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Votes at a glance: Elyria Board of Education actions on May 21, 2025
Summary
The Elyria Board of Education approved minutes, financial reports, a five-year forecast, personnel and contract items, policy updates for special education, and recessed into executive session; roll-call tallies are listed below.
At its May 21 meeting the Elyria Board of Education voted on a series of routine and substantive items. The roll-call outcomes below summarize motions that were moved, seconded and approved during the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of Board of Education meeting minutes (from previous meeting): Motion approved by roll call; 5-0.
- Acceptance of financial report for April 2025, approval of purchase orders and approval of three-year compilation agreement with Julian & Group: Motion approved by roll call; 5-0.
- Approval of the May five-year forecast for the Elyria City School District (06/30/2025 through 06/30/2029): Motion approved by roll call; 5-0.
- Multiple superintendent action items (declaring transportation impracticality for listed students; approving certified staff summer pay at curriculum rate; agreements with Vincent Management Services and St. Jude's; support hours for Murray Ridge summer camp; professional appointments for extended school year program): Motion approved by roll call; 5-0.
- Personnel actions (renewals, resignations, appointments, stipends, supplemental athletic contracts, retirements, terminations and related limited contract approvals as listed in the agenda): Motion approved by roll call; 5-0.
- Adoption (first reading waived, second reading waived and adoption) of the DEW special education model policies and procedures / board policy programs for students with disabilities: Motion approved by roll call; 5-0.
- Motion to convene an executive session to consider matters required to be confidential under state or federal law and to consider charges against a regulated individual: Motion approved by roll call; 5-0. The board recessed into executive session at the end of the public meeting.
Each item above was presented with supporting materials on the board agenda. Where specified in the meeting transcript, roll call recorded aye votes from Board Members Mike Gebhardt, Annie Karstarpin, Len Hauser, Brett Parker and Elaine Seguin; no nay votes, abstentions or recusals were recorded during the recorded votes.
Details for public record
- Several motions were described on the record by the treasurer or superintendent before the roll calls. In some cases the transcript records only the motion and the roll-call outcome; mover/second names were not consistently captured. Where motion sponsors were not clearly stated in the transcript, mover and second are recorded as "not specified" in the formal actions list.
- The board directed staff to return with additional details for some items (notably the veterans flagpole donation) and scheduled follow-up agenda items on June 4 and June 25 where required.
All approved items will be reflected in the official written minutes and the public record for the Elyria Board of Education.
