001Oh, sorry. >> No, we have one minute. >> Oh, sorry. Okay, that's okay. >> I know. I would love to have foot stool. >> Yeah, I would too. >> The benches. >> Yeah, they have a little thing though. >> And I wish there was a little foot. >> Oh, they don't. >> No. >> Oh, where do you go? >> Good evening. >> Welcome. It is Wednesday, August 6th, 5:30m at this regularly scheduled board of education meeting. Miss Stocoy, would you please call the role? >> Miss Coco >> here. >> Mr. Gomez, >> here. >> Mr. Harris, >> here. >> Mrs. Schaefer, >> here. >> Miss Boy, >> here. >> Thank you. Item B is motion to approve the agenda. It is recommended that the board of education approves the agenda of the August 6, 2025
002board of education meeting. Action by the board of education in 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 item be removed from the consent agenda and voted upon separately. >> Second >> discussion. Miss Stocoy, please call the role. >> Miss Coco >> here. >> Mr. Gomez, >> I. >> Mr. Hi. Hi, >> M. >> Hi. >> I'm here. >> Item C is opening ceremony. What first up isformational items. This meeting is a meeting of the Kyogre Falls Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the school's 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
003topic 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. If an individual wishes to address the board regarding a topic not found on the meeting agenda, he or she 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 pre preface comments by an announcement of his or her 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
004individually. An unabedged board agenda for this meeting can be found on your electronic device at the address found on the screen. And for your convenience, hard copies of the board agenda may be found on the table by the sign-in book. The next special meetings of the Kyoga Falls Board of Education are August 21st, 2025 at 6 PM in the Preston Elementary School Gymnasium, 800 Talmage Road, Kyoga Falls and September 3rd, 2025 at 6 PM in the Price Elementary School gym, 2610 Delmore Street, Kyoga Falls. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Kyoga Falls Board of Education is August 20th, 2025 at 5:30 in the Kyoga Falls High School Library. And now for our pledge of allegiance and welcome Miss White. >> Welcome everyone. If you'll please stand if you're able and join me in the
005pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Welcome everyone. Our vision, Ka Falls City School District, the hub of our community, committed to a culture of caring. We innovate, we create, we personalize education for all. Our mission, every student, every day, every opportunity. >> Thank you, Miss White. MD is presentations. Number one is awarding of diplomas. It is recommended that the board of education grants a Kyoga Falls High School diploma to the following individuals who have now completed the requirements stated by the state of Ohio for high school graduation. our summer 2025 graduates, Landon Richard McKenna and Ethan Emanuel Santiago. >> So moved. >> Second. >> They're not
006here this evening. >> Mr. Sto, would you like to call the vote? >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. >> Mr. Schaefer. >> Hi. >> M. Hi. >> Hi. >> Congratulation to our summer graduates for completing [Applause] Item two in presentations is our budget reduction. Miss Stoy >> Thank you. >> Awesome. Thank you. Okay, this is pretty um condensed now that especially now that um I have to do the forecast by October 15th this year. Um so I didn't want to get too into the weeds here because it can be a little um it could be a lot. So I just tried to keep it high level um and and expand I'll expand on some of the stuff that's in here. Um, so the first thing, oh my god, I wish Lucas
007was here. He's my my man with this. I knew he would have asked me if he was here. Two outs away from no hitter today. >> He was two outs away. I was so sad when he gave up a home run. >> And then so he had a one hitter game. So close, but they swept the Mets. So, yay. That happens. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Still good. All right. So, I just want to refresh your memory real quick about May. Um kind of what we had said um our expenses were going to be. So, you can see there um we had projected at the end of last year we would spend in these categories about 17 million and that we then projected um in 26 that we would be down to a little under 13
008million total in those uh four categories. Um so overall a difference of about 4.2 2 million or about 25% overall. Um, a big part of that is al obviously some of the air conditioning projects that are um uh nearing completion um that were were large ticket items. So that's where we were um during the May forecast. So obviously since then we have closed um our books. So, here are kind of the actuals based on um what we actually spent um through all of last fiscal year and based on what was budgeted by departments um for the appropriations and everything this year. So, um we ended up spending in those four categories about 18.2 million. Um if you recall, some of that was due to the fact that we moved up some purchasing due to potential
009tariff increases um technology. Um there were some other payments that we were able to make kind of right before the end of the year that I had predicted would probably be in um this fiscal year, but we ended up getting those invoices and paying them. Um, and so then now if you look at the budget coming in for this year based on what everybody um provided me, we're at a little under 12 million, which is less even than what we projected, which of course it is going to be a little less because we spent more than what was projected. So they're pretty much in line um just a shifting of when the actual expense happened. So overall um we're a little over six million um difference between the two. Um so almost 35% um difference
010in spending. Now that's just those four categories keep in mind. So we're missing salary and benefits which is a huge part of it. Um so it's not that our whole budget or our whole general fund is saving 35% although that would be great. Um we're just focusing on these categories. So then if you kind of look at the difference between the two you can see um the May verse May forecast versus the actual. So, we spent about 1.2 million more than we thought we were going to in um fiscal 25. However, um what we ended up budgeting and taking care of um is a little is about 800,000 under what we had thought in the forecast. Um so total difference when you're looking at all the differences is about 2 million or almost right under
01110% um difference which would be exactly that it was 23 and it went to about 34. So looking at some of the key highlights here in these sections of where um some of the things were cut. It's also This is very um this was very difficult in a sense because um the state auditor's office I think I've mentioned to you guys before changed my codes um and so some of the things when they were budgeting were in one code and then they that code became extinct as of the end of June 30th 25 and so now they're in new so it's a little hard to compare and remember kind of where everything went and where everything got moved. Um, so that's why you're going to see a little bit more general numbers here. And these
012aren't going to add up to all the differences. These were just kind of the bigger ticket items that um, popped out when I was going through the budgets and everything. Um, so under purchase services um, we are down approximately 750,000 um, for our substitutes and some instructional special ed services. Um, that's a number of different things. Purchase service really encompasses a lot. It's basically any outside entity that provides us with anything that we don't do um inhouse. So, we're talking aiology services, hearing in services, um visual impairment services, all those kinds of things. So, they run quite the gamut. Um and then substitutes as well um were down. Um we don't anticipate some of the um we had a number of long-term subs with different things that happened last year or subs to finish out
013the years for other different reasons um that we will not that we will not be um doing this year. And so these are the substitutes that we pay um to formerly Wixie but it's dedicated um DSS. Um so these are the ones that are not like in-house um people. Um professional services again this is a number of different things but um there is professional development expenses. So across the board, people kind of paired down some of the uh you know meetings or conferences or things that you know while they would like to attend those um given the um demand to cut 10%. Um this is kind of one of those areas where you do kind of get a choice what you're doing instead of just being told this is what you have to spend in
014order to educate a student. Um, EMAs services. If you recall last year, we had a little additional help. Um, it's it's down a little bit. This year, we don't have as much um, help there. Um, some different technology supports as well for about a 100,000 total. Um, supplies and materials. This is also another big one where people were able to um, cut back because again um, not all of this stuff is required. It's some stuff like it would be nice to have this, but um, it isn't totally students aren't going to not be able to learn without some of this stuff. So, um some of those fall under like electronic subscriptions um or software um actual textbooks or supplemental materials or instructional materials that go along with that kind of um to supplement some of
015those textbooks and subscriptions. Um same thing with library books and some of those instructional materials um in the library. And then supplies obviously um we're talking classroom supplies some paired down in custodial supplies um you see a little bit of kind of especially at the middle school um combining in the high school um but especially at the middle school that we won't we don't anticipate spending as much you know this next year because at half the year we're going to be in one building as opposed to trying to keep two um clean. So we will, you know, that cut down in a number of different areas, um, you know, and purchase services, whereas, uh, you know, cleaning uniforms, those they were going to separate buildings and all of those things. If for half of a
016year, they're not going to be, uh, doing that. They'll be going to one place. Um, and then office supplies also falls under that as well. Next two categories, capital outlay. Obviously, this is um, kind of a big one for us. um moneywise where we see the most differences. Um so building improvements as you know that would be the air conditioning um that was in the you know uh in the forecast is already you know not being this year. Um we had other things in the forecast prior to May that we deferred to later years if you recall through the financial recovery plan that we had to submit. So we moved some things around um and so that also helped save more in this category um compared to you know prior year. Um, same thing with
017site improvements. Um, we did um some things now we're looking more at like maintenance only for those uh parking lots and the striping, not kind of rehauling anything or or ripping it up or getting into a big project. Um, another big one would be our technology. Um, some of this is a little bit because of the timing of when we did it is it's a savings to this year. Um, but some of this also includes again classroom and office equipment. Again, falling under those same things that are like supplies, professional meetings. Um, there's there's not always a lot of areas where um, you know, the administrator gets a choice in saying yes, we can do this, no, we can't. A lot of it is mandated and things. You know, whatever we Akran Children's tells us
018the nursing contract is, that's what the nursing contract is. We can't say no, we need to cut that by 10%. I mean, if they would agree, that'd be great, but um you know, we don't we don't really have the upper hand in that situation. So, in situations like this, um equipment uh between technology, classroom, office, um was almost a million dollars. District vehicles, if you recall, this was also part of the plan. Um we uh had some on the books. Um we deferred to later years because right now the fleet we have for our maintenance vehicles is in good shape. um and we do not need one in the next year. Same thing with buses. We paired down if you recall as well from two to one. Um so that is a savings there. And
019then other objects, this is a relatively small category if if you recall in there. So um these are again the memberships and professional organizations, shipping costs that go along with a lot of those supplies, equipment, textbooks, um you know, memberships to professional organizations. again something you have a little bit of control over to say maybe I'll only be in this one as opposed to two or three this year um in that area. So then looking at a comparison and it's it is a little I'm going to tell you the differences here because again like all of these numbers aren't necessarily going to tie together just because of different a I couldn't capture everything that was the differences. Um B or you we'd be here forever. Um B um some of these with the appropriations depends
020on carryover encumbrances and things like that to make some of these numbers different. So total appropriations so um when you guys get and you approve like the permanent appropriations for the year the very first column is total appropriations um and so that is basically what has been budgeted like from each administrator out and that's what is put in um my system. So last year that was about 71.1 million total. Um again this includes salaries, this includes everything. Um this year it is about 64 and a.5 million a difference of 6.6 and right under that 10% 9.3%. Um the expendable and I put this on here as well. Um the expendable includes um so any purchase orders that are still open at the end of the year get carried over to the following fiscal year. Um
021and so it's not considered an appropriation for that current year because it was appropriated in the prior year but we are going to actually expend it. So on the forecast you're going to see that expense in 26 but it was um it was encumbered prior to um this fiscal year. So some of those differences here are differences in what that you know why the difference isn't the same is because from one year from 24 to 25 those carryover encumbrances total number is different from 25 to 26. Um they're not the same. So, it's not apples to apples in that, but it is very it it's close. So, we're talking of 74.6 million um which is just those incumbrances plus the appropriations and then this year it's about 68 and a half or 6 million um
022about 8.1% there. >> Uh so, I can understand all this. Did we were there any departments that didn't hit their 10% or they had to hit 10% for you to approve their budget? they had to hit 10% with some leeway of some of the um you know perhaps special ed or student services where >> they have a lot of things >> they have like nursing is a huge contract and so that you know that went up >> and so they they made cuts but it may not have been the 10% overall but they made it >> a lot of their contracts they have no control >> correct so things like that um where and their bigger numbers so like of their budget those are the top dollar items. And so when those go up, you
023know, it's going to skew the whole thing to not be 10%. But in the areas where um they could is kind of what I looked at like okay, like take that out >> and and um then let's look at what's left here. What's what's under their control necessarily? Um and so while we only focused on general fund because that's what the forecast is um you know there are budgets that um food service Bill Bailey is um there. So he also did that as well. So he he was also part of that 10% reduction even though his funds and expenses aren't out of the general fund. Um given all that we have talked about and the way food service has been going um we thought that was a a good thing to do as well. And
024with him getting all new equipment for a 612 buildings, it should be relatively easy. You shouldn't have to worry about needing a lot of new equipment. >> Correct. >> Right. >> Okay. So, I have to point out. Okay. So, look. Don't look now. Okay. So, we're only one game back of the wild card. You can hit the next two. So, you get the little arrow. So, we're only one game back out of a wild card spot, people. Okay, next. And we're only six games out of the Central now, which was way huge. They were on Remember that horrible 10ame losing streak and I was depressed >> and I was like, what? And then all since the All-Star break. Look at that. There's another arrow, Ryan. Come on. >> There we go. >> Come on. Help
025me out here. It's hard to see sometimes. So look, don't look now. Okay. And I think that's it questions, but you can go to the next one. because I was ready to burn it down if they traded him. I was I kept texting my husband. I was like, "If it happens, >> every time my phone dinged, I was like, >> "Yeah, >> who is that?" >> Steven. >> Yeah. >> He's national treasure. Yes, he is. Okay. >> National treasure. He deserves to be protected at all costs. >> I agree. >> Okay. So, I didn't have to burn anything down. It's great for everyone. I'm a bit scared of this. >> They gave you a new magnet at the home opener this year. >> I didn't go to the home opener this year. >> Oh my
026god. >> It was the same day as Oasbo. >> Oh, you broke your street. >> I know. I know. Don't Why would you bring that up right now? >> I didn't know. I thought you got a new magnet to add to your >> I am I still I I can I know people that went. So >> probably why they're not doing well. >> Yeah, they would be they hard. >> But they wouldn't be six games back, >> you know. Don't ruin the mood. Okay, don't ruin it. >> They're doing great. >> Any other questions about any of that? Or again, we'll get a little more into the weeds um the forecast which will be here soon, sooner than normal. >> And what months are the forecast? >> So this year it is October 15th is
027when the first has to be >> but that's not permanent, right? >> It's August, which again is none of this really makes sense. That's August and what other month? >> February. >> August. >> Is the idea that it's off cycle from clothes? >> It's weird. >> I don't I don't I don't know what the idea is. I'm not sure what the idea is. >> But in August, we don't have anything cuz we're only one month. >> I know. So, you know, if you recall, it used to be in October and they moved it to November, which was great because then if you did have a levy on, you knew if you what you were doing and you could include that. >> Um, and now you won't be able to do and same thing in May
028and now you won't be able to do that and you'll >> So, I I don't know. It's It's only three. >> Does that have something to do with like budget commissions because they want to see your cash carry over? >> I think it does have something to do with that. and and what they're approving and what we're submitting in our estimated resources and appropriations and all of that kind of stuff. Yes. But I don't it doesn't I don't I don't know. I don't feel I feel like the times we have now give us pretty good it's you know kind of almost at the halfway point more of the estimate and then at the end of the year kind of like here's about where we're going to end up so we know what we need to
029do for next year. Now again, I'm doing it all the time, so it's really only just what we're sending there. But >> and it's four years now. >> Yes. So it's mainly >> they were talking about doing it three, but then >> I I believe so they keep saying three year, but I think when they're saying three year, they're talking about three years, not including the current year >> as the base year. >> Four year. >> Well, four years is better than five at least. >> Yeah, it is. >> Yeah. >> Anything else? Thank you very much. >> That brings us to item three, discussion of elementary school closure presentation. >> Well, so um if I may. >> Yes, >> absolutely. Um so my recollection of the last time we had met the the ask
030from the board was to produce numbers um based on price and Preston as options to the school closure that you would wanted to see the numbers disagregated by um grade level. And so there are um the the yellow that you see there is um what Margie had presented to you last time. It's um with kindergarten and first grade now reflected. So those numbers that you see there are accurate relative to next year's she just bumped everybody up. In other words, your kindergarten numbers there will be estimates um because we don't obviously don't know that information. And then the second one was just redrawing some lines um a couple of the different lines um that were requested to to get a different view of what that could look like if you move a line. Now certainly
031there are other ways that you can do that. Margie is here this evening to really field questions if you have any um things that she can answer. In fact, um Margie, if you would, this is our transportation supervisor, Margie Johnson, if you could come to the podium just in case there are some questions. Sure. And if you want to give an overview or some explanation better than I can because certainly you can do this much better than I can. So, thank you. Margie's been working hard. She got her routes in. That was her number one priority. So, she really had to hustle the last two days. So, we're appreciative of her efforts in getting this information to you tonight. >> Thank you. >> So, I just redid the numbers based on based on the um
032grades uh after we did the roll for this year because everything that you saw at the last board meeting was based on last year's numbers because because we didn't have those available to us yet. They weren't all that far off. So, in redoing them, they they were pretty close. Um there's a million ways there's a million ways that we can draw we can draw lines. >> So we try to keep it obviously to the main roads, but we can go up into neighborhoods. The the problem is you don't know when you're going you're going to have an influx of students in one particular grade level. So, so just moving lines for numbers doesn't necessarily help you because your grade levels are all going to be different. So, that's what I can that's what I can
033tell you. >> This is similar, if I may interject, just because a prime example, and I was going to save it for my superintendent's informal comments, but it's relevant now. This is exactly what we're sort of faced with right now. our enrollment spikes in certain schools and lower in other schools, which is forcing us to add teachers, but like really making some very difficult decisions. So, regardless of how we can look at it and do the best we can to make it clean and neat to fit our class sizes, we just have to accept the fact that it's just not going to be clean and neat as we would like it to be. And there are going to be there might be a classroom out there that has 15 kids in it and someone across
034the way might have 25. I mean, it's just unfortunately That's just the way this works out. We'll do the best we can, of course, but that's exactly what we're experiencing right now. >> I know I kind of dug into what was presented, the boundaries that were presented, um, with the goal of looking at what Margie had come up with and then trying to disrupt people the least possible because I think that's kind of everybody's goal. And so just as you look at it, if you if Preston closes, the building that gets disrupted the most is Price. If Price closes, the building that gets disrupted the most is Dit. It's just the facts of the matter. Um, and so on the Preston closing example, um, I'm trying to keep as many buildings whole as possible and
035you can bump a lot of people back and keep it on under capacity. So you can make Lincoln hole, make Richardson hole, make the wit hole. Um, I would probably keep the 35 that got moved from Silver Lake to Lincoln. Um, and those are the that's the downtown area because there's kind of like two areas in Kyoga Falls that go to Silver Lake. You have River Estates and then you have the downtown riverfront area. So the 35 here is that downtown area because there's really no um you can't move them back to Silver Lake because you're going to go over capacity. >> So if I can just with that now um first off for the people in the audience um when I looked at the numbers and they're probably similar to what you came up
036with Mr. Gomez because I looked at the most at these now numbers and you're just getting them for the first time so you didn't have time to do the quick math. Um Preston would have counting again all those students as you pointed out last time um you would have a total of 513 students displaced. Price would have 567 displaced. So there is a net there of you know 54 student difference. Um but Margie if you could address what Mr. Gomez says about because we had talked this we had this exact conversation today about >> um I think it was winter something and river estates and then that downtown area that he's referring to. So, is the second example that you gave exactly what Mr. Gomez described? >> That's putting those areas back >> um not
037>> back to Silver Lake. >> It moves both of them back, but I would not do that because I think you'll have too much because >> I think you would have too much. I would keep the 35 from the downtown area moved from Silver Lake to Lincoln. >> Yep. >> I would because I think you're going to get over capacity at Silver Lake. I do too. >> And because you have 105 move from Price to Silver Lake, I actually think you can move some of those back. And listening to what Margie said, um because the reason why she has the 105 is cuz she's trying to go main roads. But some of those 105 are within the mile. So, I think you could bump bump it a little bit and keep it in a residential
038area because you'd still be within the mile. So, we wouldn't have to worry about the boundary being within a residential area as much because the boundary would be within the mile where you wouldn't have to boss. Is that am I following what you said correctly? >> No. Because these are all kids. These aren't just kids that are bust. The These are all kids. These are all kids in in the district. that those aren't just kids that are being bus, >> but what I'm talking about is where the boundary is at. So, if it's within a mile of the school and then we don't have to bus them, then >> But that's you still have a you still have a capacity at that school. >> Yeah. And we're under capacity at Price. So, that's why I'd
039like to move some of them back from Silver Lake to Price so that we're not disrupting as many kids, >> right? if that makes and then that's why I was saying the boundary doesn't then have to be on a main road because >> they wouldn't need bus. >> Is that am I following that correctly? >> Cuz I understood what you said about the main road and I totally understand like my road could not have two buses where I live could not have two buses. So when you said that I'm like yes I understand. I'm following what you're saying. I get what you're saying. >> Yeah. >> You could not have two buses on that street. >> And Mr. Are you saying that they're within one mile of Silver Lake or Price >> of Price? >>
040I'm also adding the sums in so you can see them. I'm doing a little formula in Excel that you I'm populating this for you right now so you can see the >> So my my example has 366 people displaced and that's the building that closes plus all that gets moved and that's with potentially being able This is the Preston. I haven't gone to the price one, >> but that's with some potentially being able to be moved back to price. >> Okay. >> Cuz I was just going off what she drew cuz I can't draw anything better than what she did. She's the pro. Um, and then on Price, I think you could restore the Silver Lake people back to Silver Lake and then Lincoln wouldn't cross the track any longer because then we don't have
041to worry about multiple buildings crossing the tracks. Just trying to solve that problem for you, Marie. >> Um, and Restore Lincoln, Richardson, and Preston's already whole. So, like I said, Dwit has the most people disrupted. And so, this creates a little bit of pickle. You have 155 people disrupted from Dwit, but Dwit is actually far under capacity. So, it's kind of the same thing. you can move them back, but then you'd probably want to do it within the one mile so that if you're drawing a boundary in a residential area that um you're making sure that they're not going to be busted, but then the pickle is that Preston's at capacity in this one. So then um either kids that were previously at Price in this scenario or kids that are currently at Preston, you're
042going to need to move more of them to Dwit as well to make this work because I don't think any of us think that including Margie probably think that it's realistic to have a building at starting at capacity. So >> no, that's not. >> So that's the problem. And then this one starts at 423 folks. Um >> it would be at 423 >> the price closure in my little example that I came up with at 423. Um >> disrupted if price closes. >> And that's without doing that finagling about Preston being at capacity. And then you would you would gain some bring that number down because that dwit's at 155. You could probably bring some back in as well. Yeah, I'll defer to >> so the biggest thing for me with the price one is
043that I don't know what the answer to Preston being at capacity and how you solve that. >> Um, but I got us down to only crossing the tracks once because I know that was that was the the real heartbreaker for you there >> with that example when you try to >> Well, you would I mean any of you that have the Stopfinder app, I'm I'm sure you see them. We we have we have buses stopped at the trains all the time. >> All the time. >> Yeah. >> I know you you said that was a big I took notes on what you said. I tried to apply it as I went through this. So, that's kind of where I was at with these and trying to um work it out, but I think um finalized
044boundaries um were probably a a distance from that was going to be my next question. As far as uh boundaries and finalizing though, um do you think that it's fair to say that those finalized boundaries really wouldn't happen until we were to make the decision as a board of which school Yes. And that would be when finalized >> really concentrate on making them meet and where they should be and if Yes. >> And I know you had made the point before, Miss Koko, about because we have those um meetings coming up and you wanted to make sure that folks that would be impacted would know as well. And I think we do kind of know who would be most impacted by each like based on those boundaries like you know yeah the price people would
045be impacted by pressing closing and that the dwit families would be impacted by price closing. So I do think it's helpful though that we can answer that question. Yeah, I I think as as we can, you know, communicate that there will be an impact to these buildings, but we're not going to have a specific realistic boundary until >> further down the road, right? >> So, I think that that will be a big question for our community, for our parents, and for us to be able to have an answer. I think that is good. So, >> sure. >> Thank you for doing this. We know it's in your busiest time of the year with getting all your routes together for our students, >> which she got done >> of the year. Yeah, >> she did. >>
046I'm sure we'll be seeing practice runs and buses out there next week. >> Cuz there's a route coming down my street. I saw it on there. They got to pick up two doors down for me. >> I read them. >> You always do. >> Thank you, Margie. >> Did anyone else have any questions for Margie? >> So, we can let her sit down. Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. Thank you. Then um just to reiterate um I just wanted to go over our two meeting dates again that we'll be doing are um the August 21st meeting will be at Preston at 6:00 p.m. and then September 3rd will be at Price Elementary at 6:00 p.m. as well. Um I do think those evenings we'll be doing a presentation kind of a recap of how
047we got here with um the data that's been presented here many times. But we know that um concerned parents, caregivers, community members that maybe haven't been following and haven't been at our meetings may be there at those meetings. So to have that short presentation for them >> perfect will be good. >> Can I ask what will be the format of this meeting? I it it will be a scheduled a regularly scheduled board meeting. >> So we'll have a board meeting at the school >> or a special meet I'm sorry a special meeting. Um yeah I mean we'll be as >> participation or we be allowing participation or questions at that time. Yeah, I think it's to be decided the exact format of that and how that will be, but um >> special meetings typically there
048aren't there is an audience participation but I think in policy the board Mr. Gomez they can wave that >> our policy allows for participation at special meetings >> so they could comment on that. So I would say >> don't usually forego and open it then >> I would say that I would be I would think that we just fill out a form and give three minutes. >> So as as you like a usual >> because that would be the topic of the meeting. So that would be pert >> and if there's a large crowd the policy allows the president to >> basically latitude with it. So >> cuz we have a 30 minute limit which we've rarely >> as when I was president we never had to use it. Um once in my eight years
049we've used it with a prior president. Um but there's latitude within the policy for the president. >> So we don't have even have to vote if that's becomes an issue. Okay. And I think with the presentation, we can have together um a pretty >> all the questions that we've gotten as board members and things that we know and can anticipate that the people that are there are going to want to know, we can make sure to incorporate a lot of that into that presentation for them. >> Will we have any new information for those meetings? It'll be this kind of a presentation of what we already know. I don't anticipate any new information. >> I think it would just the presentation would be why are we here, >> you know, and start with the financial
050reality >> and how we got down to these two >> two buildings, >> right? >> And that would open it up to anyone that would want to speak. >> And I feel like between Miss and Dr. Cico, they have all the slides. It's just taking them from the various presentations and putting it into one. But I feel like they have all those slides because they presented on this. >> Yeah, I think that would be like to put it together in a kind of a mini version of what we have >> because I feel like it's all there already. >> Would we be doing the same presentation of both schools then? >> Yes. >> Yeah, >> that would be our intention. Anything else? >> Everybody good with that? >> Thank you. >> And then how we
051want to communicate that to the community. I think that's the last thing >> just to make sure we >> cross that te. >> Do we have >> I think it would be a good thing to do like a call. >> How are we going to communicate to the public about these meetings? Well, special meetings are noticed on the website >> and then we'll do an extra we could probably do an extra blast to people in the community that we have been doing. So, we'll put these two meetings. We could announce it, put them both together in the same so they have an opportunity and we'll put it out to the entire district. >> I think if you want to do like a all call from you that would be nice. I think parents would appreciate
052that because >> it's a high interest back. Thank you. That brings us to item E, Treasurer CFO's business consent agenda. >> I'd like to recommend the board of education approve all items listed in the treasur consent agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Um, nothing much here. just two um meeting minutes and donations. Some weird lady on there. >> I've been picked on three meetings in a row. >> I'm quitting right school and a number of others. Uh to the Black Tiger Family Center and to Lincoln Elementary. Um, again, I just like to always point those out because um there there we do get a lot and it um it is always appreciated. Every little bit counts. >> And this is even before for the Black Tiger Family Center. I just think it's worth this
053is even before the like big donation. So, people have been especially um >> kind this year. Okay, please call the role. >> Mr. Harris, >> hi. >> Mr. Chamber, >> hi. >> White. >> Hi. >> Miss Coco. >> Hi. >> Mr. >> Hi. >> Item F. Treasurer CFOs of business. Miss Sto. >> Um, I don't have a lot. Just two things. One, um, I submitted last week the renewal levy paperwork to the board of elections. So, that's all good to go and it should be on the ballot. I assume we'll get I usually get the number um around early September of what the ballot number is, issue number. Um that's usually when they send it to me. I got to go to the new offices in town. >> Oh, >> not in town. >> Whatever.
054>> It's right there on the border. >> It's right there. >> It's nice though, isn't it? >> It is. It is. But I don't like there's not like she had to come out to do like that kind of paperwork because there's like a little slot and that's it. That's all. I get it. But >> um and the other thing that I don't have um ton of information on but I notic it and Mrs. Schaefer had also um sent it to my attention um in regards to the charter amendment that Summit County um has approved for November election and it has to do with unvoted inside millillage um and capping its annual growth to 3%. Um again I don't that was just the news release. I don't have all the specifics on you know what what
055that's all comprised of. Um but that is just something to um keep in mind and uh there'll be I'm sure not only Summit County but at the state level other ones especially as we get closer to the end of the year um many many different property tax ideas and bills and um there is the property tax reform committee um that Governor DeWine has assembled that has no treasures on >> um >> that makes too much sense. So, um I'm sure there will be a lot of movement there. Um again, I also I mentioned it already, but the the forecast dates changing. Um but it'll be October 15th and February this year, and then the following year is August and February. So, >> the county only gets 2.2 mills of inside, but they don't rely on
056property taxes for their budget. They get sales taxes. >> So, Um, do you have any update on the the federal funds? I know that we're getting them, but now we're not getting them at the normal time we get them. And then I heard that you have to like resubmit everything. >> So, could you give us a little bit about a little bit? >> So, in another ill- advised, I would say decision in the last minute in June, they've rolled out a new software um at at DEW. Um, we used to in one system where we put all of our uh information in and all our budgeting and all our backup and everything. Um and then they rolled it over um in June and would you guess that it had a lot of glitches and wasn't
057working. Um but it did. Um, and so they've kind of it's kind of just been a hodgepodge right now of um, they've opened back up the old system and I haven't really I don't know if they're like talking to each other or if what we do in one we got to we have to do in the other. >> they're not I didn't I didn't think they would be. So they said we could go back to the old one for ease and do our you know so we can get our money in those project cash requests. um all of our stuff is in the new one, so I don't want to really duplicate that work. Um what they have done is they gave us an extension. Um typically with the federal grants um they run on
058the fiscal year and so um money that is allocated to us for that fiscal year has to be um encumbered by June 30th. Um, so you can't put any new purchase orders on after um after July 1st for um 2425 funds. So July 1st 25 you can't put it on. You can put them on then and then they ask that you liquidate all of those by September 30th. So you have that three-month window to pay all those do whatever and then wrap up. So they've extended both of those three months. So they've taken um that date of incumbrances from last year's funds um and moved it to September 30th and the liquidation date until the end of the year. Um this way because they knew there was going to be delays in the carryover. Um
059so if we have money left over um at times it can be carried forward from last year to this year's grant and then when we um we have to do like a final expenditure report and after in that September date and then they kind of know like okay here's what's left over that could potentially be moved to to this year and added to this year's allocation um unspent funds from last year. Um, and since that's probably not going to go at a timely pace, they've allowed us to uh basically have access to what that carryover would have been by extending those deadlines um in in using last year's funds. Um, and those we've gotten, you know, our cash requests for and everything. Um, we haven't had to do one yet for 26. So, we'll see
060how that goes in the new system. Um, I assume we'll do it this month. We will do it this month because we have we're starting to have salaries come out of the new grants. So on the best roll out when you submit your budget they substantially approved date of 71 because the fact that some of the grants you were not even able to submit. Um they retroactively gave every district in the state a second which means that anything that we started to use for July start. However, now being able to call project cash request that's a little bit challenging. That brings us to item G, superintendent, CEO's business. Dr. Sil, >> thank you. It's recommended that the board of education approves all items listed in the superintendent's consent agenda. >> So move. >> All right.
061We have a number of items this evening. Um, many of which are routine as it relates to Um I'll introduce you to some folks we have this evening for um your consideration in just a moment. But under uh with all these personnel matters we have as I mentioned numerous appointments uh coaches extra duties resignations um transfers our substitutes um leave of absences etc which are all routine items. And um we have some stipens that you this may look familiar because you did approve them once, but we had a rate increase with the new uh coming into the new contract year. So we had to revise those rates. Uh we have Raptor, which is uh a three-year renewal, and that's Raptor bought out public schoolworks, which probably sounds familiar to you, and that's for uh staff
062professional development as well as the student suite. Uh so we had some increase there due to the preschool being added, but just a small addition there. Uh we have the gizmos that's which is an online science um activities for our middle school students. $100 increase there. We have frog streets uh which is our as you might also remember our preschool uh programming and this is for the PBIS training. We have to by law um provide that. And then we have uh contract for neonet. This is uh really just passing the cost along to Chennai for their image support. you'll see uh the umou for the SRO some acronyms there for you. Uh this is uh we have this is an annual contract and as you know historically we've had one SRO and at u the
063high school which also supports our other schools as needed and we have also been paying for offduty officers to go to the middle schools to the tune of about $30,000. Um, but I've met with the chief a number of times and uh he is he and I have had some great conversations about the notion to expand SRO services and as a result if you recall me asking the board for the consideration to add a second SRO now that we're going to have a very large campus with thousands of children there. uh we felt better that having two SRO's on campus and that's what you'll be considering partially this evening along with the training that's required that's all outlined in theou it will cost the district $20,000 as a net compared to what we've been um
064paying but I would point out that the the city is gracious to pay for one one and a half plus uh SRO's for the district so that is uh being uh is there for your consideration this evening uh our Microsoft annual renewal is about a $200 increase, but again something we have to do. Uh Ken State University, our contract there for the soccer for 19 games and they're very workable with us. So if something changes, they're very they're flexible and um have been a good partner with us. But the goal again is to have some soccer games at the new stadium, but in the event we're we're secured if that is we're unable to have that happen. But this is for the 19 games leading up to October 3rd. Uh we have the Boys and
065Girls Club at Lincoln. Uh and we also bus our Price and Silverlakes students there as a reminder and no cost to the district. We're still that was also impacted by the federal funding and hopeful that that will work itself out. Probably not ready for day one of school, but we've been in communication with the parents. You've probably seen some of those messages go out and parents were updating them. And then finally, as we mentioned earlier, uh the bus routes that you see there that M. Johnson has put together. >> Thank you. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I should I'm so sorry. You're right. I am done. However, I need to introduce you to some folks that are here this evening. Sorry, got carried away. Um, all right. So, we have a few I would first like
066to point out Linda Knight is here. Linda Knight and when I see your name, I just laugh because I had a colleague in Uklid for a number of years who was a principal whose name is Linda Knight. And it was weird when I saw it and I knew that and I was like, I for I didn't realize that was your full name when I Anyway, so Linda is here this evening as a prepare professional who worked at the preschool program at Shen. So >> um all right, also with us this evening, if you could just raise your hand so we know who you are, Erica Dodson. There she is. Erica is joining us in her role uh as a visual arts teacher. She will be serving the students at both Preston and Richardson. Miss Dodson
067is not a stranger to the Pauls as she completed her student teaching at Lincoln. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in art education with a minor in textiles from Kent State University. Julie Venice. Is Julie here this evening? No. So, she comes to us fresh from her student teaching experience. Graduate of University of Dayton. She earned her bachelor of science and education with a major in preK through 5. She will also serve the students uh at Lincoln Elementary as a fourth grade teacher. Shelby Hassel Hasselbush, I know she's here this evening, is not a stranger to the falls as well. She also completed her student teaching at Richardson this past year. graduate of Kent State University earning a bachelor of science of education with a major in early childhood education. She will be
068a fifth grade teacher serving the students at Price Elementary. Kendra Williamson, she's here, yes, is also again not a stranger since she is a graduate of Kyog Falls High School. She is comes to us with several years of experience recently working at total education solutions as an intervention specialist. She earned a bachelor of science and education majoring in integrated social studies from Kent State University and completed her post bachelor bachelor's program uh focusing on K through2 mild moderate intervention at Marietta College and she will serve the students at Price Elementary as an intervention specialist. Important to note is that she gives credit to our very own Metray I think might be a typo unless that's how I spoke in her pursuit to become a teacher. All right. Well, you'll now be a colleague, so you
069can let him know that. >> Okay. All right. And lastly, uh, we have Beth Travelli, who I think you had an opportunity to meet earlier. Uh, we are fortunate to have Mr. Trelli join the administrative team as our interim principal at Silver Lake Elementary. She describes herself as a teacher at heart with over 20 years of experience as an intervention specialist and elementary teacher. She has spent the past 14 years as an elementary school principal, recently retiring from Hudson School in 2024. Mr. earned a bachelor of science and special education from Miami University. She also earned a masterers of education in early childhood and an EDS in educational administration, both from Kent State University. And she is also a national board certified teacher, I believe she told me. So we were very um lucky to
070acquire Mr. Belly. And for those of you who don't know, Mr. Dulka uh took a new position in Wadsworth. He's currently this uh principal, well this principal of Silver Lake. And we were fortunate enough to get Mr. at the last minute here to to fill in for him. So, we're very grateful for that opportunity there. Now, I'm finished. >> Unless I miss somebody. Anybody else? >> No one else wants to be a teacher. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Dr. Celica. >> Thank you. >> Any comments? >> I'm just I'm really excited that for only $20,000 more, we're going to have two SRO's in our 612 buildings. That's really a great investment, a great deal. So, I'm really thrilled about that. >> Yes, me too. >> Maper. >> Hi, Miss White. >> Hi, Mr. Harris. >>
071Hi. >> Thank you. All right. So, we're going to come up in a single file line. Let's see how well we do. Teachers, principal, >> you can come forward to say a couple remarks. Nothing nothing like want to come forward and say a few remarks. Thank you. >> Hi everyone. I'm Kendra Williamson. Um, as stated, I graduated from Kyoga Falls, so it feels very special to be returning as an educator this time. Kind of feels surreal, like one of those full circle moments. You don't get many of those in life. So, I would just like to say thank you for the opportunity to continue my career and grow my passion and spend a little bit more. >> Hi everybody. My name is Shelby Hasselbush. I'm a graduate from Kent State University. Um, I'm very excited
072to continue my journey here at Kaiba Falls. I was at Richardson this past spring and I'm very excited to stay in the district and learn more about fifth grade and just really get to be in this community. I'm really excited. So, thank you. >> Hi, I'm Erica Dodson. I'm very excited to be back in the district as I was at Lincoln Elementary School. It was an honor to work under Sarah Farcus while I was there. Um, I'm super grateful for this opportunity. Last at Tomage Elementary as just a long-term sub for their art teacher, which was a great experience, but I am excited to have a full-time job in the security. So, thank you very much. >> Good evening. I'm Beth Trabelli. It says Laura on my thing, but I really go by Beth. Um,
073so please call me Beth. Um, I am honored and very excited to be part of the Tampa Falls um school system. Thank you, Dr. Celico, for calling me and and you know, talking about this great opportunity. I said, "I have to see the school first." And once I I saw the school, I fell in love. And um this past week, I've been able to meet staff. And I am just kind of blown away at all the amazing things happening here. So um I'm very excited. This is actually my 40th year in education and um I think I'm more excited than I was in the very beginning because now I know what happens um and I know the magic that happens with our children and that's what I'm most excited about is to meet our children
074and the family. So thank you very much. And please stop by because I love to have visitors come and read to our children because that's again magic. >> I know I'll be there. >> I'm Linda Knight. I'll be working in the preschool program and I'm very excited to get this program off and running and I'm hoping that I can help make the transition for the students and the parents a little bit easier. I've been with them for 20 years so hopefully I can help them feel a lot less of that. So, thank you for the opportunity. >> Thank you. >> Welcome everyone to the Black Tiger family. We're very excited that you're here. That brings us to I board business. >> Oh, I'm sorry. because I talk so much. Is that what it is? >>
075I get it. >> Superintendent CEO's business and comments. Dr. >> Thank you. >> Um All right. So, just a few things, a few remarks that I have. One, I was able to attend I thank Miss Bogdan and her team for putting together a nice um teacher orientation this morning. So, I had the pleasure of talking with I think it was all ladies that came to the podium this evening. Um had a chance to to speak with them. Uh, so that was that was fun. And um I think they got a lot thrown at them today. But right your head's spinning yet. You're still you're still here. You got to be here back here tomorrow. So day two of it. But u it's a pleasure. I I love the excitement of of new teachers particularly those
076that are just starting out. And uh it's fun to reminisce with them and think that I can remember the first days too when I started and and the excitement and so really pleased to welcome all of them to our district. Um so the things other uh other things that have been happening. We did uh have our administrative retreat. We had a nice time uh as I think we always do. But again, a lot of sit and gets and a lot of talking at them and preparing for the new year. So, we were there all day Friday and then Monday afternoon. So, that went well. Uh I think we're we're good to go. Uh we also have convocation next Thursday. So, um Mrs. White, you'll be very excited to know we start breakfast at 7:30 in
077the morning and we'll start fresh at 8 o'clock. So looking forward to seeing you, right? All ready to go. Miss White is not a morning. >> It's on my calendar. >> All right. Do you need a wakeup call? >> No, I have an alarm. >> I'm retired, so I don't like to get up quite that early, but I'll do it. >> It's a great time. We'll we'll keep you entertained. >> It's okay. I can go home and you know. >> Yes. I'm a little jealous about that. So, uh, I will also be visiting the schools Thursday, Friday just to make sure things are in order. School looks good. Um, schools are in, uh, looking good. Now, I've talked to many of the principles today. They're really appreciative of their custodial staffs, and we know that
078we had some large projects, air conditioning at Price Preston, and I had been visiting there throughout the summer, and uh, I was nervous, and I don't tend to get nervous much, but it was quite a a mess there. Um, but they're pulling it together, which I'm happy to hear. But I will be visiting the schools again just to touch it touch base with all the principles and do a little tour of their buildings. And uh, lastly, I I want to mention I started to say this earlier. Um, this has been and you know I've been been doing this a long time and you know this is about the 15th or 16th time that I've done this whether it's been as assistant superintendent or superintendent looking at enrollment projections and this has been the trickiest in
079a long time and the reason being is what I had stated earlier one and the most obvious is that we are uh in fiscal caution so as a result we are trying to be mindful of our expenditures and you know mcoy and I talk regularly We do um try to be creative in some of our ways in which we can offset some costs and uh there's just really no way around this right now with our kindergarten numbers. Good problem to have. We have an increase in enrollment. Currently, we have 305 registered. We have more coming. Like this is also the latest I've seen of the bulk of people registering this late. There there's usually there's always some, but this is a larger number than I've experienced in the past. And as a result, we've had
080to hire two kindergarten teachers, which uh is not what we projected in the budget. So, we're we're we did cut back on one. So, it typically really is an ad of one from last year. So, we'll get you um some more information on that. But there's also some movement that happens internally. So, we probably won't be hiring kindergarten teachers. It looks like we'll probably be hiring second grade teachers because we had some inter some dis some teachers in district that were interested in those positions. This has also been problematic um with open enrollment and with intra district and while these are extremely difficult phone calls to make to parents we are trying to be responsible as uh fiscal agents and what's in the best interest of the district at this time and Mr. Elders's office
081has been extremely busy. We have been fielding a lot of, you know, phone calls, many of them with very sad situations and stories that tug at our heartstrings and it's very difficult to separate those stories from what we need to do in the best interest, you know, of the district and trying to even out and balance our our numbers. Um, and so I just we're having to make some difficult decisions. Um we are going to make we're going to look at numbers again tomorrow and figure out we've got we have approved some intrad district enrollment when it was safe to do so and now we have skyrocketed kindergarten numbers particularly um at one is dwit and so we're exceeding that number but yet if you look at some of my other schools Price and Silver
082Lake for example their numbers are rather low are low on the lower side although they're filling up now but that is um causing us some some challenges. So, we're trying to figure out what we'll do um with DWIT with the intra districts if we can. We might have to send some people back to their home schools, which I know won't sit well. Um we've had a lot of calls relative to open enrollment and those that we've declined um for various reasons. One mostly being attendance, but those are some some struggles that we're having. Please know that none of us like to say no to people. So when you call our offices and we have to give the bad news or say no and stand our ground, it is not because we want to. It is
083because it is what's in the best interest of the district and our students and sometimes it means resident students um getting some preferences over our open enroll but that is again the way this this works and it doesn't mean I don't mean to sound heartless but I wanted to say all that to you and I want to say it publicly because it is very difficult on us and I'm not looking for a pity party by any means. It's not something we want to do. Um, but it it is again what what we need to do as a district. And so we've been having a lot of lot of rough phone calls really. I know Mr. Elder and then sometimes it rises to to me. And so I'm hearing the same stories and again not because
084we don't want to help but because we're in that situation. So it's been, you know, a little bit up and down, but we are adding two teachers as a a net result. Um, but we'll we'll be fine. We are teetering on we're getting maxs in other area grade levels as well. So this is getting a little tricky trickier than than normal and because we're not in a position to just say oh let's just add a teacher here. Let's add another teacher there. That's what makes it hard. So I just wanted to update you on that and thank student services for the amount of work they've been doing. I've had them stop, you know, switch directions many times. Margie's had to hear me and just brainstorming different ideas that we could shift students and you know
085it just got to be to the point where we just couldn't shift anymore and it'd be too disruptive to just about everyone. So that's what we've been working on. Any questions on that or comments thoughts? >> Just thank you all for student services and everybody for what you're doing because I know that it's a lot on your plates right now along with ready for the new school year. So, thank you. Do we anticipate, you know, with the class sizes and, you know, there's still, like you said, other grades are trickling in. Do we anticipate any of that affecting bus routes at all with what we just approved? Are there any of those that are close to capacity where >> I think I think we're okay. Um, a lot of a lot of the enrollment is
086within boundaries within the mile walk. So, I think we'll be okay. >> Yeah, I think we expect some of this, right? We expect bus riders to change and such. So, but we'll we'll be adding more. You'll be changing those bus routes because we probably got 70 more. We call it in the Humber on hold in the process of of um enrolling. So, thank you. Thank you. Now to board business. Uh number one is Ohio School Boards Association delegate. The board appoints one of its members as the official delegate and one member as an alternative to the Ohio School Boards Association annual business meeting with power to vote. The meeting will be held Monday, November 17th, 2025. Open to nominations. Do you want to be the delegate? >> I will nominate Mr. Gomez as our delegate.
087>> Somebody just >> I would like to nominate Mrs. Schaefer as the delegate for that as well. >> Okay. >> Fourth, >> if you're up for that. >> How many do you nominate? One or two? >> Just one. Just one delegate. >> There's an alternate >> second >> discussion. >> Oh. Um, so as the as the alternate or the >> I don't know. >> Yeah, that that's very exciting. >> Okay. >> Were you nominated as the delegate or the alternate? >> The delegate. or no the alternate >> alternate. >> Oh, then we don't have to really >> Okay. I'm sorry. I thought >> you were the shape. >> It is. >> But Anthony will be there soon enough. >> I'll make sure everybody knows what if there's any pending amendments so that >> um there's
088anything that we need to discuss as a board and have them to take a position on. >> Okay. And you can still go sit in there as the alternate for it's very exciting everybody. >> I've I've heard some lively ones. So yeah. >> Yeah. >> Exciting. >> M from Nelsonville was nominated as president a lot. >> Who? >> Micah from Nelsonville. >> Oh, >> he's really young. You'll recognize him from the conference. >> Right. Mr. Please call the role. >> Miss White. >> Hi. >> Miss Coco. >> Hi. >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. All right. Item two. >> Item two is resolution of statement of facts renewal tax levy November 4th, 2025. Whereas the board of education at the Kyogre Falls City School District, the school district has de declared
089the necessity of levying an additional tax in excess of the 10 mil limitation for the benefit of the school district pursuant to the provisions of section 5705.217. 217 of the Ohio Revised Code. Whereas the board of education adopted a resolution determining to proceed to a levy to levy a tax in excess of the 10 mil limitation. Whereas the board of education believes it is important for the public and press to have information about why the levy is being placed on the November ballot and the implications for the school district of the levy passing or failing. Now therefore, be it resolved by the board of education of the Kyoga Falls City School District that the board hereby adopts the attached statement of facts that include information about why the levy is being placed on the November
090ballot and the implications for the school district of the levy passing or failing. District personnel when talking about the levy are directed to use the attached statement of facts as a guide so that they are consistently communicating factual information to the public and press about the levy. In addition to the attached statement of facts, district personnel may share other information with the public and press as long as such information is factual. >> So move >> second. >> Oh, I didn't know. Okay. >> Discussion. >> Sorry. >> Did you want to go through it briefly? >> He's gonna >> I think Mr. Hutch stepped away, but >> um it's very similar to the we did last time just a few updates. Um so it just starts vision and mission um and then our new strategic plan
091goals. So that's a change um on there. Um then it breaks down the facts of what this renewal levy um is. So this is our 9.97 on November 4th. Um it's an existing levy looking to renew for a continuous period of time are is additional tax. Um it generates about 7.3 million for us which is about 11% of our operating budget um annually. Um this was first approved in February 1991. Uh so it's been a while and then most recently approved um in November 2021 for 5 years. It is set to expire um at the end of this calendar year with collections expiring at the end of next calendar year. It currently has an effective collection rate of 22766 could go on forever. Um, and it would it cost the owner of a $100,000 home.
092Um, $217.80 and that's before any of the state reimbursements, which the 12 I believe that's on the next the next slide. >> Um, the next is just kind of a breakdown of how property taxes are calculated. Um, and then also, you know, what happens when values go up? That's been a, you know, this has been a real hot topic, but, um, it kind of just shows, as I always say, um, the pie is that 7.3 million. That doesn't change. We don't get anything different than that 7.3 million. Um, depending on valuations, it just depends. Um the little graphic to the side kind of shows you that if it was four people $100, everybody would pay uh $25. Um if the next year another person moved in, now you're only paying $20. However, if you went
093from four and somebody moved out, um you would all be paying $33. So um it's just how that pie is split. And that kind of explains how that works. And then uh as I mentioned that amount was before any reimbursement. So this is one of the levies because it was passed in 1991 originally um which is obviously well before November 2013. Um so it's eligible for tax credits for the state of up to 12 and a half%. So that means um that you get that discount on your your bill on that 12 and a half% and that um is reimbursed to the district uh by the state. So they give us that 12 and a half% basically on on your behalf as a credit to you. They give it as a credit to you and
094give it to us. Um anything that's been passed after 2013, so for example, our emergency levy um and the four mills we passed in 2019, um they eliminated that. So they no longer pay that credit. Um and so any new levies um you the the taxpayer is on for that 12 and a half% um and if this levy for example were to lapse at any point um and not be renewed the next time it was put on it would be considered new money and you would be paying more because the state would no longer reimburse that. It's currently reimbursing it. um if it's if it lapses at any point that 12 and a half is going to shift from the state back to the taxpayer. Um so by making this continuing you're ensuring um that
095that never happens that they cannot take that away they will have to reimburse those credits um and it'll be paid by the state for the rest of time. Um so if that happens and that was similar to our last one um as well it was passed before 2013 it was passed for continuing period of time. So the taxpayers will never be on the hook for that 12 and a half% from that levy. This were to pass the same thing. They'll never have to worry about being on the hook for that 12 and a half% that's currently being reimbured by the state. Um this just kind of goes over what we use that money for. Um you know, safety, security, classroom instruction, support services such as counselors, nurses, extracurricular programs, transportation. Um you know, and then
096our daily operating expenses, utilities, supplies, purchase services that we just talked about earlier. Um, and so this gives us financial stability. Obviously, um, you know, the forecast wasn't in great shape with this. Um, and uh, if we were to for whatever reason lose this or it would last, that would I would be devastating to our our work as again that's 11% of our our budget there. Um, so um financial outlet. This just kind of shows what it was um in the forecast most recently. Um it shows with the renewal levies where we would be at. And then the bottom kind of shows what it would be if this were not to be passed. So the ending balance without levies. Um but line 7.02 there that's kind of bold. Um shows what the forecast showed. Um
097but those are the bottom there is kind of without it how much we would lose quite a bit. Um again as we mentioned most of our revenues are flat but not decreasing in some areas. Um and so this is crucial for us to make sure we can continue operations. Um and then all of this is um reflected in the forecast and will be again in October. I won't read all of this stuff to you. Um, but it just kind of goes over a lot of the stuff that I've said um how we um have been working diligently um to do more with less. Um we have cut staffing. We have made 10% budget cuts. We have deferred things to future years. We have made the um hard decision to close an elementary school in order
098to save cost. So, we're doing really all that that we can um to help save some some dollars. Um but again, this would be devastating. This would put us there's nothing we could do really other than put a new money levy on uh to recover if this weren't to pass. Um so, this is now going to be six years in counting that the district has not asked for any additional funding. Uh right now the life cycle for school districts is um it's it was typically three to five years. They now say it's like um due to recent events economically it's more like two to three years that districts have to go back and ask their um taxpayers for additional money um just throughout the last you know five years or so with the pandemic and
099inflation and and the many different things that have really really happened. There's been So um we are going on year six and more of not asking for new money. Um future considerations would be um things that we would have to look at. Um obviously it would really be um a lot of the things that we talk about at a much higher level. So, um selling our buildings or any um other buildings that are idle um or sites that we have that are owned by the district that maybe are not, you know, like facil site, things like that. Um reduction of district staff and the potential of reducing or eliminating open enrollment to the district. Um that would be another one that would save us a big thing at once if we were to do that.
100So, those are those are kind of the big ticket items that we would have to look at if this were not to pass. Do you have any questions? You call Dr. >> I knew that was >> at least you put yourself first. >> I did. I did. I was nice. >> Yeah, >> she likes to hear from everybody. >> I do. I wish more people would call. >> I appreciate you. >> I appreciate the financial responsibility piece that you know just educating on everything that we have done and are doing and I know that this is usually always in there. we do when we do it. But the calculating of the property taxes and you know the piece of the pie explanation, I'm always interested if those are in there as well because those are
101things that our stakeholders always have questions about. So thank you. >> Any other comments or questions? I was going to say kind of the same thing as a lay person and you think you understand some of these things but it is nice to just when someone wants an explanation I can say well hold on >> let's go through this together so it's very helpful for me thank you >> and others >> hey Missy please call the role >> missco I >> Mr. Gomez >> hi >> Mr. Harris hi >> Mrs. Schaffer. >> Hi, Miss White. >> Hi. >> Item three is support organization. It is recommended that the board of education recognizes the following support organizations for the 25 26 school year. The Lincoln PTA second. >> Any comments, discussions? I would just like to
102thank um all of our parent teacher organizations that are involved in our buildings. We know they're busy this time of year, too, getting ready to welcome our families back into the buildings and we appreciate Lincoln being the first to file um and connect with Mr. Jones. Um so, we know that they are 501c3 is done and is in good standing. So, Thank you, M. Stoy, please call the role. >> Mr. Gomez, >> I. >> Mr. Harris, >> hi. >> Mr. Schaefer. >> Hi. >> Miss White, >> I miss >> I. Item four is a sponsorship rights agreement. It is recommended that the board of education approve the sponsorship agreement between Mark Riley and the Kyoga Falls City School District. >> So move. >> Second. >> Discussion. Have we already received the funds for this one?
103M. >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. >> If I can just maybe say a few words. Um I know that I believe the whole board was there for a picture the other day u meeting Mr. Riley which was um a pleasure. He um graduated long ago and said that he's known Mr. Bush 1970 since um he was eight years old. >> Not that long ago. >> Wow. Um and uh so he um Mr. Fel Bush in case people aren't aware was a former band director. Um lots of experience. He was um hired in 1960 as the band uh director. He also founded I believe the alumni band and and uh was the director of that from uh the time he retired in 1985 to 2004. And I guess what I would just say, obviously this predates
104me by a long time. Um just amazed at how many people have just he's left such an impact on so many people, which I just am really in awe of seeing that he hasn't been in the district for 21 years and yet people still remember him. We took many phone calls in honor in that we could find a way to honor him. So he will be uh we are uh the agreement you're um looking at this evening uh considering this evening is for the band room to be named after him and there was a monetary donation associated with that by Mr. Riley. >> Thank you Dr. Any other questions or comments do please call the role. >> Mr. Harris I >> Mrs. Schaer I >> Mr. I >> us subject five, organization chart. It is
105recommended that the board of education approves the organization chart for the Kyoga Falls City School District. So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? Miss Doy, please call the RO. >> Mrs. Schaer, >> I. >> Miss White. >> Hi. >> Miss Coco. >> I. >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. >> Brings us to item six, policies resend. It is recommended that the board of education resends the following policies. Section E, support services, EBCA, behavioral threat assessment. Section J, student J E-R, student absences and excuses. >> So move second. >> Um, this came from policy committee. Uh the first policy um was advised to resend from our policy provider and speaking with Mr. Elder, there's a change coming in law that we think is going to cover this anyway. And then
106the second one, House Bill 29, um was a large license related bill that the legislature passed earlier this year. It requires us um no longer can schools uh take licenses away from truent students. So this policy needs fully rescended. Um there's several policies in the next one that we'll talk about that relate to this as well. >> Thank you Mr. Gomez. Any questions or comments? >> More please call the role. Miss White. >> I >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi, >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi, >> Mr. >> Hi. >> That brings us to item seven, policy first read. Um, Mr. Gomez, >> you want to go, please? >> Yeah. So, um, we have policy GBC, staff conduct. This policy is getting a small change um because um it says otherwise permanent by law. We're adding and
107approved by the board um for people to be able to um carry firearms. Um as you know, previously earlier this year, we approved one staff member who is not named to um carry a firearm in our buildings. And so we wanted to change this policy um that there is that requirement that they have to be approved by the board as well. Um policy IGCG is preschool program. So you know we're taking our preschool program inhouse. All of our policies that are relevant to children of that age apply to children of that age. This is the only policy that our policy provider um advised that we take. In addition to that, we had some conversation about the fact that um the requirement that employees be tested for tubercarosis is actually only relevant to um the employees
108that work in the preschool program. So that was we thought that was interesting. Um JCE withdrawal student withdrawal from school Jed A TRU and C JF CJ weapons in the school and JGE student expulsion. All of the changes in those ones relate to House Bill 29 um and the licensing. And then in J E D um copy of student absences and excuses. Um there's just some changes here um relevant to recent law. Changes about clarifying the language about religious expression days. Um students can have three of those. And then the postsecary visitations um how the students can have those. and um pre-inlistment reporting to a military enlistment processing station. So, I really think um some of those changes are really good as we try to work in our strategic plan. It really kind of models
109what we're trying to do and encouraging students if they want to go into a career or if they want to go to college or if they want to be enlisted. Those are all pathways that we're encouraging our students to explore. So, I like that um that's reflected in law and in policy if they want to um take some time during the school day to explore those. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Subject 8 is policy adoption. It is recommended that the board of education adopts the following policies. Section C, General School Administration, CCA, Organization Chart. Section I instruction IGB promoting parental involvement. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> CCA. So our organizational chart is also in our policy. So we recommended that it skip first read and go to adoption since we adopted it as well.
110And then IGBLA promoting parental involvement. It's on new policy, but there are some changes within the policy that our policy provider advised. And this relates to um parents bill of rights. And as we um come to understand this better, just some changes in language that they wanted um put in there about um criminal investigations, grand jury, subpoenas um and mandatory reporting. So those need um approved. And our policy on policies does not require first read. So we can approve this without both these without first read. >> Thank you Mr. Gomez. Any other questions or discussion? >> Miss Doy, please call the RO. >> Miss I. >> Mr. Gomez. >> Hi. >> Mr. Harris. >> Hi. >> Mr. Schaefer. >> I. >> That brings us to item nine, future agenda items. Does anyone have any? >>
111I think we already have it as one, but I just want to check. Is it going to be the second meeting in September where we'll have the report card data information? >> It's usually close. October is probably a safer bet. >> I don't have that date. >> We should get it. September October 8th. >> Yeah. Is that too soon after you >> I mean whatever works best for you. I I I would prefer October 8th just because I know that doesn't always come in like sometimes it's closer to the beginning. >> So if that's okay. >> Yeah. The way things have been going I would appreciate probably the October 8th would just be I'd feel better about it being more accurate anyway and in >> Yeah, that would be good. >> Well, >> the only
112thing about that is we're going to have to do the fiveyear forecast at that meeting and that's going to be too much. >> That's true. We can't do both of those. >> That that can go on for an hour and a half or something. >> It won't go on for an hour and a half. But um but I just think that's >> those two are real. >> Yeah. >> And that's not Christy's fault cuz she didn't move the dates of the 54. >> But >> um Well, I just was informed that on vacation. >> Okay. >> You'll get back to us about that. >> Thank you. I appreciate that. >> I just wanted to throw that out there. I just know we're >> I'm making note of it. >> I just know that that's coming
113up and I know that that's important to dig into. We're hoping we're expecting good news. you are getting good news >> because um we've invested a lot of resources and effort into curriculum. So we we expect good news. >> So we'll just put that on the radar. >> Yes, I'm running it right now. >> Thank you. Perfect. Thank you. >> Right. Item 10, committee reports. Um, we just kind of went over all of the policy committee, so I don't know that we need any of that. >> We'll be meeting again sometime September, October because of all the changes coming from the budget. Um, we reached out to OSBA. They're deep in um developing all those policies. Now, >> Miss White, did you have something for the 612 construction? >> It we meet tomorrow. And I
114believe that just brings us down to legislative leaison >> for athletics. Can I just mention just want everyone to remember that a week from tonight is meet the Tigers. >> Um so just pencil that in >> for athletics and activities and then the first home football game is not until August 29th. So that's a little later this year. Um but August 29th is the first home football game. Um, but I saw golf started up already, so sports are in full swing and we're cheering on our Black Tiger teams. >> Mr. Gomez, do you know what time Meet the Tigers is? >> 6 p.m. >> Okay, thank you. >> And preview of the bands is August 16th. That's next Saturday at >> 6 7 p.m. But you need a ticket for that. And I'm well aware
115of when the first football game is >> my eighth grader was in tears that she might miss being on the field. >> And our our football team's profile was in the beacon today. It was very well done. And I was want to send uh our high school uh cheerleaders are currently at their cheer competition and they usually pretty much always place first. Um, so Natalie has coached Parker has a very good reputation. I think as we all know, she's very talented at what she does and produces and has high expectations and they pretty much always bring home the award. As Mr. Johnson likes to say, because they only go to the one competition, he says they're undefeated every year. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Harris, do you have anything for >> Uh, not not really.
116Um miss uh you know we've been going back and forth but the they overrode the governor's number 66 um uh vetoed the wine vetoed restrictions on the ability to put emergency uh levies on the ballot uh or request an increase to current levy. Um that provision eliminated levy replacements on property taxes for all political subdivisions. Districts now will no longer be able to put emergency or substitute levies on the ballot or request an increase to a current levy. Mr. I don't know if you had anything you wanted to add to that. Just bad news for districts um in general. So, >> yeah. It's just >> it I I think I I think uh uh Speaker Huffman wanted he was looking at three provisions, I believe, to override. They went with the one. Um I I
117don't know this for a fact, but I know there were a lot of folks calling their state legislators. So, I do appreciate that. we were all very vocal uh and making sure we had people in our community and within our own circles reaching out to folks. So, um it does work. Um and I know we we're not out of the woods yet. We still have a long long road ahead of us to >> to to protect public education here in the state of Ohio, but it's going to come down to us. >> You that's a good point, too, because we do have that emergency levy. So, >> something we need to talk about, and I'd like to talk about it now, but I think it'll create confusion because we have the renewal levy, right? So
118maybe at our second meeting in November, we want to start talking about what we're going to do because we're going to have to figure >> things out soon and start drafting a plan because that's going to create >> chaos when that comes up and then we have to figure out what we're going to do about our financial future. >> But yeah, I think just talking about it right now is going to create too much confusion. We just want to focus on there is a renewal levy. doesn't cost you any money, >> right? >> And then talk about >> I don't know how you sell a renewal of a levy that you can't renew >> and it's not new money, but it's >> you can't call it a renewal because you're not allowed to renew an
119existing emergency levy. >> Yeah, it's crazy. >> Creative market, >> right? >> Thank you. And that brings us to item 11, comments. Miss, you're up first. >> Um, just one real quick. Um, Miss Karen Price, um, passed away. She, um, was really active in Ka Falls Public Schools, especially at the high school with the IMP. Um, she did so much for the IMP fundraisers and supporting the high school band, um, which her children participated in. So, our condolences out to her family. Thank you, Miss Nice. Um, I'm up next. I don't have a lot. Just I'm looking forward to convocation next week and um some of the other events, Meet the Tigers that Mr. Gomez mentioned and there's, you know, open houses and the schools and it's an exciting time of year and it's exciting
120to see our students back in the buildings and that's why we're here. So, It's exciting to see them again as they start coming back. So that's all Mr. Gomez. Yeah, I had opportunity to stop out at our county fair um last month when it was, but um I think we have some opportunities to be involved next year because we have our FFA club at the high school and so even though it's in the summertime, I think should think about ways that they could be involved in that because it's kind of something that we should link them up with having a FFA club. um they should be um connected to the fair and also um while it's not directly connected with the school, we have a 4 club that started in Silver Lake as well and
121so maybe we should think about connecting them with our FFA kids as well as maybe with like our urban act program. So, you know, I'm always trying to find those little connections. And then last night was national night out and it was nice that our district was represented as well. Dr. Salo stopped by. We had the school bus there for touch a truck with some of our bus garage employees as well and they were busy and it's much appreciated that they were there. >> And I have one more comment. It was filing day for board of board of education. I'm not going to talk about who is running, but our colleague Miss Koko is not running for another term. So, um I know she's going to work hard through December because we all know Miss
122Coco, but we're I just want to take this opportunity and every opportunity through uh December 31st to thank her and fet her for her four years of service. And I know we'll embarrass her a lot at that December meeting, but I want to thank her. >> I wasn't going to bring it up >> and many times between now and December 31st. And we can start planning how we're going to celebrate and embarrass her at this. I do too. We'll we'll work on it. So, we just want I want to take every opportunity to thank you and we'll we'll keep doing it and keep making you cry and embarrassing you. >> Thank you, Mr. Gomez. And I know it's not my turn to talk, but I'm going to talk first since you said that. Yes. Um
123just for everyone out there. Um, anyone who knows me knows that anything that I do, whether it's for this district or in life, um, I don't do if I can't commit 150%. And I have been a champion of this district far before being on the board. And I know that I will continue to do that in a lot of capacities after I'm on the board. But I also know that for me personally, I can't commit to that for another four years. And that's not fair to our district and our stakeholders for me not to be able to give that. So I am committed to doing that every single day between now and the end of December. And I you'll still see me around just not at this board table after the end of December. And
124um I already have other things that I know that I will be involved in. Um but I need to focus on other things. um job, family. My daughter doesn't have much time left, my youngest of four, and it goes really fast. And I'm looking forward to being just a mom in the district for a little bit with her. So, >> thank you. [Applause] >> And with that, >> Dr. Sgo has in her calendar on January 1st call to love you chair. Can you give me a couple months first? I would like to fade into oblivion for just a couple months. Then we'll see. Then you can call me. >> She's writing it down. She's like, "That's not a bad idea." >> She's like, "That's a good idea. >> You get to say goodbye to me
125on December 31st." >> She's like, "That's a good idea. I'm going to scribble that down. >> I will not be saying goodbye to anyone." Um, Mr. Harris, >> no comment. >> Miss Schaefer. >> I don't have anything. >> Thank you. That brings us to item J, executive session. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 121.22 22G2. It is hereby moved that the board adjourn to executive session to consider the purchase of property for public purposes, the sale of property at competitive bidding, or the sale or other disposition of unneeded, obsolete, or unfit for use property. >> Second, Miss Sto, please call the role. >> Mr. Gomez, >> I. >> Mr. Harris, >> hi. >> Mrs. Schaefer, >> hi. >> Miss White, >> hi. >> Miss Coco, >> I. Entering executive session at 7:15.