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Board approves financial items, personnel hires and district agreements
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the New Philadelphia Board approved several routine financial expenditures, personnel hires and district agreements including a stadium project contract, Chromebook services, and a three-year sponsorship with QDA.
The New Philadelphia Board of Education approved a slate of routine financial items, personnel appointments and interagency agreements during its March 10 regular meeting.
Key approvals included purchases and invoices, services for Chromebooks, a stadium project engagement, a resolution authorizing a tax-valuation complaint for tax year 2024, multiple personnel hires and contract extensions, and several interagency agreements including a three-year sponsorship with QDA and a College Credit Plus memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ohio University.
Financial and procurement approvals listed in the district financial report and adopted by the board included a request to approve public-safety equipment for the Quaker Dome (amount not specified in the transcript), Chromebook "white glove" services with CDW in the amount of $11,075, and an excess-cost invoice billed to the Stark County agency for $42,005.40 covering student services in fiscal year 2024. The board also authorized a stadium project engagement with Benchmark for $20,000 and approved amended appropriations and certificates of estimated resources as listed in the financial packet.
Personnel actions approved by the board included naming Ricky Neff as athletic director effective Aug. 1, 2025; board approval of three-year contract extensions for listed administrators; hiring Hannah Milliman as a sixth-grade science teacher and Madison Munson as a speech-language pathologist for next school year; and hiring Jeff Furby as the current middle school band advisor for this school year. The motion approving the personnel slate carried with one abstention: Ms. Fontana abstained from that personnel vote; other members voting in favor were Mrs. Schrock, Mr. Gallantyne, Mr. Rickley and Mr. McMath.
The board approved a three-year sponsorship contract with QDA, with the assistant superintendent thanking Rich Verati and Deb Kennedy for negotiating the agreement. The board also approved a College Credit Plus MOU with Ohio University to allow students to take 5-credit (and additional) classes through the university and approved a nonroutine field trip request for the speech and debate team to attend the state competition.
Each motion was carried by roll-call vote as recorded in the meeting transcript; where dollar amounts were unclear or garbled in the record, the article notes the omission rather than inferring figures.
Votes at a glance (selected items): - Chromebook white-glove services (CDW): approved; amount stated in transcript $11,075. - Excess-cost invoice (Stark County): approved; amount stated $42,005.40. - Stadium project engagement (Benchmark): approved; amount stated $20,000. - Personnel slate (including Ricky Neff as athletic director, effective Aug. 1, 2025): approved; Ms. Fontana abstained. - Sponsorship contract with QDA (three-year): approved. - CCP MOU with Ohio University and nonroutine speech-and-debate trip: approved. - Resolution authorizing filing an original tax valuation complaint for tax year 2024: approved.
Board members and administrators at the meeting commended staff and community members involved with the items. The transcript does not list contract or salary terms for administrator renewals or the personnel hires beyond titles and start dates where stated.
