Sylvania Schools board renews retire‑rehire MOU, approves overnight trips and student evaluation contract; consent agenda passes unanimously

SYLVANIA, Jan. 13, 2025 — The Sylvania Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a renewed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Sylvania Education Association on the district’s retire‑rehire process and a set of routine personnel and activity items at its Jan. 13 work session.

The board also approved several overnight meal trips “as noted” on the agenda and authorized a contract with Achievement Advantage Assessment and Services, LLC for an evaluation of an individual student. All motions were moved and seconded as recorded on the agenda and passed by roll call without recorded opposition.

The retire‑rehire MOU (agenda item 3.1) was presented for renewal. The board’s action authorized continuation of the district’s existing retire‑rehire arrangements with the Sylvania Education Association; the MOU was described in the meeting as a renewal of the district’s current process. The motion passed on a roll call with board members voting yes: Julie, Kim, Tammy, Greg and Dan. (The transcript shows those roll‑call names; Tim also voted yes on later items.)

The board approved several overnight meal trips (agenda item 3.2). The motion to approve the trips was moved and seconded; the transcript records no additional detail about destinations, dates or participating groups beyond the agenda notation “as noted.” The board voted yes: Greg, Tammy, Dan, Tim, Julie and others present.

The board approved a contract (agenda item 3.3) with Achievement Advantage Assessment and Services, LLC for an individual student evaluation. A board member asked whether the company was new to the district; a staff member said the specific firm was not familiar to them but that the evaluation process had been used previously and the vendor had been vetted. The motion passed by roll call with all recorded members voting yes: Greg, Julie, Kim, Dan and Tim.

On the consent agenda the board approved grouped personnel and administrative items in three blocks: - Items 4.1–4.6: administrative and licensed retirements and personnel changes, including recognition of retirees. The superintendent (presenter) named Julie Sanford and Joyce Williams among those retiring and thanked them for years of service; Sanford was noted for 42 years of service and Williams for three years. The board approved the block by roll call with all recorded members voting yes. - Items 5.1–5.5: classified new hires, classified retirements (including Cindy Edwards, 18 years of service, and Tammy May, 10 years), classified disability retirement (Lori Norris, 31 years) and resignations and personnel changes. That consent block passed by roll call with all recorded members voting yes. - Items 6.1–6.2: licensed supplemental positions for the 2024–25 school year and nonteaching pupil activity contracts; the board approved both items on a consent basis with unanimous recorded votes.

There were no public comments at the meeting’s public participation opportunities, and the board did not convene an executive session. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn that passed by unanimous voice/roll call.

The meeting record shows the actions were routine and carried without substantive debate; where board members asked procedural or vendor‑familiarity questions, staff replied that the vendor had been vetted and that additional paperwork (such as a corrected name on the MOU) would be updated before the regular meeting. Specific details that were not stated on the record — including trip destinations, exact contract amounts, and full vendor histories — were not specified in the transcript.