BATH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING	August 20, 2019

The Bath Board of Education met in regular session August 20, 2019 at 7:30 P.M. in the boardroom with the following members present: Mr. Birkemeier, Mr. Foley, Mr. McKinney, Mrs. Place, and Mr. Spragg.

19-8-112	 SUPERINTENDENT’S CONSENT AGENDA: Mr. McKinney moved and Mrs. Place seconded the motion to approve the following:

Employment – Certified Federally Funded Staff – 2019-20 school year:
Jacob Auchmuty – Tutor, Title I (MS), $20.00/hour, 5.5 hours/day or 27.5 hours/week Jacob Brunk – Tutor, Title I (Elem.), $20.00/hour, 5.5 hours/day or 27.5 hours/week Tara Herr – Tutor, Title I (Elem.), $20.00/hour, 5.5 hours/day or 27.5 hours/week Jenna McCormick – Tutor, Title I (MS), $20.00/hour, 5.5 hours/day or 27.5 hours/week

Employment – Certified Mentoring Teachers – 2019-20 school year:
The following teachers are hired to provide mentoring services for the 2019-20 school year at the annual stipend designated:
Susan Dickrede – two (2) third-year teachers, $585 Charlyn Ellington – two (2) second-year teachers, $585 Jessica Friesner – one (1) second-year teacher, $450
Robert Joseph Gomez – one (1) second year teacher, $450, and three (3) third-year teachers, $720 Brad Wilkerson – two (2) third-year teachers, $585

Employment – Certified Supplemental - 2019-20 school year:
Employee	Position	Level	%	Salary Kendra Bassitt	Track – Head                                         2           17               $6,149 Todd Clark	Eighth Gr D.C Trip Coordinator           0           1.5              $ 543 Robert Joseph Gomez     Baseball – Head                                    1           12              $4,341

Employment – Certified Substitutes – 2019-20 school year:
Certified Substitutes as approved by the Allen County Superintendents Dianne Carter	Emily Daniel	Heather Davis-Kohli Summer Douglass	Tina Edgington	Ruby Estes
Tina Gilbert	Susan Goare Smith	Allison Jones Brittany Kroeger	Sarah Mack	Angela Rasor Easton Rudasill	Marla Scannell	Kaye Sturgill Zakary Thomas	William Vermillion	Vera White Randall Wilson	David Zuber

Employment – Classified Federally Funded Aides – (1 Yr. Limited Contract) – 2019-20 school year: Federally funded instructional aides with hours and assignments as needed depending upon service needs of students; currently estimated to be hours noted at the building listed.
Karri Barr – Instruct. Aide (Elem), 4.0 hrs/day, Year 4, $18.08/hr, IDEA-B Lisa Carman – Instruct. Aide (H.S.), 6.5 hrs/day, Year 6, $18.47/hr, IDEA-B
Tammy Dear – Instruct. Aide w/ toileting duties (H.S.), 6.75 hrs/day, Year 19, $18.95/hr, IDEA-B (1 hour with toileting duties, $19.76/hr)
Melissa Kaple – Instruct. Aide (Elem), 3 hrs/day, Year 6, $18.47/hr, Title I
Barbara Symonds–Instruct. Aide (Elem), 6 hrs/day, Year 15, $18.70/hr, Title I 50%/IDEA-B 50% Valerie Tomlinson – Instruct. Aide (Elem), 6.75 hrs/day, Year 24, $18.95/hr, Title I 45%/IDEA-B 55%
Julie Walsh – Instruct. Aide -Elem, 3 hrs/day, Year 21, $18.95/hr, IDEA-B

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Employment – Classified Substitutes 2019-20 school year:
Classified Substitutes as approved by the Allen County Superintendents (Teacher’s Aide $15.48/hour and Library Assistants $15.33/hour)
Barbara J Clark                   Mary Johnson Heidi Mirus                        Angela Rasor

Employment – Substitute Custodian – Approved - $17.56/hour – 2019-2020 school year: Andrew Garland

Employment – Substitute Monitor - Approved - $12.89/hour – 2019-2020 school year: Employment – Substitute Study Hall Monitor - Approved - $15.50/hour – 2019-2020 school yr: Keri Luersman	Tammy Schadewald

Employment – Substitute Secretary – Approved - $15.96/hour – 2019-2020 school year: Tammy Schadewald

Certified Fall Field Placements & Student Teachers – 2019-20 school year: Meranda Blanchard – Student Teaching (Elementary) – Bluffton University Kendra Crawford – Second Level Field Placement (Middle School) - OSU Britteny Hendrickson – Senior Level Field Placement (Middle School) - OSU

Employment – Outside Co-Curricular Staff – 2019-20 school year:
Employee                   Position                                                  Level         %              Salary Brittany Lauck           Softball – Head                                           0            10             $3,617

Athletic Support Personnel - 2019-20 school year:
The following athletic support personnel shall be paid for out of the Athletic Fund 300-0000 per schedule:
Julie Arnold	Terry Baldwin	Brenda Beach Judith Bechtel	Deb Brandehoff	Kris Brewer Jennifer Briggs	Mary Cavanaugh	Elizabeth Chiles Barbara Clark	Christine Clark	Todd Clark Tom Clark	Phyllis Cowan	Michelle Cox Carly Frey	Chad Frey	Cheryl Frey
Mike Frey	Lauri Garland	William Garland Matthew Gillett	Tom Golden	Tami Gough Tim Gough	Bobby Hall	Tony Hammer Mark Hanthorn	Gene Hermon	Andrew Herr George Hostetler	Susan Iden	Julie Jordan Marcia Kline	Joseph Kowal	Karen Lamont William Lamont	John Lause	Nicholas McCoy Keanna McNamara	Anthony Miller	Heidi Mirus
Steve Ramsey	Mark Shine	Patricia Shockency Andrew Stahr	Austin Stahr

Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. McKinney, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; motion carried.

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TREASURER’S CONSENT AGENDA: Mr. Foley moved and Mr. Spragg seconded the motion to approve the following:
Minutes: July 23, 2019 Regular Meeting Reports: July
Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; motion carried.

NEW STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND: Mrs. Place moved and Mr. McKinney seconded the motion authorizing the Treasurer to establish a new student activity fund 200-9233 for Industrial Tech Club. This high school group is being formed by Mr. Prichard to support the CBI and Industrial Tech classes. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; motion carried.

STUDENT HANDBOOK REVISION: Mr. Spragg moved and Mr. Foley seconded the motion to approve the following language (in italic) to be added to the elementary school, middle school and high school student handbooks:

Mumps – Chicken pox – Measles
a.	 Without a doctor’s examination your child may return to school: 1. Mumps – 10 days out of school including weekends.
2. Chicken pox – 7 days out of school including weekends or until all lesions have crusted. 3. Measles – 7 days out of school including weekends.
b. Readmission to school anytime with a doctor’s examination and written permission slip signed by the doctor.

Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; motion carried.

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ATHLETIC POLICY HANDBOOK: Mr. McKinney moved and Mrs. Place seconded the motion to approve Bath Local School District’s Athletic Policy Handbook for 2019-2020 school year; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. McKinney, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; motion carried.

ATHLETIC ADMISSION PRICES: Mr. Foley moved and Mrs. Place seconded the motion to approve admission prices for all athletic events in the 2019-2020 school year; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Foley, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; motion carried.

DRIVERS EDUCATION AGREEMENT: Mr. Spragg moved and Mrs. Place seconded the motion to approve the contract between Bath Local Schools and Always Right Driving School, LLC to hold driving instruction August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Spragg, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; motion carried.

ALLEN COUNTY BOARD OF DD – EMERGENCY EVACUATION: Mr. Foley moved and Mrs. Place seconded the motion to approve the agreement between Bath Local Schools and the Allen County Board of DD for emergency evacuation location during the 2019-2020 school year; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Foley, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; motion carried.

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AUDIOLOGY SERVICES: Mr. McKinney moved and Mr. Spragg seconded the motion to approve agreement with North Central Ohio Educational Service Center for audiology services, effective August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; motion carried.

SERVICES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED: Mr. Spragg moved and Mr. Foley seconded the motion to approve agreement with North Central Ohio Educational Service Center to provide services for the hearing impaired, effective August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; motion carried.

WOOD COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER: Mr. Spragg moved and Mr. McKinney seconded the motion to approve an agreement with Wood County Juvenile Detention Center for educational program to serve students court placed from our district in 2019-2020 school year; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; motion carried.

UPDATED POLICIES: Mr. Foley moved and Mrs. Place seconded the motion to approve the following updated policies:

1. BJA - Liaison with School Boards Association	10.911 2. EHB – Use of Electronic Signature	10.921 3. JEFB – Released Time for Religious Instruction	10.931 4. KJA – Distribution of Materials in Schools	10.941

Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Foley, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; motion carried.

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BUS DRIVER HANDBOOK: Mrs. Place moved and Mr. McKinney seconded the motion to approve the handbook for bus drivers; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; motion carried.

BAND EQUIPMENT TRUCK DRIVERS: Mr. Spragg moved and Mr. Foley seconded the motion to approve the following certified band equipment truck drivers for liability purposes.

Bob Erickson Sarah Haselman Tony Ross Hannah Snyder

Ryan Gross John Junkins
David Schadewald

Stephen Hanhold Todd Merrit Rick Shields

Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; motion carried.

19-8-126	VAN DRIVERS: Mr. McKinney moved and Mrs. Place seconded the motion to approve the following certified van drivers for liability purposes.

Kendra Bassitt Amanda Markley

Matthew Gillett	Dan Grime Jackie O’Kief

Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. McKinney, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; motion carried.

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19-8-127	BUS DRIVERS – FEDERAL CDL ODE REQUIREMENTS: Mr. Spragg moved and Mr. Foley seconded the motion to approve the following bus drivers who have met all Federal CDL ODE requirements for certification.

Deborah Brandehoff Gloria Chaffins Reyna Collins Dianna Downing Dylan Green
Dale Johnson Christine Miller Robin Orton Ashley Slaght Katrina Stone Amanda Williams

Harry Burleson Elizabeth Chiles Michelle Cox Virgil Dean Evans Ryan Gross
Helen Jones Joseph Newland Teresa Schafer Danita Slone
William Vermillion Scott Williams

Keri Calvert Todd Clark Darrell Dearth Bobbie Glenn Mellissa Helmig
Keanna McNamara Paula O’Donnell Patricia Shockency Sandra Steinbrunner Julie Walsh
Roger Wireman

Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; motion carried.

19-8-128	PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TRANSPORTATION: Mr. McKinney moved and Mrs. Place seconded the motion to approve the following:

WHEREAS, according to Ohio School Law Article 22.6, Bath Local Schools declares it impractical to transport students due to the cost of providing transportation in terms of equipment, maintenance, personnel and administration; the very low number of students requesting this service and the fact that similar services are not provided to students from other non-public schools with similar circumstances.
THEREFORE, “Payment in Lieu of Transportation” is recommended for Lima Central Catholic School, St. Rose Catholic School, St. Charles Catholic School, and Heir Force Community School. Payment in lieu of transportation is recommended in the amount of $250.00 for the 2019-20 school year, per student grades K-12.

Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. McKinney, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; motion carried.

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MCKINNEY-VENTO ACT: Mrs. Place moved and Mr. Spragg seconded the motion to approve paying for half of the transportation costs of students that meet the guidelines outlined in the McKinney-Vento Act, as determined by the transportation supervisor, for the 2019-20 school year. This Act pertains to homeless students wishing to continue attending their school of origin. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; motion carried.

IMPRACTICAL TO TRANSPORT: Mr. Foley moved and Mr. Spragg seconded the motion that due to the small number of students attending the Allen County Educational Service Center Special Education Units, the Findlay School for the Hearing Impaired, and The Center for Autism & Dyslexia, Bath Local Schools declares it impractical to transport by conventional school bus. Transportation will be offered through either Black & White Cab Company, RTA or contract with parents/legal guardian at a rate of $2.50 per day. Wheelchair bound students attending Marimor will be at the contracted rate of $10.00 per day; list of students on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; motion carried.

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TIME AND ROUTE SCHEDULE FOR STUDENT TRANSPORTATION: Mrs. Place moved and Mr. McKinney seconded the motion to adopt the time and route schedules for student transportation for the 2019-20 school year, as on file in the Transportation Supervisor’s office. The Transportation Supervisor is authorized to make changes to the routes and schedules as deemed necessary. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; motion carried.

CHAPERONES/VOLUNTEERS/SPEAKERS/VOLUNTEER COACHES FOR THE 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR: Mr. Spragg moved and Mr. Foley seconded the motion to approve the list of volunteers and speakers for liability purposes. All volunteer coaches are contingent upon proper certification and paperwork required by ODE for volunteer coaches; copy on file. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; motion carried.

ADJOURNMENT: Mrs. Place moved and Mr. McKinney seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting. Vote on the motion was as follows: Mrs. Place, yes; Mr. McKinney, yes; Mr. Foley, yes; Mr. Spragg, yes; Mr. Birkemeier, yes; motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m.

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