Public Agenda
TYPE: Regular Board Meeting
DATE: 4/27/2021 TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Wapakoneta Middle School
DETAILS: Students recognized
Wapakoneta City Schools Board of Education
 
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
1.1 Call to Order Info
2.0 ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
2.1 Roll Call Info
3.0 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.1 Pledge of Allegiance Info
4.0 STUDENT RECOGNITION
4.1 Recognize the following students from Wapakoneta Middle School: RHORI FRESE - 5th Grade - nominated by Mrs. Mullen, Mrs. Newman, Mr. Sarasin; AIDEN KESLER - 5th Grade - nominated by Mrs. Kohler, Mr. Rostorfer, Mrs. Sawmiller; ELLA THUMAN - 5th Grade - nominated by Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. Wehner, Mrs. Otto, Mr. Kentner, Mr. Selover, Mrs. Metzger; ERICA SCHNEIDER - 6th Grade - nominated by Mrs. Roediger, Mrs. Jarvis, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Rossman, Ms. Zartman; AVA SCHNEIDER - 6th Grade - nominated Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Amstutz, Mrs. Shafer; ELIJAH MOSLER - 6th Grade - nominated by Mrs. Steinke, Mrs. Truesdale, Mr. Wayman; NIKOLAS HUNTER - 7th Grade - nominated by Mrs. Conkle, Mrs. Ward, Ms. Wade, Mrs. Johns, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gesler; CHLOE FISHER - 7th Grade - nominated by Mrs. Folger, Mrs. Hendrickson, Mrs. Maurer; ZACH FISHER - 7th Grade - nominated by Mr. Kitzmiller, Ms. Miller, Mrs. Riffle Info
5.0 RETIREE RECOGNITION
5.1 Retiree Recognition - Recognize the following retiree: CHRIS TURNER - Ag Teacher since 1994 Info
6.0 REPORTS TO THE BOARD
6.1 Food Service Gold Plate Awards - Mike Watt Info
6.2 Career Planning Curriculum Map - Carrie Knoch Info
7.0 EDUCATIONAL REPORTS
7.1 Educational reports are presented by administrators Info
8.0 REPORTS FROM THE BOARD
8.1 Reports are presented from the Board Info
9.0 HEARING OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
9.1 Hearing of the Public Regarding Items on the Agenda Info
10.0 ROUTINE BUSINESS Action
A) Adoption of Routine Business
10.1 Approve the following routine business items: Minutes - Monthly Financial Reports - Then and Now Purchase Order - Sale of Asset - Permanent Appropriations Modification - Acceptance of Donations - Student Handbooks - Overnight Athletic Team Camps - 2021-22 Athletic Ticket Prices - Adoption of Job Descriptions
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B) Minutes
10.2 Approve minutes from the meeting held March 23, 2021.
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C) Financial Matters
10.3 Approve monthly financial reports
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10.4 Then and Now Purchase Order - As required by the Ohio Revised Code 5705.41(D), the Board needs to approve the following then and now purchase orders since a portion of the service dates are prior to the purchase order date: PO #2101755; Check #75619; Vendor - Turner-Green, LLC; Amount - $4,800; Description - FFA Corn/Soybean Seed; Invoice Date - 2/23/21; PO Date - 3/1/21
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10.5 Sale of Assets - Authorize the sale of a 2005 Kubota Tractor to Jim Bowen for $1,950.00.
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10.6 Permanent Appropriations Modification - The following FY 21 permanent appropriation modification is being requested: Wapakoneta Area Community Foundation Grant Fund (019-9220) - $5,000 WHS MMGW Mini Grant (019-9020) - $52.23
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D) Acceptance of Donations/Scholarships
10.7 Accept donations from the following: $5,000.00 - from the Miller Family (from the Ty Garrett Miller Memorial Fund held by the Wapakoneta Area Community Foundation) - to assist with the expense of replacing lights at the Wapakoneta High School soccer field; $300.00 - from the VFW - to assist with student school fees; $100.00 - from Wayne and Donna Stroh - to assist with student school fees
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E) Student Handbooks
10.8 Approval of 2021-22 Student Handbooks - Approve student handbooks for the 2021-22 school year for Wapakoneta Middle School, Cridersville Elementary School, Wapakoneta Elementary School, and Wapakoneta's Preschool Program.
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F) Athletics
10.9 Approve the following overnight athletic team camps: BASKETBALL - 7th/8th/JV/HS - Cedarville - 6/7/21-6/9/21; CHEERLEADING - Great Wolf Lodge Cheer Camp, Mason, OH - 6/28/21-7/1/21; VOLLEYBALL - Cedar Point Volleyball Camp - 7/12/21-7/13/21; FOOTBALL - Eastern Ohio Football Camp - 7/13/21-7/15/21; WRESTLING - St. Paris Graham - 7/13/21-7/17/21
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10.10 Approve the 2021-22 Athletic Ticket Prices: FOOTBALL RESERVE SEATS (Plus Fees) For Year - Chair $45.00 For Year - Bench $40.00 Per Game (Presale, online ONLY) $9.00 BASKETBALL RESERVE SEATS (Plus Fees) For Year (10 games) $70.00 Per Game (Presale, online ONLY) $9.00 GENERAL ADMISSION PRICES (League Prices; includes $1 fee from HomeTown Ticketing) Presale (Online only; no ticket sales at gate) Varsity Football & JV/Varsity Boys Basketball - General Admission $8.00 JV/Varsity - Volleyball/Soccer/Girls Basketball/Wrestling - General Admission $7.00 JV Football & All Freshman/8th Grade/7th Grade Events - General Admission $4.00 Wapakoneta City Schools Sponsored Tournament Prices (Max.) - General Admission $8.00 NOTE: Refunds will be ticket price only. Any fees assessed (HomeTown Ticketing fees/credit card fees) will not be refunded. SEASON SPORTS PASSES (Plus Fees): FALL PASSES (General Admission Seating) Adult Fall Season Pass - Good for all sports EXCEPT Varsity Football $100.00 Student Fall Season Pass (Kindergarten through Grade 12) - Good for all sports INCLUDING Varsity Football $60.00 Senior Fall Redskin Pass (Senior Citizens Age 60+) - Good for all sportS EXCEPT Varsity Football $85.00 (Must purchase in advance at Athletic Office & show Golden Buckeye Card as proof of age.) WINTER PASSES (General Admission Seating) Adult Winter Season Pass - Good for all sporting events EXCEPT Varsity Basketball) $70.00 Student Winter Season Pass (Kindergarten through Grade 12) - Good for all sporting events INCLUDING Varsity Boys Basketball $40.00 Senior Winter Redskin Pass (Senior Citizens Age 60+) - Good for all sporting events EXCEPT Varsity Basketball $55.00 (Must purchase in advance at Athletic Office & show Golden Buckeye Card as proof of age.) ALL-YEAR PASSES (General Admission Seating) Adult All-Year Pass - Good for all sports EXCEPT Varsity Football & Varsity Boys Basketball $155.00 Student All-Year Pass (Kindergarten through Grade 12) - Good for all sports INCLUDING Varsity Football & Varsity Boys Basketball $90.00 Senior All-Year Redskin Pass (Senior Citizens Age 60+) - Good for all sports EXCEPT Varsity Football & Varsity Boys Basketball $120.00 (Must purchase in advance at Athletic Office & show Golden Buckeye Card as proof of age.)
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G) Job Description Updates
10.11 Adoption of Job Descriptions - Adopt the following job descriptions for Summer School employees (copies included in minutes): Summer School Supervisor; Instructional Staff Member for Rising 1st-9th Graders Instructional Staff Member for Rising Kindergartners; Instructional Student Intern for Rising 1st-9th Graders; Instructional Student Intern for Rising Kindergartners; Summer Fun Manager
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11.0 PERSONNEL MATTERS Action
A) Adoption of Personnel Matters
11.1 Approve the following personnel matters: Resignations and Retirement - Employment of New Teachers, Substitutes, Casual Laborers, and Supplemental Contracts
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B) Resignations/Retirements
11.2 Accept the following resignations: SARA FOOR - 8/31/21; ZACHARY JUNG - 8/31/21; ANA MORALES - 4/6/21; ANDREA MORALES-CASTILLO - 3/19/21
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11.3 Retirement - Accept the retirement of CHRISTINE MAURER, effective at the end of the 2020-21 school year.
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C) Employee Leaves
11.4 Approve the following employee leaves: AMY FOLLIN - 3/22/21 through 3/26/21; MELISSA JORDAN - 3/12/21 through 3/22/21
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D) Employment of Regular Staff
11.5 Employment of New Teachers - Employ the following teachers for the 2021-22 school year on a one-year limited contract: MARISSA LEWIS - Vocal Music Teacher for Middle School and High School - Masters Degree - Step 9 - $65,016; DIANA SCHNEIDER - Intervention Specialist at Wapakoneta Elementary School - Masters + 30 - Step 7 - $62,651; MAKENZIE SPEAKMAN - Intervention Specialist at Wapakoneta High School - Bachelor's Degree - Step 0 - $40,994
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E) Employment of Substitutes
11.6 Substitute Custodian - Employ the following substitute custodian for the 2021 calendar year: EDWARD MULESKI - Step 2
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11.7 Employ the following substitutes for the 2020-21 school year, pending satisfactory completion of criminal records checks: ALYSSA RIDINGER - Teacher; MACKENZIE SHORT - Teacher; SARA WISENER - Cafeteria
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11.8 Employ the following substitutes for the 2021-22 school year: BUS DRIVERS: Dennis Kohler; Beth Miller; Dorinda Schmerge; Dwight Steinke; Diana Varno; CAFETERIA: Leisha Comer; Julie Garwood; Melissa Hamblin; Robin Linn; Dawn Reinhart; Christine Swords; Sara Wisener; PARAEDUCATORS: Michelle Bates; Stacey Bowsher; Nancy Carter; Martha Castillo Lopez; Guan-Wen Chen; Tracy Chess; Renae Eckert; Meghan Erb; Alexa Fisher; Alyshia Hensley; Martha Hilliard; Ella Johnson; Olivia Jones; Terry Kantner; Emily Lichtenberg; Karla Michel-Sudoff; Cal Miller; Kelly Miller; Rebecca Mongold; Cristina Munilla Miguel; Emma Rex; Kristin Runser; Abbigail Ruppert; Alyssa Ruppert; Diane Schlosser; Stephanie Schmehl; Nakina Settlage; Cheryl Steinke; Rebecca Stirn; Deborah Stroh; Amy Zwez; Annette Zwiebel; SECRETARIES: Stacey Bowsher; Tracy Chess; Meghan Erb; Dawn Hemleben; Robin Linn; Deb Lowther; Rebecca Mongold; Emma Rex; Abbigail Ruppert; Sierra Sammons; Deborah Whetstone; Annette Zwiebel; TEACHERS: Jocelyn Arnett; Laura Ayers; Gayle Azbell; Bailie Barrington; Rinda Beach; Cathy Beard; Richard Bowersock; Morgan Brunswick; Margaret Buehler; Julie Burns; Dianne Carter; Gregory Douglass; Summer Douglass; Scott Dues; Renae Eckert; Meghan Erb; James Kevin Fraley; Cynthia Frost; Tammy Gegel; Sandra Gesler; Molly Gibson; Kimberly (Susanne) Good; Randall Hansard; Alyshia Hensley; Kimberly Holloway; Sara Hoyt; Carolyn Jensvold; Michelle Joseph; Elizabeth Kantner; Cynthia Kaufman; Tracy Kearnes; Kimberly Kirkendall; Emily Lichtenberg; Angela McDowell; Joan McGue; Allen Miller; Cal Miller; Robert Mueller; Kenneth Nuss; Susan Pallone; Linda Pelger; Kathleen Place; Kristina Messer-Pohl; Becky Puff; Cynthia Rahrig; Jeffery Replogle; Alyssa Ridinger; Alyssa Ruppert; Sierra Sammons; Nichole Schaub; Aaron Schipper; Edna (Jeanie) Schnell; Hannah Schwieterman; Mark Short; Mackenzie Short; Lisa Slonecker; Jody Stevely; Alexa Sutton; Gwen Tabler; Mindy Tabler; Alayna Treadway; Kathleen Valenti; Mark Vaughn; Andrew Wayman; Melanie Webb; Jennifer Willison; Annette Zwiebel; NURSES: Janet Munday; Michelle Randall; Sheila Wells; Jessica Whetstone
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F) Employment of Casual Laborers
11.9 Casual Laborers - Employ the following casual laborers for the 2021 calendar year: OWEN BECKER - Computer Technician - Step 1 - $10.66 per hour; GRANT HONIGFORD - Computer Technician - Step 1 - $10.66 per hour; ANTHONY LISI - Step R-1 - $10.04 per hour; EDWARD MULESKI - Step R-3 - $10.65 per hour; JACE MULLEN - Step R-1 - $10.04 per hour; HOWARD PERKINS - Step R-3 - $10.65 per hour; MATTHEW ROEDIGER - Step G-1 - $10.25 per hour; EMILY VAN HORN - Step R-1 - $10.04 per hour; MADYSEN WEBER - Step R-1 - $10.04 per hour; MCKINSEY WERLING - Step R-1 - $10.04 per hour; TODD ERB - Step S-5 - $11.76 per hour; JARED SELOVER - Step S-8 - $12.85 per hour; SCOTT WILSON - Step S-8 - $12.85 per hour
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G) Supplemental Contracts
11.10 Approve the following Volunteer for the 2020-21 school year: Rusty Allen - Volunteer High School Baseball Coach
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11.11 Employ the following on supplemental contracts for the 2021-22 school year: NICK TRUESDALE - Football 1st Assistant - Step 2 - $5,206.24; BILL GARLAND - Football 1st Assistant - Step 4 - $5,985.12; MIKE BOGAN - Football Assistant - Step 4 - $4,796.30; TIM NICHOLS - Football Assistant - Step 4 - $4,796.30; ERIC LEUTHOLD - Football Assistant - Step 4 - $4,796.30; BRENT COPELAND - Assistant (1/2) - Step 4 - $2,398.15; BLAKE McGUE - Football Assistant (1/2) - Step 4 - $2,398.15; AUSTIN SIEFKER - Football Assistant (1/2) - Step 4 - $2,398.15; JACE COPELAND - Football Assistant (1/2) - Step 2 - $2,008.71; TODD ERB - MS Football - Step 4 - $3,607.47; ADAM FRIEMERING - MS Football - Step 4 - $3,607.47; JEREMY DICKEY - MS Football - Step 4 - $3,607.47; TOM HUNTER - MS Football - Step 4 - $3,607.47; TIM DUNCAN - MS Football - Step 4 - $3,607.47; KARA SCHNEIDER - HS Cross Country (Girls) - Step 4 - $5,985.12; MATT ROSEBROCK - MS Cross County - Step 4 - $3,607.47; SARAH LAWRENCE - HS Girls Soccer Assistant - Step 4 - $4,796.30; SAMANTHA TRIMBOLI - HS Girls Soccer Assistant (1/2) - Step 3 - $2,193.18; MEGAN STEINKE - HS Girls Soccer Assistant (1/2) - Step 3 - $2,193.18; SARAH SWANEY - Cheer Advisor - Football (1/2) - Step 3 - $1,660.26; KAREN HUTT - Cheer Advisor - Football (1/2) - Step 3 - $1,660.26; LISA JORDAN - Cheer Advisor - Freshman Football (1/3) - Step 3 - $1,462.12; SUSAN HARROD - Cheer Advisor - MS Football (1/3) - Step 2 - $1,038.51; DIANE SAMMONS - Volleyball Assistant HS - Step 4 - $4,796.30; LINDSAY ZIELONKA - Volleyball Assistant HS - Step 2 - $4,017.41; Approve the following Volunteer for the 2021-22 school year: ROB FLINN - HS Football Volunteer
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12.0 ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL ITEMS
12.1 WEA Memorandum of Understanding - Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the Wapakoneta Education Association, which will amend the Collective Bargaining Agreement dated July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023, in Article 10.07 related to employees' eligibility for the Attendance Incentive as a result of COVID-19 circumstances during the third and fourth quarters of the 2020-21 school year. (copy included in minutes) Action
12.2 Employment of New Teacher - Employ the following teacher for the 2021-22 school year on a one-year limited contract: CRAIG SAMMETINGER - Vocational Agriculture Instructor - High School - Masters Degree - Step 10 - $67,230 Action
13.0 MISCELLANEOUS
A) Purchase of Property
13.1 Purchase of Real Estate - Approve the purchase of approximately 8 acres of land located on Wapakoneta-Cridersville Road, Wapakoneta, OH, known as Parcel #7, in the amount of $11,995.00 per acre, from Robert J. Metzger, Frank Lehmkuhle, Daniel J. Metzger, and Kathy A. Miller. (copy of agreement attached)
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B) Lease of Property
13.2 Lease Agreement and Option for Purchase of Real Estate - Approve an agreement to lease, with the option to purchase, approximately 9.123 acres of real estate located on Wapakoneta-Cridersville Road, Wapakoneta, from Robert J. Metzger, Frank Lehmkuhle, Daniel J. Metzger, and Kathy A. Miller. (copy of agreement attached)
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14.0 ANNOUNCEMENTS
14.1 The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 11, at 7:00 p.m. at the Board Office, 1102 Gardenia Drive. Info
15.0 HEARING OF THE PUBLIC
15.1 Hearing of the Public Info
16.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION
16.1 Adjourn to Executive Session for the following purpose(s): ( ) Level III grievance hearing with Wapakoneta Education Association, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 4117.21; ( X ) appointment or employment of public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual, unless the public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual requests a public hearing; ( ) purchase of property for public purposes or sale of property; ( ) conference with attorney; ( ) preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations with public employees; ( ) matters to be kept confidential by federal law or rules or state statutes; ( ) security arrangements and emergency response protocols; with no action to be taken. Action
17.0 ADJOURNMENT
17.1 The meeting is adjourned at ______ p.m. Action