Regular Meeting

Muskingum Valley Service Center Awards

• Madelyn Meiser – Nomination for Franklin B. Walter All-Scholastic Award for Coshocton City School District

• Leah Lonsberry - Outstanding Senior

• Nathaniel McColley - Honored Teacher nominated by Leah Lonsberry

Winter Sports Awards - Wrestling

• Lucian Brink - Division III State Qualifier 120, Division III District Champion, Division III Sectional Champion, ECOL Champion, ECOL   Wrestler of the Year

• Austin Fowler - Division III State Qualifier 285, Division III District 3rd Place, Division III Sectional 3rd Place, ECOL Champion

Winter Sports Awards - Basketball

• Gaven Williams - 1st Team ECOL, 1st Team East District, 1st Team District 5 Coaches, Honorable Mention All Ohio, 1128 Career Points

2020 National Honor Society Inductees

• Bree Clark
• Cayden Coffman
• Rebekah Michael
• Garrett Rice

2020 National Junior Honor Society Inductees (See Attachment)

2020 National Technical Honor Society Inductees

• Blake Prince

Donations

• $35 donated to the CHS Drama Club, donated by Heather Cross  (CHS Drama Club Fund # 200-910F)
• $25 donated to the CHS Drama Club, donated by Don & Melissa George & Family (CHS Drama Club Fund # 200-910F)
• $150 donated to the CHS Drama Club, donated by Fisher Decorating Center (CHS Drama Club Fund # 200-910F)
• $100 donated to CHS Drama Club, donated by Coshocton Trucking Inc.(CHS Drama Club Fund # 200-910F)
• $100 donated to CHS Drama Club, dontated by Coshocton Chiropractic Health Ctr. (CHS Drama Club Fund # 200-910F)

Debt payments totaling $229,364.65 due on June 1, 2020.

Fieldhouse Lease Payment Fund #002-941L

• BB & T – Series 2019 Lease Payment $ 8,538.25

HB264 Debt Service Fund #002-9001

• Peoples Bank – CES HB264 $ 3,920.40
• Huntington Bank – CHS HB264 $ 31,814.75

Bond Retirement Fund #002-0000

• Zion’s National Bank – Series 2017 Refunding $ 76,992.50
• Bank of New York, Series 2010 QSCB’s $ 108,098.75

Acceptance of funding  in the amount of $58,536.27 from the State of Ohio for the purchase of one or more buses

OME-RESA Cooperative School Bus Purchasing Program resolution to participate in the cooperative bidding and purchase of school buses:

Whereas the Coshocton City Schools Board of Education wishes to advertise and receive bids for the purchase of school buses;

Therefore, be it resolved the Coshocton City Schools Board of Education wishes to participate and authorize the Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council & OME-RESA to advertise and receive bids on said Boards behalf as per the specifications submitted for the cooperative purchase of school buses.

April 2020 financial report as presented.

May 2020 Five Year Forecast and Cuts to State Funding

Membership services agreement between Coshocton City School District and Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center (MVESC) for specified educational service programs, per section 3313.843 of the Ohio Revised Code, for the 2020-2021 school year in the amount of $279,516.70.

Membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association for the 2020-2021 school year.

2020-2021 General Service Contract providing educational services and special education related services for students with disabilities and/or students with special needs through cooperative programs between Licking County Education Service Center (LCESC) and Coshocton County Schools for the 2019-2020 school year as submitted by Todd Johnson, Director of Special Services. 

1. It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the Phoenix Central ED Seat Agreement through LCESC for the 2020-2021 school year at a rate of $225 per day as submitted by Todd Johnson, Director of Special Services. (Appendix E)

2. It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the Phoenix Central Autism Seat Agreement through LCESC for the 2020-2021 school year at a rate of $250 per day as submitted by Todd Johnson, Director of Special Services. (Appendix F)

Alternate School Food Authority (SFA) Arrangement and Terms of Agreement with the Coshocton Opportunity School for the 2020-2021 School year as submitted by Jennifer Andrews, Director of Food Services. 

Membership services agreement between Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Education Service Agency Information Technology Center and Coshocton City Schools, effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

Agreement between Pleasant Hill Landscaping, Inc. and Coshocton City Schools for mowing services beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021 at rate of $600 per week for a total of $21,000.

Service Agreement between Kimble Recycling & Disposal, Inc. and Coshocton City Schools beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021 at the monthly charge of $1360.35 for waste disposal services and monthly fuel charge of $130 for a total annual cost of $17,884.20.

List of Coshocton High School seniors as eligible candidates for graduation May 2020. Graduation is contingent upon students meeting all requirements of the State of Ohio, Coshocton High School, and the Coshocton City Board of Education. 

Coshocton City Schools Staff Contracts:

Administrator Contracts

• Kaitlyn Ashbrook, Director of Curriculum & Federal Programs - 3-Year Contract - 8/1/20 to 7/31/23
• John Casey, Administrator - 3-Year Contract - 8/1/20 to 7/31/23
• David Skelton, Administrator - 1-Year Contract - 8/1/20 to 7/31/21                  

Coordinator Contracts

• Jennifer Andrews, Food Service/Transportation Coordinator - 3 Year Contract – August 1, 2020 through July 31, 2023

Administrative Staff Contracts

• Renee Hardesty, Administrative Assistant to the Treasurer/Director of Curriculum & Federal Programs - 2 Year Contract – July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022
• Jamie Lohrman, McKinney-Vento Liaison - Year Contract – July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022

Certificated Staff Contracts

• Teacher Contract Renewals for the 2020-2021 school year. (Appendix L)

Classified Staff Contracts

• Tammy Jacobs, Parent Mentor - 2 Year Contract – July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022

Classified staff resignations:

• Desa Stevenson    Cook/Cashier                    CES    Effective: May 26, 2020
• Paula Lowe            Educational Assistant      CES    Effective: July 31, 2020

Supplemental contracts for After School Intervention (Study Tables) for the 2019-2020 school year at the rate of $25 per hour per the negotiated agreement

 • Katie Aggas                           

• Mallory Amore                      

• Shelley Batchelor

• Barbara Breen

Voluntary transfer(s) for the 2020-2021 school year:

• Kinsey McFadden - Grade 1 to Grade 2

Tentative Summer School Programs for 2020, as submitted by Kaitlyn Ashbrook:

• K-3 Summer School - A two week session at the end of the current school year and an additional 3 week session prior to the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year. 
• CHS Summer School and Credit Recovery - A two week session at the end of the current school year and a 2 week session prior to the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year.

Amy Borton for the 2020  High School Summer School Credit Recovery Program for no more than 10 hours at a rate of $30 per hour as submitted by Grant Fauver, Principal.

Staff Evaluation Resolution as follows:

WHEREAS, Section 17(M) of AM. Sub. H.B. 197 of the Ohio General Assembly permits a board of education to elect not to conduct evaluations of teachers under Chapter 3319 of the Ohio Revised Code for the 2019-2020 school year based on a determination that it would be impossible or impracticable to do so; and

WHEREAS, the Board desires to make such an election for the 2019-2020 school year.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board finds that it would be impossible or impracticable to conduct evaluations of teachers pursuant to Chapter 3319 of the Ohio Revised Code for the 2019-2020 school year if said evaluations were not completed prior to the Ohio Director of Health’s Order on March 14, 2020, ordering the closure of K-12 schools in Ohio;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board elects not to conduct evaluations under Chapter 3319 of the Ohio Revised Code for teachers during the 2019-2020 school year, to the extent that such evaluations were not completed prior to March 14, 2020.

Approve payment of 2019-2020 Year-Long and Spring Supplemental Contracts and authorize the Treasurer to pay those supplemental contracts in accordance with the terms of the negotiated agreement and the individual contracts issued for supplemental contracts. The Board specifically finds that there was substantial if not full completion of the duties under supplemental contracts in the 2019-2020 school year and the Board deems any substantial performance to be full performance and authorizes payment of the full amount for the contract under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement and any individual supplemental contracts. The Board finds these payments to be justified based on the contract holders’ compliance with these terms.

Changes to the 2019-2020 Coshocton City Schools Calendar as follows:

• Move the Teacher In-Service Day from April 3rd to May 22nd
• Move the Student Last Day from May 22nd to May 20th

Changes to the grading practices for the 4^th quarter of 2019-2020 school year due to the COVID-19 school closure. 

Second reading and adoption of the NEOLA Policies: (N) = New, (R) = Revised, (D) = Delete

• 1520 (R)          Employment of Administrators
• 2464 (R)          Gifted Education and Identification
• 3120 (R)          Employment of Professional Staff
• 3120.04 (R)     Employment of Substitutes
• 3120.05 (R)     Employment of Personnel in Summer School and Adult Education Programs
• 3120.08 (R)     Employment of Personnel for Co-Curricular/Extra-Curricular Activities
• 4120 (R)          Employment of Classified Staff
• 4120.08 (R)     Employment of Personnel for Co-Curricular/Extra-Curricular Activities
• 4124 (R)          Employment Contract
• 4162 (R)          Drug and Alcohol Testing of CDL License Holders and Other Employees Who Perform Safety-Sensitive                         Functions
• 5460.02 (N)     Students At-Risk of Not Qualifying for a High School Diploma
• 6107 (R)          Authorization to Accept and Distribute Electronic Records and to Use