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Forest Hills board approves consent agenda covering hires, contracts, transport changes
Summary
The Forest Hills Local Board of Education approved a broad consent agenda that included personnel appointments, multiple service contracts, a memorandum of understanding for a second school resource officer and transportation route changes deemed "impractical." The motion carried unanimously among members present; one member was absent.
The Forest Hills Local Board of Education approved its consent agenda — items 9.1 through 13.1 on the meeting docket — by voice vote during the June meeting, carrying the motion with all members present voting yes and one member absent.
The consent packet bundled dozens of routine and substantive items. Key approvals included personnel actions for new hires and internal reassignments; contracts and memoranda of understanding with external partners for school-based services; several special-education service agreements; renewal of network and copier contracts; and transportation adjustments that declared three off-site programs impractical for regular bus service.
Among the items identified during discussion and in board documents were: (1) personnel appointments including recommendations introduced earlier in the meeting (assistant principal and facilities coordinator hires); (2) a cooperative agreement with Anderson Township to provide a second school resource officer for the district; (3) a new partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center to provide mental-health services in secondary schools, and continued preschool services from NECCO; (4) multiple special-education placement and service contracts (Clermont County ESC, Cincinnati Center for Autism and others); (5) renewal of technology and copier contracts (HCC network/software and ComDoc copier contract); and (6) a transportation determination that three community sites were “impractical” for regular bus routing because of persistently low ridership and driver shortages.
Board president Bob Bibb called for the motion to approve the consent items; the motion was made and seconded and carried by the members present. Votes recorded on the motion were: Dr. Simmons — yes; Mr. Bell — yes; Mrs. Jonas — yes; Mr. Bibb — yes. Dr. Strickler was absent for the vote.
The board did not debate each individual contract or hire on the public record during this meeting; presenters summarized the items and said more detailed documents were available in board materials. Several administrators told the board they would follow up with additional documentation or answers to specific questions if requested.
The board’s next regular meeting was scheduled for July 10 with the central office listed as the meeting location.
