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Fremont City Schools board approves donations, personnel items, policies and grant appropriations
Summary
At its Feb. 1 meeting the board approved 13 consent and business items including donations, annual athletic association membership, an agreement with Northpointe ESC, personnel appointments, two new positions, policy updates from OSBA, recognitions and supplemental appropriations tied to personalized learning grants.
Fremont City Schools Board of Education approved a package of donations, personnel actions, policy updates and budget adjustments at its Feb. 1 meeting, moving a set of routine and programmatic items by roll-call votes.
The board approved donations from multiple donors, the district’s annual membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association (per policy IGDJ for interscholastic athletics), and an agreement with Northpointe Educational Service Center. The board also approved the second reading of policy BDC and the issuance of a Ross High School diploma to Anastasia Cipperly after administration confirmed she met graduation requirements.
Personnel actions approved in a single vote included substitute hires, supplemental contracts, supplemental duty resolutions, status changes, and two new or retitled positions: an assistant athletic director and a personalized learning instructor. Superintendent Hurd said the personalized learning instructor title replaces an existing, grant-supported tutoring role previously referred to as a focused intervention tutor; “they did not like the word tutor,” Hurd said, and the district renamed and retained the same duties. Hurd also said one of the personalized-learning grants will be used specifically at Ross High School and Atkinson Elementary while another grant will support work in the district’s other buildings.
Board members approved a resolution recognizing National School Counseling Week and a resolution celebrating Black History Month, and they adopted a proclamation recognizing “Love the Bus Month,” commending the district’s bus drivers for transportation and extracurricular support.
Treasurer’s recommendations included a fund-to-fund transfer and supplemental appropriations for fiscal 2025. The treasurer reported Title I and an “Expanding Opportunities” grant would be increased, and linked those appropriations to the personalized learning positions approved earlier; the transcript’s numeric amounts were garbled and are not specified in the minutes. The board approved the transfers and appropriations by roll call.
Other routine actions included OSBA-suggested wording changes across district policies to reflect departmental name updates. The board voted yes on all presented items and did not enter executive session; the meeting adjourned following board member communications.
Votes at a glance
- Item 1 — Donations: Motion to approve donations; mover: Mister Nally; second: Miss Bloom; outcome: approved (roll call: Miss Lehman — yes; Miss Lewis — yes; Miss Bloom — yes; Mister Nally — yes; Miss Layman — yes; Mister Price — yes). - Item 2 — Ohio High School Athletic Association membership (policy IGDJ): Motion to approve annual membership; mover: Miss Lewis; second: Miss Layman; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 3 — Agreement with Northpointe Educational Service Center: Motion to approve resolution to enter agreement; mover: Miss Lehman; second: Miss Bloom; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 4 — Policy BDC (second reading): Motion to approve second reading; mover: Miss Bloom; second: Mister Nally; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 5 — Ross High School diploma for Anastasia Cipperly: Motion to grant diploma; mover: Miss Lewis; second: Miss Layman; outcome: approved (all yes). - Items 6–9 — Staff appointments, substitutes, supplemental contracts, supplemental duties, status changes: Motion to approve items 6–9; mover: Mister Nally; second: Miss Bloom; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 10 — New positions (assistant athletic director; personalized learning instructor): Motion to approve item 10; mover: Miss Lehman; second: Mister Nally; outcome: approved (all yes). Superintendent Hurd described the personalized learning instructor as a rename of a grant-supported tutoring role and said the assistant athletic director is a new, consolidated position created in anticipation of retirements and departmental realignment. - Item 11 — Resolution recognizing National School Counseling Week: Motion to approve; mover: Miss Lewis; second: Miss Bloom; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 12 — Resolution celebrating Black History Month: Motion to approve; mover: Miss Lehman; second: Miss Bloom; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 13 — Proclamation recognizing Love the Bus Month: Motion to approve; mover: Miss Lewis; second: Mister Nally; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 14 — OSBA policy wording changes (department name updates): Motion to approve; mover: Miss Lewis; second: Miss Lehman; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 15 — Fund-to-fund transfer (general fund to self-insurance fund): Motion to approve; mover: Miss Bloom; second: Miss Lewis; outcome: approved (all yes). - Item 16 — Supplemental appropriations (Title I and Expanding Opportunities grants): Motion to approve; mover: Miss Bloom; second: Miss Lewis; outcome: approved (all yes). Treasurer and superintendent tied these appropriations to grant-funded personalized learning supports across district buildings; the transcript’s numeric appropriation amounts were unclear and are not specified here.
No items were tabled or failed. The board recorded unanimous yes votes on the items presented, after brief discussion on item 10 (positions) and clarifying remarks on items 15–16 linking grants to personalized learning supports.
