July 2019 Board of Education Meeting

Superintendent Nickoli reported that although the vote had taken place at the May, 2019 Board Meeting, the actual role call for the vote had not been included in the original meeting minutes for Item # 15 Personnel matters.

No further discussion or questions.  Sent to vote.

Treasurer Schumacher reported:

The GAAP conversion has started. We have all of the paperwork submitted to the accountants for the first phase and the second phase will begin August 15.

One CDAR came due and we rolled in into a 52 week CDAR at 2.45%.

All fund balances are positive for year-end. The year-end advances from the general fund that are itemized at the end of the report were made so that all balances are positive.

Line items of the general fund for discussion are as follows:

General Property tax ended at 99.3% of estimate.

PUPP tax ended at 165.78% due to Rover pipeline payment being made in one payment.

Unrestricted and Restricted Grants in Aid ended within 5% of the estimate.

The Property Tax Allocation (Homestead and Rollbacks) were almost exact at 100.06%.

All Other Operating Revenues ended at 116.54% mainly due to the increase in interest.

Personnel and Benefit expenses are within 5% of original appropriations.

Purchased services ended at 76.07% due to the fact that ODE did not make the second chargeback for CCP.

Supplies and materials ended within 2% of the original appropriations.

Miscellaneous Objects ended up at 75.98% due to a decrease of $11,000 in membership fees. The total other expenses were down approximately $10,000 plus the 3% increase in appropriations for inflation.

The last page of the report contains the year-end advances spoken of earlier in the report, fund transfer request from the NCOCC Board of Directors and an amount to eliminate the deficit in the STEM grant.

We also had to make another appropriation adjustment.

Additional grant monies needed to be appropriated in the safety grant fund.

The self insurance (JHP) fund needed to be increased due to claims.

NCOCC’s appropriations needed to be increased.

Superintendent Nickoli introduced Marylee Barr and Tom Kluding.

Mr. Grady announced that the binennial budget bill has been extended to July 17, 2019, but he is not sure much progress has been made.

SB89 is still in the legislature.  Tom Ash has testified on behalf of OSBA, BASA and OASBO on this bill which includes allowing JVSD's to not be committed to holding their Organizational meeting by January 15.

Superintendent Nickoli reported as follows:

Our staff has been working diligently getting the building ready for the 2019-2020 school year. Mary Lee Barr has been especially pleased with the summer custodial staff. They have all been very flexible and we have utilized a different process than in past years to ensure that the building is ready for Welcome Week which is August 6, 7, & 8.

I am asking that you approve an agreement with the SHP to conduct the design work for our Bus Garage/Maintenance Building. SHP provided the design services for our 2009-2012 renovation and while the lead personnel are different, they have our drawings and are familiar with our building. Additionally, after reviewing several other options, our Maintenance Staff recommended SHP for the design work. Once this work is completed, we will ask for bids to complete the work later this Summer and into the early Fall.

We have used our Carl Perkins grant funds to send our staff to various conferences this spring and summer. Included among these was the High Schools That Work Summer Conference in Baltimore, MD last week. had 16 staff members attend the conference where we were presented with a 2019 Pacesetter Award. Pioneer is one of only 10 schools in the nation to be so recognized by the Southern Regional Education Board. also had staff members present four breakout sessions during the conference. Our topics included our overall School Improvement Practices, Our unique Media Center opportunities for students, our comprehensive student services offerings, and our literacy committee initiatives.

Doug Theaker, Board President, has asked me to place this on the agenda. You will nominate a delegate and alternate for the OSBA Conference November 10–12 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. We will be passing around a sign-up sheet for hotel reservations at the August Board meeting. Reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis so it will be very important that we know if you want us to make hotel reservations. Any cancellations result in a $100 cancellation fee.

Please take note of the following calendar item:

August 16 - New Teacher Day

August 19 - Returning Teacher Day

August 20 - First Day of School for Juniors

August 21 - First Day of School for Seniors

As I mentioned at the June Board Meeting, Martin Dzugan submitted his resignation to accept a position as an Assistant Superintendent at Tri-Rivers Career Center. I am thrilled to ask you to approve the appointment of Mr. Tom Kluding to fill this position for the 2019-2020 school year. Mr. Kluding comes to us from Pima Community College in Tuscon, AZ. Prior to that he served as the Tech Prep Coordinator for NCSC and was previously employed by Pioneer as an Instructor. He is very familiar with the area and has worked with many local employers in his previous positions.

I am also thrilled to recommend Jim Ripple as our new Industrial Electricity Program Instructor. Mr. Ripple comes to us with a variety of experiences including a long career at the Ontario GM plant, Whirlpool in Marion and most recently, the City of Mansfield. Mr. Ripple replaces Rob Flannery who resigned to move to North Carolina to be nearer to his family.

I am also thrilled to recommend that you approve Adam Haymaker as our new Distribution Center Coordinator. He is replacing Bob Hartwell who announced his retirement earlier this year.

Unfortunately, I received notification that English Instructor Mercedes Over was offered a position at her alma mater, Rossford High School and has accepted the opportunity to go back home. She gets to fill the position vacated by her former Honors English Teacher. We wish Mercedes all the best as she moves back home. We have posted this position and will be interviewing later this week.

All other personnel items are normal for this time of the year.

No questions or discussion.  Sent to vote.

No questions or discussion.  Sent to vote.

No questions or discussion.  Sent to vote.

Treasurer Schumacher explained that a scholarship has been bequeathed to Pioneer and it is necessary to open this account with Edward Jones and then transfer the monies to Pioneer scholarship fund.

Nor more questions or discussion.  Sent to vote/

No questions or discussion.  Sent to vote.

No questions or discussion.  Sent to vote.

Entered into Executive Session at 7:39 pm.  Returned to Regular Session at 7:50 pm.