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Nordonia Hills City School Board approves consent items, MOU, cybersecurity program, personnel and budget adjustments
Summary
At its Sept. 22 meeting the Nordonia Hills City School Board approved multiple consent and business items including membership in a Title III consortium, a district cybersecurity program, personnel hires and budget amendments. Most votes were unanimous; one certified supplemental vote recorded an abstention.
The Nordonia Hills City School Board approved a slate of consent and business items at its Sept. 22 regular meeting, including a memorandum of understanding with the Summit County Educational Service Center, adoption of a district cybersecurity program, personnel listings and budget changes.
In the consent portion, the board approved donations of desks, computers and school supplies, a transportation impractical resolution for three students, and several accounting transfers and budget amendments. The board also approved an MOU to join a Title III consortium with Summit County ESC to stretch approximately $5,000 in federal funds through shared professional development.
The board adopted a district cybersecurity program after the technology department presentation; the superintendent praised Technology Director Mike Ross for the department's work. The board also approved classified and certified personnel items, including supplemental and purchase-service contracts; the certified personnel vote recorded one abstention by Board member Mister Larimer on a supplemental where a board member recused themselves due to a family relationship.
Treasurer and finance items included approval of budget amendments and adjustments to permanent appropriations and a presentation of the district's Popular Annual Financial Report, which the treasurer described as a shorter, cash-basis summary of the district's finances for fiscal 2025 and a communications tool for the public.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (minutes, donations, transportation resolution, transfers): Approved (Yes: Miss McKinley; Mister Tidmore; Miss Vadich; Mister Kearney; Mister Larimer) — tally: yes 5/5.
- Memorandum of Understanding with Summit County ESC (Title III consortium; stretches ~$5,000 in federal Title III funds for shared PD): Approved (Yes: McKinley; Tidmore; Vadich; Kearney; Larimer) — tally: yes 5/5.
- Adoption of district cybersecurity program: Approved (Yes: McKinley; Tidmore; Vadich; Kearney; Larimer) — tally: yes 5/5.
- Classified personnel items (hires, assignments, food service, paraprofessionals): Approved (Yes: McKinley; Tidmore; Vadich; Kearney; Larimer) — tally: yes 5/5.
- Certified personnel items (including supplemental listed where a board member has a family relationship): Approved with one abstention (Yes: McKinley; Tidmore; Vadich; Kearney — Abstain: Larimer) — tally: yes 4 / abstain 1.
- Budget amendments and adjustments for permanent appropriations: Approved (Yes: McKinley; Tidmore; Vadich; Kearney; Larimer) — tally: yes 5/5.
The meeting concluded with announcements about upcoming events, including a State of the Schools presentation on Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. and the board's next regular meeting on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m.
No legal or contractual action beyond the MOU and routine personnel/purchasing approvals was recorded in the minutes.
