001I'd like to call to order tonight's board of education meeting for the Troy City School District. Please stand for 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. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Price. >> Mrs. M Davis >> here. >> Mr. Fox >> here. >> Mrs. Pecker >> here. >> Mr. Reic >> here. >> Mr. Whitehead >> here. >> Um I would ask I'd like to ask for a moment of silence. Um the first is for Mr. John Sloaner. He passed away on May 30th, 2026 at the age of 90. Mr. Sloaner worked in the Troy City Schools teaching band and music from 1962 to 1987. He also served as
002director of the Troy High School marching band. Um, and I'd also like to ask for a moment of silence for former Troy Board of Education member Michael Ham. Michael passed away on June 5th, 2026 at the age of 36. He served on the board of education from January 1st, 2017 until December 31st of 2023. Mr. Ham was a Troy High School graduate and former Vasper award winner. Thank you. >> Um this evening we have um some presentations. I'm going to start with Dr. Moore for our student wellness and success funds. >> So for our board members at the table there, I shared with you a short summary. We are required by statute and part of accepting some of these funds is to make sure that we post this information on our website annually and also
003share this information with our board of education at a public meeting. So I'll try to answer any questions that you may have started in 2019. Um plenty of money that was distributed to districts mental health, physical health, family engagement. We've used these funds consistently to support our nurses, counselors, PBS initiatives. There have been times in the past, not this year, that we use these funds to support a position of social emotional learning coordinator. Miami County has been our community partner that has to be indicated that partner with another agency for those things. Districts can use a variety of agencies for that. Third bullet point indicates from 20 to 26 the fund has fluctuated from a high of $1,289 to a low of this year. It's getting squeezed annually. getting smaller and smaller. I don't expect
004it to be there forever to be honest. Um $4323,88926 and remainder of funds for this year to continue to allocate funds for our counseling and nursing positions as well as PBIS and other wellness initiatives. There's a rubric or a template of allowable uses for these funds that we follow on that. The second item is disadvantaged people impact aid and uh we were all about uh acronyms around here. We say DPIA, real creative, I know. Um, but this provides funding for schools, provides support and wraparound services for our students in similar areas of student wellness and success. We typically use a lot of these funds to support blended learning when we were needing a lot more blended learning through the heights of the pandemic as well as currently software programs for credit recovery and we've heard
005of those as our TOPS program or our flex program that occur at stadium and some credit recovery that occurs actually in the walls of Troy High School. Um, we've also been able to use these funds to help support our staff members who work with students in these programs as well. Funds normally hover hover around 200,000 annually. This year, we received a large amount, $276,614. I'm glad to answer any questions that you may have now or anytime if you think of them later if you have any questions about anything this but um again this is a compliance piece. It has to be shared with you in public meeting and tomorrow I'll ask Mr. Pal to post this update on our website. Thank you, Dr. Moore. >> The questions. Great. Thanks, guys. >> Dr. Moore, do we
006ever know when what it's going to be or is it just do you know ahead of time or do they just say this is what you're getting? >> Um, we have an idea based on trend data that we have on these things. I would say that's the same with almost all of our federal funds or state level funds that come in aid or grants like this. So, uh, I would say, and Jeff can chime in on this, I would say no, we don't usually know exactly. We're often budgeting based on what we think we're going to get based on trend data. As you can see, it's dropped the student lo success over the course of years. I went from over a million dollars down to the number we spoke about today of 400,000. So, uh,
007long answer to an easy question, which is no, we don't always know exactly what we're getting, but we're hoping it stays in. >> Both of these items are part of the, um, state foundation calculation formula >> and they're tied to enrollment figures. So, they are constantly fluctuating slightly up and down based upon how that all flows through. In fact, they fluctuated again last week with that settlement. So, um so the disadvantaged pupil impact like many of our government programs are spending upon poverty levels and what's reported and things of that nature. So, those numbers can go up and down any. >> Thank you. for board committee reports. Mrs. Davis, do we have anything from hanger? >> Uh, the hanger is well store something. But at least the annex tile, and I'm sure Jeff's aware of
008all of this, it is paid in full from insurance and the friend's a painter. So that is all of paid. It's done. The painting outside is done. a grant submitted to the Troy Foundation. Invoice is being waited on be by the company until we receive the donation. So, they've done a great job of waiting to invoice until we have the actual check from the Troy Foundation. Correct. So, we are good. August 1st, there is a community event with tents. It's not been fully disclosed yet what's happening because Proy Plaza is going to be shut down this year. So, they've had to move it. We've had to go back and forth with things with what's happening, but they want to do something on us first. The big thing is is the ramp. I'm sure you know
009about um they're pretty much done with that elevator because it's not safe anymore. A lot of those buildings downtown, they do have elevators, but they've been running for a century and they've put multiple, I guess, efforts into repairing it and making it its best. And it's just done. We decided as a board to say we're done with the elevator. It's not safe anymore and we're putting a ramp in. So right now there is a temporary ramp. So if it looks weird on the west side that's not permanent. There is an actual separate committee a subcommittee under the heer board that is in charge of raising funds to make a full ramp that can get inside the heer. So the elevator will be shut down. Other than that there's nothing else. There is an But we
010did have an approval of candidates uh which we have not I shouldn't say the list of new candidates for the board and we've been unsuccessful with getting young people. So as of right now Mike Beish will be added once we approve that and we'll probably replace his wife. So >> we tried we tried multiple to get younger people and we just can't find younger board members. So we've been unsuccessful with that but everything else is going very well. >> Thank you Mr. Hawks. Anything from Upper Valley? >> Uh yeah upper valley uh this last month we had a nice presentation about the workbased learning programs. Uh it's pretty much the highlight of why students go to Upper Valley Career Center is to for their uh to get trained in their careers and work experience as
011well. Um but uh recently they've updated the um apprentichip programs to uh a rotation based and a flex based. So the rotation historically was a week on week off. Um they found out some employers uh that didn't always work the best for the employers andor the students. So, uh, recently they they came up with a apprenticeship flex program and that's more of a two-week on, two week off or, um, even some careers could have, uh, something slightly different from that. Uh, students could potentially go in, uh, different times in the day, things like that. Um, so basically, it's it's an apprentichip program. instead of one week on, one week solid off, uh an opportunity to flex it different ways to uh meet the employer's needs and uh the students needs as well. We also have
012advanced placement which we've had historically where that's where they start in their um the careerbased job uh at the beginning of the year and then there's early placement where they start in it halfway through the their senior year as well. So there's four different programs, ways to get uh students in in with the different u employers. Um, this last year is pretty exciting. Uh, I'm a numbers guy. Um, the students earned $3.2 million in the last uh, calendar year. Um, that's paid directly to the students uh, for them working for their employers and that was 137 hours worked that they um, they did this last year for employers. Um, and then I also found out uh, perhaps others already knew this uh, they offer free driver's ed course as well. Um because obviously to get
013to employers you need to have your driver's license. Not everyone takes it uh privately or when they're 16, things like that. Um so it's offered at the school during school hours. Um 109 students took advantage of it this last calendar year. So a lot of good things happening up there. >> Any other? >> Uh that's all. >> Okay. >> Free drivers that is a big deal. >> What's it cost these days? >> Right. >> No, I'm asking. I six something. >> Oh yeah. >> I got a deal of four apparently. >> Okay. >> Good job. >> So I'll I'll calculate that up for six years from now inflation, right? >> Yeah. Okay. Um p uh next item. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 2209.345, the Troy City School District Court of Education gives notice that
014Mitchell Hirs will retire under the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio effective June 16th of 2026 and is seeking employment with this board thereafter in the same position. The board will hold a public hearing on July 13, 2026 at 5:30 at 500 North Market Street on the issue of these employees reemployment. At this time, Dr. Moore, we have the first hearing of the public. Do we have anyone? Okay. Thank you. May I please have a motion and a second for consideration of the approval of the minutes of the regular meeting on Monday, May 11th, 2026? >> So move. >> Thank you, Mr. Fox. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Ric. Very Mr. Price. >> Mr. Fox. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rick. >> Yes. >> Mr. Whitehead. Yes, >> Mrs. Davis. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Tucker.
015>> Yes. >> May I please have a motion and a second for the financial reports? Exhibit B is the May 26 May 2026 SM2 monthly total revenue, monthly expenditures, monthly balance, etc. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. Rick. >> Second. Thank you, Mrs. Davis. Mr. Nice. >> Nothing really to add other than the fact that we're busy doing our final cleanup for the current fiscal year end and busy entering budget numbers for next fiscal year. So the days are very busy. >> Well, we're also building brand new schools. >> That too. Have you received any information from our friends at the state? >> Just >> uh No. >> Okay. >> Nothing in detail. Um did attend a meeting down south of Dayton right at the end of May for which a another county auditor
016attended part of the day and explain to the group and attendants how they were attacking the recalculation, things of that nature. Um, they were to have a statewide county auditors meeting uh either the next day and he was hoping that all counties would kind of agree. Um there had been several emails floating across um with a couple different options, but majority of them he felt were uh looking at what they were doing as a county. Um I have not had a chance to talk with our county auditor since that meeting. And I was hoping today we started um order revision hearings today, but they were all online. Um but hopefully over the next week or two, I'll be able to have that conversation with county auditor to see if he is in agreement with what
017we were told at the end of May or if he's taking a different approach or not. Um time will tell. We received locally all dollars paid in to the county. Um, and those bills in January did not represent any changes that were approved in December. Um, so we anticipate whatever approach is decided upon at the county level, we will receive less money with second half settlement as a result. there is a credit hanging out there. We just don't know how much. Um and hopefully they will be able to tell us so we can anticipate next fiscal year because we will receive less dollars as a result. We just don't know to what extent. >> Thank you. >> More to come. >> Yeah. Jeeoff, can you remind me on the um general fund, the three years
018that you have there, fiscal year 26, uh comparing it to the forecast there, is that actual what we've received and basically that's one month short or um or is that your like latest estimate? Um I I see the reason I ask is I see >> which report are you looking at? >> Um >> you looking at this one, >> this Yeah, that one. the three-year comparison that is as of the end of May >> compared to the five-year forecast that was presented and approved in March. >> So, we've got one more month of actuals to go in. Okay. I was I was seeing expenses 3 million short on personnel, which that three million looks like about a month and a million short on benefits and purchase services in the six million. But, but we've got
019>> supplemental pay too. So >> June's going to come up and it's going to get you close. Okay. Thank you. >> No questions then until it's closed then maybe I'll ask some questions. >> Thank you about the potential good news. >> Mr. Rice, please call the role. >> Mr. Ratic. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mrs. Davis. >> Yes. >> Mr. Whitehead. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fox. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Packard. >> Yes. May I please have a motion and a second for then and now. Ohio revised code 5705.41D1 provides that if prior certification of funds by the fiscal officer was not obtained before the contract or order involving the expenditure of money was made, the fiscal officer may instead certify. >> So move right. >> Second, Mr. Fox. >> A few from Cook, one from athletics,
020a couple from special ed, and a few from St. Pat. >> Mr. Whitehead. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fox. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Davis? >> Yes. >> Mr. Reic? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Packard? >> Yes. May I please have a motion and a second for legal compliance to close fiscal year 202526. To be legally compliant, it is necessary to make certain accounting entries as we close the fiscal year, which ends on June 30th, 2026. >> Thank you, Mrs. Davis. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Reic. >> This is an annual resolution. It gives you're giving me the authority to do what I need to do in order to be ready to close out um fiscal year on June 30th. I will bring reports to you. Hopefully, I'll be able to send those out sometime on Monday
021for Tuesday morning's meeting. If if we run into snags, they'll be laying at your place Tuesday morning when you arrive. I anticipate having them out to at least to you sometime on Monday before I leave the office for the day. >> Thank you, Mr. Rice. >> What uh what time is the meeting scheduled for Tuesday? Decide 8 a.m. >> next Tuesday? >> No, the 30th. I was going to say I was like freaked me out because >> in this 8 a.m. >> Yes. Um, Ty from Peterson will be here to update the board on the construction project also. >> Okay. >> He had a conflict with tonight. Otherwise, he would have been here tonight. Anybody's in here tonight. May you please have a motion, a second for 2027 temporary appropriations. >> Sorry. Please call Mr.
022Rice. Miss Rice. >> Mrs. Davis. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rick. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fox. >> Yes. >> Mr. Whitehead. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Becker. >> Yes. May I please have a motion second for 2027 temporary appropriations. On February 11th, 2026, the Miami County Budget Commission approved Troy City School District official certificate of estimated resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2026. So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. Fox. Thank you, Mrs. Davis. >> Again, this is a annual resolution by having temporary appropriation that allows us to operate while we finalize our budget heading in next fiscal year before bringing it to you for your approval in September for final appropriations. >> Thank you. Please call the RO. >> Mr. Fox, >> yes. >> Mrs. M Davis. >> Yes. >> Mr. Whitehead. >> Yes. >>
023Mr. Reic. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Packard. >> Yes. >> Next, may I please have a motion and a second for a resolution declaring the necessity of levying a renewal tax in excess of the 10 mill limitation and requesting a county auditor to certify matters. So, this would be um the first >> this is the first of two steps >> asking for county auditor certification. >> Have a motion. Second. >> So, move. Thank you, Mr. Rick. >> Second. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Whitehead. So, this is the first. This is to have them certify, right? This is before we say yes, put it on the ballot. >> Correct. Um, and I'll be dropping this resolution off to them sometime tomorrow once I finalize all the paperwork after tonight's >> board action. And um second step will
024be part of the July board agenda. >> And this is our last chance. >> Is November the last chance for this renewal? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Please call the RO. >> Mr. Rick. >> Yes. >> Mr. Whitehead. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Davis. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fox. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Packer. >> Yes. >> May I please have a motion and a second for the superintendent report? A resolution accepting gifts to the choice city school district and expressing thanks of the board of education. >> Second, Mr. Whitehead, Mrs. Davis. >> Mr. Piper, what you got? >> We have a very generous community that always supports our student, staff, and programs. So, you'll see a variety of gifts on that sheet there, ranging from $50 to $2,500. Our monthly to total for June was
025$4,17.30, which brings our fiscal year-to- date total to just over $169,000. We appreciate every penny of that support. >> It's been a very generous year from our community. >> Mr. Price, please call the role. >> Mr. Whitehead, >> yes. >> Mrs. Davis, >> yes. >> Mr. Fox, >> yes. >> Mr. Ric, >> yes. >> Mrs. May I please have a motion and a second for approval to utilize proper GIS consulting for school redistricting consulting services. >> So move. >> Thank you Mr. Ric. Second. Thank you Mrs. Davis. >> So this is the first step of that exciting process of redistricting. >> It's going to go perfectly. >> Nobody will have any concern. >> Everybody's happy. So recap about this. It's going to be great. >> Recapping, we sent out a request for proposals to certain
026companies across Ohio. Post that on our website, too. Reviewed those submissions. And this is the selection we're bringing to you to start this work. And while we're talking about, I was going to add that that process is going to look like there should be an outline of that process in your packet there. Um but we will make sure that we are engaging the community, soliciting feedback, um presenting ideas and thoughts that we're the committee is coming up to to the community. So it's going to be a very um thorough and transparent process um that at the end will result in a recommendation for redistricting that we have to do because of the new buildings. So >> and am I right in looking at the timeline that we have to that we will be redistricted by
027December of 2026? That's the goal. I mean, I would ideally like to start that in June if we're able to talk with the board, with the consultant about how to set the parameters for that work. If that gets pushed back till July, that might push push back our end date to January. But December, January goal >> because then that would affect that next >> Yeah, understood. Then everyone have would have the next several months between December or January and August to make the transition because our new redistricting would take place that following August, >> the 2728 school year. >> Yeah. >> And this is but with utilizing the public advisory committee. We're going with that time. >> That's the feedback that I got consistently when that they thought it'd be better to include more public
028participation, not less. >> I agree. So when you That's the perception you got. Who did you speak with? Was that the board or did you talk to the external? >> The board. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, what bucket of money will this $80,000 be coming from? >> Initially, it's coming out of our general fund. Uh if there are dollars available at the end of the project, we can reimburse the general fund. This is an allowable expense. >> It is. Okay. How will we select public people? I guess because we like as you all know everyone is this is the part we're all dreading right like buildings are pretty but people are not. So I've already had two phone calls. Um I do I am in favor I will openly say of having people involved
029because that's community involvement and we have plenty of community people in here who understand that it sometimes comes with its negatives but it also comes with its positives that we are open and communicating. How are we going to select those people on this committee? My first thought would be to solicit um nominations from both the board and our school administrators. Um who do they know that would be good at serving on a committee like that and have an active interest in that? We also want to make sure that we have equal representation across our district from the different buildings and different demographics. So, um those are my first two thoughts and I think if we lean on you guys plus our building principles, we're going to get a good list of people. >> Okay? and
030then see if they want to participate in it, which I think they think the majority would want to. We'll see. >> And everybody's going to be affected by this. No matter where you live in town, this will absolutely affect where your kids go. >> They will. So, I admit this is this is tough pill for me to swallow at 70 or $80,000. Um, it's a lot of money. Personally, my opinion on on this is it's I don't know how much it's not that I don't want any opinion on it. I think it should be very simple. We look at the map and you go to the closest building. I, as I've said before on different um policies that I've chose not to approve, I don't think any kid should be looked at based on the
031race based based on the amount of money their parents make, based on anything about what building they go to in Troy City Schools. That to me, money, race, it doesn't it does it doesn't matter. Like no one should be judged on those two factors at all. And if I don't I know we haven't determined what the criteria will be, but I'm pretty firm on we don't look at someone's skin color. We don't look at someone's their parents amount of money they make and put them in a certain building because of that because of a demographic. Um I think that the community wanted neighborhood schools. this was the best proposal we're able to give them with neighborhood schools. Um, schools in some of the different neighborhoods, but there will be decisions that have to be made.
032Um, however, to honor neighborhood schools, I feel that it should be you're going to the building that's closest to you. So, my question is, what have we done so far to try to take a stab at that? Have we have we done have we tried to see is there anything that we can do internally with the great resources that we have um in this board office and the principles in the transportation group that could we solve this this um situation of redistricting without paying $80,000. >> Um I don't know is my fast answer. I don't I don't have any experience in redistricting. I don't think any of our administrators do. Um, part of this part of this package, as you see in the package we gave you, was that there's a geographic information system that
033is created um that looks at students um where they're at um and also includes future trends as much as possible. Um so, could we do it? I'm sure that we could do it. I'm sure it'd be messy at best. Um my experience and all the communication I've had with other school leaders is that when it comes time to redistrict, this is what schools do. Um I don't know anyone who has gone alone and what what experience I could draw from them. So >> yeah, I I get it. It's a hard it's a hard topic as as others have mentioned and no one no one's going to be happy, but >> I don't think it's a matter of the happiness factor. I think it's more just how to do it, how to approach it, how to
034collect information, put it in a easy package to communicate and share with people. I think it's that system building that we don't have experience with. Running a meeting, we have experience with that. Um, but in terms of how to actually go about the process is the challenges there, there's a technical side to it um that I don't have experience with. And again, I don't know any other superintendent that have done that that I could lean on. >> Yeah, I I certainly respect that. We're just kind of in a time right now where funding is getting cut from the state. We don't know what our funding is going to be next year at all. So, $80,000 is a lot of money um to be to be putting out there right now. Um people people are paying
035more taxes than they want to than they have historically been. Um we don't know if there's going to be another conversation from the county auditors or if there's going to be any changes with the funding from the state that's going to reduce our future funding. And when this is a you know it it's it's a very important topic but to me it's it's it's a it's a lot of money. Um, I look at $80,000, that's that's a that's a that's a person, right? That's a that's a that's a headcount. Um, so I don't take that that money lightly um that we're we're spending that that amount of money on this. Um, there's also the reason I asked what what bucket of money it's coming from. Does it come from the general fund or does it
036come from the project cost? Uh, if we talk about extra opportunities for the project cost, I mean, as as we've talked about some of the things that are getting added into the um building project now, accepted things that are later down the road. I look at $80,000, that's that's a lot of basketball hoops that can retract, go up and down. That's a, you know, a nicer baseball field. That's a I saw signs that are 40 or $60,000 outside of the new buildings. Um there's there's a lot of opportunity for $80,000. Um I I know it's a it's a it's a onetime expense, but so are some of these other things. You know, a a sign, an interactive sign outside of a building. It's a it's a onetime expense. You know, both are very important long
037term. Um I just have a hard time spending $80,000 if we don't know what we you know, have have we taken a stab at it? I get it. You you haven't. It's it's a challenging thing and that's I understand you haven't yet, but you know, can we get it 95% correct without spending $85,000? If we spend $80,000, do we still get it 97% correct? Right? So, it might not be perfect if we spend all this money. We might be making changes down the road. How close can we get to being as accurate as this study spending this amount of money could be without spending the money essentially and knowing you know we might make changes two three years down the road if we follow everything that this study comes out with and if we don't
038use it are we still making a couple changes down a couple years down the road too so that's what I propose that's what I want kind of want to open up any other board members to see I mean I you know we don't get to talk about this um because we have open meetings, right? So um I haven't had the I don't I don't know how everyone else feels, but that that's that's how I kind of feel about this subject. Um >> so I echo what you said, you know, like I don't feel like, you know, the school should be, you know, the districting should be divided up based on, you know, anything other than, you know, geographic location and what makes sense for transportation and things like that, right? Um, I would also submit
039that, you know, there are times when I could fix something at my house and it might cost me less to do it. However, 80% is not going to make my wife happy. So, I'm like, I'll pay the little extra money to have somebody do it and, you know, somebody that's got experience, right? So, again, like I I agree like, you know, we went with the neighborhood schools and that's what was proposed because that's what the people wanted, right? But at the same time, I'm thinking of the distribution in the schools as it stands now. And it's like we're really heavy on one side of town and we're not so heavy on the other side of town. So logistically, how does it make sense then to divide that up? And do we have the expertise and
040the, you know, geographic knowhow to put that into practice? And then again, like you said, we may do it this way and, you know, down the road we're like, ah, this doesn't make much sense now. We need to redo it. Same thing is true on the other side, right? So, I'm not saying I completely disagree with you because again, I'm with you. 80,000 is a lot of money to spend. However, you know, if it's 80,000 and we have that input from the community and we do get it right, you know, how much of that headache and things are safe because, you know, there was, you know, we brought in people that advised us on how to do it right the first time and we got it right. So, there's always that potential. >> Yeah, definitely.
041That's a good point. How much how much are you willing to pay the experts to solve the problem that you might be able to not solve on your own? I guess I'm I'm trying to understand what it's not in a disrespectful way to anyone in the community, but what is the input from the community, right? Like people want schools close to them because they can drop off their kids. The community said they want neighborhood schools. Um, like how what kind of groundbreaking ideas are we going to hear from asking people how do they want these buildings situated divided up? What neighborhoods do you want? Like you look at it. Cooken people go this side of town goes to Cooken. The the Westbrook area goes to Hook. you pretty much how are you going to divide
042downtown and how do you split up the the folks out in outside of town out in Concord Township? It's like there's a couple little things that we have to decide like I I don't know what type of groundbreaking ideas or or some eye opening things that we're going to that this consultant group is going to provide. I don't, and correct me if I'm wrong, I don't know that the community input is ideas of how to redistrict. I think it's more that transparency to the community >> of this is what it's going to look like. This is, you know, here's a big map. Am I right, Chris? I mean, kind of. >> Yeah. I mean, again, if you refer to that packet as they describe the process. So the consultant would create planning blocks uh different
043neighborhoods um some small some large and through their geographic system they can shift those planning blocks around. They can draw the line around one and include include one in ex in version A and not include one in in version B and engage the community and does that does A make more sense than B and for what reason? So there's there's the actual creating the system, the sandbox to play in, right, that we can move pieces around and then talk about those different options with community members. So I think that they would be providing input on option A is better than option B, C or D for certain reasons. Um that's the value the community brings to that is what do you want? So I think there would be I mean there's many ways to draw
044the lines throughout town. one's better. There's many ways to do that. Even in keeping distances similar, there's still different ways to do that. Which one is better and for what reason? Yeah, certainly wouldn't want it to be the point of using this consultant is to present the outcome on a pretty map, which you corrected that that's not the intention of it. I I didn't think that was. But >> when you say pretty map, what are you talking about? That's what Chris said. >> I'm just saying that one of the things that they will have is like this is the layout of what your district looks like. >> Yeah. >> This is the layout of where these neighborhoods would go. That's what they're going to present to us and it will help transportation. I'm guessing on
045trying to figure out what does our new transportation look like >> because transportation would be a huge part of this. >> Not just saying they're just not they're not just giving us that. >> Transportation would be a huge part of this. I know my kids have been when we moved here they were in Concord then they were redistricted to Haywood then they were back to Concord then they were back to so when you don't do it right the first and this is what people I I think it can be used on they think like the buildings are divided by certain things like you're saying and what's happened is those buildings have been there and they've been put up at different time periods so you have to redistrict to make them fit those lines weren't drawn
046to just make these kids go to these schools if that makes sense. It was it was just done over a period of time because they had to be moved >> the space, right? So, with something like this, I'd rather just have it done in my opinion and not mess with it again in a decade. Now, we can't predict. Ben could predict what land would sell, but >> we can't predict what land will sell and what land won't sell. But I think they would have the capacity of saying, "Okay, we could do this and it would be done for a very long time because we people that come into town and as sad as it is, they buy a house based on location. That's just what they do." And then when they get redistricted, they're like,
047"Wait a minute, you didn't know this was going to happen." It's like, "No, we couldn't predict that. We we we couldn't." So I feel that it's in the best interest again with me. I have no past experience with districtricting. I don't think anybody does to say can you guys for the best of your knowledge figure this out? I don't. >> So, do we hope do we use this committee and say we want you to give us a plan that we you feel very strongly won't change for the next 10 years? And if so, does that leave certain schools underpop populated or not fully fully utilized knowing that there will be new neighborhoods built out at Nashville and 55 at Fener and Wilson, Ryan, all these other new popup neighborhoods coming about? Like, is that what
048we want? Do we do we do we want near do we want buildings to be have excess capacity knowing and then say they move to this neighborhood it's automatically going here there's not going to be any changes or do we want the buildings to be level loaded the best that they can be right now and we already know where these builders national builders have own lots outside of the town out in the township area and know that Okay, once all those houses come up, it's going to be different. And all of a sudden in four or five years, we have to go back to this comm this this committee again and redistrict again and pay another 80,000 or because all of a sudden now there's way more houses in Concord Township because um all the
049all the national bulk builders have already own the land out there today. Um >> I think it was followed to 7500, wasn't it? Sorry. >> I think the followup was 7500. Am I correct? >> To maintain the system. That's like a website out there and stuff, right? To explain it. >> Maintain all the system. >> If we if we needed to go and have them >> draw in place, I don't think we'd have to go back and consult them. Then you can go back to like we were doing 20 years ago and drawing lines. I >> I don't know. >> And I I'd be curious like we have transportation software roughly rough. What do we pay for that a year, Jeff? >> 10,000, 20,000, 50,000? Like is it >> any any rough number? Like they
050still have a they have a a software that we're paying, you know, five figures for probably a year >> annual maintenance, but no idea what it is >> to run the bus routes. So even once we come up with these new districts, they're going to put the new buildings in there get in and they're going to click their optimization and it's going to reroute. So, I don't know that this helps transportation make make new routes um because they have they have a software that does that and they they change the routes each year. >> But is that based off of current district lines though? So like if we put new districts in, that software is going to have to be reconfigured to reflect those new districts, right? And then we're going to have to distribute
051those kids evenly among all the new buildings, right? So at some point that is going to have to be upgraded and maintained anyway, right? So I think what what I'm hearing out of all that is, you know, like you say, yeah, we may have to revisit at some point based on all the new housing, new construction. Again, that's a little bit how do you predict that, right? And how many years do you predict that? Is it five years? Is it 10 years? Um, so I think, you know, in in my view, what I'm looking at here is is like this gives you that solid baseline to start with. This gives you that fresh, okay, here's the new schools, here's the new district lines. We've got community input. They've been able to um, you know, again,
052maybe not make a decision, but I feel like being able to have a voice heard in the conversation still counts for something even if you don't get necessarily exactly what you wanted, right? So, it's not necessarily that somebody's going to come and be like, "Hey, I drew the district lines and this is, you know, it's like magic, right?" But if they have the ability to participate versus being told like, "Hey, here's a school. Your kids's going there no matter what." And and again, that might be the case for some people because it's just like somebody's street's going to get a line drawn down the middle, right? And this this side's going this place, this side's going the other place, right? And I think we understand that. Um, but again, it's that as far as from
053the community's committee point of view, I think being able to have your voice heard counts for something in the end. Especially if you end up on the short side of not getting something, at least, you know, at least you can go complain and rant to people that I spoke up and they didn't do anything, right? Like it still gives you that voice that you were participating and had that opportunity. >> Yeah, that's a it's a good point. I feel like I'll just say any community member is always open to send us any me any emails about their opinions and we should take them under consideration at any time whether there's a public hearing you know consulting group or whether it's just an email to the board. So we should always listen to any emails we
054get. I don't hardly get one or two a year is all I get. So, I mean certainly open open to get as many as possible. Just it just seems like this is just kind of just seems like it's an easy way out just to without without challenging ourselves a little bit to make to to say the community elected us to make hard decisions. This is a hard decision we should make, right? We have we have staff that gets paid a lot taxpayer money. We run a we have an election every four years. We have to make hard decisions sometimes and it just kind of this kind of feels like kind of >> I don't think out. I think I think no matter what you're going to be making hard decisions with the with the consultant
055or without. >> I see this as a very heavy lift. Um I've been involved in probably three or four processes that require consultants to lead you through the process and not a single one of them. Was there regret that that to use the consultant? Um, probably 80% of the process is is is easy. You know, when you talk about geography, I mean, that's easy. They're talking about where they're going to come in is presenting uh options and considerations for the district where, you know, the difficult decisions need to be made where those where those districts come together. And I mean, in my experience in in utilizing um consultants and things like this, they they bring forward things that you never thought of that you needed to consider. >> And I think that's very valuable. Um
056>> you have the experience and the expertise to do. >> Yeah. Yeah. And and I know, you know, we have resources here. 80,000 is a lot of money. I I would I would think that the amount of hours that our staff would have to put forward towards this thing to get it done is going to probably exceed what because just just because of not having the experience in doing it. Um >> and they have day jobs. >> Mhm. >> So, >> and the headache it would take. Yeah. I I I again I go back to I don't know how to redistrict. I don't even know where to start. Like I know I was elected to do this, but I I I don't even know to understand the transportation system and how the buses are like
057it's just over us I think >> and I know you know I know uh other people that were on school boards for you know construction projects and things like that and I know the the issue of of redistricting came up in conversation. and I never inquired about it, but I know that that, you know, those district use consultants as well to get their district lines drawn. You know, I don't want to o overlook, you know, the proposal that you're you're mentioning, Levi, but I I tend to think that um in my experience, typically in in stuff like this, it's money well spent. >> It's it's very it's very important. Certainly, I'm not trying to discredit that. No, >> I just want my next few years on this board knowing where we are financially, where we
058all the financial unknowns coming from the state that we look at some of these costs a bit more. Right? It's not our money that we're spending. It's the it's the taxpayers money that we're spending here. And we should think hard about when we're spending big big dollar amounts. And I don't know what big dollar amounts are, but this this trips it for me, this this project. So that's where I that's where I get concerned with. Um I I respect everybody's decision on how we go about it and whatever we decide, I want it to be the best for the the community. Absolutely. Um I just I'm not ready not ready to spend this amount of money on it is all >> you had mentioned um funding and talking about project funding. So, um, forgive my
059ignorance on the funding, but did we I think we talked about there's some money that's probably built in for over expenditures and things like that. And I think we had talked before where you had mentioned um Ben that um we had kind of passed a point of a lot of surprises because you know all the stuff's in the ground, walls are going up, things like that. Um, do have we looked at that pot of money and is that even something that could be eligible to be used for this since it would directly I mean it's directly related to new buildings. >> So that would be part of the funds that that Jeff mentioned if at the end of the project we Yeah. So it's really a whole bucket of funds but there's a percentage of
060it that has to be withheld for contingency. >> Yeah. It gets released >> Yeah. in segments as you reach thresholds of project completion. So, >> okay. >> So, we get down and we spent, you know, $2 million less. We have it in there. We have a decision to make. Do we put any extras into the buildings, the the ground, enhance the playgrounds, whatever we want to do with it. Do we want to take $80,000, refund the general fund with this, right? Correct. or do we want to buy down the bond and reduce the amount that the taxpayers owe if we have that excess amount. So yeah, it is it is a question of where what bucket now, but at the end of the day, it's still taxpayer money and it could go could go back
061to them um theoretically if there's any extra money. Um again, I just wanted to pulse the board. I hadn't talked with anybody else to see how people felt about this. Um, so I think everybody's gonna share their opinions and and that's fine and I respect them. U I think I'm just going to vote a certain way in in and be happy and I want this project to be to be great and I want the redistricting to be great as well. >> Is there any other discussion? >> Very fair. >> Mr. Price, please call. >> Mr. Ric, >> yes. >> Mrs. Davis, >> yes. >> Mr. Fox, >> no. Mr. Whitehead. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Packard. >> Yes. >> May I please have a motion and a second for adoption of the 2027 2028 school year
062calendar. >> Motion approved. >> Sorry. Thank you, Mr. Davis. Thank you, Mr. Fox. Um, we received the 2027 2028 calendar and this uh M If you can just remind me, >> the unions work together. They present it to you guys >> and then it comes to us. >> Yeah. Actually, Scott Hammond is sitting back there. Hi, Scott. >> And um so Scott and his committee and I met to look at the calendar. Um there's a certain number of student days, professional development days, work days. We have to work in the calendar. Sometimes the calendar is a little tricky to work out, sometimes very simple. I think this is pretty simple. Um but Scott and his committee are always good to work with, so we appreciate that. Is there anything that's unusual in the 2728 school
063year that from >> pretty pretty typical >> pretty balanced to what it >> on the calendar? What does the what do the purple circles mean? >> Am I missing that? >> End of quarter. >> Yeah. >> Oh, okay. Thank you. >> So, I noticed that this ends before Memorial Day in this one. >> That's what you wanted, right? >> What? >> That's what you wanted, right? >> Yes. I love it. It's >> we're here to help. >> What? >> I'll take credit for that at home. >> Next year or this, you know, the one that we have approved for this coming school year, you go one day after Memorial Day when you guys are having these conversations and with the different groups like how much is the like literally calendar go into it versus the
064right the the before Memorial Day, the after Memorial Day, those type of days. Um because then what this past year they went three year three days after Memorial Day for the >> yeah Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. So >> So as I was saying, if you look at a calendar, the calendar changes from year to year. What day is Christmas fall and what is everything? >> So some calendars work out very simply, right? Because Christmas falls on a Friday, then you have a two week Christmas break and you're done. If Christmas falls on a Wednesday, you know, um, do you go to school Monday and Tuesday? If Christmas is on a Tuesday, do you go to school on a Monday? So, if you look, we have to have 176 student days, three work days, four professional development
065days, two parent teacher conference trade days. So, 185 days total. We look at the calendar, we start counting it up, and then you have choices to make. If we do this, it's going to we're going to have to go past Memorial Day. If we do that, we get a shorter Christmas break. So, those are the choices we look at. Like I said, sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's hard. That's what the committee is for, right? So, we have those conversations. >> So, you >> if these holidays would just fall on the same day every year, we'd have a standard calendar. >> They could always fall like a Friday or Monday. >> Every year we're the same. >> Yeah. I get it. This this current year, 2026, it was like the earliest Memorial Day could be. And
066then it probably goes to 20 the next one. It's the latest in the calendar year. >> It's like Easter. >> Yeah. It always >> It always moves. I was curious in the discussions, >> how important is is the last day of school is that is that an important factor to the committee? >> Yes, we have to or or like what what's when you have is it two week Christmas breaks the most important? Like what what kind of goes into >> it's a combination of those things. I think it makes no sense whatsoever to come to school on a Monday and have the rest of the week off, right? So there's a balance of those things. Christmas break, we want to be done by June 1st because that could affect our retirees first payments. So June
0671st is our cut as our drop off date. It's really inconvenient that Memorial Day falls at the end of May, but I can't change it. Um so we balance those different options. We have you want to say anything? >> Well, and if you don't want specifically on Memorial Day, as Mr. Piper just said on June 1st. We want to make sure all the certified staff their last day is in May. Otherwise, it throws the retirement off going into June. >> Okay. >> And high school has um finals, a two-day final. So, we don't want to split that up over Memorial Day. So if if there's not a three-day window after Memorial Day, three days in May, then we set the end date before Memorial Day. If there are three days, three to four days after
068Memorial Day, then we usually go those days and then are able to put the other days for Christmas um starting later in August. So we don't have the heat, which come this calendar shouldn't be an issue. Um, but that's specifically Memorial Day. >> Okay, that's that's good. I didn't know that the June 1st was uh how important that was. So >> uh great great to know that. Um and yeah, the three to four I can get that. Um yeah, it's just so nice to have it done before Memorial Day wrap it up. graduation is the ceremony that ends the school year, things like that. So, I didn't know if there's there's other other ways to to kind of continue to make sure that that happens. Um, so as you go through the negotiations, um, interesting
069interesting to to see how it changes each year as all I I quickly look at the last day more so than I do the first day of the school year. Um, could you bump up the first day one more day? Like essentially the 26 27 we go one day after Memorial Day. I think >> I prefer we just go through the month of June as well. >> Let the record stay. Levi does not support going through the month of June at all. >> We like more school, not less. >> So yeah, I just I saw it was one day after three days and then one day at 26 and 27 and then now we're done before Memorial Day and 207 28. I don't know. Is there feedback? I don't ever hear feedback from other parents
070except casually. Is there any feedback that you ever get? I know you say your phone doesn't ring often enough. Um >> principles hear things like that. Anything like that? >> No. >> I frankly tell my daughter if you got to get up and go to work, you got to go to work. >> It's a calendar. >> It's your day. >> School, right? >> You're in the business of school. >> The bus is showing up on days. Well, she's not allow us anymore, but >> Well, I appreciate learning learning that, Scott, about the June 1st day. Thank you. >> Any other discussion? Mr. Price, please have a roll. >> Mr. Fox, >> yes. >> Mrs. Davis, >> yes. >> Mr. Whitehead, >> yes. >> Mr. Rick, >> yes. >> Mrs. Packer, >> yes. May I please
071have a motion and a second for a resolution authorizing the implementation of cyber security measures pursuant to Ohio Heights Bill 96. So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Ren. >> So, as I shared, this is our um secret cyber security plan. I got to give a lot of credit. Eric developed our plan with looking at what a lot of other people are doing and consulting Ohio Revised Code. So, Eric is the one that put this together. Um it's not for public consumption because otherwise the hackers know what our plan is. So, thank you, Eric, for doing that. If you have any questions, Eric Shai, I'm kidding. >> Do you have any questions about it? >> He knows I have found him before. >> Okay. >> So, we just need your
072approval. >> It is required by Ohio's code. >> Mr. Price, can you please call the RO? >> Mr. Rick? >> Yes. >> Mr. Whitehead? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Davis? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fox? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Packard? >> Yes. Um, may I please have a motion and a second for personnel items in exhibit F. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. Rick. Second. Thank you, Mrs. Davis. Mr. Dublin, what do you got? >> So although it appears lengthy, um, a lot of this is boilerplate, the real bulk of this is supplemental contracts and special contracts. Um, as we prepare for next year, this is the time of the year where principles are sending their recommendations for those positions as people plan to take off for the summer. Um, do have a couple of highlights.
073We have some people with us this evening. I'll start out with Mr. Rulick. He has new here to introduce. >> I have Cindy Steel here. She's our newest uh intervention specialist. Um, Cindy comes to us from Northwestern. She grew up going to Northwestern schools, spent most of her teaching years uh uh teaching career in Northwestern as specialist and also a language arts teacher. Um so she's she's done a few things that we think are going to help us out at the junior high and um she's looking to make a change. So she's coming here. We're excited to have her. We think she's going to be a great fit. All her expertise and experiences are going to be going to be good for our kids. So >> welcome. Thanks. Thanks for joining us. >> Absolutely. And
074the other highlight um so if you notice there under administrative employment it's kind of a unique situation where um we had a vacancy and so we had to back fill we had some internal movement. Um typically we would offer a new administrator a three-year contract and so um I'm excited that we we are offering uh this administrator a three-year contract. It's in the form of a one year as principal um and then two years as assistant principal because we kind of did a combination there knowing that we had to finish the current setup and then move into the new facility. So I'm kind of talking around her but I'm talking about Jenna. >> Hello. >> Very excited for Jenna to join the team. She's been at Kyle for a number of years. She has really
075stepped up into a leadership role. She's going to do a great job. Mr. Piper, anything you want to add to that? >> The things you said, Jennet, how many years? I've been at Kyle for five. Okay. But this will be my 11th year in education. >> Yeah. But Jenna's taken on a lot of leadership roles as Dave said. Um has done district trainings for our teachers, has been on several different committees, but it's really just stepped up and and done a great job. So we're excited to have her join the team. And if you want to share a few things about yourself, you're welcome to do that. >> Sure. I grew up in Tip Cities, so I'm pretty local. Um I taught at Red River for five years and then at Kyle for the past
076five years, but like they said, I've done a lot of district initiatives. I love my students. Um but I'm really interested in coaching teachers as well. So, I'm excited to transition to this new role and then continue into new buildings as well. >> Thanks for coming today. >> Yeah, thank you for having me. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you so much. >> So, I think she's ready. She did tell me earlier that she learned was it today where the water main shut off is. >> So, that's the power the power at Kyle and the water at Kyle. You never know. That's a dying. >> Yeah. Moving into the role principally, you never know what you're going to get pulled into. So, she she now knows the important things. Every meeting there's something about Kyle. >> Yes.
077>> I'm happy to answer any questions that you have about anything else on >> Thank you, Mr. Mr. Price. >> Mr. Reic, >> yes. >> Mrs. Davis, >> yes. >> Mr. Fox, >> yes. >> Mr. Whitehead, >> yes. >> Mrs. Packard, >> yes. >> Dr. Moore, uh, second hearing of the public. Do we have anyone? Um, >> we do have guests. >> I was I was getting to that. I was looking at Kathy >> moving to that. >> She's like, "Why do we do this?" >> Not really. >> Do you want to speak for you? >> I was going to say we have guests. Um I'll have them each introduce themselves. >> Uh Cameron Smith with the leadership Troy cohort this year, wealth advisor. I've been with Troy for six years. We moved from Springboro
078to Troy back in 2020. I'm Libby Libby Wilson. I'm in leadership Troy also. Um we've lived in Troy for now about two years. Moved from Springfield, Ohio and my kids used to Northwestern before we moved here. Um and I'm a small business owner. Um >> also my next door neighbor and >> um I'm Taylor Von. Um I don't live in Troy. My mom is a native from Troy, but I work in Troy. I work at the Miami County Board of Development Disabilities. I'm a manager there. Um, so I serve Miami County. So that was my um big drive to be in Leadership Troy. So because I don't think I'm going anywhere. Hi, I'm Michelle Pelman with Leadership Troy as well. Uh, my husband and I have lived here for 20 years. We have three high
079school boys at Troy High School. Um, we love it here. I'm an orthodist prostidist with Hangar Clinic. >> Sorry, what what was it? What >> an orthodist prostidus? >> What? >> So orthotics. I do bracing of the body and prosthetics, prosthetic limbs. >> Okay. >> So, I work in a clinical practice and I fit patients with different devices. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> And you will continue to see um participants from the class because um education day is in September. Okay. >> So, they have until September to complete um their requirement of coming to the school board meeting. >> And if it's okay, I'd also like to address the board about the strawberry festival. Even though I didn't fill out the paper, I apologize. >> You can fill it out later. Um, thank
080you. Thank you. >> We're breaking rules today, Michael. We're breaking rules. >> I didn't have a pin. >> Start the clock. I got the clock. >> I'm so sorry. >> If this is a complaint, I'm starting it now. >> As you know, it was the 50th Troy Strawberry Festival. And um I wanted to go through the records to try to figure out how long we've been doing transportation. Um, at least 30 years. Um, but this weekend was fabulous. um as always working with Troy City School staff, the ability to be able to use the stadium for our events. This year we had more of the um clubs and the sports um teams participating in the festival than ever and it was just wonderful and in particular the transportation department because as you know we threw
081a little wrench in there and said, "Hey, let's have a concert on top of that strawberry festival." And um they really didn't blink. And when we moved um the queuing lines over to the stadium to pick people up after the concert, the transportation department, the bus drivers took charge. Um they were just absolutely wonderful. And what we heard from everyone was just the hospitality of your staff. So I just wanted you to know that and say thank you for the continued partnership. >> Thank you for everything you guys do for Strawberry Festival. It sure was successful and it was fun. >> It was it was a really good weekend. Did she go past three minutes? >> I know. Sorry. >> I knew she wouldn't be here. >> Thank you, Kathy. And thank you, leadership, for
082joining us tonight. >> Thank you for having us. >> Um, at this time, I need a motion and a second. We are going to adjourn into executive session for the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of an employee official. We will not make any decisions in executive session. >> Motion to go into executive session. >> Mr. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Reick, Mr. Price, can you please call the role? >> Mr. Fox, >> yes. >> Mr. Rick, >> yes. >> Mr. Whitehead, >> yes. >> Mr. Davis, >> yes. >> Mer, >> yes. >> Thank you everyone for joining us tonight. >> Thank you.