001It was another electricity. First Wow. Oh, gross. Crazy. Good evening. Welcome. She stayed with us every day. Like to call to order this regularly scheduled board of education meeting, Wednesday, June 11th, 2025. It is 5:30. Sto, could you please call the role? Here. Mr. Here. Mr. here. Here B is motion to approve the agenda. It is recommended that the board of education approves the agenda of the June 11th, 2025 board of education meeting. Action by the board of education and adoption of a consent agenda means that all items are adopted by one singular motion unless a member of the board of education, treasurer, or superintendent requests that any such item be removed from the consent agenda and voted upon separately. So move second. Discussion. Mr. Doy, please call the role. Miss I. Mr. Hi. Mr.
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004Kyoga Falls High School Library. And now for our pledge of allegiance. And welcome, Mr. Gomez. You please stand as you're able and join me in the pledge. 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. Welcome. Our vision Kaigo Falls City Schools, the hub of our community, committed to a culture of caring. We innovate, we create, we personalize education for all. Our mission, every student, every day, every opportunity. Thank you, Mr. Gomez. Item D is treasurer CFO's business consent agenda. Thank you. I'd like to recommend the board of education approve all items in the treasur. So move second. Jeez, we just have I have the minutes and then the donations um that are
005on there. There's quite a number of them. Um couple at Richardson and Price and the Urban Agriculture. So, and then the Burger Bags and Black Tiger Family Center. So, um we certainly appreciate those um from all of them businesses. [Applause] Thank you. Any discussion? Mr. Please call the RO. Mr. Gomez, I Mr. Harris, I item E is treasure of CFO's business. Just the discussion on the student. So I don't know exactly where you guys want to start. [Applause] So, Mr. Ba, if you would maybe give a little um overview, I know you've u provided some information to the board, but um the history of maybe where our prices have been, where we've stayed, and what you're suggesting that we consider for the future, and a little bit your community why you need okay additional funds.
006So the last time we had a price increase or price I should say a price change was 2015 and uh at Roberts um or I should say the the middle school and the high school they had like a dual price um and what what happened there was they just eliminated one of the prices. I think that the the um the middle school was a uh they eliminated I don't remember the price of of that one, but they just had a $3 price and then the other one I think it was a 350 and then they just changed it to $3. And then the other one was a uh the one at the high school was a a 350 and a 375 or 335 and they eliminated the 350 and just had it uh as a
007uh 335 price. So during 2019 I started to look at raising prices. Um then I got a little sidetracked. um the pandemic and so I had to set that aside. And during um the pandemic um we were given funding for uh for the food service department and um 200 22 23 um other districts were either going into C or um raising their prices and I was going to uh raise our prices then but I couldn't. justify it with the the uh um the funding we had in our in our account. Um and then we had a the uh SANS group that I belong to, they had a survey done. Um I believe everybody has this uh this chart with the different prices for the schools and we're pretty much the lowest price school lunch pricing
008in the area. So, um what I was my discussion and proposal is maybe to raise the price a little bit to get in level with uh with these other districts. Could you just state for our discussion what you're proposing those prices to be raised to for everyone? And you guys should have this also, but um So for the the elementary it's currently at or so elementary let's talk breakfast it's at a$120 and I'm proposing to raise that to 150 middle school um Breakfast is 175. Proposing to raise that to 235. High schools 195. Raising that to also 235 because it's going to be the the campus. Um, is that No. Do I have the wrong sheet? Um, well, what I have in front of me that Mr. Jones printed for me today says $2. I
009have breakfast is $120 at elementary proposed increase 10 cents to$130 middle school 175 increase of 10 cents to 185 high school $1.95 increase of 5 cents to $2. Oh, I have to 150 for for breakfast 120 to 150 and 250 to for lunch. The ones that you did anyone bring their own copies today? Yeah. Yes, this is my own. Okay, this is the copy. I have Yeah, I have 175 to two and then I have the other ones 195 to two. So, let's Yeah, which one is mine? Mine are the same. That's the same one. This as one he just gave us. See what kind you guys looking at at this one? This sheet? No. I don't think we have that one. Yeah, I don't have that one. I think I have that one. That's
010in the link. There's a link in the the cabinet that it's set up. Do we have that? [Applause] I don't think we just What are the proposed the new I mean I was writing down the proposed I mean I have them written down here the new ones [Applause] I think so which what do you guys have what was your I I have the one for middle because middle school high school 235 right it's still 120 we're still at 120 now so that the top and the bottom don't match oh yeah the Oh I see you say the top and the bottom don't match because we're still at 120 So, we going up by 10 cents. Are we going up? We're looking at the bottom numbers. The top don't match the bottom numbers. He's looking at
011the top numbers, which don't match the bottom numbers. We're looking at different sets of numbers. Oh, gotcha. Okay. We do have We do have it here. Do you have it? We We are We're We are these numbers right here. What you're saying, but these numbers don't match these numbers. This chart here, this this bottom chart, that's the survey that was done. Okay. Okay. That and those are current prices. So that's the survey. You're looking at this one with the yellow were highlighted in yellow. This is current prices. And this was the survey that was done with all the other districts. Okay. [Applause] And then I sent this for um in the the cabinet notes. And this chart here should be the proposed um increase. So I think the challenge might be because they're not are
012they not I think that I've been right. I I was reading this. I didn't realize that this was the survey. I was Yeah, that's the looking at that. That's what our proposed what our current because it says current or you know it's highlighted. Oh yeah, I see proposed and then it says proposed underneath. So that's what I was reading as our proposed crisis. Yeah. So, we proposing the 10 cents, the 10 cents, and the 5 cents. Uh, was that was that sent in the Okay. I thought we changed. Well, I mean, so Bill, why don't we why don't we just pause a moment and why don't you they can write them in and we apologize board. No, copies here, but why don't you tell them what you are proposing right now and we'll just write
013that in. Yeah. Okay. Right. Um I'll say okay. So I'll go back over it again. So I'm looking at breakfast pricing. Um the current price for elementary is 120. Mhm. Um the proposed price 150, middle school and well I'll just middle school is 175 proposed price 235 high school 195 proposed price 235 and again those are combined because of the the campus. Um if we move over to lunch, it's uh elementary is at 250, proposed um price 275. Middle school is at $3, proposed price 375. High school is at 335. Proposed price is 375 also. Did everyone get that or do we need clarification? Everybody okay? I think I got it. Okay. So, the numbers aren't correct on the top part either. So, I shouldn't look at the numbers aren't correct anywhere. Write them down.
014And let's look at what he just go with these. So, it's an increase. If you want the increases, so it's even more an increase than what I thought. Breakfast increases at elementary by 30 cents, middle school by 60 cents, high school by 40 cents, lunch increases in elementary by 25 cents, middle school 75 cents, and high school by 40 cents. Okay, that's correct. What would our reduced prices be? Um, they they stayed the same. We don't set those those are set by the state. Oh, okay. which is uh 30 cents for breakfast and 40 cents for lunch. And then let's cross our fingers and hope that it's going to those students will stay free this year. We won't know until the budget. Yeah, governor's budget. Bill, talk just a moment about the history of your
015budget. So, where you were and where you are now because I think that is part of I have Miss Stoyco get to us. I asked her to give us that history go and to go back precoid to give us more information on that. So, we have balances, revenues, expenditures, and beginning balances 2015 to 2025. And before we move on though, um I know we were looking at districts that are around us. I just wanted to add that um barber if you I don't know if you want to add this to your like list of prices. Uh Barberton breakfast is $1.80 in elementary school. Middle school is $2. High school is $2. Um their lunch is in elementary is $240. Middle school is 265. High school is 290. Um that's on the list. Correct. It does
016not. No. Um Streetsboro breakfast is 225 for elementary school. Um Oh, it's in it's in then you you might have an older one because I I have it in mind. We did not receive that. We added asked for it in your second round and you included it later. Okay. It's number Yeah. I guess my concern now that we have those numbers initially is that if you look at breakfast and lunch prices, it doesn't seem like we're getting in line with other districts. It seems like we're jumping to the front of the line in terms of price. We would be pretty high if you're looking at this chart we're given. we wouldn't really be in the middle. We'd be one of the higher price district and a lot of these districts are places that are wealthier
017than us. So that gives me a lot of consternation and um I don't think I could support going this high when it when being this high isn't seem to be aligned with where other districts are. If it was about getting in line with other districts, that would be one thing. But if we're going to be one of the highest, I don't know that I could support that. Are you talking breakfast or breakfast and lunch? Well, I mean, 375 for lunch puts us, especially at middle school puts us pretty high. And even even for high school, it puts us in the higher puts us definitely in the higher tier. Yeah. And at breakfast we would be very much in there would only be two two higher than us at middle school and three higher than us
018at high school. So it doesn't put us in line. It puts us at the top. Yeah. I wouldn't want to go I I like the proposed that I had because I didn't think that was you know that out. But this is 60 cents and then 75 cents for middle school. That's a lot. 40 cents for um high school. To me, it's a lot to I could go 2530 cents, which was what I had, you know, for the most part was just going up a little bit. Um but that is a little high. Those I'm sorry if you mentioned it. How did you come to those these these increases these numbers? Um I was looking at percentages. Um so like elementary would be 25%. Middle school would be 17% for and these are breakfast. Okay. Um
019high school would be 17%. Um uh the lunch elementary would be 9% 25% for middle school and 10 uh 67 for the high school. I was more or less going by percentages. So, okay. But we I mean it's up for negotiation that you know I mean change if we want to. I mean I agree with Miss White when she I mean I love the when I saw the regular proposed down here was misunderstanding but yeah I I I those numbers aren't as bad. Um, is is the the increases that you're proposing, are those necessary for us to say solvent with our food? Good question. Question. I mean, it's really hard to say because like specifically because it all depends on the number of meals, the number of kits that are free and reduced and things
020like that. Um, so I mean you can what the trends are for some of them like um in our free and reduce like breakfast you can see and again this is just kind of a generalized because I can't split up necessarily the the cost for the food for breakfast versus what we're using for lunch. So I'm just kind of using percentages based on meals. But if you look at that, I mean, we're about half and half. Half of um on our paid to our nonexcluding our non-f free and reduced or our free and reduced kids just paid meals. Some of them we make a little right now and some of them we don't. And then the same thing on the lunch side of like some of them we are a little above, some of them
021we are really below. Um so but it's all its All depends on the number of meals of meals assuming all that stays the same that reduce stays around the same. My concern would be with with this large of an increase twofold. One, there are a lot of families that we know that do not qualify for free or reduced lunch that are in the lower middle class that struggle with um being able to provide food for their families. um and who are paying full price for their students to eat every day. This large of an increase, you know, say you had two children students in middle school, it's going to be overif or close to $50 a month more that they're paying for two students to eat lunch. So, I have a concern with that. Um
022and then the second part of that would be my concern that they just say, "Well, we're not we're not buying lunches anymore because we can't afford that. And then the flip side, are they bringing in and eating nutritious food that meets the guidelines because they're no longer able or willing to pay that much. So those would be my two concerns with this large of an increase. I will point out that I mean our expenditures the last two years because of supply chain and things like that. So the expenditures don't take into account any of co revenue. That's just looking at um you know just what we're expending on food alone. You know the last two years it's up $400,000 almost over the 22 23 school year which is quite a jump. Um if you look
023at what the past trend was eliminating the COVID years when expenditures were down because we were either hybrid or closed or etc. Um you know we were around 1.8 sometimes 1.7 and now we're at almost 2.3 the last two years. So expenses have definitely um increased because of just the different economic factors that um you know happening the last couple years and I know that we probably do need to raise our prices to counteract that um and our increasing costs. I'm just not sure if I'm comfortable for this large of an increase if it's not something that we absolutely need to do. Like you said, there's a lot of factors that go into it. Um, and it's hard to say how much do we need to stay solvent with the increase, but I I think
024I would say that you I don't think it's absolutely necessary that you would need to go to this in order to like keep a positive balance in that fund. Um but um what that magic number may be you know it's it's hard to say um just because like I said like a lot of the things you just mentioned what if the prices increase not as many people are doing it that also how does that affect our expenditures um you know you are going to see an increase in expenditures just by nature of health insurance benefits are paid out of here for these workers that increased significantly. You know, salaries, um, you know, increase with the negotiated agreement each year. Um, so those expenditures in addition to the food, um, you know, aren't going away. Um,
025but you can see from last year, I mean, we've about that difference, we've lost about $400,000, um, in our cash carryover basically um, going forward. And so it's not really our revenue has kind of stayed pretty steady, increased a little um over the years, but um our expenses going up has has you know brought that that balance down. Now if we were to have the same thing again, you look this year we are a difference of about 400. We would not be solid. So we need to do something right going into next year. I think I was think because I I'm not sure again I'm not I know that I worked with Mr. Bailey early on with this and I did ask him to revise the numbers because I felt they were high and I
026anticipated that the board would say that. So I'm not sure the one that I had in front of me was the one I thought maybe we were going to go for it which is the one you have. So I might just suggest to the board perhaps you'd be more comfortable with what is on this piece of paper. This is where I landed quite frankly with the increase to 150 $2 $2 and then 275 350 350 that also keeps us very reasonable and in line and frankly still a lot lower in well I didn't have a problem when I saw that but what was the elementary 3 so wait for lunch lunch is it 275 27 and then 350 for the other two and I understand the dilemma here a little bit in that we're trying
027to be consistent with the 6 through 12. Um, not that we necessarily need to, but it would make life probably a lot easier if we were consistent since we're in the same campus. And that will throw your averages off slightly because not everybody's compete, you know, has the same setup that we would have with the 6 through 12. They're in middle school and high schools. So, I would I would ask the board to consider those prices as listed there. See how you're feeling there. The survey is proposed, right? Okay. Yes. At the I'm more comfortable. I feel more comfortable with that. Me, too. I would be as well. Are they getting the same meal? Yes. So, it's the They're getting the exact same meal, so it be the exact same price. Yeah, it should be.
028It's just the middle school will go up, you know, 50 cents. That's a jump, but it's still well in line with the other district, I think. So, yeah, there's a lot of 350s there. There is. I even I just want to say I think I could support the proposed but I have a few things. Um, one I think when you look at the historical balance like precoid to now, I think that's important because we are still in a way spending down some of that COVID buffer um that we got and because when you look at where we're at now and where we were ending balance wise precoid in our food service account, we're still actually a little bit above where our balances were precoid. But so I think that's important to note. I wouldn't sound
029the fire alarm on our balances just yet. I do agree that expenditures are going up. Um and I would also agree to counter my point that 263,000 in 2025 is not the same as it was precoid with inflation. So I'll counter my own point a little bit there. But I do think it's important to look at that historical perspective and perhaps not sound the fire alarm on that yet. And then this other spreadsheet that um I asked Miss Stoy to provide I think is very important. One just the point that we do get that little bit of chunk of federal reimbursement even on paid meals I think is an important point to note. And then when you go on this on the third line down the b the long line um and you look at
030where we are making money or losing money by building and I'm not going to call out any building because that's not the point. But um when you add that all up and the total difference, we are still $2.4 to the good per meal districtwide. So we're still making money with prices being what they are. So I don't think we should be alarmist. I don't I think our are are our prices low? Yes, I agree with that point wholeheartedly. But I don't think we should be alarmist and I don't think we need huge increases. I'm not quite even at if we if you move elementary breakfast to 150 and elementary lunch to 275. a kid that eats breakfast and lunch at school and pays the elementary school every week. That's a $4 a week increase. That's
031a lot of money. So, I don't know that I can support asking people to pay $4 more a week for their kid to eat our school. That's a lot of money out of Can you say that again, Mr. You were saying 30 cents for breakfast at elementary? 30ent increase. So, it's 15 I'm sorry, $150 a week. And then you were saying Oh, I might have done my math wrong. Yeah. So a so a$125 it's it looks like$2.75 to me a week more. That's still a lot I think. Yeah. I just want to make sure I was following you. That's still a lot of money. So I think they're those elementary kids are getting hit hard and then what if you just make middle school now middle school's lower than high school. What if you just
032bring middle school up to what high school is now and don't up the high school price? Yeah, because if you're upping the high school price, then you're overly inflating the middle school price to match the high school price. That's a good point. And with the way that people have kids, you're very likely to have a middle schooler and a high schooler with those ages. So, if you raise the high school price and we're saying we're gonna have them be the same, then you're overly inflating that middle school price to bring it up to match the high school price. And that's a 75 cent. That was that's a 50 cent increase at middle school. 75 cents per meal per not per day for middle school. I hear what you're I I like what you're saying too.
033And I think that when we move to the one building too, I think there will probably will be some savings in there'll be less waste because you're preparing out of one kitchen also instead of three kitchens. I think that that's going to be to the good as well. So that will save us in food waste as well. So, we'll see a um a savings to enough um food in that way too. I guess I would think wouldn't you think so? Yeah. And then I guess the only other concern I have is that we don't like we could say, "Yeah, we'll up these prices to this amount, but then if a parent asks us, well, why are you doing that?" The only thing that we have to support it is because other districts do it. We
034don't really have anything to support how it's going to financially benefit the district because we don't have any projections of how it's going to sustain the food service budget because they haven't run out of money and they're not necessarily going to run out of money. So, what's going to be our justification when parents are doing out more money? Like I think we need to work just a little bit and I think we could get there if we rightsize the increase but I think we need a little bit more support of what's our rationale for our families for doing this at a time when money's tight. So if in 2024 our ending balance and like Miss Stoy said and then to 2025 if we were to have the same projected expenditures without raising prices in 2026
035we would not be sol so we do need to have an increase in prices. I guess my my thing is how how much do we need to increase in order for us to stay solvent if projected we use the same if we're going by these numbers from in 2025 24 to 25 to 26 from 25 to 26 if we were to be in the red and have to use general fund what do we need to increase to break even because my I don't want to over increase our prices. I want us to be breaking even and feeding our students well like and and keep us in the positive but I also don't think that food service is a place that we need to store a bunch of extra money if that makes sense. So I
036would also keep in mind that right now the numbers that are in June 2025 are just as of that date. So none of the benefits to um the food service for any of the staff have been charged. No retirement, no insurance, no Medicare and the second pay of the month has also not been charged. So those expenditures will increase. That balance is going to go down further. Um right now That's just what we had up until that point to to give you a reference of that. But you can see what historically um we've been around 100 around 100 last year in the month of June expenses, but we could also still receive some revenue as well. You can see that's that's down a little from what it was last year, but we don't get a
037lot revenue especially from you know parents or anything in the month of June obviously unless it's some sort of unless they have it set up automatically and their kid went below the threshold towards the end of school that's really about it. So, if we took our same projected 2026, and I know there's a lot that goes into that as far as the free and reduced and if we took those figures from this past school year and projected with a price increase of what we just discussed, maybe the one that's written down in the proposed and then also the one that Mr. Gomez proposed as well, which I think if we can do and stay solvent, you know, I if we took both of those and had a projected this is where projected with this past
038year's figures with everything. Is there a way for us to project? Yes, we would be solvent if if all of the variables stayed the same. I know that's well there's no legal requirement that our food service account be solvent on its own. Most districts aren't solvent on their own. And further there's no requirement that we pay our salaries and benefits out of the food service budget either. And we only started doing that here because it was doing so well. Now I understand how our general fund's doing as well. But I think when we're in a position now when we're talking about these other things, that could be a broader conversation as well before we say we're going to balance this food service budget balance that does not have to be balanced on its own accord
039off of the backs of our families by raising prices because there's no requirement that it be solvent on its own accord. and we could get Miss Doyco could pull us that information on what other districts do because this is not what they're doing and they're not running their salary and benefits or their um washing machine purchases and oven purchases through their f food service account. They're buying food and that's about it. It all it's it varies from district to district. Most of them are not functioning in a positive cash balance but um you know that is typically supplemented then by their general fund. Um you know which is a separate caveat to all this dependent on what our you know general fund is doing and we know where it's at right now. Um you know
040there are districts that outsource their whole food service and so it's it's just a purchase service for them. Um and that so they don't have to staff internally. Um kind of like how we did with the preschool. Um there are districts that don't take like he said anything but food costs. And then there are some that um you know include everything like we do as well. Anything else? So I think just if I'm correct in Mr. Mr. Gomez and what you were stating and I think we're sort of saying the same thing on some level and then a couple things not but um basically with the communication to the community and our families of why we're we're wanting to see a projection of numbers of why if that makes sense. Yeah, I agree that our
041prices are very very low. So I think we have we I think there's a justification to do something. I think the argument is what is that thing? I don't think there's any disagreement that we that we probably need to increase prices. It's just the justification of how much we need to increase. I mean we can we can look like you said if nothing changes which we know to be the case um because we do know I do you know we do know we have a large insurance increase. We also have salary increases next year. Um and the the price of of food itself is kind of, you know, we're locked into certain things um through, you know, consortiums, but um not everything. And so that could fluctuate. But if we said the same, we could
042look at the number of meals and just put that price to it and see assuming exact same free and reduced, exact same paid. Um the only difficulty I would say is as part of that revenue is not necessarily people buying meals. So if I put a $100 on my kids lunch account, that $100 is in the revenue up front. And so it's not necessarily by meal. So, um, that would be the only thing to keep in mind that there's not a lot that are doing it, you know, that day and paying each day. They're they're paying their revenue up front and then going. Now, we could look at the the per meal and just go from there. But do they typically do that per month like auto replenish? It's it varies. random. It really varies.
043It depends on some people don't use pay schools, some people I I I don't ever look at it unless I get a replenishment notice and I'm like, "What the heck? That just happened." And then I find out they're buying ice cream. Um but I have it set up when it goes below a certain threshold, it replenishes an automatic amount no matter when it is. And um that some people want to do it manually. Um you know, they'll they'll get an alert when it's low or they'll get an alert when it's whatever and then they go in and they determine how much they they can or want to pay at that time. Um, so it's really across some people still send it into the school. Correct. Yeah. I mean, we still have cash deposits every day
044from the lunchroom, every building. Um, they're not huge. Um, but we do still have I mean, we have both. So, And even then, some of them are bringing in $50 or $100. They're not they're not paying by the meal when when they're doing it. So, that's just kind of another little variable. So I I think to end what we're hearing is maybe do um two scenarios um or like I don't know if everyone's in agreement of Mr. Gomez suggestion of three if we can do 335 and keep the high school where it's at and increase middle school to 335 if that's something that would be agreeable to everyone to do it that way. if if we maybe did that proposed and then the rest of them as proposed on the bottom line and then I'd
045like to look at something different for for elementary school. I don't want to make a different proposal that doesn't exist. So, I was okay with saying something for middle school cuz the numbers already existed. I don't want to come up with a number on my own for elementary school, but I think that's a a lot in total for elementary school. So, are we asking then to send a new proposal after we look at what logistically really feel agree to be done? I'm sorry. Um too, because a going from 120 to a$150 and 250 to 275, I don't know. That's a big jump. And I would think for breakfast we could just keep a $1.95 and raise the middle up to a $1.95 to equal the high school and maybe go to, you know, 130 or
04640 something like I don't know, but something a little le 275. You know, you're going up quite a bit on the elementary. I do agree with that. A combination. Yeah. Yeah, I think maybe it'd be interesting because I'm not trying to sell one way or another, but if we get if it's not much of a difference of an increase, I don't know that it's going to do much for your budget, Mr. Bailey. And I I think there has to be maybe some happy medium and maybe we could crunch some numbers for you and what that would look like. maybe a couple different ways after what we heard from you this evening just to see what it generate because if at the end of this we generate $5,000 I I got to be honest I'm not
047in control of your budget but I'm going to probably guess that's not going to help a lot but I don't know that until we crunch the numbers. I don't know what this what your proposals tonight would would mean except for the ones that you ran because we're not asking you to vote tonight anyway. I think we're just trying to have a discussion and gather gather some feedback and then maybe come back to you with a couple different um proposals so you can see what that would net us. Yeah, I think that would help. Yeah, like you Thank you. Thank you very much for being here. We appreciate that. Y us to treasure those comments. We don't have anything. We're just wrapping up. This is kind of a little crazy time um for us and wrapping
048up the fiscal year here at the end of the month. So, you'll see all that. Um next meeting I did um just kind of want to uh about a couple things that are happening um legislatively um that are um concerning. Obviously um the Senate released their version of the budget um and while it um looks better for us, I always say that's relative based on how bad it looked in the beginning for pose. Um, so I guess there's kind of a win there, but not a lot. There are a lot of um caveats in there still that um take away local control. Um, and then most recently um they have introduced a new sweeping tax reform, uh, property tax, um, which kind of combines like all these different ones that are out here. Um and
049one of the biggest things of that is that um it would take away inside millillage. Um which for us is as you know the only place where we see any kind of growth. It's 4.9 mills for us. Last year it was about $5.5 million um with no replacement. Um so we would just lose five.5 million every year. So over the course of a forecast we're talking $25 million. Um there would be no more emergency or substitute levies um which would really hinder um a lot of our options um as well. And it would um allow again it's similar to some of the things that were in the House and the Senate version um to allow county budget commissions to determine even if the community has voted for a levy and said yes and that and
050approved it um to decide that we don't need it based on whatever number of criteria they they determined. And again, that really totally erodess um local control within the districts. Um it would be really really devastating to um public schools. Um and I think that's kind of the point um if I'm being honest. Um I agree at at this point is um you know to to further their their private school um you know voucher and this and that that's better than this um but um there's there's a lot of concerning things. So please um it will be that will be the focus the property tax reform kind of is the focus of uh the my roar my article and roar. Um, so see some more information will be going out to taxpayers. Um, I urge
051you um to get involved. It's, you know, they're they're titling this is like, oh, all this property tax relief for you, but it's just going to cause us to go to the ballot more. Um, we're it it's it's not is really what it is at the end of the day. It might be upfront it seemed like that and on on its face, but it's really not because we still need that revenue and that right now they're proposing taking that away and not replacing it whatsoever. Um so most districts in that point would have to then go out and put on a levy. Yeah. Uh to replace that money. Um, so it's kind of seems like it's not counteractive there that that we're doing that, but um, you know, they're politicians and that's, you know, want
052to say they did um, you know, property tax reform and gave everybody a a great, you know, relief and all this stuff, but um, it would take away over one and a half billion from public schools. um which is ridiculous, insanity, um there's many other things in there. Um but it's going to be very, as I mentioned in my forecast, it's going to be very confusing to taxpayers if we're constantly flipping around with do you need it, do you not need it? We can amend how much or take it. It's um it's going to make it just very messy um if something like that goes through. Um and it's really going to hurt um our ability to to forecast because we're never going to know whether anything could be reduced. I mean, it's going to
053hurt us anyway to take away that inside knowledge, but it's really going to hurt to not know if at any time the county budget commission could decide. Um our county budget commission said they're not doing that. So, yeah. And most of them are against this because it's more work for them as well and it's more their elected officials as well. And um the more confusing is not is not great for them either. Um but it would still be you I there have been issues in other counties with um the recent valuations and appraisals um where certain counties have given school districts a hard time about their levies and whether they should um you know be collecting all of that and this that and the other. So, it does happen. Um, and just just kind of
054depends on who may be in in charge at any given moment. Talk about 335 for a second. The state representative who represents Kyhoga Falls is the primary co-sponsor of House Bill 335, which eliminates inside millillage, which would be that cut of $5.5 million for our school district. Um, which is very unfortunate. But not only does he eliminate that $5.5 million because he wants to take credit for lowering your property tax bill, that bill encourages school districts to then raise your sales tax by 1% as an alternative. And in his press conference announcing the bill, he encouraged us, school districts, to put a 1% income tax on the ballot as an alternative as well. So, what frustrates me personally the most, and Miss Stoycoin and I talked about this as well, is that it's not really
055tax reform. If at the same time he proposes the bill to lower your property taxes, he's encouraging you to go find other ways to substitute those taxes that are going to in the end up costing you even more money. So, that's deeply frustrating. And additionally, if inside millillage is eliminated, it will cost Summit County, the county of Summit, $40 million. And executive Shapiro went down to Columbus today to testify on House Bill 309 and House Bill 335 that you just spoke about and was very clear with Representative Ror who's from Summit County, that that means we'll close wings of the jail. will lay off prosecutors, which means not only will those people not be in jail while their case is going through, their case is going to take longer to go through, which means our
056communities will be less safe. That's what these things are going to do. It's going to governments. And in Summit County, we cannot raise the sales tax unless it's voted on by the residents. And every time it's been on the ballot, they've voted no. I my just my last plea and if it's in there is to reach out to your representatives, your senators and um you know I think there there are other bills at this time that um do not decimate public schools and do give us some reform. Um, you know, it's not that we're against or I'm against the, you know, property tax reform or something, but you you have to have, you can't just say we're getting rid of it with no counter plan on, right? You have to have a plan. You have
057to have a plan. Um, oh, they have a plan. They have a plan. Eliminate public schools. Period. Point. That's why it matters who you vote for. You know, there are there are other ones. Senate Bill 22 um you know provides some tax relief without harming schools. Uh so there are some alternative solutions. Um but definitely reach out um and tell them you know that you oppose House Bill 335 because it would be catastrophic. Thank you. Makes us to item F. Superintendent CEO's business. Dr. Cica. Thank you Miss Coco. It is recommended that the board of education approves all items as listed in the superintendent's consent agenda. So moved. Second. Thank you. Um number of items this evening. Um those related to personnel, we have um some transfers that you'll see there. These are kind of
058customary. We have a soccer coach for your consideration this evening. Uh retirements, we have three. And which I'd like to just point out that we have Miss Tracy Early who is principal at Roberts. she will be retiring. Um, sad to see her go and wish her well. As well as Lori Schaefer. She will, she actually put in her retirement for the end of this next year and she's our in our welcome center at the high school. So, thank you to her as well. And, uh, Diana Gerber, our secretary at Silver Lake and appreciate um, it's always nice to see her when I come into the building. She's always so kind and always remembers to ask me about my daughters and we have a very nice chitchat while I'm there. So wish her well. Um we
059have a job description for this uh secretary par profofessional position at the preschool again for your consideration. It's a new position. We have a revised contract. There was an error in the previous um calculation for that contract. Uh so we're just providing to you the revised contract. We also have the ESC it for through neonet for our science professional development. you got to see Bill Gabren present uh last time. So, he will be working with us on the science for our teachers for the new curriculum. We have Panorama renewal. Uh there's actually a slight decrease in there because we're making a few adjustments to that, but we'll still get the similar services and the and the survey. Um we have Akan's nursing that's for the extended school year as well as the nurses for the
060district. We um finally were able to reach an agreement there. Uh Asia, Inc. is there for uh Silver Lake again and Chennai. We are not expanding it this year as we thought we might be able to but we are not able to do that. We have 612 science adoption that you saw last uh last board meeting that was presented. I had an opportunity I saw some parents reviewing it in Miss Dudon's office. I was so excited that I had to stop in and thank the parent. I said in my 30 years, I don't know how many parents I've seen review curriculum, but it's less than this on one hand. and she was so pleasant to speak to and she really enjoyed the the curriculum and that's what Oh, cool. Yeah, great. And then uh Cindereo
061um well, actually I'm turn it over to Miss Zean, but I want to make one uh one comment for your for your information. you'll see several special education agreements coming through and uh we have a number of students with disabilities and we certainly want to and uh enjoy being able to provide services for those students that are in need and um what I not not sure everyone understands is the cost associated in doing so. So, what you're going to see uh in our uh the next few contracts there, they are going to total over a million dollars, actually quite over a million dollars for our students that uh need a lot of additional services in the form of OT, PT, speech. Um some students that are unable to come to our schools because of their
062severe disabilities, so they go um to other placements. But, uh there are a number of contracts for your consideration. And I just want to point out because it is such a large expenditure, I just want you to see our investment in our in our students with disabilities. And we're happy to do so. I think what we would appreciate is receiving more funding from our federal and state governments to help sus to offset some of these costs because there are loopholes that some of the agencies are using and which are requiring us to provide more services which means we have to hire more personnel um on top of paying them perhaps over $100,000 for a child's services. So it's becoming problematic. It always has been, but I think it's becoming more problematic in terms from a
063financial standpoint. Uh, we're doing the best we can and we will continue to provide those services, but what would be helpful is if we could have some more help from our our state, if you want to add anything to that. Um, I mean, we um it seems that we experience a lot of students that are moving in too that are already district placed. So, they come to us with district placement on their IEPs. And so we really honor that placement and then we are really good about being active with the placement um so that we can monitor whether or not we can bring some of the students back in district. And I will say that um we've had um two students this spring that are spending part of their day back So, we're trying to
064bring them back. Um, we have a couple of students that will return in the fall. Um, and then some students that'll continue um will continue to kind of ease them back into the district and determine whether or not they're ready. So, we try to keep on top of that so that we're definitely providing them with their least restrictive environment. But, we do receive a lot of students that come in already district placed. Um, but we have had some students that we have also needed to initiate that for um because they just needed that more intense service. I'm not sure if you want me to go through I think just contracts. We have some increases though in cost right for OT and PT there's some increased cost. Yeah. Um for OT was a $15,000 increase and
065the PTS there's some hourly wage increases there. Yeah. Yeah. So, it's going from like for PT it's 7385 an hour to 767 an hour. And that's with the physical therapist. The physical therapist assistants are a little bit less. Um but it's 5964 an hour to um 6143 an hour. So, there are some increases there. Um Cinder, which provides our occupational therapy services, was an increase of about $15,000. 50,450 um for the year next year. So um we always meet with them, go over our rosters and our projections for next year um so that they have a a pretty clear idea of our students that'll be continuing with OT for next year. Um and then we have LLA, which this year we had um a long-term sub position with LLA. Um we're trying to see if
066we can fill that in a different way this year. So, we're still working on that. Um, but we do contract with them for all of our district play students. Um, as well as for ESY and then any students that are on home instructions, they go into the homes and work with a couple of students. So, those have increased um from 80 to 813 an hour. So, $1.93 an hour. Thank you. I just want to say I appreciate all the work um that this district does to provide for our students with um disabilities and um help them succeed in our district. And you know, obviously the cost the theme for tonight could be funding. We need funding. I mean honestly and we're going to have a levy discussion later on too. So, um you know, at
067the state and federal level, but we do appreciate um everything that you do and I'm proud of our district and how we provide for our students. And we do and I think I think it's only like is it like 27 28% that we get from the federal for special ed kids. It's low. It's it's very low. I do know that. So yeah, any comments or questions? I was pointing out the 612 science curriculum. It's our first curriculum that we are renewing on a six-year cycle as part of the emergency lobby cycle. So it's important to point that out. It's our first one that we get to renew. So it's very exciting. Thank you, Mr. Please call the role. Mr. Harris. Hi, Mrs. Schaefer. Hi, Miss White. Hi, Miss Coco. Hi, Mr. Gomez. I That brings
068us to item G, superintendent, CEO's business. Dr. Sel, thank you, Miss Coco. Um, as we mentioned earlier, the roar, who I mentioned, we read her article today and will be included in there, and I recently wrote mine. So, we'll have a summer edition going out probably June. It'll be mid July. Mid July. So, um looking forward to that. Uh we have uh a number of things coming up. We are currently we just started summer school and for ESY started extended school year. So, I'm going to try to get there tomorrow because I think it's Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays. Going to try to squeeze that in a visit to them. We have been planning and will continue to plan for our preschool transition. Uh we've been making some great ground there as well as our 6 through
06912 move. So, lots of meetings around that. We decided today, we were really proud that we're in a good spot because we were trying to think of what we need to work on next, but we're like caught up and in good shape. So, we're happy about that. Uh, we also will, as we know, we've been working on um I'll talk about this later, so I won't mention it, but certainly I've been uh working with the team on, you know, closing this closing of perhaps closing an elementary school as well as selling schools. So, I've been playing realtor this week. You'll be happy to know that. I been working on my real estate skills and then uh that and just for clarification that's the high school in Roberts right now just so people know we have
070uh Junth coming up next week in uh honor um so that will be actually I think Thursday I think Junth and I will be on vacation next week I'll be out and uh just a quick update personally I'm not sure where this is going to go yet I'm still working try and get a opinion, but looks like I the revision surgery turns out not to be such a revision surgery and it's more of like a full-blown what I just went through on the back. So, um we'll see what that means if I'll be out a few more weeks and it's looking that way, but I will know for sure soon. So, I'm trying to push for the month of July so I don't have to. It's probably the best and only time we can I
071can really feel comfortable about doing it. So, I'm not, as you can imagine, not happy to have received that news. So, um, but we'll see. So, we'll end on that happy note. But then, everyone's enjoying their summer so far. Thank you. Thank you. That brings us to item eight, board business. Um, number one is discussion on um, levy. And Miss discussion and give a little Yeah. Um so we have um as Okay, let me go back. So if you recall, I think maybe two years, three years ago, um there were um four levies um that we were in a pretty um repetitive cycle on that they were up every year. I think we got like a year break. Um and then we start all over again. Um which can be um give people on both
072sides of the aisle, both the district and and the community some fatigue. Um and so we have made the plan to um move these most of these if not all of them um have been around and renewed successfully for many many many years. Um and so we made the decision to uh attempt to make those continuing so that we can get off this levy cycle. Um and we have been successful with the first three. So this is the final one. It is the 9.97 mil which was originally passed in 1991. Um, so I think that's at least six times that it's been renewed um in a because they're in five years. Um, and so this will be the last one we put up. The um earliest it could be put up is November. Um, but
073it has of 25 and then but it has to be passed by November of 26. Um, typically in the past we have put these on in that November which gives us the option to um for whatever reason it fails, um you know, we could look at May or the following November. Um May, um is going to potentially would cost us a little more because depending on what is on um the ballot or what's not, whereas in an general election, it's typically um not as expensive. And that's part of the reason, you know, we've done that in the past. Um and then after that we would only have two levies um if that were successful we would have two levies that remain um to be renewed. Um one is the emergency levy because it cannot be
074that cannot be continuing. Um and the other um was part of the bond issue. It was for operating mills. It was for 10 years. So that was passed in 2019. So we've got till 2029 um out there. And then there's a couple different options because that was kind of a special um because it was a combination. That's how it was allowed to be 10 years. Um and so there are some options and what we can do with that one, but that's a little further further off. So, um, we would have to do the two resolutions, um, which we would typically do in June and July, um, and it would have to be, if we were going to go forward in November, um, submitted to the board of elections by early August, um, in order to
075get on that, um, you know, the first resolution just allows us to have the county auditor do their calculation of everything and then, um, once that comes back, then the final resolution accept that and um move forward. So it's it's pretty it's I mean it is exactly similar to all the other ones that we've done. Does anyone have any thoughts or concerns about um putting it concerns, pros, cons or anything to putting it on in November? I know that's typically typically what we've done so that there is time for us in case it were to not pass. Um I know that I'm I'm fine with the I mean seems like the most logical. Um and I also want to say that I I'm I'm proud of us as a board for getting out of the
076levy cycle um on most of these. So a big difference for everybody and as someone who was previously on the levy committee to not have to put signs in yards every time it's an election. So, for everyone, for the district and for our community, I'm glad that we're getting out of that cycle. I think the risk of putting it on in November is that you don't know what the turnout's going to be because it's a very unusual election in the city because the mayor and all the council people are unopposed. So, we don't really know what the turnout's going to be and how that could impact our chances. Um, and then in the village, it's a district council year. So, it's districts A, B, C, and D are up. Um, and their filing deadlines not
077till August. We don't know if there'll be excitement there or not. Um, so it's a little bit riskier because you don't know who's going to come out to vote and how that's going to impact. If it was more normal and there was We could expect a usual turnout. We know that usually we do generally pretty good, but not knowing how this is going to impact or depress possible turnout. I think we need to think about that a little bit too. Typically among around over the state, November levies are a little more successful than May levies. Um just due to the nature of what people might be out for um in in May or March, whenever it may be in that in that year. Um I think and then there's also like as I said the
078you want to put it on in May, it may be a little more expensive just depending. Um however um we the philosophy or plan had been in the past two is that if either one of those were to fail by that next November, we only be putting it up for a fiveyear period um because we didn't because we we have to pass it in order to keep that money. Um this is one of those ones again just like the last one that locks in that that um that roll back um and so that it is always paid by the state and not by the taxpayer. And it's important um reminder um but um really again I said so your two options for contining would be I personally would recommend leaning towards November just because um
079historically those are a little bit more successful. Um and if you still wanted to try again, you could in May for continuing without having to go straight to the five years. But yeah, I I think so. try in November. Yeah, that's what I would uh I would lean towards November. So, do do you want me to have that first resolution drawn up then? Um That would be on the next the last meeting in June. The 25th Do you have any concerns about our lack of support in terms of a levy committee? Um, no. What I Well, yes. Um, we I had to assemble my team together to say like I think we're going to be pitching in a little bit more than we have in the past. Uh, the golf outing did fall apart. Um,
080and we'll try to regain some think rethink what we'll do this this fall for a fundraiser. But, um, I the only thing that I some hesitation is that I wasn't sure we were going up. So I will have to tell our levy chair that we are going to go up for one because I think he was under the impression we probably I mean that we might not be going up in November. So I just have to you know get together with them and you know the challenges around having to communicate after hours and all that fun stuff as superintendent and so we've been meeting after hours like at the library. So we'll reassemble if that's the direction the board chooses to go. Is everyone agreeable for putting that on for the first meeting or the
081last meeting in June? No. But I think it's Do we have enough votes? Resolution. Yeah. That brings us to item two, discussion um of elementary school closing. and I'll turn it over to you Dr. Cer if you want to. Okay, thank you. Um, so there are two items here that kind of go hand inand the GPD group. Um, so just as a recap, last meeting we had talked about the possibility of getting GPD, it's an architectural firm to come in and do an outside uh an independent evaluation of our schools and they were able to come together from quote, which is uh just is $7,000 as a base cost, but we know that there'll be additional costs. should they come in and do additional meetings um seeking do additional information etc. Um what I um
082I'll come back to that I think but well actually I'll talk about that now. So just to finish that thought with the GPD um essentially what the conversation was and it's listed in here uh that they once again said that we have a lot of information that we probably would just be turning over to them. it doesn't sound like there would be a lot of additional information. They would be gauging their work off of what we've done. And so you have some of that. I have been uh working a little bit more on some other ideas and some other data that um I've not shared with anyone. It's just been with me at the moment. But perhaps could be something that we could share at a later date. and depending on where what you decide
083with GPD. I'm not uh completely convinced that spending the money is the best investment when I think what they're going to do for us is pretty much what we already have after further discussion with them. Um I think I went and visited all the schools again and peaked my head in and you know kind of wanted to get some more accurate numbers and really feel a little bit more confident um in some of the information that we have to share. The other thing I would point out is that um we have been thinking a lot about six elementaryaries. We've been talking about the six that are in existence. And I think we're missing another opportunity, another building that's out there, which is Chennai. And so what I'd like to ask the board to consider is
084not closing an elementary of the six that we have in now it's semantics. Okay. So, not closing an elementary school, but repurposing one of our elementary schools, still relocating the children that are in the school, but I'm talk talking about closing it would still remain open, whatever building that would be, but I would ask you to consider relocating our students that t attend Chennai. That's our preschoolers and our um alternative school. I have spoken with um the director there and he has an interest in relocating should that be something that you consider. So there's some revenue there that we would generate and our students would be able to go into what I would think would be a nicer building. The only part that I would ask you to consider to keep in mind is that
085because we have a number of students with disabilities in the preschool program that the building would have to be ADA accessible um or at least you know much more mobile for our students um with disabilities. So that would be the one factor that I would need to ask that that you consider in your decision- making. But I really do think um for whatever reason I haven't given a lot of thought to Chenet, but in visiting there it kind of dawned on me that wow, we have an opportunity to put our students into a a different nicer space most likely in whatever building we would choose. So that those are my most recent thoughts if I could. So reading through the lines, um we have two buildings that I know of that elementary wise that are
086not ADA accessible. So would if we explore this, we would not then have those two on the table as possibilities in this scenario. Is that correct? In my opinion, I in this scenario specifically, I'm not saying in other scenarios. I'm just saying I would agree that it would have to be a building that is conducive to these students. And there are a couple that I would personally think would not be good choices. I mean, there's two that are absolutely not ADA accessible. That's correct. Yeah. Yes. So, when you say the relocating of the preschoolers to the building that we would be relocating our elementary students out of? Yes. Um, and then are would the um schneay would they be relocating to that building as well? Is that what you're saying? Or they would relocate to
087the whatever building we would be closing. But again, I'm calling it repurposing. So I'm just for sake of argument, call it Price. Miss Linda's here tonight. Um should that be Price Elementary for example that the Price students would go to a different school and then the um students that attend Chennai or preschoolers and alter would then go to Price they would all go to that. So in that scenario then then it would leave Schneay to sell to sell. That would be my recommendation and and then we would still benefit from the finances of selling a building and the finances of closing Yes. Yes. a building even though we're calling it repurposing but still those financial benefits. Correct. Yes. you could use the money the sale from Chenade to put into the the whatever we might
088have to do to another building and we would not be losing the revenue that we're currently gaining from right there's still an interest to continue our partnership still be and the other win-win a little bit to go a little bit more we're talking right now about shared services with Chenet and so we might even have a way to have another revenue stream a little bit more with um nursing and secretary secretary support also eliminate the kind of hesitance I think of if it's one of the four buildings that we just put air conditioning in instead of you know closing one of those it would still be used and we would just be saying okay we we invested this money in this and now it's we're not doing anything with it at all. So I'm sure
089the preschool teachers would appreciate air conditioning running around chasing preschoolers all day. Absolutely. Yeah. So, Schne doesn't have air conditioning. Oh, well, it does in parts, doesn't it? Windows. I think the window office has I think Mr. Pal's office. Okay. Yeah. This would also this would also eliminate I think a big part of our board discussion and us not being able to really foresee for our next discussion and getting this data was, you know, not wanting to tie hands when it comes to the possible building of new elementaryaries in the future. Right. This would leave us still owning all of those properties. Correct. And we know Chennet would not be a viable site. So that was the other factor that I was trying to keep a building online that would be a potential site. We'll
090still have children in there and if we needed to use it in the future, we own it still. So, but we know Chenet there's not a use for that. And we could relocate the Black Tiger Family Center to another school, which would be fine. We're able to do that. Yeah. I I always said, let's sell Chneay because it's not used that much. It's not full. So I I'm always I don't want to sell sill. That's for sure. I think everybody knows that. Um but I do like that idea. But I still think u Mr. Harris um talked about last time the maintenance on the buildings when we are looking at you know where to do this. Is it going to matter now um the maintenance or do we would would need that report? Yes. So
091part of, you know, and I'm I'm more than happy to present the information I've been gathering. I'm not completely done. I'm getting closer. Um, but I can present that um at our maybe our June 25th meeting because I know that's that's our next regular board meeting. I would be happy to do so and show you the data I've been looking at. There's lots of reports that we were able to muster, but I do think maintenance will come into play. I mean, we can't ignore that uh because if we were to keep certain buildings open, there would be more of a cost. for some more so than others, but we would just have to be aware of that. And like I said, with the selling of Chenet, we'll generate I would imagine few hundred,000 at the
092least and we can use that money to reinvest. Okay. Just an option I was no kind of brainstorming and it it seems I just wanted to I know Mr. that on my rubric I didn't have that right. you know, I had I think I had pretty much everything, but I didn't have that. And I I that is something I'd like to know, especially if we don't do the GPD thing. Okay. Thank you. This has given us more things to think about. You know, give me lots of work. I'm going to turn it around. Oh, I have an additional question cuz I know that um people use like that parking lot often in the evenings to access the fields there. So, is this something that we'd want to be in conversation with the city about? And
093also, they were going to put that playground in. Is that something we would want to let the city know about? So, I I did make reach out and just preparation to try to cover all my bases. I told you I real estate it's my next career. Um I did um have some conversations with some potential with some potential ideas and I do think there's maybe there could be some interest or you know again as I'm talking to all these different folks about properties um and the place the playground I did speak with um Sarah Klein about it just to say hey I'm going to be proposing this to the board. I don't know whether or not they're going to consider it, but if they do, there's a chance that, you know, please put a timeout
094on that. I wouldn't want you to invest in that. And it's she's fine with that. They haven't or I don't she wasn't sure if they had ordered it. Even if they did, they could relocate it elsewhere. Uh so that wasn't a huge concern. But I will say this, if if we are going to consider this option, there were a number of things that we were looking at to make Chennai look better, but we would we would not invest that money. It was there is work to be done. That roof alone, if you all have probably seen it, and if you haven't, it does this. Yeah, terrible design. Sorry, whoever did it. Um, but it is almost impossible to repair and we put so much money into it. The one the preschool wing is decent in
095decent condition. The other wings, not so much, and certainly not not that area. So, there would be room to, you know, have to we'd have to invest some money if we if that were to stay online for the future years. But, I do think, Mr. to your question. Um, I think we're I think we'd be okay in those areas. So, where do we go from here next in terms of exploring this idea and identifying options? Well, my suggestion would be, you know, we do have this GPD contract on there. I I feel more confident after doing a a lot more research and talking with different people and even talking with GPD themselves and knowing that they're pretty much going to take everything I've gathered and I don't take credit solely. Certainly people have helped me
096gather this information, but what I have in my possession to give to them. Um I think that I I feel comfortable being able to present to you in two weeks I think a pretty thorough report and recommendations of ideas for you. But that's true. So either way, if we were to decide on GPD, then they would be gathering data for us. Or if we don't vote on GPD and decide that's not necessary, then you would be presenting us. So either way, our goal would be in the last meeting of June. Provided I'm not, you know, laid up in a hospital bed. Yes, that's my goal. You can zoom in. Yeah, it's a pretty sight. Let me zoom in. Not your camera. Oh, I would I would spare you all that. Yes, that would be the
097So, it's either GPD and they're able to present on the 25th, I believe. Um, and I gave them that date. That would be our next meeting. So, whether it's them or me, you can have a presentation if that would be your desire for Thank you. You um before we go on to our service proposal for GPD, we do have a community member, Miss Terry Mackey, if you would like to come up and I threw a mistake. I tend to do that to people. I'm threw a wrench at you. Limit to three minutes, please. Thank you. Terry Mackey, 1020 Cooper Drive, Kyoga Falls. I graduated from here, left town, came back four years ago to take care of my mom, but I've been a sub in the district for the last three or four years. I'm
098familiar with all of the buildings. All of the I'm familiar with all the buildings, but particularly the elementary. Um, and as I listen to you guys all talk and be thoughtful about everything with your selection. I mean, I know you guys all know it's going to be hard and no matter what you do, there are going to be people who are unhappy. And I still when I hit here, I started hearing about Newberry. And it wasn't just from teachers, it was from citizens, too. So, it's a big deal closing one of the schools. Um, but as I heard you guys all talking and your rubrics and your four items and and stuff like that, what I didn't hear, and I'm not saying you aren't considering it, but what I didn't hear was consideration of building
099aesthetics and function through the children's eyes. Um, some of those buildings are less comfortable than other buildings are in all sorts of different ways. Um, and then there's the idea of there'll be more students in each classroom and that's an adjustment for the kids. Teams will be teacher teams will be rearranged. That's a big change. So, there's going to be a whole bunch of changes. It is when anything happens. Um, but my big concern was what it's like through the kids' eyes and what the buildings are like for the kids and that if you have to choose a building because now maybe you don't. I've never seen schne. It was built when I went to school here, but I've never seen it. Um but anyhow um just how comfortable the spaces are for the kids
100and the ideas too of like how you get kids rearranged into the buildings like the idea of music and art on a card or anything like that. you completely eliminate the teaching tools that go in the classroom for those subjects and you eliminate the teacher's ability to do her planning time with her records and her materials in her classroom. So that to me was also a concern because I saw that happen in my district in my early I was at Watssworth for 28 years and I saw that early on in my district and saw how it affected things. So that's Basically most of it was just this idea of what the buildings how comfortable the buildings are. Um I was like I was over my friend a friend of mine um had her classroom moved
101last year because of accessibility issues in one of the buildings. Um so there's just so many and like I said you guys sounded very thoughtful to me. I just That's it. I'm sure three minutes are up. Just now. I didn't want to interrupt your last thought. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Move on. I just in case I don't want to be rude. In case you didn't see my email earlier, it's my youngest 10th birthday and I prom, you know, not at home all day. So, I'm going to leave. I would ask that whoever finishes not give them to We will take care of it. not make it to me. Any one of these individuals this one not so much. First time she failed a quick question and happy birthday to your child. Um, are
102you available the meeting in July or you? Yeah. Okay. All right. Just for later discussion. Thank you. I've been picked on two board meetings in a row. Just record. You brought it on your One time I lost her notes. The only time No, that's not true. You give them to me. No, I would never I wouldn't give them to you if you were having Okay, order. Well, I don't know, Miss White. You were the one who picked on me last order. As much as I did that myself. Hey, both things are true. I That brings us to item three, service proposal, GPD. It is recommended that the board of education approves the service proposal to allow GBT group to provide services in the Koga Falls City School District. Wait a minute. I'm all out of
103order here. So moved. I guess I'll go with that. There. Okay. Give a second. Oh, second. Um, discussion on the GPD contract. I move to place this item on the table. Tabled it. Okay, I'll second. It's a discussible motion. Need to vote on the table. No, it's a discussible motion. If you want to discuss it, you like to discuss any discussion with moving in, putting it on the table. when you table as a discussion for later on in the meeting. No, if we place it on the table and since I didn't put it for a specific time, it would be indefinitely. Yeah. Just so it basically just kills it. Mhm. It's a more polite It's more polite than voting it down. Yeah. Vloating it down would mean that we're like unhappy with it. Got it.
104Which we're not. Right. Okay. Yes, my my dis I don't have a problem with that. I I'm I'm good with I feel like I I'm satisfied that we've collected what we need right now as to continue this discussion on June 25th specifically with Dr. Celico being able to give a presentation on what we have. So I discuss for the table. I agree. Agree. Okay. Mr. Gomez, can you call the role please? Miss Coco I, Mr. Gomez. I Miss White. Hi, Mr. Schaefer. Hi, Mr. Harris. Hi. Item four is memorandum of understanding, Kayaka Falls Education Association. It is recommended that the board of education approves the memorandum of understanding between the Kyoga Falls Education Association and the Kyaka Falls City School District. So moved. Second. discussion. There's several changes um for those that are going to
105be teaching preschool since we've never had preschool in house before. Um and those folks will be covered by the Ka Falls Education Association. So to make those appropriate changes within their bargaining contract, correct? um because it is preschool and there's a lot of things that are very different that operate in preschool than a regular um building elementary, middle, high school. Um it was necessary to do this. Mr. Gomez, please call the role. Mr. Gomez, I Miss White I. Mrs. Schaefer, I. Mr. Harris, hi. Miss Coco, I. That brings us to item six, sponsorship rights agreement with Lambert. Oh, I'm sorry. I've skipped ahead. Number five, memorandum of understanding Ohio Association of Public School Employees. It is recommended that the board of education approves the memorandum of understanding between the Ohio Association of Public School Employees
106and the Kyogre Falls City School District. So moved. Second. Discussion. Um this is in tandem with what you saw earlier the job description. So just making reflecting that in the contract because there's not that position doesn't exist. So we needed a wage and um an agreement from this person will also be working at the preschool. Yes. Okay. Mr. Gomez, please call the role. Miss White, I. Mrs. Schaefer, I. Mr. Harris, I. Miss Coco, I. Mr. Gomez, I. Now item six, sponsorship rights agreement with Lambert Buick Corporation. It is recommended that the board of education approves the sponsorship rights agreement between Lambert Buick Corporation and the city Kyoga Falls City School District. So moved. Second. Uh discussion. Would you like to Yeah, sure. Some good news. Share that news. Yeah. again um been working on this
107as you know the naming rights as I give credit to Christine's done a great job with the flip book we've been getting the message out I've been talking to to many different people um we are able to land our first official and it's a big one um if should the board vote yes um uh Lambert's Buick will be uh have naming rights to our stadium and it will be Lambert Stadium should this get approved tonight and it will be for $250,000 for 10 years And in um I will be providing with for you shortly an a arch that was drawn by our architects to demonstrate to illustrate I should say that their name to the field but it's an exciting time. We have a couple more fingers crossed coming not as big but we that
108we are happy that of our generous donors. So hopefully you'll see a couple more coming in in the next month or so. And the arch would be designed so after the when their 10 years were up if we had another sponsor that could be switched out. Yes, that's that's I was very specific. We're we're going to start working with some masons and um uh Aaron Woodard is doing some leg work on that. But there's like a metal arch that would go across and then I asked for the letters to be that are on there to be able to come off so we can replace it easily in 10 years. I I envision I'm going to say downtown AR kind of by is it by lock three that has the brick and then the over arch
109on top that's kind of what I do it's right down somewhere they're pretty common they're just expensive and so we need something anyway the way our stadium is situated there's not a good place to put the name of the field anywhere because it's built into the school the field the stadium I'm sorry. When I say field, yeah, stadium. Thank you. Actually, I originally said Lambert Field and he was all on there like, "Oh, no, no, no, wait. It's even better. You're in the stadium." But there's nowhere to really put it. So many folks when you're coming off 13th Street. When I show you the illustration, it's beautiful. Um, we'll have a fence already around the stadium. So then we'll build we'll have two columns that'll be built into the um the uh fencing and then
110we'll have a gate that will be you know and then you'll have the arch and it'll it'll be beautiful. So but it's costly but we will use some of the proceeds certainly won't be $250,000 but we'll use a portion of that to cover the cost of the arch. And we also have some fundraising ideas still to come on that that I think will help offset the cost bricks. brick that actually it might end up being a plaque, but I started on the brick path and then I was told that's too hard to do. I don't have to do the work, so I'll take the word for it. It's easy for me to give ideas, but yes, perhaps we can do some things on the arch. Yep. So, yeah, very excited. Jason, who's from Lambert, has
111been great to work with. Very nice man. And we're both excited. We're going to do a press release. We thought we'd get some pictures of them at the field. That's the perk. Any more discussion? Uh, Mr. Gomez, call the role, please. Mrs. Schaefer. Hi, Mr. Harris. Hi, Miss Coco. Hi, Mr. Gomez. I Miss White. Hi. That's big news. It is big news. It's exciting news. Yeah. Item seven is service agreement. HEBA environmental services and Lebby Enterprises. Is recommended the board of education approved the agreements between HEPA environmental services and Leppy Enterprises and the Kyogre Falls School District. So moved. Second. Discussion. Yeah, this is an related to the abatement work for the removal of the boiler at Preston and um and Price. So they ran into some as as can happen with abatements and and
112esposes etc. So um it we it would hold up it's kind of put the project on hold momentarily until we can approve this but it's something we have to do move along with the project. So this is just them removing it and we're still replacing the boilers ourselves. I believe that's okay. Well this is what you mean by ourselves? I mean we're not they're not doing it. I'm sorry. That's up. It's not I mean that's not part of this contract. Yeah. Okay. This is just for the I mean I'm not doing it myself. I I probably can do it. Not really. I think most buildings in K, well, not just in Kaiba Falls that were built before a certain time period, unfortunately, have these issues. I know my basement does. Our contractor said just put
113carpet over it and don't ever tear up your floor. So, yeah, that was the solution. Yeah. Right. Anything else? Mr. Gomez, please call the role. Mr. Harris, I. Miss Coco, I. Mr. Gumas I Miss White I Mrs. Schaefer. I brings us to item eight, adoption policy. It is recommended that the board of education adopts the following policies. Section E, support services, EBCA, behavioral behavioral threat assessment. Section policy. Yeah, someone's excited. Section J, student JD GD, student suspension. JG, student expulsion. JN, student fees, fines, and charges. Some moved. Second. Any discussion? And Mr. Gomez went over all these last week or last board meeting. Okay. Mr. Gomez, please call the role. Miss Coco. I. Mr. Gomez. I. Miss. White. Hi. Mrs. Schaefer. Hi. Mr. Harris. Hi. That brings us to item nine, discussion of our final
114farewell tours. Um this is in conjunction with the opening of our 6 through 12 campus. We do have buildings that um we have to say goodbye to. So um maybe I can start with the easier one. So there are two things that um would like I've gotten some feedback on both of these things but I felt it was um so it's important enough that we have some discussion. I think we have maybe consensus on the first one. So there's, as you mentioned, Miss Koko, there are the closings of the schools and the final tours for that, but we also have Clifford Stadium that has, you know, come to light and I would like to just share with you what our plan is for that. I I felt like I got some good feedback there, but
115we certainly I'm happy to answer questions or have more discussion, but what we were thinking in this last if this works, so there's a caveat that the stadium has to be ready. Um, and we're hopeful that it will be, but it will not be ready. We take possession in August of the stadium, but it will not be ready to be um to for students to play at it because we don't own the building until November. And as I mentioned, things are built into the building such as the press box, locker rooms, etc. So, with that, we have to try to get some provisional temporary permits in order to be able to use the field. But um we propose if that all works that we would hold an event on September 12th which is the last
116um would be their last game in Clifford and it's homecoming. So we are trying to do a kind of a creative play on like homecoming and a goodbye. You know I don't know what that would be yet. Christine will put it in AI and we'll come up with something fantastic I'm sure. Um and then uh we would have our tiger tailgate that eat that night event. So it's a big blowout. So, we have Tiger Tailgate, the homecoming and pregame as usual. We're still able to do that. And then at halftime, we've requested from OSAA uh that they would uh allow us to have a little bit longer halftime, so an additional 10 minutes in which time we could do whatever that might be, the proclamation to the stadium, um whatever we would choose to do.
117Um, and then we, well, we were just having some ideas of what some things that we would do that evening, but we thought maybe we would just put it all one big happy evening. But that's September 12th. So then then that would be their last game and then we have a couple away games after that. The football team does anyway. Then they would play end of September in the new field. Was coach Barker from Cheer involved in this? because she put up a post um encouraging all former cheerleaders to come to the first home football game. I had a conversation with her that and questioned her wording because she wanted that flyer approved and I said I think this could cause some confusion and never heard back. Okay. We did see that some coaches were
118putting some things out about the gym, about the stadium, and didn't necessarily basketballist. Wow. Yeah. They ne not necessarily vetted us through us because we're trying to control for those messages. So there's not that miscommunication because we we involved, you know, um I think Dustin was at the table, KJ was at the table. Um I think he had spoken with the coaches. So I don't know about coach. Okay. So yeah, we're trying to control that messaging, but that would be what the idea would be again, provided that we're able to get into the building or I'm sorry, the stadium, you know, for the September. What I also like and what I've been pushing because we talked so much about football and band of course, but we we also, if this works, we will have our
119soccer teams, both boys and girls, have an opportunity to play on the new field. They their theirs goes right at the end of till October and then they might have playoff games, etc. So, it'd be kind of neat to not just focus on football and band, but that our soccer players would have an opportunity as well. They had to have their f farewell a long a long while ago. Yeah, they did at late. They're playing at a nice field, but the parents that I've spoken to said, "Well, it's a beautiful field. You don't get, you know, fans at Kent." They also um parents have said that they don't always enjoy the drive to K. Yeah, sure. Yeah. So, that was that's I think the easier one. If the board's in agreement, I can it together.
120I'm fine with that, too. The one other thing I think I had suggested was just that um whenever we do the high school farewell, I think it'd be nice if the um stadium was open as well on that date as well for people to It's part of the high school. Yeah. Oh. Oh, yes. Okay. Just open because it's part of the high school campus. So, and what's the harm at that point? We're not using it again. I thought you were thinking of the new campus. Yes. Okay. Um the one that the next one that we were trying to and and the reason that I'm encouraging us to kind of lock in on some details is because we are getting questions now. People are have been asking us they've been asking Chris Stewart and um even
121the mayor asked me the other day what what we're planning on doing. So, um, we had originally proposed, uh, we had some discussion about, well, first I think what we need to decide is do you want it in the fall while children are still in the building or do you want it after? Now, here's the problem with after. We have the abatement for Bolic particularly like starts like right away in January. That's a real tight January. That's a tight one. Um and then um if we're going to be selling the buildings um particularly Roberts, if that's going to become available, you know, soon after we close. So that that would be one one item for you to consider. And then the second would be um you know, how many we thought one for the middle
122school, one opportunity for folks, but then for the high school maybe have a couple different dates so people because since it's um I don't know, I think it tends to draw a little bit more alumni etc. And then we had proposed originally October 18th is a Saturday 9 to 1 for Bolic and Roberts and the high school actually all three of them be just be open pretty much the majority of the day. We can even make it longer but people could visit them all in one day and then um one evening we had October 14th from 6:00 to 8 would be the high school that people could come as well. I think it's the same night as foundation which is why I think we chose that date. But um that's just what we throughout our
123team felt that it would be nice while children are still there because we see what happens to buildings when we vacate and teachers. We worry about what's going to be left and what the condition would look like, you know, after people pack. Are they going to have stuff left behind? And I don't know that it would be very pleasing to see. It won't be at its best either to be honest in the fall because we're we're going to be preparing for the new move. We've already said to teachers, we're not expecting your rooms to be shiny, beautiful, all color, you know, because we're going to be moving and they have to package them. So, that's what we came up with. Happy to. So, the high school would be open two different dates and Bulock and
124Roberts would be open just on October 18th and and that's what we're proposing. I mean, if the board, you know, wants two dates. The only thing I would again just be sensitive to is we have people staffs affected and more evenings and Saturdays and things like that for the team. I know that there was some concern raised on that end. And we also thought we could make it fun like we talked about maybe food trucks and having our mascot buildings visiting or in cheerleaders or if we wanted to make it nice or if we wanted to just keep it simple, we could do that too. But if we want to make it festive, we will make it happen. because we have nothing else going on in the fall. So that's discussion. I don't like the
125idea of the middle schools being on the same day. I think all of them should be different days because there are going to be people that want to say goodbye to all three. There could be a mom that went to Bullock and their kid went to Robert's. So there could be families that need to go to both to get that last little bit of closure. And I think just separating them out is giving our community more of an opportunity to have that final moment that we know is very important. In our community that is extremely sentimental. Um so I think all of them should be on different days. Um originally I know all of them were on the same day. So I appreciate we started to separate. I appreciate that Dr. ago, I want to
126thank you for what you did do. Um, but I do think they should all be on different days just to give the community the broadest um, opportunity to do their farewells. So, that's one point that I have. Um, the other thing, and I've had a lot of conversations with Dr. S about this, I think the tours, it's not a final farewell if you still have two months of opportunities to come into the building. It's not a final farewell if I came and said goodbye to my high school and then I'm coming back for one more time and then I'm coming back for the last um holiday band concert and I'm coming back for my kids middle school band concert and I'm coming back for this and I'm coming back for that. That's not a final
127farewell and that doesn't really give people closure, which is what our extremely sentimental community really wants in this process. And I think the benefit of having it after we've moved out, and I would say shortly there after we've moved out, is all the stuff that's left in the building, if people want it, we're not taking it. And that's the benefit. When we closed still, there was still stuff in there. and people could take it and they did and they did. People really appreciated that. And if somebody wants that chair for whatever, it would have to be after the auction. That's the only I would say because we we're having an auction. I don't know when that's going to be, but just something to consider. People took things out of Newberry when we had Newberry open
128because they weren't they weren't there was hardly anything in there to take but they found it because it was going to get torn down otherwise. Yeah. I think actually Miss Mrs. Schaefer took something out of Newberry. Did you? Yeah. She has a pencil sharpener. Pencil sharpener. Um and I know that. So I just think that gives people the opportunity to have their final farewell and someone on a personal level who's losing both their middle school and high school in this process. So I do feel a little bit affected by this. That would personally I feel like I can advocate for these people because that would personally give me more closure because as a board member I know I'm going to be in these buildings a bajillion more times between October and December because there's so
129many more activities that happen. So I won't feel like I said goodbye. And so I think that gives that's a better opportunity for our community. And that's so and that's why Dr. Sco and I we talked and we said that we' put it on the agenda because I was had some disagreement though we've had a lot of very good conversation that I've appreciated. Yes. When do we have any kind of perspective date of when we would be doing the grand, you know, the ribbon cutting over at the new campus? After July 4th is when we're allowed to start having those conversations. Oh, you're not allowed to have it till July 4th. That's what Hannah has told us. After July 4th, they can start. Okay. What? That's what Jeff Adams Why would they specific date? Yeah.
130I mean the grand opening would be in January. After July 4th, you can talk about after July 4th. We can start planning for a date. Okay. With them because they'll do that. We want to set a date. We can date. We're the ones who are having the grand opening. But but they're probably coordinating and doing a lot with it. Mhm. Oh, there's I've already I was just wondering like if if we're trying to do final farewell tours here if we had like we would need to coordinate that as well is my thought that would be kind of holiday. Correct. Yeah. Correct. So the first day Is is it January 6th? Is that the Monday? What's the Monday? Fourth. Fifth. Fifth is a Monday. January 5th is a Monday. So that's when we're going to start
131like open houses. Teachers have planning days on those first couple days. Monday, Tuesday. Then we start Wednesday, Thursday, Friday will be middle school, high school, and there'll be their open houses as well. Tuesdays, is Tuesday a open house? I think for high school, we're probably just going to do it on the ribbon cutting on New Year's Day. Can you imagine? The most convenient. What are people doing otherwise? Don't make it early in the morning, I guess. Yeah, just do it in the afternoon. Our families will come out because most of them will be off. We could have fireworks. Of course. Hello. And glitter. We think it's a bad idea, but it's not a terrible idea. a lot of our families could come. January 6th is middle school open house and then the high schools on
132the 7th and student those students arrive right on the sixth but there's going to be a lot more than the middle school and high school I mean the whole community is going to walk through that building I mean the challenge you know is the holiday time like if you do something in December People are so busy in December. Then you have the new year. You have bad weather. I mean, it's it's not an ideal time of the year. We don't have control over that, but just trying to think about we're not moving things in. When are we moving? When would I know that over Christmas? That's when the teachers are moving. The staff are moving everything in. They'll be able to get in earlier because we again we anticipate getting the keys early. So, we're
133going to let people bring their personal items over. We have a lot of dates, beginning of December established and then the movers themselves will be doing that as soon as winter break hits all over. But the majority like the furniture and all that is for the most part it's all new over there. That's all going to be in there and set up or that's part of the Yeah, it'll have to be. Okay. I I would imagine they'll be doing that in November. You know, starting in the front of So, when is the building going to be done? And I thought it would be done November 1st. Uh November 20th, something like that. 26th. Well, anyway, but we do think it'll be before that, but that's the official when they have to give it to us.
134I just thought we would do this as soon as it was done. We'd be cutting a ribbon. Well, I mean, yeah. I mean, we could I I know we won't have everything in there, but it would be more open to tours for the public to see the planning committee. I know we're kind of getting off track of the farewell world tours, but I guess my whole point of putting it together is that if we're doing them here, we would just want to make sure it wasn't we can't have too much stuff all at once. No. And and we know there's a lot going on at that time with the move into the 6 or 12 campus. So, um, and I know like once everyone, if we did them once everyone was gone and we had
135the specific dates, I know like Newberry, there weren't really a lot of It's not like there was a lot of staff or anything that was here was there for Newberry. I know that we volunteered and were there. I I I don't really care. I just I just thought as soon as it was done, we'd be cutting that ribbon. I'm excited, you know? I want it done. Good. I didn't think about that. That's okay. I mean, whenever we can is fine. I'd like to raise another concern about having the tours while the buildings are still occupied. We've had tours like at Newberry and Sill in the past. People um just look at everything. And so when we talk about being a district that protects student privacy, people are going to open every drawer that's openable. They're
136going to look at everything. And so that gives me some con cause for concern as well. We can't have people in every classroom and every room and there's going to be a lot of people and they're just going to start looking at stuff. So was the idea to let them go in classrooms and all that. It wasn't just hallways. I don't know. It was every it was everywhere. It was come in reminisce in the library. That's where I had my first boyfriend or you know whatever. Like they were literally going in and well as long as the board is okay knowing that this building is not going to look good. Well neither I don't still had a tree growing in the middle of it. What's that? Say that again. Still had a tree growing in
137the middle of it. Well, if that's what we like to smell at Newberry was quite strong and and I think um I think that our police department had already practiced at Newberry. Correct. when we toured Newberry. I would maybe it was still that they had was that cell where they were we would need to have the final we would need to have these tours in January if that's what everyone real soon after January because of again the abatement at Bolic if we're selling I mean we control the sell date I mean the closing date but and the high school actually the high school really doesn't matter because we're going to occupy it because we have CTE here auto tech and if you're spacing them out, then I would just suggest make sure you do bullet
138first and then probably R. Okay. And then maybe we do consider the ribbon cutting in the fall, late fall, like after we get it. I think people are going to as soon as they know we have the keys and we're using the stadium. They're going to want to see the inside of that building. I think so. And the weather, you still might have a chance of weather not being so bad in November. Yeah. Do you want the traces? If it's November 26, we might not be able to do it then, but maybe early December Thanksgiving. Well, what's that? But early December even might be. Well, we the core team meets tomorrow. I'll push them. All right. So, I think the 27. Oh, it's on the 27th. So, I think that we're a hello goodbye. So
139yeah, like if we could do a hello in November or December and then have a goodbye in January, we're just kind of flipping our events. Yeah, that makes And I think I didn't think about this before because of doing the tours with the buildings open with everybody taking things, thinking people that are really sentimental are going to take something even if we're still occupying the building. That's fact. That could be. Yeah. So I'd rather them we might be missing things the next day. They might be look at a calendar now and propose dates. Do you want me to come back? I mean I think maybe you could propose dates that are good for you're the one that is doing all the work with the 6 through 12 campus and all of that. So I don't
140know if we need to just throw out dates that are good for us. They need to be good for you. All right. We'll be our team will meet and we'll come up with all dates. And I dare say that the alumni foundation would probably love to be a part of that farewell and would probably love to volunteer be the people that are guiding people around whatever. There you go. With some dates, but we're okay on the Clifford. It look like I saw lots of nods. Yeah, they can volunteer, but they can't be in charge of it. The alumni just make that clear to them. We said it. We're moving on. We told the community in our last drawer that we would announce the dates of the farewell tours and I need to have this done
141by the end of next week. Okay. Would we be able to have the dates of those final tours by the end of next week? If you guys talk about it at quarantine tomorrow, we can I think it's early enough. I think just send in Friday notes. No, I don't think so. Yeah. We don't No, it's not. We don't have a vote on it, right? Everyone good? Not good. We're not legally required to item 10, future agenda items. The next meeting is just Yeah. Um so our next meeting that is our work session, um as you Dr. Celico and Mr. Stocoy will both be gone. So, we're going to use that meeting um as an executive session and do um our say review evaluation um for Dr. Celico and Miss Stocoy that night as a board.
142Um you should have all gotten those not this past Friday but the Friday before. So, if you come prepared, we can do it quickly and if it's a nice night, get out quick. Um but that's what we will be doing is um just that executive session will be our work session. So um at our next meeting and then we will give our reviews. And the reason I asked Miss Stokeway if she was available in July was just if you would have to be out in July, we could do your evaluation first at the last meeting. That way is everyone good with that? Okay. Any other future agenda items? [Applause] All right. Takes us to item 11, committee reports. Miss White, did you have another We meet tomorrow. Okay. You didn't know board policy business alliance.
143I was not able to Oh, I'm sorry. We're done. Um, district wellness. We're done for the year. and financial was not um alumni foundation. Dr. did you want to mention anything else? I was not able to go last night. No, a lot of it was just talking about we met some new folks that joined the foundation and then the only other thing was really we talked about the bricks and Clifford U and then we talked about the arch and how that could perhaps be embedded into that and um convocation dates and their role in that and spreading the word and then the move room would look like and um how we would move their things etc. So, do you have your date for convocation? We do. August 14th. I believe I already have that on
144my calendar for Thank you. Right. Legislative liaison, Mr. Harris. Uh yeah. Um, Mr. Gomez and M. Stoy gave pretty good update on where we are with things. Um, while we were in the meeting, the Senate did pass their version of the budget. Um, so next steps, that'll go into conference committee. The House and Senate will kind of hash out their differences, see if they want to change anything. So, I'll keep everyone updated. Um, regarding House Bill 335, again, I I had spoken to Miss Stoy as to give a pretty good update on that. I appreciate her doing so. Um, I do want to let folks at home who do listen to these meetings, um, let them know Mr. Gomez mentioned the, uh, one of the sponsors on this is Representative Romer. Um, please reach out
145to him, please contact him. Uh, we went over, Mr. Doy went over why this, uh, bill is not right for public education and what it's going to do. Um his phone number, his office is 614-6445085 and his email is repres 31, the number 31 at ohiohouse.gov. Please please reach out to his office. Make sure they have your name, return number, and all that stuff. Let them know you are in this district and that you are unhappy uh with um uh House Bill 335. So, um I will uh keep everyone posted at the last meeting. Um see if there are any differences in uh what the House and the Senate are hashing out here and we'll keep you guys posted. But I appreciate you all, Mr. Gomez especially. Thank you for all your updates. Uh Dr.
146C and Christie, you know, you all send us uh um you know, your updates you're getting from your organization. So, I we're all doing some really good work here and it's just making sure people in our our neighbors, folks in our community know um that this is not property tax relief. Um this is again $1.5 billion coming from our public schools. So, thank Thank you, Mr. Harris. And nothing else, Miss White. Correct. No, we don't. Item 12 um is our comments. Mr. Gomez, you are up first. Yeah, I wanted to um just one thing from the ending of the school year was able to attend Lincoln Relay Recess, which is always such a wonderful event. Want to report that they raised almost $4,000 for the American Cancer Society. Um, on a sad note, I want
147to extend my condolences to Mayor Duny of the Village of Silver Lake on the loss of her mother-in-law earlier last week. And then, um, one last thing, there is a constitutional amendment petition going around to eliminate property taxes in the state of Ohio. Um, this constitutional amendment has no alternative funding source for those of us that rely on property taxes and was recently alerted that uh there is a location in Kyoga Falls that is trying to collect signatures for this constitutional amendment and just want to uh make folks in our community aware of this, how dangerous it would be and encourage them to, if asked, decline to sign said petition. And thank you. Thank you, Mr. Gomez. Mr. Harris, I have no comments, Mrs. Schaefer. Uh, nothing for me. And Miss White, um, just one
148real quick quickly. It I meant to do this last time, but I didn't get a chance. It was so late. So, real quickly, I can't remember the other two things I wanted to mention, but I remember that we now have the internet and tech at the high the new high school all done. So, thank you to our team. Um, I do appreciate that. Was exciting. I know. And then there was something about Mrs. Brown and at Preston and something that I but I can't quite remember what it was. But any rate, that's pretty much all I have. Yeah. Thank you. And um I don't have any comments either. The one thing that I didn't mention last time because it was so late was the um fundraiser for our agriculture program that was at Hi Ho
149a few weeks ago. I lose track of time um but I know it was previous to our last meeting and I just wanted to the the community that showed up for that and I don't know how much money they It had to be a lot over 6,000. Yeah. Um but it was it was an amazing event as always and they did a great job. So, I just wanted to mention that. Other than that, um, happy beginning of summer to everyone. And that brings us to item I, adjournment. Is recommended that the board of education adjourns this meeting. So, moved. Second. All in favor, please say I. I. Thank you. Meeting adjourned at 7:42