Ridgedale Board of Education Meeting

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0169.1 -PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS
The Board of Education recognizes the value to school governance of public comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on school matters of community interest. The Board offers public participation to members of the public in accordance with the procedures below. The Board applies these procedures to all speakers and does not discriminate based on the identity of the speaker, content of the speech, or viewpoint of the speaker.
In order to permit the fair and orderly expression of such comment, the Board shall provide a period for public participation at every regular and special meeting of the Board and publish rules to govern such participation in Board meetings.
The presiding officer of each Board meeting at which public participation is permitted shall administer the rules of the Board for its conduct.
The presiding officer shall be guided by the following rules:

• Public participation shall be permitted as indicated on the order of business.
• Attendees must register their intention to participate in the public portion of the meeting upon their arrival at the meeting.
• Individuals may not register others to speak during public participation.
• Participants must be recognized by the presiding officer and will be requested to preface their comments by an announcement of their name, address, and group affiliation, if and when appropriate.
• Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to five (5) minutes duration unless extended by the presiding officer.
• During the portion of the meeting designated for public participation, no participant may speak more than once on the same topic unless all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard.
• All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer; no person may address or question Board members individually.

The presiding officer may:

• interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant's session when they make comments that are repetitive, obscene, and/or comments that constitute a true threat (i.e., statements meant to frighten or intimidate one(1)or more specified persons into believing that they will be seriously harmed by the speaker or someone acting at the speaker's behest)
• request the assistance of law enforcement officers in the removal of a disorderly person when that person's conduct interferes with the conduct and/or orderly progress of the meeting;
• call for a recess or an adjournment to another time when the lack of public decorum so interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting as to warrant such action.

The portion of the meeting during which the participation of the public is invited shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes per topic unless extended by a vote of the Board.

a. Facilities Update
b. Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant
 

Items 6, 7, and 8, listed below under the Consent Agenda are considered by the Board to be routine and will be enacted by the Board in one motion in the form listed below. There will be no discussion of these items prior to the time the Board votes on the motion unless members of the Board, staff, or the public request specific items to be discussed and removed from the Consent Agenda. The Superintendent and administrative staff recommend approval of all Consent Agenda items.

a. Minutes of the January 9th 2025 Board Work Session
b. Minutes of the January 9th 2025 Board Organizational Meeting

c. Minutes of the January 9th 2025 Regular and Tax Budget Meeting

January 2025 Bill List
January 2025 Financial Report
 

a. Recommend to accept the donation of a percussion kit and a trumpet to the RES Band from Jams for Jim.
b. Recommend to accept the donation of hats, socks, and gloves for the RES Clothing Closet from Whirlpool Materials Team.
c. Recommend to approve the NCOESC contract to provide EL coaching and mentoring for the 2024-25 school year.

d. Recommend to approve the updated mid-year foundation contract with NCOESC. 

e. Recommend to approve contract with Wadsworth Solutions for Jr./Sr. High HVAC project

f. Recommend to approve contract with MAXIM Healthcare

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RESOLUTION NO. _____

RIDGEDALE LOCAL SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE RIDGEDALE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, as follows:

BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Education hereby adopts the Special Education Model Policies and Procedures ("Model Policies") that were released by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce ("DEW") in December 2024, and directs all staff in the District to use and comply with the Model Policies. The Board further authorizes the Superintendent to notify the DEW of the Board’s adoption of the Model Policies through the DEW’s Monitoring System by uploading a copy of this Board resolution on or before March 30, 2025, and by November 30 for each subsequent school year.

_________________________ moved and _____________________ seconded the motion that the above Resolution be adopted.
 

Upon roll call and the adoption of the Resolution, the vote was as follows:

Yeas:

Nays:

ADOPTED this 10th day of February, 2025.

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Treasurer/CFO

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Resolution adopted at a meeting held on the 10th day of February, 2025, together with a true and correct extract from the minutes of said meeting to the extent pertinent to consideration and adoption of said Resolution.

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Treasurer/CFO

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Having complied with the required procedures set forth in Section 3313.48 of the Ohio Revised Code, the Board hereby recommends one of the attached calendars for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years based on the vote by the Ridgedale Teachers' Association and following the negotiated agreement process. The 2025-26 calendar options reduce the number of hours that the schools will be open for instruction from the number of instructional hours in the 2024-25 school year by one day, and the 2026-27 calendar options reduce the number of hours that the schools will be open for instruction by two days, but does not reduce the number of instructional hours below the statutory minimum set forth in the above-referenced statute. 

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Recommend to approve membership into the Ohio High School Athletic Association for SY 2025-26.

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Recommend to approve the following substitutes, pending background checks and proper licensing as needed, effective first day worked:

a. Hunter Meade, certified substitute

b. Shane Oliver, certified substitute

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Recommend to approve the following supplemental contracts: 

a. Georgie Stacy, Head Softball Coach

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Recommend to approve the following resignation:

a. Kris Guthrie, NHS Co-Advisor, effective 2/4/25

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Resolution to approve the overnight field trip for the FFA program to attend the State FFA convention in Columbus, Ohio May 1-2, 2025. Itinerary attached.

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WHEREAS, as a public board of education may hold an executive session only after a majority of a quorum of this board determines by a roll call vote to hold such a session and only at a regular or special meeting for the sole purpose of the consideration of any of the following matters:

1. To consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual.
2. To consider the purchase of property for public purposes or for the sale of property at competitive bidding.
3. Conferences with an attorney for the board of education concerning disputes involving the board of education that are the subject of pending or imminent court action.
4. Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment.
5. Matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or rules or state statutes.
6. Specialized details of security arrangements where disclosure of the matters discussed might reveal information that could be used for the purpose of committing or avoiding prosecution for a violation of the law.
Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ridgedale Local Board of Education, by a majority of the quorum present at this meeting, does hereby declare its intention to hold an executive session on item(s) as listed above.

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Executive Session concluded at ____(if needed) and public session reconvened.

Other Board Directives/Initiatives:

The next meeting of the Ridgedale Board of Education will be the regular meeting on Monday, ____________, in the Ridgedale Board of Education meeting room at 5:30 p.m.

Motion to Adjourn

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