Treasurer Schumacher noted that included in this consent agenda is the annual temporary appropriation measure for the Board's approval.  Also, included are the new rates for medical, dental and vision at approximately 4.5 % increase and the liability insurance rates at approximately a 5% increase.

No more questions or discussion.  Sent to vote.

Treasurer Schumacher reported as follows:

Our Jefferson Health Plan Fund remains high.  We have had many large claims, but since we decided to keep the stop loss at $50,000, we have received reimbursement for those large claims.  So far this year with just 1 month to go we have received $1,540,147 in medical reimbursements and $144,487 in Pharmacy reimbursements.  I also have a chart to share which shows the last ten years’ rates for our health, dental and vision insurances.  As you can see, overall we have a very good ten-year average for our insurance plans.  We hope to see even more improvements with the offering of the HSA plan.

Fund Balances – As we have discussed before, food Services has a deficit again this year.  As of May it is --$83,520.  We have included 2 journal entries for your approval.  The first being $33,618.50 from GEER funds.  We used the expenditures for the month of December when the school was closed.  This constitutes “continuity of operations” and therefore allowable under GEER guidelines.  The second transfer is from the General Fund for $28,116.  This is an estimate of the remaining deficit.  If any changes need to be made, we will approve them in the July meeting.  We received the final reimbursement for the year in June, so that helped the deficit decrease in June.

We are keeping an eye on the fund balance in Adult Ed. The balance is down to $141,183 as of May 31 and will most likely decrease in June again. 

 I am extremely happy with the General Fund revenues and expenditures.  GEER monies and SWSF monies helped tremendously this year.  We used $135,413 from SWSF to supplant the general fund for the school nurse, SRO and mental health services.  GEER monies include the Food Service transfer, instructional software and education technology.  The only line item we might come in over our budget is Employee Retirement/Insurance Benefits.  We had a lot of late notice retirements this year.

I have a lot of journal entry approvals for you this month in trying to get ahead of the year-end rush.  We have discussed them throughout my report.

For your approval this month is also the Amended Certificate and Final Appropriations we are required to submit to the County Auditor.  The largest adjustment being to the health plan fund to include the required reserve encumbrance.

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Mr. Grady opened discussions on both the Biennial budget and SB166 which requires the Department of Education to establish the Student Pathways for Career Success Grant Program to provide grants to lead districts of career-technical planning districts (CTPD) and Ohio Technical Centers for the purpose of improving or expanding upon
career-technical education programming that meets state or regional workforce needs. 

Superintendent Nickoli reported as follow:

The Pioneer Administrators and support staff went to summer hours the week of June 7^th.  We work extended hours four days per week and take Fridays off.  This schedule will be in place for the next 6 weeks and we will resume normal hours after that.  We have used this schedule for a number of years and it has worked satisfactorily for everyone. 

Not only is it hard to believe that the 2020 – 2021 school year is over, it’s amazing to reflect back on how well it went.  Our staff and students pulled together to make a challenging situation not only bearable but also enjoyable.  It was so nice to see kids in labs and doing what we do best!

The administrative staff is now beginning to prepare for next year. I appreciate their hard work in preparation for what is likely to be a more normal 2021 – 2022 school year.  We conducted the first of our Administrative Training days with a full-day of training by Dr. Thomas Glanton, of the Education Company.  Their system is the one we model our school-wide classroom management system after. 

As we have for many years, we are offering Summer School options for high school students.  We currently have 44 students taking advantage of the program.  Some are working ahead to open up spots in their schedule for other classes and some are completing credit recovery classes. 

Our Adult Education program is currently offering an evening STNA Course.  We have 10 students in that class.

We are in the midst of planning for the 2020-2021 school year.  As we concluded the previous year we were led to believe that this year would be near normal with many of the restrictions and or required procedures lifted.  Recent guidance distributed by the Richland County Health Department (see handout).  I have arranged a meeting with the Richland County Superintendents tomorrow morning where we will discuss our interpretations of this guidance and our intra-district plans.

I am asking that you approve an agreement for Pioneer to resume Fiscal Services for the North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative (NCOCC).  NCOCC is the internet/technology provider for School Districts in Richland, Crawford, and Morrow Counties.  You might remember that several months ago, NCOCC Executive Director Brent Winand indicated that they were pursuing a move of their offices from their current location at the Longview Center in Mansfield to the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center.  With the physical move, it made sense to have MOESC also serve as their fiscal agent so they notified us that they would be changing fiscal agents.  Some unforeseen circumstances have arisen and the move of offices is not happening.  MOESC does not want to assume those duties without the move so Dr. Winand approached us about resuming our role.  Pioneer has been the NCOCC fiscal agent since its inception, in part, because we hosted their offices and equipment until their move to the Longview Center.  As a partner and leader in this region, it only makes sense that we resume this partnership.

You should have at your tables, Policy Revision 2370.01 entitled Blended Learning.  This past year, ODE allowed for a Remote Learning Plan which provided great flexibility.  Remote Learning Plan options expire June 30^th so any online programming has to fall within ODE’s Blended Learning Plan which is different and much more regulated.  NEOLA is recommending this policy to ensure compliance with necessary requirements.  At this time, I don’t anticipate offering Blended Learning Options.

I’d like to request that the Board consider changing the July Regular Meeting to Wednesday, July 14^th.  My family is planning a vacation for the week of July 19 and, while I am prepared to join them after our meeting if necessary, I’d like to travel with them.  With busy kids, it’s the only week that works for us this Summer.

As is often the case in June, we have a full list of Personnel recommendations. 

Retirement – Kevin Coleman – Auto Tech Level 1

Resignation – Robyn Stacy – FCS at Galion

Resignation – Melissa Paullin – Part-time aide to accept position as full-time aide

Resignation – Catherine Spayde – Part-time aide to accept position as full-time aide

Resignation – Sarah Frazier – Part-time Distribution/Bus Drive (to accept full-time position         at Colonel Crawford)

Employment – Leanne Bauerdick (retiree contract) - Math

Employment – Beth Heinlen – Guidance Counselor

Unpaid Leave of Absence – Jessica Cooper (Adult Education Secretary) for Maternity Leave

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

We will enter into executive session for discussing the evaluations of the Superintendent and Treasurer and the self-evaluation of the Board of Education.

No 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 8:09 pm and returned to Regular Session at 8:11 pm.