Ridgedale Board of Education Meeting

______Hamilton ______Hayden ______Park ______Roberts ______Roush

a. OSBA School Board Recognition and Appreciation
b. Facilities Update

Items 4-15, 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 December 15, 2025, regular board meeting

a. Disbursements for December 2025 

b. Revenue Summary Report for December 2025

c. Cash Reconciliation for December 2025

d. Financial Outlook for FY 2025 July- December 2025

e. Appropriations for January 2026

f.  Purpose and Budget Statements

Recommend to increase game help hourly wage to $11.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2026, to meet the Ohio minimum wage law.

Approval of the mileage reimbursement rate for 2026 to be 72.5 cents per mile, this is based on the IRS rate for 2026.

a. Recommend to approve Student Wellness and Success Funds and Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid Plan for FY 26 and FY 27.
 

Recommend to approve the following resignation:

a. Georgie Stacy, teacher, effective 1/9/26

Recommend to approve the following supplemental resignation:

a. Georgie Stacy, high school softball coach

Recommend to approve Jordyn Nutter as 21st Century Grant Power Hours Program Coordinator and Jr. High Site Coordinator with proper licensing and background checks.
 

Recommend to approve the following certified staff:

a. Benjamin Madden BA-0 prorated for 2025-26 School Year
 

Recommend to approve the following supplemental contract pending background checks and proper licensing as needed:

a. Brian Slone, Girls' Softball Head Coach

Recommend to approve the following substitutes with proper background checks and licensing:

a. Claire Lust, substitute teacher

b. Claire Lust, substitute aide

c. Samantha Haycox, substitute aide

d. Samantha Haycox, substitute teacher

Recommend to approve the overnight trip for the following group:

a. Vex Robotics students (2) and Mr. Sieg to Kalahari in Sandusky, Ohio, on January 21-22, 2026, to compete in a competition. 

______Hamilton ______Hayden ______Park ______Roberts ______Roush

______Hamilton ______Hayden ______Park ______Roberts ______Roush

Recommends to approve blanket and super-blanket with the threshold of up to $50,000.

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Recommend to approve increasing the Federal Micro-Purchase threshold to $50,000 in order to be consistent with the threshold established at the state level in R.C. 3313.46 and as permitted by 2 C.F.R. section 200.320 (a)(iii) and (iv).

_______Hamilton______Hayden________Park_______Roberts_______Roush

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.
_______Hamilton _______Roberts _______Roush ______Park ______Cook

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, February 23, 2026, in the Ridgedale Board of Education meeting room at 5:30 p.m.

Motion to Adjourn

______Hamilton ______Hayden ______Park ______Roberts ______Roush