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Board delays Longfellow principal hire after split vote; approves multiple personnel and operations items
Summary
During the June 9 meeting the board debated a personnel motion to hire Thomas Kubiak as the Longfellow middle‑school principal; initial action did not secure the required votes and the item was deferred to a future agenda. The board approved several personnel lists, summer‑school authorizations and operations contracts by roll call.
The Lorain City Schools Board of Education debated personnel item 9.01 at its June 9 meeting — a recommendation to hire Thomas Kubiak as the Longfellow middle‑school principal — but did not finalize that hire during the public meeting.
Kubiak introduced himself and described his 17 years as a middle‑school principal and assistant principal in Cleveland and his interest in the Longfellow assignment. Board members discussed the recommendation during the personnel portion of the agenda. An initial motion on item 9.01 did not obtain the three affirmative votes the board said were required because one member declined to change a prior vote. Board members then moved to suspend the order and enter executive session to discuss personnel matters. After the executive session, the board again considered personnel items. The board ultimately agreed to place the Longfellow principal hire back on the next board agenda rather than finalize the hire that evening.
The board approved multiple other personnel and operational items during the meeting by roll call, including:
- Treasurer items 8.01–8.03 (financial reports/recommendations) — approved by roll call early in the meeting. - Personnel lists and routine personnel matters (items 9.02–9.11 and related approvals) — approved; on item 9.11 (summer‑school authorizations) one board member recorded an abstention. - Operations contracts and purchases (items 10.01–10.21), including resurfacing and signage work; board members discussed a $36,000 sign/banner project for the home bleachers and noted the city performs basic resurfacing while contractors complete more complicated parking‑lot work. - Item 11.01 (proposed change to student start/end times) was pulled from the agenda for a future meeting; item 11.02 was approved.
Motions to enter and exit executive session for personnel were taken and recorded by roll call. The board scheduled a special meeting for June 25 at 5 p.m. and said the regular late‑June meeting would be moved.
The board did not adopt any new policy change regarding hiring procedures at the meeting; the principal recommendation for Longfellow will return for a vote at the next board meeting.
