Bay Board of Education Nov. 8 meeting overview

This report contains member observations and selected highlights of the Nov. 8 meeting of the Bay Village Board of Education. It is not an official statement by the League of Women Voters, nor does it represent the official minutes of the meeting.

The regular meeting of the Bay Village Board of Education was called to order at 6:35 p.m. by board president Lisa Priemer in the middle school cafeteria. Board members in attendance were Beth Lally, Scott Schulz, Dave Vegh and Lisa Priemer. Paul Vincent was absent.

Donation: The first order of business was the acceptance of a donation for the Carlene H. Bonds English as a Second Language scholarship for the Bay Village City School District by Devon Gess, choir director.

Staff recognition: William (Bill) Mears, Glenview was recognized on his retirement.

Board policies: First reading of several proposed revised Board policies occurred. These can be found at go.boarddocs.com/oh/bvcsd/Board.nsf/Public.

Consent items:

• Certified Personnel – activity contracts for extended day at Normandy were approved
• Special project contract – homebound instruction and mentor teachers contracts were approved
• Service contract of English language tutor at Normandy was approved
• FMLA for two individuals was approved
• Supplemental contract for ski club advisor was approved

Classified personnel: A variety of personnel changes were approved.

Field trip: A single-day, out-of-state field trip for eighth-graders to Pittsburgh on May 23, 2022, was approved.

Workers Compensation third party service agreement: An agreement with Kaderavek LP was approved for services as continuous for one year (11/1/2021-11/1/2022) then subject to termination with 60 days written notice.

Purchase of Chromebooks: Approved authorization for purchase of 800 Chromebooks not to exceed $249,000 and to be reimbursed fully through the Emergency Connectivity Fund federal grant.

Superintendent report:

Interim superintendent Char Shryock reported there will be a job fair at the BOE on Nov. 16 – multiple jobs of various types available throughout the school system. Mrs. Shryock is holding “Talk Supt” chats in various areas of the community such as Mojo’s, a football game, trunk-or-treat event at Glenview. She plans to continue to hold these in the future and looks forward to meeting many community members. Leaf rakeout held again this year – the school system is glad to be able to provide this valuable service to the community.

Purple star update: a single point of contact has been identified at each school for military families to have their questions answered.

In person performances: a musical concert and play ("Blithe Spirit") have been held and all involved were happy to be in person again.

Bay Village Education Foundation has purchased Clever Touch boards for several classrooms – great improvement over white boards.

Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony – Mrs. Shryock attended the National Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. The Blue Ribbon Award for exemplary high performance was presented to Westerly School. There are over 130,000 K-12 school systems in the U.S. and only 325 received these awards. She created a slide show to show the students at Westerly the awards ceremony and some sights in Washington, D.C.

Student achievements – Cara Radcliffe received the Girl Scout Gold Award for creating a musical garden behind Westerly School in memory of Carey Englebrecht, longtime Westerly music teacher. 

Norah Hamil and Jennifer Koomar were recognized for becoming the first Eagle Scouts from BSA Troop 40.

Treasurer report: Meghan Rohde is preparing the five-year forecast to present to the board at the next meeting.

Other Business: Paul Vincent will be the President Pro Tem at the Jan. 10 meeting.

Public Participation: Time was allowed for public participation but no one requested time to speak.

Executive session: The public meeting was adjourned for executive session.

The next regular Board of Education meeting will be Monday, Nov. 22.