fiscal 28 and the other the collections in 2030. Um total revenue is expected to increase on average about 62%. I think it was about 08 maybe in
061October, November. Uh so it's gone down a little and historically it's gone up about 049% um on average over the past I think that's over five years. Go to the next one. Um, so I mentioned so at the end of tax year 26, so starting collections in um, that might not be right. Um, that that should probably say 27. That's my bad there. Maybe those are off ones. Anyway, point. So 28 29. So 27 and 20 n. That's how it should be. Um, tax year. The collection I'm one's collection, one's tax year. So anyway, so the one that is coming up um here is the $3.7 million emergency levy um which we are allowed to renew um and is we'll I'm going to talk about that on the next slide. And then um the 4.0
062mil levy that was passed in uh as a combination with the bond um issue in 2019 and it was uh originally for 10 years um So that will come up. There are some we'll have to look in because because it was passed as a combination. It's under a little bit different like code and as far as how many years we could do it and and things like that. It's not under the same kind of code that like our regular levies are because of the way it was done. So um but that will be up for renewal. >> And I think we weren't sure if we could make that one continue. So this forecast assumes that those are not >> um yes until you get to the very bottom line and then it shows you those
063amounts um and then so it gives you what it is without them. Okay. >> Shows the line with them and then the final you know um there go the next slide. Okay. >> So, um, real estate. Oh, sorry. I'm sorry. >> I'm sorry. Is that combination? Is that the PI? >> That's the half mill the, uh, bond issue and operating. >> The PI is continuing. The half mill PI is continuing. Okay. Which means forever. >> Okay. >> Um, so this calendar year is a sexual appraisal year. Um, and as we've mentioned before, even though property values in the district have increased in recent years, um, those changes have little effect on our total tax revenue thanks to House Bill 920, which was enacted way back in 1976. Um, and it reduces the effective millage on
064the voter approved levy so that increases in property taxes don't generate additional revenue. So, the way I always say it is when you originally put that levy on, there's a that money makes up a pie. That pie doesn't get any bigger or smaller. It just divvies up in there who pays what based on the the valuations. Um, and then there's different for class one, which is your residential, and class two, which is more of your commercial um um and industrial properties. Um so our our effective millage for residential is 33.38 and 45.95 for um commercial. Um so Ohio law includes a 20 mil floor provision um which ensures that the voted and non-voted millillage for each class cannot fall below 20 mills. Um we are not at the the floor for either one of those.
065Um so I kind of explained this yesterday. It's it is a hard concept. Um so if I have if I pass a levy for 10 mills um and that gives me 10 million just for ease of number as my valuation goes up it doesn't take as many you know in that case a mill equals 1 million. Okay. Well as my valuation goes up now a mill equals more. So we're basically then going to take that valuation, divide it into the number and get the new effective rate. So let's say it goes down to five in that case. Um if you um so it combines all your levies, all your operating levies, and we'll get to the changes here in a minute. Um so your effective millage can't drop below 20. So even if the calculation
066by the county is a total of like 18 mills, you're going to get money for 20 mill. You cannot drop below even though by calculation you are. So for those districts, what they they do see growth because they're they've they're getting more to get to that 20 mil floor. um because effectively what they had to collect for the let's say $10 million is only 18, but they're going to collect 20 mills no matter what. So those districts see growth in that in that sense. Which brings me to all of the property tax changes that were signed in December of 2025. Um so there were four of them that uh these are probably the most significant changes to the way things are done since since 1976 in House Bill 920. >> Can I ask? >> Um,
067so House Bill 129 restores Oh, sorry. What? >> And that 20 mil for when they see growth, the taxpayers paying that growth. >> Correct. Paying that growth. >> Correct. Um, so House Bill 129, as I mentioned, so it they had originally put on the table um not allowing any fixed some levies, which is our emergency levies. Um, they don't want to call them emergency anymore. They're fix them some. Um, so it restore the ability um for districts that currently have one to renew it. Um however, it significantly limits the use of putting on a new emergency levy for a district, but all the districts that currently have one can renew it um for up to five years as they have been in the past. Um however, now emergency levies used to not be counted towards
068the floor. So it was not one of your levies that was part of that calculation. Now it is. So there were districts maybe that were on the 20 mil floor and now they're they're off because of adding an emergency levy. They anticipated seeing growth to maybe a large degree and as of now they're not. and and for a lot of districts it's millions and millions of dollars lost that was you know expected the way thing the way the law was. Um, House Bill 186 is a uh in establishes an inflation cap credit that limits the property tax increases to the GDP uh product deflation factor um or deflation factor, excuse me. um when you have a reappraisal or a trienal update year. Um, in this case actually, and this is one where I, you know,
069well, being on the 20 mil floor would have been nice. Um, I don't know how people are going to explain this because it has a clawback provision going back to 23. Um, where people will see credits for this and if you were reappraised in 23, then you'll see three years. If you were reappraised or in 24, you see two years. If you were reappraised last year, you will see one year. Um, and they're going to come, from my understanding, as credits on the tax bill. Uh, you know, here's your credit, here's your credit, and then after however many years it is that you get that, that's just going to go away. Um, and I don't know that there's going to be a lot of explanation on your tax bill. Um, and it's probably handled different
070by each county. Um, but I I can I can see that being um a lot causing a lot of confusion for districts um because they're going to say, "Why did everything go up then when when that credit comes off?" >> Well, the problem is the timing of when they passed it and the bill is not effective for 90 days is that it was not effective um when tax bills went out. >> Correct. >> For the first half. So, the county auditors and treasurers are very upset about that. Y um so we will not experience any of that because we're not on the 20 mil floor. Um but um >> and that's the one people are seeing in the newspaper. That's what the newspaper keeps publishing and they say Ka Falls Z. This is the bill
071they're referring to. That is another thing and we talked about at finance committee yesterday was that you know that is how much are you getting in credit and it says zero for Kyoga Falls because we are not on the 20 mil floor and that varies by district depending on what kind of levies when how all over the board. Um, so what that does too for districts, let's say you're on the 20 mil floor. Even when you throw in any emergency levies you had, you're still on the 20 mil floor. You're not going to see that growth anymore. So if you need to make up two that two mills to get from 18 to 20, you're not going to be able to get any more than what that deflation factor is. Um, so that it's going
072to be capped at that. So even if that increase to you was supposed to be 15% just like it was you know because your valuation went up 15% this is going to be capped I think right now it's like seven to nine% um there so they're not going to also see that growth either uh house bill 309 um as Mr. Gomez Gomez referenced earlier. County budget commissions um now have the authorization to reduce voter approved levies other than debt because you are you've made a commitment. Um if they determine that c tax collections are excessive. Um so they have the ability to override voter approved fiscal decisions. So you're you're you could go out you could pass a levy community could 100% say yes if someone at the county budget commission if they choose to
073do so can say no. We think that's too much in excess even though they have no idea anything about you know the picture here. Um and so that's kind of an uncertainty because it's going to be different in every county. Uh some counties like Mr. Gum said Summit County thankfully is not going to kind of get into a lot of this stuff. Uh most likely there are other county budget commissions that um they're having the treasurer come present the forecast and they are uh you know just really really getting into it and have been even over the last couple of years and are really kind of staking their their authority um to be able to do that. Um, county budget commissions are made of are appointed. >> They're statutory. So, in the Ohio Vice Code,
074it says who sits on them. >> Okay. >> Um, ours is our county executive, our county prosecutor, and our county fiscal officer. >> Okay. >> It's not It's one of the three offices that our fiscal officer is. I don't know which one because I don't have to know because we just have a fiscal officer. We're more efficient in Summit County. Um and then the final one, House Bill 335. This is the one that does affect us. Uh limits revenue growth from inside millillage. So all this other stuff aside, um every district has inside millillage and that has always seen growth. You've always seen growth on that. There's no cap. There's no dollar amount. It's whatever that mill, you know, ours is 4.9. Whatever that generates that year is what we receive. So there are increases
075along the way. Um now that is also going to be capped to the deflation factor. Um and so from what we presented in October November um to now with that cap in there what we assume the cap is um you know in the ballpark we lost a little under a million dollars of what we were expecting because of that. Now that's cumulative throughout the forecast. That's the impact to it. Um now we I say in here we anticipate additional effects because now that's how we're projecting. So yes, would will we be affected if based on the difference the way it was and how it is? Yes. But as far as the forecast goes anymore, there won't be changes within that because that's how we're projecting it >> and that's the only one that actually impacts
076our district. >> Miss Toy Stoy, as you go through the rest of the revenue slides, will you just highlight if anything's different? >> Yeah. from because I mean the budget's been passed for two year, you know, and stuff like that. >> Yep. >> So that'll help us get towards expenditures and scenario. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. So the next slide just shows you just gives you a graphic um of you know what our uh history is of valuations and and voted levies and then um a graph of that the property tax value. You can hit the next one. Um you can go ahead. There should be Yeah. for the property values by tax year. Um the next two are not big components, but they are part of the tax. Public utility uh property tax, this
077is pretty much the same. Um it doesn't generate hardly anything. Um and then the state share, that's your homestead and roll back. Um nothing has really changed there. Um the only highlight would be that and it I think I talked about it in October, but um county commissioners can also adopt piggyback property tax exemptions. So some districts have done this. So it basically doubles um the taxpayers like those credits that they get. Um and so a county commissioner can decide to do that and the district just loses that money. There's no makeup for that. There's no uh making districts whole. They just lose lose that money. Okay. You going and that that's me, you know, like critiquing while I'm eating my Oreos on the couch. And as I said, what? And this guy didn't think
078we saw him cheating, but he did. Did you guys see that? And then they got into a fight. I winter Olympics is different. There's a different vibe. >> Yeah. You're not allowed to touch it past the thing and they set up like the other team had set up like a camera. >> He could go into the state legislature >> because he um he's like known for this apparently. >> And so they set up a camera to catch him. >> Oh, he's done this before. >> Uh apparently. That's my understanding. Oh my god. >> And this did seem like >> that's not in the spirit of the >> wedding. Uhuh. Uhuh. Well, you know, it's it's like, like I say, everyone else is like throwing themselves down mountains or they have like knives for shoes or
079I don't even know what they're doing. And then there's curling, but I do love curling the most. >> Um, not much has changed here. Um, I think we dipped a little in the per pupil amount. um just based on some updated um enrollment numbers. So we are at about a little under $1,800 a pupil from the state. Um so one one thing that's different, you can go to the next slide. Um so the recent property tax legislation that I just talked about. Um so it caps your valuation. So um you know you can't get any more than whatever the GPD is. Um, even if you're, like I said, even if your valuation goes up 15%, you're only getting that. However, there's a component of your tax valuation in the state funding model to show um
080how much locally you can basically raise, what your capacity is is what they call it to to add, you know, be a partner in this. Okay. Um, and would you guess or would you be shocked that in the formula they didn't make any adjustments. It's assuming we're getting the revenue based on old property tax law and that we're not being capped. Um, so really kind of a double whammy. not necessarily for us because we're on the guarantee, but districts that are um on it. What it's doing is that it's showing that we can have we have a greater local funding capacity, which effectively reduces your state aid because they say, well, you can give this and so when you get a 15% valuation in the past, that was accurate. Now, if you're capped, it's still
081assuming that 15%. So, there's a double whammy there. Um, >> so it's saying that we have a greater ability to collect more money, >> especially after this annual reappraisal. >> Yes. >> Yep. Yeah. Whenever there's an appra like that from year to year outside of those trienal and reappraisal, you don't see a lot of diff fluctuations >> after the appraisal, >> but those are where you see the big increases in valuations is during a first reappraisal and second during your trienal >> because that's when B profession is most busy um so if you go to the next slide um this is just more of the formula um I just wanted to point out down there where it says what it calculates our base cost to be on the bottom which is pretty similar along the
082five years um what they just determined our local capacity pupil is and their state share. And you can see in two years from now we are down to 10% which is legally the minimum that they have to give us or they would give us less because that's what it would calculate. Um so under $1,000 $822 $823 per student is what we get from the state u by calculation. Now we are on the guarantee um which means we're guaranteed no less money than we had in you know fiscal 21 etc. Um but this is going to keep us there and put many other districts in that in that spot. So um this is where your bonus slide is going to come in. So I always have to point this out. Um so Ed choice vouchers and
083scholarship and school choice and I'm sure everybody hears a whole lot about it. Um so the top shows and you've seen this back but the top shows um the different kinds of organizations. So traditional school districts um and then so all public basically and you can see with this last state budget the increases um in total money that the state is is you know state support. So for tra traditional school districts from last year to this year uh it went up one and a half%. And then next year this year to next year supposed to be 1.4%. Um if you look at that bottom line scholarship funding went up 9.2%. Um compared to the previous year um so uh yeah and then the bottom is the number of vouchers that were taken. So, Ed Choice
084expansion started in, if you guessed it, FY24. Um, and I'll go into a little more details on that. Um, but you can see there's an increase of almost 67,000 vouchers from that year from 23 to 24. However, data from new enrollments to private schools is only about 3,700 students. So 64,000 scholarships went to families who were already sending their children to private school and now are getting subsidized >> with from state money. So the thetick about school choice and leaving buildings, it's it's funning money to people who are already in private school and have already chosen that and taken and taken that on. Um that did not like all of a sudden get a bunch of people to go, "Oh god, I can leave my public that's failing now, which was, you know, is the
085original concept. Um, 84.4% increase in in total vouchers from one year. So, the next one that I'll show you, um, so the Ed Choice voucher amounts for this year for a K8 student, the maximum is 6,166. Uh, 9 through 12 is 8,48. Um, so scholarships for Ed Choice expansion are based on family income. If you hit one more, there's one more thing. There we go. Uh, if your family is at 450% or below of the federal poverty level, you will be awarded the maximum scholarship amount. If a family's income is above that, uh, it's just on a sliding scale reduced. So, there's kind of how that looks. Um, you know, we're getting out to what is that 749 or I can't even read. I should look at my own thing here. Uh percent of the
086federal uh poverty level, you're still getting something. Um this is what the federal poverty level is. So that 450% it's based on number of people in your household. So a family of four who makesund a little under 1445,000 gets a full scholarship and we are getting in a couple years $822. So, this $6,000, is that the $1,200 or whatever that the state would have paid to our district for that student? >> No. So, there's no like transfer. It's what happens when they do the state budget, for instance. It's they're in two different pots necessarily. So, there's what they're going to put towards for public schools and public education and and fund the formula that we have. Um, and obviously taking money and moving it over here gives us less money and so it's it's its
087own thing and it doesn't really have to do with our you know it's not like um you know like this student left so we lose money and they get it. Um it's just the amount that is no longer available for public education um as a whole, anything that's going there. And um they are continually decreasing their amount that they're giving to public schools. >> But it is accurate to say that they'll give our district $823 and they'll give an individual $6,000 to go to a private school. >> Correct. Well, if the school that's not helping the same standards, >> yes, correct, >> but some quick math because I don't have exact numbers, but so I'm being conservative. We would easily get over $6 million if we got th that amount of money for a K8
088and a 912 student. Um, we'd easily be getting over $6 million more from the state of Ohio. And you started by saying we need 5.6 million more per year. So, we wouldn't need to be asking our community for a levy if we were funded at those amounts. That is what is shocking and should enrage our community because we're going to go ask you for a levy, make cuts, and we're going to make cuts and ask you for a levy. But if we were funded at the same rate as these private institutions that are held to lesser standards than we are >> and do not have to accept everybody >> and and discriminate in their enrollment, we wouldn't need to we wouldn't need to make harsh cuts or ask you for a levy. We would have
089to do either of those things. >> We have to accept everyone that walks in the door no matter how costly that child's education may I don't have to convince you, Mrs. Carl. >> Um, you know, it's we, you know, as we know, um, some students um with severe disabilities um can cost can be very costly um to the district more than a typical student. Um, a private school does not have to accept those and usually will not because they don't have to. We have to want to like that's you know we don't we don't get an option >> and we have to provide services to private schools >> we have to >> and pay for them. >> Yep. >> Right. >> We had a school move into our district and it's costing us Miss Zean's
090over there. It's costing us quite a bit of money to pro provide services to that private school that's making a good bit of money and we make no money off of that. But it sure cost our district a lot of money to provide them the services we're obligated to provide them as the public institution. >> Yep. >> Um, one other thing because I got I've gotten this question and I it comes up a lot. I see it everywhere, but I have gotten it once or twice recently about what about the lottery money? Everybody says what about the lottery money? Where is that? So, 100% of lottery profits are designated to go, you know, to the state for, you know, this X fund. Um then what the state decides to do with that is then so
091basically uh what happens is let's say ease of numbers that is $1 million and it gets moved over here and you're thinking oh and then the next year it's 2 million so we should have a million dollar increase. No the state just lowers the amount they're kicking in to that pot from their like sales tax. So if they were kicking in five well now we only have to kick in four because the lottery has increased. So, you're not seeing any increases. There are increases in the lottery, obviously, but the state is just pulling back on their own tax revenue. Um, when they get that, that's that's supplementing, subsidizing what they're doing already and they can put that money to maybe vouchers, >> whereas we want them to supplant. >> Yes, >> that's finance talk. >>
092Um, So we can go to the next slide. Um so this is there's a restricted component. Um the only thing I want to point out is that um these are the kinds of things that happened. So everybody was required to do the science of reading all staff. Um and by law we paid them a stipen that we were reimbursed for um their that stipen and then the Medicare and retirement that went along with it. So everyone had to do it. districts had to pay, but the state was reimbursing you. We got notified this year that oh, they had to recoup money from districts because they have an appropriation shortfall. So, they took $22,000 back from us. >> Oh, I didn't know that. >> And same thing, they're expecting that threshold cost is going to go
093down because there are fixed state appropriations. >> Okay. So again, but >> I'm sorry. Can you clarify what that means? What an appropriation. >> So like when they bud when the state budgets, they can only spend up to a certain, you know, amount. If they budget for that at a million, they can't go past that without similar to here without >> going back and approving to a budget then redid their budget and realized they had a shortfall and took that money back from you. Is that what you're saying? >> Yes. In a sense, they they may not have changed their budget, but they could have >> over spent >> over Yeah. over spent, over anticipated the number of reimbursements, you know, as they got through them and went, "Oh, well, we didn't we don't have
094an appropriation for that." And there's apparently no other money anywhere else to make up that difference. But they would have to go back and and officially change that um legally. The next slide. So, this is just kind of I I didn't do the little supplement for um school funding because I kind of put most of the stuff um in here in these slides for you guys. So, um the you know that just shows the different things our uh calculated base costs and how the formula works. Um if you go to the next slide, um it shows you you know our different some other things that they um are part of it. Um what additional funing you know revenue. Also, everybody thinks that's big. We get about $255,000 a year. Um, which is nothing to sneeze
095at, but in a $60 million budget, it's not making a giant um impact. Um, you can go to the next slide. Um, so that's just kind of the summary then of our restricted funding and um our unrestricted. So, uh, total state funding in both categories is a little over 16 million. Um and then all other operating revenue, everything is pretty much the same. Um the only thing is that um so there are a lower number of open enrolled students this year from last year that are special education. And so um we as you know we bill back each year for um if they are not our residents um so if they're a resident of you know uh Stowe and they are getting services for us Stow is still legally their district of that's responsible for
096them. Um, so we can't we, you know, they're here, they're they're a Kyogre Falls student, but as the year ends, we can build back cost what it costs us to educate that student back to Stowe. Um, and so because there's a decrease in those number of students, there just won't be as many um next year. So um we did put a slight reduction um for that. And then the other one is just uh I think we talked about this is the onetime increase uh where we had to reclassify from one special cost center in the general fund to another special cost center. Um it this is a net zero because there's an increase here but there's an expense on the other side. It just that's that's how that works. And then the next slide, the
097only change here is that um there were some prior year expenditures after discussing with the attorneys and getting towards the end of our project that were initially paid from the general fund um that we determined we could use our excess LFI to pay for. And part of that reason is uh because um you know we and we're I'm in the middle of this so I don't have all the answers. the attorney is looking into it. You know, if you recall, there's kind of like a draw down period where like the federal government wants to see like, okay, we disperse this money to you. You're supposed to have 85% of it spent by the end of this year. Um, and so I'm not 100% sure that we're there yet on on that those cops um there.
098So, we are trying to look for things so that that is not an issue. Um but they can only be spent on um the 612 building other than kind of a negligible amount which is what we used here um to do some of the uh remaining uh HVAC at Preston and Price. Okay, I told you the difference between the summer and the winter is like, you know, like there's one more. Uh, it's like, you know, look, look at this uh teenager run really fast and it's like watch this 41year-old mom do a backflip off the side of the mountain and then like I I don't even I don't I don't understand. >> Like everything is like a near-death experience in the Winter Olympics. I I >> And it's cold. Okay, so expenditures, um, salary and
099benefits. Again, nothing nothing really new here. Over 80% of our costs. Um, on the next slide, um, we'll talk about the salary portion. Um, so this is the final year of our contracts with our three unions. Um, so for next year and the following year, there are base increases of 1% projected. Obviously, we have not negotiated a new contract at this point. So um those were not finalized, they're just projected. Um and then it rises to 2% increase in 29 and 30 and all years assume a step increase. Again, not guaranteed, but kind of show the impact of the potential of you know uh based on trend. Um so going into this year, ironically, this number is like just about the same. So, um, that's not a typo, but going into this year, a lot
100of our attrition, we did a lot of attrition last year. Um, we're saving a little over 1.9 million in salaries. Starting next year due to attrition and the closing of Preston Elementary, um, in addition to some other, um, staffing reductions, um, which includes in this this number, um, the the teaming model that was presented at the last meeting at the middle school. So, it includes that in that number. Um, for planning purposes, there is the the elimination of open enrollment beginning next year is modeled um because without it, we would be in the red in year three. Um, so that's estimated savings of 360,000. And again, like I said there, um, that's a measure that remains under consideration. So that could change it. And then we obviously brought preschool back in. So instead of a
101purchase service, it's it's salary and benefits because they are our own personnel. Now next one we're just help because we talked about this too, but we are in the red in year four and then in August year four becomes year three. Correct. >> Correct. So, and we're going to talk about open enrollment in a minute, but regardless of what we do, um we'll still have to submit a written plan to the state in August, right? >> Most likely, unless there are additional um other cuts that are not already, you know, um accounted for and or the, you know, what our insurance renewal ends up being. Um, so there are some uh bigger factors there that could, but yes, as the if it if it's as it stands, yes, >> I just want to make sure
102we understand that that piece of the pie as well. >> Um, you can go to the next one. So this is this is the um employee benefits. So this is where another big swing, the biggest swing is going to come in from October. Um so you see all the associated benefits with the um reductions I just talked about. Um if we go to the next slide where we'll talk about my favorite topic, health insurance. Um so if you recall going into last year we received an 18.14% increase. Um in addition we had to make a onetime contribution of a million dollars to get our reserve level back to where it needed to be. And then last year um in April we approved the uh this school year's renewal rates which was a 21 and a
103half% increase to medical um and 5% increase in dental um and that included um replenishing those reserves as well. That's part of why it's so high. It was folded into the rates. Um and as of right now um we will not know till April. Um but next year is looking to be very similar to the increase we saw this this year. Um they uh we have a two-year look back period. This is how we do it. So there's a two-year look back period and it cuts off in February. So it's like March of 24 through February of 26. And obviously there are some years in there that that you know those years did not go well. Um we anticipated hopefully kind of pulling out of that a little better. So, like the last few months
104worth of claims, whether they've looked a lot better now, whether that's a oneoff or whether that's the new, you know, what we're trending towards, um, I don't know. Um, but they've looked better than they have in the earlier months of the year, but it's not enough to, you know, outdo those other 22 months that, you know, are being factored in. Um, so again, this is just a projection. Um but we will vote on that and and get that information. You know, they have to wait for this month to close and then they'll start gathering all that data from from all the districts. Um but you can see and then I'm projecting 10% for the 28 29 and 30. But you can see our past renewal increases um there. I another question I get asked is
105like should we consider looking somewhere else for health insurance and um you know my personal opinion is no. Uh my professional opinion is no um for a couple reasons. One um the consortium has floated us this time because we would be um sinking. If we were on our own we I I'm not sure where we would have done that. So, they have kind of been our life raft because we're we're pulled together. Um, if we were to go out, you know, and be completely on our own, you can imagine what uh proposals we would get for rates based on, you know, our claim activity in that. It would be ridiculous. Um the other option is to go um is really there's a number of districts with the Stark County COG. Um I have been a
106part of that. Um you as a district and you um as our unions would lose autonomy over making decisions about their own plans. Everything is just done for you. So each year, so even though we're in a consortium, um each district has the ability to make their own plan in a sense, you know, their own co-pays, their own co- insurance, their own deductible limits, their own out-of pocket. Um and we've even had three different ones between our three unions. Um and you have the ability to do that and to make changes and things like that. Um and you would lose all that. We would not have anything. So, if you know this got jacked up or they said they're not doing this, then you just have to deal with it. You don't you don't get
107a say um in that. And so, um I really think we're in the best spot. We've just had a very couple rough years that we would have had with any other place because it's it's not about the consortium, it's about our claims. Um, and you know, we have a a high claimment list um that they run for the entire consortium. I think there's about it's like above $200,000 in claims because our uh stop loss kicks in at 225 or 250 now. Um, so once you start to breach 200,000, we start to kind of look at them. I think there are 20 people on that list right as of now for this year. Um, we have 12 of those. So that that is why these these increases are happening. Um unfortunately um not only for our
108staff and their families that are experiencing whatever it may be um and and not in good health but also financially for us. I think you rais a good point because uh ultimately we as a board have an obligation to provide insurance to our staff and we have never wavered in that order administration. That's never been the question here. It's just been the fact that we have to have honest conversations with our community when they say, "Your costs are rising. You're coming to us." And we just have to be able to help them understand that insurance is been a significant factor over a series of time. So, we never want people to feel that we're talking about insurance in a negative way, that we're discouraging people from insurance or they should feel bad when they're utilizing
109their insurance. And we say that many times because we just don't want our staff to ever feel that way because it's never our intention. But it's just from a helping our community understand what is one of the factors that has been significant in driving cost in our district. I mean, if you remember in 25, I think I said uh the change from an 8% to that 18 in the million was a $7 million swing commu cumulatively throughout the forecast at this point. Um that's probably been another $16 million in these two years. Um, so that's about, you know, $23 million shift cumulatively. Um, you know, over over a three-year period. >> Um, would it possibly save money to go with the other with the Stark, what did you call it? >> Not necessarily. I mean,
110I don't know what their rates are right now, >> but um, you know, they charge a lot more for dental, so like you know, there's things like that like that. that's kind of where they make their money is they charge with more than they probably should for dental. Um and and so to me they charge too much because what they do is that if they have any kind of like excess um at the end like they'll give their entire consortium like too I was used to at least two sometimes three month holiday where you didn't have to pay and it would irritate me because that told me then you're charging me too much. If you can give 90 plus entities a whole quarter of not paying insurance to co like cover then I then I
111don't feel like I'm and that happens every year. It's not like a onetime thing like >> that's just bad planning >> like yeah so I I'm not a fan but >> okay just >> well and that's not our decision alone to make ultimately either have to be negotiated >> correctly >> right yeah >> so uh next slide uh purchase services when you go to the next one um there is nothing new here other than the fact the biggest part is moving the preschool out of this cost to um salaries benefits. Um, uh, supplies. The next one, um, this is pretty much the same, um, what we talked about. We just did a K5, um, science textbook adoption, which was, uh, paid for this fiscal year. Um and at this point due to the financial situation
112even though we have a structured curriculum rotation among other things such as operations and technology rotations um we have deferred those updates beyond um this current forecast period because we would not be able to afford them. Um so capital outlay um I kind of talked to you already about the there's a decrease here for those um reimbursement um expenditures and you'll see a little bit of decrease because we do have that dedicated permanent improvement for the 612 building now. Um so any future maintenance repairs there that were previously taken out of general fund can now be taken out of that permanent improvement but only for the 612 building. Um, next slide. Debt. I'm gonna say that in October, if I remember correctly, I had debt starting to be paid out of the general fund. In
113um 27, we've been able to push that to 29 potentially beyond. But it's I'm not going to know that until we've completely closed out of the project. Um, which will probably be you not till like maybe the end of the calendar year um with OFCC. Um, but we'll be able to use some of those excess funds in LFI um that I talked about earlier to pay this debt um because of just money from that out out of that instead of out of the general fund. >> Yeah, we can keep making interest off of it. Um so then other objects nothing has changed and then the next slide total other financing uses just the that's the offset of that reclassification of special cost centers. Okay, next slide just a graphic um one you're used to seeing
114but just kind of where inflation is um you know where we expect to be. You can see our revenues compared to that inflation are nowhere close. um and and our expenditures as well. Other than moving forward, um it's negative, but that is really due to a lot of uh cutting of staff through attrition or otherwise. Okay. Next, we're looking at revenue over expenditures, which you all know about. Um the goal should be that it's never negative. However, that's not the case. Um can you hit one more time because And one more. There we go. Um, so at the top I use the November one because I think it's a little more apples to apples because um it it it's hard to look at it because the renewal levy was not in the October one. So
115that number is vastly different because of that. So you couldn't really compare like lineto line very well. Um so I used the November one with it in there um so that so that we could see see it that way. But you can see so um we had expected um and this again was without right that doesn't look right. Oh no this is excess over revenue and expenditures. I'm I'm ahead one side. So this is basically are we spending more than we're taking in. So um in 20 back in October November it was almost five million this year. Um we've reduced that um for with a number of things that I've I've talked to you about to 3.4 million. Um we were at positive in um 27 and now we're a little negative. Some of that's
116just due to timing and the classification. I kind of had um we can't I kind of had the sale of the buildings in as a placeholder previously. Um but um and it was I think it was showing up in revenues. However, we can't res like we can't receipt that into the general fund legally. It has to go into a permanent improvement fund. It'll still have the same effect on the forecast except it'll just be a reduction of expenditures um that would have normally been in there because we do not have any kind of permanent improvement fund. So, um, we are between Schneay, um, Roberts High School and Thomas Court, I've projected about one and a half million. Um, but I'm not, you know, the timing of that. Some, some of that may happen in different
117fiscal years, just depending. Um, but you can see the differences there. Um, and it gets with the insurance as we get further out, you can see that it uh, certainly the picture looks a little bit worse. Next slide. So um we average district has 25.64 in Summit County cash carryover. Last year we had 7.8. We are the second lowest in the county cash carryover. Um so this is what it looked like. Um you know November compared to February. Um so we're we're slightly more like in this year because of some of those reclassifications. Slightly more next year. Same. Um and then it to go down in 28. Um, we're a little we our balance is a little less than what we projected in November, mostly due to the insurance and then that compounding out all
118those years. Next, and then this is just kind of looking at it, you know, cash carryover in those years, what the standard is, what the industry standard is, what DEW says. Um and then days cash on hand which I think is a better graphic of how many days worth of expenditures could we pay um at the end of this year we'll be at 12 nine and one day which if you um you know one of our payrolls is about 1.5 million. So um you could see that we we barely have enough in some of these years even next year um you know to make that first payroll before revenues start coming in. We will be able to, but we would not we will not be able to from at based on this going from 28
119to 29. Um I don't know how you find out you're good at this any of these things like they go head first down the like and they go like 80 miles an hour. I just don't understand. And then this other one. Did anybody see? And then women see women. We're on the same page here. Dr. Um, but yeah, like they ski and then they stop and then they shoot rifles. Like who who put these things together? >> Okay, so >> I learned that no bath althlete has ever meddled after missing two shots. >> Um, so the next part of this is I'm just gonna show you this. I don't want to go into the discussion piece yet because there's some other scenarios after this, but I did just >> for the um levy scenarios. I
120know we we asked you to provide that information. >> I think what would be most helpful is if we take that home and digest it. >> Okay. >> Because I don't think anyone's ready to have conversation about that. Is that correct, Board? >> Okay. >> So, we'll just take that home and digest it. So, if you want to go through this and then do your finale piece. >> Yeah. >> Um, and then we'll move on to the discussion and then we'll come back to because I know we asked for the levy scenarios, but like you said, it's just very preliminary because we don't know exactly. It's just to help us digest. >> Yep. >> Thank you. >> So, there I'm going to give you three scenarios. Um the one is the forecast as is presented
121eliminating open enrollment beginning next year. Um the second one is if you delayed it one year and eliminated it beginning with 28 and the other one is if you um continue to allow it as capacity allowed. So the next thing so if you look there um these lines are equivalent to what 1501 or the unreserved fund balance on the on the bottom of the forecast is. As you can see, our current forecast, we're at that 15. I didn't include this year because obviously it's not affected. So, starting next year um and then 204 2930. Okay, so that mimics the forecast. If you wait a year, um you can see um the difference there is about $636,000. Um, now just so you're clear and I make want to make sure I make this clear is that
122you you may say, "Well, that doesn't match the maybe specifically the number that was provided in that, you know, in in what we received last week." Part of that is is because when we factor in like a reduction and I said, you know, I factored in 360,000 in um salary cost would be saved each year like all that compounding and all the other factors that we're applying as in a 1% a 2% steps those kinds of things. It's it's in that. So because that's what would happen. I mean these people if they weren't eliminated their salaries would go up, benefits would go up with it, whatever they're currently at um and all of that. So any savings also then becomes bigger um based on those trends. um and then keeping open enrollment completely. You can
123see and then I've kind of highlighted the differences in just in each of those years um of what those would be from one bottom line to a different scenario's bottom Any questions on that? Or >> are you saying that the numbers that are in red are what you would be saving? >> Um at the bottom. Yes. In the top >> open enrollment is net beneficial. >> Yes. >> No, I think you said backwards. So at the red >> enrollment costs money. >> Yes. >> Um so I know we're going to have the discussion so I'll move on but I just want to while you're digesting the property tax I just want to point a few things out if we go to the next slide. Um so this actually um is also created from the software.
124So, it extends it a few more years and you may look at that and be like, "Oh my goodness, we're going to like um you know 16 million and 25 million." You know, there like those years aren't in the software for me to put in assumptions. So, it's really just basing it off of like what the last year was. So, obviously that's a lot of years out in there. Um it also calculates uh if you pass the levy or put a levy on him this year, here's the lower range of mills and the higher range of mills. Um, and as you go out, um, the lower range trends toward a three-year cycle where you'd have to go back out again for new money in three and the higher is more of a fiveyear cycle. Um,
125so um, there is one there that will show. So 1 mil equals, if you hit the next thing, one mill equals a little over $1.1 million. Um, just as a reference. So um, there are three scenarios. a one mil scenario. There is a 3.25 mil. I kind of tried to match it to some of these uh you know what's on this estimator and then a 4.5 mil um scenario and in each of those I put it up against the base the forecast as presented. So the differences between that um and then I kind of pulled them all together similar to what I just showed you for open enrollment. the difference to the bottom line. Um I showed you the difference uh to the bottom line um with all of those scenarios up up against the
126base forecast. Um and I also we haven't talked about Yeah, you can keep going. Keep going. I did also put in information in here. Keep Yeah, you can go. There's like keep going. Keep going. Next. So there's your snapshot. Next. Okay, so I did put information here about school district income tax um because that is another option. Um so just so you know um it is another option for you guys to put on. Um it's levied in increments of 0.25% um employers withhold the wages um of residents wherever they work and then it's collected by the department of taxation. Um, so even if you work outside the district, if you're a resident, um, you get charged it. However, if you work in the district and you're not a resident, you don't get charged. It's not
127like city tax, um, in that sense. Um, so it's based on income, can be continuing or for a fixed number of years. There's no limit on the term. Um, and it's used for operating expenses, whether they're um, permanent improvement or um, general fund current expenses. Um and there are two types of levies. One is your traditional tax base and the other is the earned income tax base. Um so the difference real quickly between those is basically on traditional tax base almost everything is included. All all kinds of income even um you know uh retirement, pension income, those things would all be taxable. Um you can go to the next one. on an earned income basis. Um it only taxes wages, salaries, self-employment income. So pensions, capital gains, rentals. So like that kind of stuff is
128not taxed. So you know for our retirees and things if um you know they're not going that would they would not get taxed on their uh retirement income. And then um I've just highlighted some of the characteristics of that. Um, and then a few frequently asked questions that I thought might come up. One being, is it the same as a municipal tax? Um, and the other one is you can also put a levy on the ballot to say, um, we're putting this on and if it passes, we will reduce this other property tax levy or whatever. Or like officially or you can just let it um, you know, one of those expire if that were the case. But for property tax owner that wouldn't be guaranteed whereas you could kind of you know make it
129like subsequent you know based on that. Um the one thing I want to point out though is that the how revenue is received because it's different than property tax. Um so it's received quarterly by school districts and because it's based on income and people filing taxes it's a little delayed at first. So, um, if you'll see that, you know, the first one is usually small, um, and then it it kind of ramps up and then it, you know, we start getting onto that. So, it takes about a year and a half, so six quarters to get the full tax amount um that's liable from that first year. um because even though we're withholding income throughout the year, you know, your annual returns aren't due till the following year, which could, you know, be more. So,
130um just that's something to keep in mind. Um and then you can go to the next the I just pointed out next. Um so this is what it would yield. So you can see the rates over here. A traditional base that's what it would be and then the equivalent millage with it. So you can obviously see that an earning income yields less. Um but you can also see that you know.75% or 1% is almost 12 mills worth of um property tax. I was I kind of tried to looked I got this from Ohio Department of Taxation. I tried to look at it on my own and that's what I thought but I thought that seems high but I was I was right. >> This is our >> Yes. >> Yep. Yeah. So um that's that
131and then this is that would be something that would continue to grow as income grows unlike property taxes. Um so that is and now this is very very rough estimate that collection estimate because I can't because we don't have it. I can't plug it in my software, but they do let you download like a a spreadsheet that says like, you know, like a like a little playground that's like, "Okay, what percentage when would you start?" And this is their estimate on those collections um in each of those years. Um and so you can kind of see the variation between the different options there. And then I also put the impact it would have on uh our bottom line, that 1501 like I showed you for the property tax levies. Um, and this is assuming this
132is all of these scenarios are assuming putting something on in November and it passing. Um, so and then on the next page, I just gave you some um districts that are um have there's not a whole lot around here. It's very popular in rural areas. Uh, it's becoming a lot more popular now. Um but these are the kind of close I mean there's one in Summit um one in Stark, one in Portage. Um but you know what that that history there are three on the ballot in May. Um so Norton and Twinsburg both have one and Parma and then that is the total of income tax levies in those election years. um and their passage rate and those are all election you know May some of those have special elections in them so that information
133you're not going to go last time it was senior night for volleyball now it's senior basketball is over so sad um but I I got to do the handshake with her when they announced her and we did our handshake and there's one more and then we took a selfie while we were out So, um, so I have to point out and I, so the next slide shows, um, so my, this is my eighth, I can't leave them out. So, my eighth grader, the one in the sling because she broke her collar bone. Um, their team went undefeated and they won the championship. They were 17 and0 this year. Then my fifth grader, uh, her team also won. They were 10 and0. I have other kids that do stuff, but they're not champions. And then um
134not not in basketball this year anyway. And then this that's her friend that's actually our neighbor, but she uh earlier this year broke the uh record for most three-pointers in a game was seven. >> Um and her and Audrey actually both the broke the old record for most three points in a season. It was 40. Um but Morgan and I both 44 and Audrey got 47. So she she holds it. But some good news. >> Yeah. >> Any additional questions from the board on the forecast? >> I'll call the roll. Mr. Harris, >> Mrs. Zimmerman. >> I. >> Miss White. >> Hi. >> Miss Schaefer. >> Hi. >> I vote I. Okay. This brings us to number two. It's discussion on open enrollment. Um just as a little level setting. So um coming into this,
135we're discussing um interd district open enrollment and we're discussing current interd district open enrollies. administration is working under the presumption that we have ruled out taking in new interd district open enrollies. So we just need to confirm that for them. Correct. >> And that we're just discussing what to do about our current people. >> Correct. Okay. Gotten that far. >> And then I just wanted to discuss the intra district open enrollment um because we've been getting a lot of questions about that. So, um, our intrad district open enrollment application period is coming to a close on Saturday. It's been open from February 1st, um, until February 28th. So, that's this Saturday. Um, and we know that people were getting many, many requests for people requesting an elementary school other than their assigned school, which we
136anticipated. And we just want to be very clear that these are requests and are not guarantees. We cannot guarantee that every request will be granted. Since we closed Preston Elementary School, um students from that neighborhood were reassigned and as we know that bumped our boundaries and we approved new boundaries. It significantly reduced our space available in our elementary schools and our class capacities across the remaining out five elementary schools. And as we know as a board because we get the updates from Heather Hal, enrollment is happening all year long. We're getting new enrolls and withdrawals. And to be able to accommodate that, we don't fill classes to 100% enrollment at the beginning of the year. We keep a little bit of buffer space across all of our buildings to allow for students moving into the
137district between the beginning of the year and the next and throughout the year. So, we just wanted to take a little bit of time to make sure as a board we were communicating openly and honestly about that interd district period while we're speaking about open enrollment, mostly about our folks coming from other districts. But just take that opportunity um while that period is closing on Saturday to make sure that our families within the district who are putting those requests in understand that piece as well um because we are getting a lot of communication. I know I've gotten calls and emails from many families and we just want to be clear that we're going to grant every request that we can grant, but we know that we will not be able to grant every request. And
138with that, we want to move to discussion. And what administration really needs from us at this point is to make a determination. Ultimately, whatever if we determine that we aren't allowing or we're making some new formal restrictions, policy committee will have to rewrite our policy on open enrollment. So, that will be the board vote. So, we're not making a vote tonight, but we need to come to some determination of what that is going to be and if we need to go to policy committee and do rewrites, we'll do that and bring that back to the board as well. Um, so in terms of the finance piece, is it clear what Miss Stoycoy said about the 360,000 and how that how the money that we were presented is accommodated for in her forecast because I I
139had to talk to her about that. Just want to make sure we're all comfortable in understanding how the money we were presented is accounted for in the forecast and in the scenario she presented us with. So that 360 is just the open enrollment piece. It is not the combination of that open enrollment with the teaming even though >> yes it is just that open enrollment piece at the middle school high school um and um for salaries and benefits I should say. There are some other small decreases that you were presented with that you know subscription stuff that were around you know maybe $25,000 a year for those students that are also factored in but not significant I guess I'll say as well I think one of the comments I've seen from people is that um
140people feel that we have a lack of connection to this decision. And I just want to make a comment and I I've thought about different ways I want to make this comment. Um, but as I've thought about this, I can go down the line, and I'm not going to, but I could go down the line and name each school board member and talk about an open enroll family that they have a connection to and a way in which they have a connection to an open enrolled family in this district. And I can do that off the top of my head. So, these families mean a lot to us. And so we aren't making this um sorry we aren't making this decision very lightly. Um these families are families that we all know personally and that
141have made impacts in our lives alone. Um and I just recently there was a family I've known for over a decade and I had no idea that they were open enrolled and they reached out to me after the last discussion. So sometimes you don't even know because it doesn't matter to us. >> Um And so it's a very it's been a very difficult topic for all of us to talk about because these are people that have had huge impacts on our lives and they're not going to not be in our lives if they're not part of our district. But certainly um it would be a different connection to these folks. So, it's been it's been very difficult for us because of how personal um this is and how much we do know these people >>
142and well, they choose to come to us and that means a lot. They put their confidence in us. Um and you're right, Anthony, I have a family I'm close to. I think of them. I've thought of them the whole time. Um but it is hard to ignore the the numbers and what we what we're facing, you know, what we continue to face financially. Um we're going to be forced to make these decisions. We have to we have to meet these requirements from the state. So if we don't do this, it's going to have it's going to be something else. Bigger class sizes or um more changes to the teaming that we value. And I mean I'm just really stuck personally because I think everyone knows I don't want to do this. I think I've made
143that very clear. But at the same time, I feel like we have to do this. And I think that's so awful because I look at everything we've done. We closed the school for goodness sakes. I mean, we've cut so many things and um like for what like you know at what point like is the bloodletting enough and then we're still in not a great financial position and I think when you look at what mcoy presents I don't I can't look at our finances and feel like we're spending ridiculously and frankly if you know me I wouldn't let our district spend ridiculously our these two folks know me well enough that if I felt we weren't spending responsibly I would be the first to call them on on their cell phones and say something about it.
144So, um it's just it's just so hard for me to >> do this to students. >> We're kicking the can down the road. >> And yeah, and then on the other hand, it doesn't What else do we have to cut and then we're going to have to cut deeper if we don't do it? So, I I do believe we have to do it, but my heart does not want to do it because I don't believe it's the right thing to do for these students. And that's why I'm so having such a really really hard time. >> Well, I think we all are. >> You know, the same we don't want to do this, but the money >> comes down to money. And you're exactly right that as I'm reading the news and reading other city
145newspapers, this is not a >> widespread issue and people are dropping. People are cutting people putting more levies on the ballot. you know, adding the sale the tax >> schools. Correct. >> It is an issue that that is not exclusive to this district. >> It's fairly clear we're going to have to ask our taxpayers for more money in some fashion. And so if we have declined to save this amount of money, that's less of a case to ask for more, right? >> And I think what I struggle with the most at the end of the day to summarize is that I hate for any of our students or families to feel at the end of the day that all they were to us was a number. And that's what I don't want them to feel.
146Um, >> but how do you make them not feel that way when this is the decision you feel like we have to make? >> So, I think that is truly the sum of my struggle with this. >> Yeah. Well, I think my, you know, goal for our district is to make it a place where people want to come. They're clamoring to get in. They want to move here. They want to >> they want this to be their choice and and we're, you know, taking that choice away. Talk about school choice. >> Well, to help our district, I think this is a decision we do have to make. We have to metaphorically put our oxygen mask on to financially, you know, for ourselves >> to what we have to do for ourselves. Be fiscally responsible for
147ourselves in our district so that we can make the choices to make our district strong, >> for our students, >> right? because our next cuts are even more painful to class sizes and to curriculum and to activities and staff and and other things that hurt even more of our >> students and interfere with our goals, our academic goals, which we're making progress on. We don't want to go backwards there and we've already had to make >> right to the financial I think to administration. I think you're getting obviously a sense of where we feel forced to go. How do we work with these families to communicate with them if this is what we're doing and to support them, which would obviously be a difficult time. First, we want to support these families and students. And
148then second, the reverberations of students that that are going to feel an emotional impact. So, what can we do then? Because if we're making this having this conversation here, word's going to spread. So, like by tomorrow and in the days that follow, we need to be putting plans in place to support those that need support. >> Yeah. And I think our student services department will be open to that and brainstorming, sharing resources with families for other options perhaps. Um I would also suggest or offer this um if this is direction we're going to go. I know um there's Leah talked about earlier about um we have a handful of seniors, students that would be seniors next year and I don't know how long they've been here. I haven't looked into that. But if there's a
149desire to allow the students, the seniors to graduate, um, we could look into superintendent agreements. And >> yes, I would really >> I know Miss Zimmerman, you would ask that question. Um, >> so we could that they wouldn't be open enrolled. It would just be it's not done frequently, but in um extreme cases or special circumstances, superintendents will allow that. In my career, I've done it only a couple times, frankly. But I also know that I've kind of been proactive in talking with my colleagues of those districts and I think I have their support in allowing because what the reason they have to give us permission is because we would take well we don't really get any but the funding in the old way of funding the child the money follows the child so it
150meant more then but um they would be foregoing anything that would be associated with that student. But it would be um to do that beyond seniors to try to do that for juniors or or high schoolers would not >> where you draw the line. Yeah. Because >> yeah, if you start with just high school, then you're >> you know there is a cost there. If you go to the 10th grade, what does that look like? You know, it it really I think >> if we're going to do it, I think we can swing seniors because there's a handful. >> Beyond that, it it does get complicated. And then where do you draw the line? Well, we'll certainly, Mr. Gomez, to answer your question, be very sensitive to that and do what we can. I anticipate,
151you know, us getting some feedback from families and I'm working with a family now that just withdrew and we're working on ways to support them because they didn't want to leave either, but they moved, you know, out of our district and that's our policy to our procedures to so we're trying to help them as well and support them with the transition. So, we're happy to do that the best we can. >> Well, I think the other piece of that is that the district level communication needs to be >> quick because people will get it from word of mouth, too. >> Agreed. >> Christine's nodding so she knows we'll have to put something out. Is there anything more from the board? >> I just hate this meeting, >> Mr. G. Right. As he suggested, it's a
152policy change. So right now what I'm hearing if that's the direction the board goes in we will start to put that ball in motion preparing in anticipation that when you do your board your policy change >> to change policy >> I think if the direction is clear for the administration they can do what they need to do we've given them direction in terms of our expectations in terms of communication and support but we do have a community member that wants to speak Mundy you want to come up. Um, you'll have three minutes. We have your address on file so you don't have to state it. My name is Abby Mundy. For the past decade, I have been a deeply committed member of the Kaiba Falls City city schools community. And during this time, I have
153served as a volunteer, a chaperon, a home room parent, a coordinator for school fundraisers or community events, and for the last four years, a board member of the middle school PTO. For this those same 10 years, we have been an open enrolled interd district family. My ch my children currently attend this 6 through 12 campus. My freshman is an honor student with a 4.0 GPA and my sixth grader who thrives with an IEP maintains a 3.0 GPA. For the current school year, as well as all previous years, they've maintained nearperfect attendance with no behavioral incidents or disciplinary actions. Furthermore, my husband is a class of 2001 alumnist who attended Newberry and Ky Falls High School. Despite residing outside the district, our family's roots and daily lives are firmly planted in Kyhoga Falls. I am concerned
154that the consideration of reducing or eliminating open enrollment is being considered as a budget cut measure without a full understanding or evaluation of the value these families bring. I would like to raise only a few of some critical points. Uh the first being the financial impact. What is the total revenue currently generated by funds and/or reimbursements for current open enrollment enrollment including those for open enrolled students with IEPs. With an additional tax levy that is being proposed, it is logically inconsistent to cut an existing revenue stream. Removing these funds only increases the financial gap that local taxpayers are already being asked to fill. The next one being academic and behavioral standards. How does the performance of our open enrolled students specifically regarding grades, attendance, and behavior measure up against the district-wide averages? And the last
155that I want to bring up is community contribution. Has the district accounted for the support of volunteer hours and leadership roles such as PTO positions filled by open enrollment families? I urge the board to move forward based on comprehensive data rather than impulse. Cutting revenue at the same time and are asking the community for more tax support is counterproductive to the long-term health of the district. And we are not just out of district families. We are also active black t black tiger contributors to the success and culture of these schools. So thank you for your time and your consideration. >> Thank you. >> In terms of what we make, we actually don't make money off of out of district um people on IEPs or 504s. They call it catastrophic cost, which I think is a
156gross word to use, but um >> it's not called that. It's called threshold. They used to call it catastroph. >> Um >> I'm being I'm being old in terms of my service on the board. Been through many variations, but we we don't get the full amount of money back from other districts for those. So, we end up losing money on that >> and it doesn't our state funding is effective because we're on the guarantee. If we were not then it would have an impact because we would be you know it would be calculated and those students would be giving us the 1798 or 800 you know whatever it is that year. Um but because we're on the guarantee that pot of money doesn't change for us from year to year um unless we had a
157massive increase in enrollment overall. I think was it December you did share data on um >> behavior and academic differences. >> So you could share that with Miss Monday. I think you have our information. >> You can do that. >> Sure. Thank you. >> Anything else on this topic for still in treasur? Okay. We'll move to item three, uh, financial transactions and reports. >> Uh, okay. I'd like to recommend the board of education approve the January 2026 investment schedule and monthly spending report second. >> I kind of just gave you the gist. Um, the only thing I'll point out is that uh you will see that like the general fund because we are ant we ated tax revenue is technically in the red at the end of January. Um we are not in the red
158any kind of cash flow. It's not like we didn't make a payment. Um we've started receiving we've we've received two um advances already um from the county. So um that's nothing to be concerned about. It's just due to the point of the year where we're at that, you know, we're in between that. We we hadn't started receiving those revenues yet, but knew they were coming. That's really the only big thing. >> Any questions or comments from the board? >> Please call the RO. >> Miss White. >> I. >> Mrs. Zimmerman. >> I. >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Schaefer. >> Hi. >> Any further comments? >> I had a feeling. Uh, that brings us to item G, superintendent CEO's business consent agenda. Dr. Celica. >> Thank you. is recommended
159that the board of education approves all items listed in the superintendent's consent agenda. >> Thank you. Um we have uh several items this evening for your consideration. Under personnel um we have some coaches. Um we uh those are mostly our spring coaches. We have some extra duties. Those are the um uh stipens for the staff members that you had uh approved for that we're asking you to approve for the um parking lot and supervision at the new campus. We have a couple of those as well as um a volunteer. I thought we had a volunteer on this one. Retirements, I'm sorry, retirements. If I could read my own writing, we'd be in good shape. Um as for retirements, I want to point out uh there's a few on here, but most of them are change
160of dates. people just they've already we've submitted their they've submitted their retirements. But the other one is um Hope Jones and she works at our operations center and we're grateful to her and so she's looking to um retire. U appreciative of her service and we also have some ESC the service plans and the services that again this is through the ESC um those services that we purchase through them and then we're given money through the county funds and how that funnels through. But this is just our yearly um service plan with them. We also have a few um special education um contracts there that you'll see. Uh I want to note that Kids First is new to us. Um we've uh this is a maybe in the past, but not in the recent past that
161you've approved a contract for this, but these again are for some students that need to have out of district placements. And then you have the Kent State um uh CCP contract. We did review that closely because there were some changes but nothing was substantive at the end of the day. Those just minor uh changes. So we'd like to recommend that to you. And then finally um Joe I see is Mr. Bagatti is at the podium. So he's going to talk to you about the service agreement um from Cumins. >> Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. Uh yes the service agreement is with Cumins um and it's for the generator that we have here at the new facility. This generator is extremely important. It was $98,000 investment uh for the district. Now, let me tell you
162what it does support. It supports all the life safety uh lighting and stuff like that goes on around here. Sprinklers, pumps, horns and strobes you would see in a fire uh in a fire instance. Uh speakers, speakers throughout the facility, announcements, some lighting throughout the district if we were to lose power, all of the exit lighting, and some of the outlets. If you see outlets throughout the district that are marked red, those would also be powered. What it doesn't cover or what what it won't continue to let run are the HVAC is the HVAC uh system or the walk-in cooler. So, it's mostly just life safety. As I said, it's $198,000 investment. This is slightly maybe just a touch more than 1% a year of making sure that we have no problems with this uh
163particular unit. Um, and I did supply the board with what the planned equipment maintenance was, what it covered, and what the full service uh, portion of that was as well. >> Thanks, Joe. Any questions? >> And this is our actual first expense out of the PI fund >> for the building. Um, Miss Joyqu is going to work on establishing some guidelines on people making requests to utilize that fund. Um, obviously we don't we just heard our financial forecast and this obviously fits that. So, we're happy to spend almost $11,000 not out of the general fund. Um, but at the same time, we want to make sure we're spending that money responsibly so that when a large maintenance request needs to we have that money there to do it as well. >> And if I could
164say one more uh one more thing, um we did have two other quotes, Mr. Gomez. One was for over 22,000 and another one was for over 15,000. So, not only is this particular number a very good number, it's actually Cumins is actually the person or the company who who made the generator. So, they have the experience with it. >> Thank you. So the permanent improvement fund is it it gains interest. >> So it's almost like >> not not that not that one. >> Not that one. Okay. Is what it is. >> Yeah. So the other one is not necessarily permanent improvement. That would be our LFI, but it's used for permanent improvement type stuff. This levy is the one that's in conjunction with the >> Oh, it's a half a mill a year. It does.
165>> Yes. So we get tax collection twice a year for that. Yes. half a mill based off the 2019 valuation, not the ones that she >> 775,000 a mill. >> Yeah, >> cuz remember always we're always locked into the valuation at the time that that levy was originally passed >> which makes it confusing. >> Any other questions or comments for Dr. >> Please call the role. >> Mrs. Zimmerman I. >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. >> Mr. Harris. Hi, >> Mr. Schaefer. >> Hi, >> Miss White. >> Hi. >> Thank you. Brings us to your comments. >> Thank you. I We're I know we're going long here this evening, so bonus points to those of you who are still here. Um good job hanging in there. This is a long one. Um just a couple little
166things to to mention. Um we had uh we've been hosting here in the district and the um I had not only did we have Avon Lake uh staff come to look at our 612 campus because they're uh building a new um facility, but we also hosted the superintendent in Summit County here. Um you may know I chair the um or co-chair the um uh superintendent for Summit County, our organization AASA. So um rather than meeting at the ESC, we uh hosted it here. So that was nice. They really enjoyed that and we had some nice hospitality and Chef Bill was here. It was great. >> Bragging on our building. Yeah. And then I did it again um the other night. We had um an evening uh where we had the architects um through for TDA.
167It's IIDA. I don't know what it stands for. I forget. But it's one of their associations for the um architects. So they came through and I hosted for about 35 Christina's here with me. about 35 architects and engineer mostly interior design and architects and so we gave them a tour of the building and we talked to them and answered their questions etc. So they were very impressed as well so that was nice. >> OSBA is going to host an event here too. >> Oh cool. Yeah, it's nice. Um I really enjoyed our unified basketball program. So sweet. I love watching those children. They are intense. I love it. Um, so that was really fun to watch our peers and our students with disabilities team up. Really great. Um, I will say not on such a
168happy note, I have had a number of expulsions on the rise. So, uh, a reminder to folks that are listening with their children to please reinforce the rules at home. Same offenses, which is a vaping is really our, uh, main reason for that. That I see students uh, and some a little bit of, you know, fighting, but for the most part, it's vaping. And so we continue to to drill that home with the students that there are consequences for their behavior. Um and then um just some other things relative to the building. Nothing that's come to me for expulsion, but we've had some incidences where children in our middle school particularly are not um respecting the building uh a little just a little bit. Um just in our in our restrooms that seems to be
169a problem. So we are working hard with families to ensure that we're enforcing those rules. But for the most part, I will tell you students are really enjoying the building and treating it with the utmost respect and care and and just anecdotally talking to students are just so happy to be here. So that there really is good news. So there's just a little bit of as we would expect a little bit that we could still work on. Um and then just lastly, uh I put in your um notes. I wasn't sure about the idol, the Kaihog Falls High School idol. I thought maybe it was Saturday night. There were two nights listed on my calendar, but I confirmed with the high school that it'll be next Thursday in case you're interested. It's at 6:30. >>
170Like American Idol, it's Kyog Falls Idol. Yes. And we have our own celebrity here this evening, which is Mr. Gomez. I was watching, as I often do, Fox 8 in the morning, the news, the local news. And I normally fast forward through some sections, and usually it's the pledge because I record as I'm working out. And I look up though, and I see Tavia >> Golansky. And I was like, wait, she looks familiar. So I rewind and then sure enough they're doing the pledge of allegiance and there's our very own Mr. Gomez along with the group. So we have a celebrity on our hands. >> Yeah. >> And then I Well then I texted him. I go what the heck? You didn't tell us that you were going to be on there. He's like we
171recorded it a year ago. They don't tell us when it's going to be on. So there you go. >> And he never would. He never would. >> I would anyway. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. I I would say a little more but I I will not. I'll defer. Thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Sco. Brings us to item I board business. up first is policy first reads. Um I'll read them and give you the little um what we're doing with it at the same time. Section D, fiscal management did inventories. Um the state asked us to make some revisions to this and along with Miss Stoyco, we're changing our inventory. We have changed our inventory. So we made some changes there. Um anything $1,000 or more gets tagged. So that would go for through
172a formal disposal process. Anything under $1,000 would not have to go through formal disposal. Um DLC expense reimbursements, DLC are expense reimbursements. The auditor of state put out a formal bulletin um changing kind of getting with the times in terms of credit card usage. Um you can use a personal credit card and get um perks and and points now. Um whereas before you could not you could only use a credit card that didn't perks or points um and still be reimbursed. You can get um travel rewards. So, um none of us are flying anywhere on behalf of the school board on on the board. Um so, um you don't have to worry about that. And then, um for meal reimbursements, if you're doing that, you use your own credit card, pay the sales tax, and
173get reimbursed the sales tax. So, that's a big the big change. Section E support services EBDE procurement and administration of overdose reversal drugs. Um this is basically Nlloxxone. We've already had that in our our buildings but there was a new law that basically changed the way um we had to have our policy written. Section G personnel GBK no tobacco use on district property by staff members. There's several here related to tobacco use. Um the state organization reached out to us and said that we had a really weak tobacco policy. So we decided to make ours stronger. >> Section I instruction really weak. It was a C. >> It was a C but they said we could do better. Section I instruction I eBay EB acceleration only one word changed. section J student JB entrance age
174um state law changed that um kindergarten students have to be age five before entrance to the first day of instruction which we interpret as if kindergarten starts on the 19th they have to turn five up to and including the 18th. You can't turn five and have your fifth birthday party on the f first day of kindergarten. But on the 18th, you can turn five, have your birthday party, come to us on the 19th as five in one day. And that's the new state law on that. JFCG, tobacco use by students, that's tobacco related. Section K, school community relations, KGC, no tobacco use on district property, it's tobacco related. And then these next two are related KMA relations with support organizations and KMA-R relations with support organizations. Um these policies were originally written before we had
175a communications coordinator. So we wanted to make them more relevant now that we have a a coordinator. So, we want um people to work with her to make sure that she's aware of the like official social medias that they have and or any websites that they have. So, they're going to give us that information when they come to us to apply every year so that Christine is aware of that information because she's in charge of our branding. So, if it's like, "Oh, no, that's not the tiger we use." are like, "Let me help you with that information." Christine can connect with them and then also know the different ways in which they're communicating so that she as our district communications person can better communicate with our district. And then Ka employs the Ka Falls Park
176and Recreation Board and Ka Falls Library Board. It still talked about the Falls News Press, which we know we no longer have. So, we made revisions to that to get rid of it. So those will be up for approval on the next meeting. If you have any questions, you can reach out to Mrs. Schaefer. Number two is out of state field trip eighth grade students. It's recommended the board of education approves the out ofstate field trip to allow the eighth grade students to travel to Washington DC. >> So moved. >> Any discussion? >> Can I go? Please call the role. >> Mr. Gomez, >> hi. >> Mr. Harris, hi. >> Mr. Schaefer. I >> Miss White. >> Hi. >> Mr. Zimmerman. >> I. >> Thank you. Item three is a purchase agreement of the city
177of Ka Falls. It's recommended the board of education approves the agreement between the city of Ka Falls and the Kagall City School District. So, >> second. Um, >> this is for the tennis courts property. >> Any discussion? Please call the role. >> Mr. Harris, hi. >> Mrs. Schaefer. >> Hi. >> This is um >> Is it Did I say the wrong one? >> It's Thomas. It's by Thomas Court. It's the um >> cemetery property. >> Cemetery Lat. >> It is by the tennis courts and it's by tennis court or Thomas court. You're right. It's just across the street. >> Mrs. Sher, >> Miss White, >> we're selling a lot of land to the city. >> Mrs. Zimmerman. >> I Mr. Gomez. Number four is future agenda items. Do you have any future agenda items come
178before the board at this time? >> Any additional ones? >> I don't. >> Brings us to five committee reports. Um I'll go first. Sport policy committee. We just reported out athletic committee doesn't have a report and then community engagement and empowerment team. I was not able to attend and I don't think Miss White was able to get in. >> No, I wasn't unfortunately. >> Ultimately, what happened was um the determination of the committee was to um host an districtwide event at our five elementary schools that will exist next year on April 30th. >> Okay. >> But That's basically the idea that was determined as a way of welcoming folks um to their new buildings. People can kind of get to know one another in that way. Um and so if it all is on one
179night ultimately I think what would be good is for each board member to pick one and then we can each be there since there's five of us and five buildings. Um that will work well. when a date gets finalized and kind of try to go from there. >> At our PTO meeting at Silver Lake, we've talked a lot about wanting to welcome. So, I know at least from that school definitely and I'm sure the other PTO's would yeah like to participate their health as well. >> Well, that's what the committee determine would be there at for this year. >> I think it's a great idea. I love it. >> Mrs. Schaefer, any reports from you? >> Um, we had our wellness committee meeting. Yes, seems like a couple days ago, but it was yesterday. >>
180They we usually break out into two group two subcommittees. Um, but there were a couple of due illness. So, we just met as one group. We talked about um Bill Bailey, we talked about the group that we were that we are in with the schools and we talked about a couple things that are happening and I know it went in our notes few weeks ago about working on training in the Black Tiger Pride and PBIS which um at first I was confused. I read it in the notes didn't quite understand what he was talking about teaching the PBS in the school with staff but when he explained it uh I did I understood it more and they were explaining to the staff what happens with the PBIS with the students and then they were also
181talking talked about kindness and everything with each other and then with the students they're things so they're working on like kind of a training program and they did a a pilot program at Dwit and they want kind of carry that over into all of the the school all of the schools and then maybe carry that over into other departments like maybe into like transportation you know other the non um like education departments so that we all they all have a shot of PBIS um we talked about the staff wellness program the the black pride black tiger pride card is one thing they just how they wrote that down. I just got they rolled it out. Um they are physically putting them together and they were putting stacks out which was something that they voted on
182in one of the service they put out. It was something that they wanted. Um they're doing chair massages. I think they were doing those at several I think they're doing that all >> every school and building >> then we were talking about a a coffee carting coffee and like how that would work that we want to have it at like the PD day at the wellness day how would that work at separate schools or do you want to do it this year do it next year so there was a big discussion about that how that would work was a lot >> if I Can I just add to that just um all the things that you're talking about like people might hear chair massages and coffee trucks and it's not coming from our general fund.
183I just want to be clear and it's >> we get a grant for it. >> We get Yeah, we get grants for it. So, I just want to make sure people >> it came out of that was the other thing. came out of this grant and um I wrote down the grant's name and I abbreviated it and I don't rememberation stands for >> um but then it talked about how some of these some of these things aligned with the strategic plan committee >> but the items that are being >> the items that are coming out of the staff wellness are coming out of the grant money and it's not although it aligns a lot with with strategic items. These items are coming out of grant money that I abbreviated and I don't remember what the
184name of it is called because that's how my brain works. >> Thank you, Miss White. Did you have any committee reports? >> Yes, I have um three um the DT team met. I couldn't make that meeting, but um I did get the notes in our um packet. So you can probably read those, but just real quickly um they are focusing on efficacy and they're trying to get teachers to go and um observe um other teachers even just for 10 to 15 minutes. Um things like that where can make a difference to see how other teachers are with rigor and um high expectations. So they're looking at that. Then they um talked about barriers to maintaining high expectations. So, um I think I don't know if that's everything, but kind of in a nutshell, um the
185gifted um I have a lot. That's why I'm I'm going really fast here. Okay. the gifted um team met um and there's just some highlights basically that um I was given there was a district 24 game district tournament Saturday at Preston Elementary. Um then 24 game this is I think the math club I believe. Um the third and fourth graders competed on February 12th and some of our students in fourth grade came in finished in top 16. So that was pretty good overall. And then um the book club, I think they're reading Hello Universe, which sounds kind of interesting. Then the middle school, we're trying to um work out the math. um if the kids are excelling in math that they move to algebra 1 and so on. Let me throw that in there. And
186then what was really exciting for me was a winner, our eighth grade winner of the power of the pen, Riley Kennedy. That's awesome. And the eighth grade team placed fourth in power of the pen. I'm so glad we brought that back and we're doing that. >> Um >> stop the hate poetry. We had an eighth grader who was a finalist, Christina Chutri. And then the roots of American music song writing workshops and contests. Um the the uh seventh grade honors ELA was top five songs, fifth song. And then gifted, we talked a they talked a little bit about um Google classrooms for students for various contests and things like that. So that was the gifted um one that I also missed that week. I did not feel very good. I did make it to the
187250 celebration for our country of our Declaration of Independence and we're going to start kicking that off in March. So, um what we'd like to do is just read like I what my suggestion of course was read the declaration. I mean it's 250 years old but it's still a wonderful um meaningful document today. In fact, I think there was a book written that the most famous sentence in the world is all men are created equal. I mean, at the time that it was written, it was something. So, we need to read it. Um, we also talked about other things of reading like um the Bill of Rights, maybe having kids do their own um teenage bill of rights, things like that. um April there'll be the artwalk and we're talking about maybe you know just
188handing out a constitution um at the handout passes and display the constitution things like that there you know I don't we don't want to have the art program change anything because it's already you know pretty much done so something May we have the parade June there's um flag day and the July 4th of course we'll have so many celebrations We'll put out information of where people can go to see like fireworks, picnic, things like that. And then in August, we are hoping to do maybe a movie night and picnic to kind of kick off the year. But we also talked about the first um football home game. Um maybe coordinating it with that and the Tiger tailgate. Um September is Constitution Day and we want to put flags all around the school. October, we're not
189sure quite. We talked about um a garden party with apples or pumpkins, but we don't I don't know if that I mean none of this is in, you know, written down for sure, but this these are just some of the ideas. Um November, of course, is Veterans Day and the One More Time Band concert honors all our veterans when they perform and a lot of our schools do as well. And then December there, we thought about making having the kids maybe make time capsules and not burying them because then we won't find them whenever we go to look for them in 50 years, but you know, putting them somewhere safe where we know where they are and then in 50 years kids could open them just to see how things changed. Now for the board,
190I am asking that we also read the um declaration like the preamble of the constitution, the declaration, not the whole thing, >> the articles of confederation. >> Well, I don't think that's really >> that's our first founding document >> and then to read like the bill of rights. So, I thought we could maybe divide up and Mr. Gomez, I was hoping that maybe you'd read the preamble to the Constitution. >> Pardon me? >> Because I can do it fast. >> No, it's I just Well, you're the president of the board, that's why. And then, Miss Schaefer, I was hoping that maybe you could read the very beginning of the um uh Declaration of Independent, not all the the grievances, but just the beginning of it. And then I thought we could all go through and
191read two of the Bill of Rights if that would work for everybody. next Monday to kind of kick us off. Is that >> next Monday? >> I mean, I'm sorry. Next board meeting. >> I don't remember. >> So, the board meeting, >> you send an email. >> Yeah, thank you. >> I think I can believe in you. >> I believe in you. >> Okay. I think I can. Maybe we could think of some way of incorporating like the city does um >> the movie nights throughout the summertime down on the river. >> So maybe we could incorporate something with them with our because that would help us >> stay connected to students throughout like the summertime >> because it'll be hard for us to do >> like stay connected to our students throughout the summer.
192But they get really good turnout so long as the weather's good. And I know u Mayor Duny had mentioned they're gonna try to do something in the village as well >> for the 250. I think they were gonna do a concert special concert or they do their concert series as well. >> Okay. >> So that way we can kind of tie in with each of our municipalities maybe >> because I think that's important as well. >> But the the movies downtown will definitely keep us connected to our our students with any ideas we have. So, we're working on it and that's what we're hoping to kick off um in the schools, the high schools. And then there's also poems uh poetry of like Paul River's last ride and I, you know, I can't think of
193all of them off the top of my head, but there are quite a few different um things that could be read. Um I know I can't think of the little ladies, young lady's name who read the poem. I think it was a Was it Biden's? >> Oh, Amanda. >> Yes. Thank you. Her poem poem could be read or things like that too besides all you know this. But yeah, >> I think that's a great >> interesting. Yeah. >> Okay. I will send out an email and that's all. Yeah. >> Zimmerman. >> Uh we didn't have alumni association since last time, but I did go to my first financial advisory committee meeting yesterday. uh which was just a a preview of the financial forecast. So I had a spoiler. Um I'm learning a lot about it.
194>> One day I will know what these all these different mills mean. >> It's hard. >> So thank you Mr. Harris. Yeah, just real quick. The House passed House Bill 326, which allows additional standardized test options for high school juniors to take instead of the AC. >> Thanks. >> Thank you. brings us to number six, comments. Miss White, you're up first. >> Okay. Um, I don't have much because I was ill. Um, last week I'm feeling much better now. It only lasts about a week, which surprised me. Usually colds last two weeks for me, but it Thank God. Yeah. But any rate, I wanted to um um just talk a little more about the shift to local taxpayers. And I know Miss Stoyco, I read this last time, but I think it's very important for
195um people in our community to understand how the state is shifting from giving us money um for the schools. And it's not only us, it's all districts and um having our property owners pick up the bulk of, you know, all of this. And again, um, I just by the 2728 school year, the state's contribution is projected to fall to approximately 10% about $822 per student. We know that a student probably is at least um 89,000 probably more to fully fund their education. So, it's they're just, you know, putting it off. And even though there was a Supreme Court decision saying back in 99 that nope, you can't rely on property taxes, that's what they're doing. Um, and I also had an article in the paper today about Akran public schools, and I just read the
196whole thing. They're looking for 11 million dollars to cut. That's a lot. And, you know, it may not I don't know what they all bring in, but again, to me, that's a lot of money. And they, a couple of them went to a visit um to the state house with members of the Akran Canton Advocacy Alliance, but they didn't have much hope for better state funding. He said that lawmakers believe Ohio has too many school districts, too many buildings, and too many administrators. and it's just simply a reality that most districts in Ohio have to face. So, what I'm suggesting is this fall, get out and vote for those people that are supportive of public education. Things need to change in this state. I'm just I have I'm a teacher. Everybody knows that. Well, I
197was. And I just believe in public education. It needs to be fairly funded for every district. Please, please, when you vote, look at see who supports public ed and who doesn't and vote. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Zimmerman. >> Well, I was sick as well, so I was very sad that I missed volunteering at the book fair and the uni unified basketball games last Friday. So, I have nothing to to comment on sadly. >> That brings me up. On Friday, I'm attending the special education law workshop for OSBA. So, I'm looking forward to learning at that. And then last Friday, Mrs. Schaefer and I attended the um AP art exposition here at the high school is wonderful. Um and in particular we spoke we spoke to a lot of the students but we spoke
198to this one student um at the end for quite a long time at the last board meeting. We're talking about how reading, writing and presentation can be done in any class. And so this student had a huge mosaic piece that was inspired by a Sylvia Pla short story that she reading. She said her favorite part of presenting her art is writing a paragraph for people to read, writing, and then she spent 10 minutes discussing her art with us, presenting, and this is an AP art class. So, just challenge folks when they say that reading, writing, presenting cannot be done in every course. We got a beautiful example of how that can be done in a class like AP art where not everyone would think that that could be done. And she is a a very
199bright young lady among many other bright students in that course. And she wants to become a psychologist. And we said, "Well, have you heard about becoming a school psychologist?" You always got to promote promote the trade, right? Um, and we're going to I want to talk to you, Miss Zean, because she would love to speak with one of our school psychologists. So, we promised her that we would have you have one of our school psyches come pull her out and speak with her about the profession. um because we said that's our we made that promise to her because we knew we could fulfill it. So um it was really really a wonderful night. Mrs. Schaefer and I make it a point to always attend. Mr. Harris >> Mrs. Schaefer >> um I already talked to
200Dr. >> Okay, got it. >> She's in my suit. >> She's in the suit. >> So I knew that she's familiar >> and I know exactly Yes. her aspirations. But no, I haven't suggested it to >> Well, we promised her that we would have a school psychology. >> I'll see her in a couple weeks to her. >> Yeah, we made that promise to her and she was really thrilled at the idea. So, >> um that I love going to that event specifically. So art artwork is so personal and these students are like kind of getting their taste of um creating like these personal pieces of artwork. And some of them like they're really like burying their soul on canvas or sculpture or something and then they have to present them to people in these this
201little art gallery type presentation. >> And for me that would be very very nerve-wracking. But I mean, I think that they must practice that ahead of time. Um, but one of the well, a couple of the artists I've known since they were like in middle school and elementary school. So to see them go from, you know, one of one of the students I've known since like sixth grade and oh has always been a talented artist and then to see the growth to, you know, high school artist and then another, you know, another student who's just doodle on everything a little anime and now she she's a junior this year, but like just to see the growth and then to see them talk about their art and everything and they're passionate about and they're eager to
202tell you. It's just it's so exciting to see them grow from like elementary student to a young adult talking to me who is a a scary adult about their artwork. It's It's very exciting. I love that event. I'm I'm glad I got because I also was sick and so I'm glad I was better in time to go to bed. >> So, t the season for the illness. >> Yeah. >> I think I said to Mr. Schaer on Friday. You know, we're we say we're our arts district and people think of um performing arts and certainly no one here is going to put down our performing arts program by any means, but I would put our actual art class program up against any district any day. What these students produce is incredible. There is artwork there
203that could be like mass produced and sold and people would go, "Who is that famous artist?" >> I mean, it's incredible. I >> $6 million. >> I will put I will put the our art program up against anyone. And we spoke with Mrs. Schulman. She told us that she and Mrs. McCarter took a course together on um throwing pottery because they're able to do that now in their new space. another opportunity that we have in this new space and the um students are so thrilled about it. And Mrs. Schulman actually got a grant to go down to Cincinnati this summer for 10 days to do an intensive course on pottery throwing so that next year she can do that with her students. Um and that's just a grant she wrote on her own time. She's
204going to take her own time this summer to do that because she wants to offer that opportunity to our students. So if you think our programs right now. Just wait till I start doing pottery. >> You know what I love about that is when she was telling us about that, she was so excited and passion about about having that experience for herself and to reignite her passion for that particular art form and then she's going to bring that back to our students. And when when an educator is excited about what they're doing, then those students are going to be excited about what they're doing. So, I'm just excited for those students have that that opportunity. >> I I remember our an art teacher She's retired now, but um she used to tell me, you know,
205Patty, >> writing started as drawings, as art. I said, you know, yeah, you're right. And then I music teacher would say, and yes, the first way we communicated was through the drums, you know, the So I'm like, yes, okay. >> But yes, it's very connected to language and you know, either speaking or whatever, art and music. So important. >> It's beautiful. >> Yeah. >> That brings us to item J. Executive staff shed. Pursuant of a high revised code section 121.22G1. Section 121.22 G4. Section 121.22 22 G5 is hereby moved that the board adjourn to executive session consider the employment compensation of a public employee or official preparing for conducting or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment and matters required to be kept
206confidential by federal law regulations or state statutes. >> No second. >> Please call the role. >> Mrs. Schaeper, >> I miss white. >> Miss. >> Mrs. Zimmer. >> Hi. >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. Mr. Harris, >> I'm used to being last. >> We're in executive session at 8:39 with only action after we >> know. It's just kind of weird. >> I'm so used to being last. to us.