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Board approves revised MOU with Applewood Centers to restore on-site behavioral services at two schools
Summary
The board approved a revised Memorandum of Understanding with Applewood Centers Inc. to provide on-site prevention, behavioral health and related services at Milkovich Middle School and Maple Heights High School for the 2025–26 school year; the contract was described as a restoration of previously provided middle-school services.
The Maple Heights Board of Education voted Nov. 10 to approve a revised Memorandum of Understanding with Applewood Centers Inc. to provide individual and group prevention services — including behavioral and mental-health services, educational supports and social services — on-site at Milkovich Middle School and Maple Heights High School for the 2025–26 school year.
Superintendent Dela Flora said the middle school had "always had an Applewood" presence and that a piece of the contract had been inadvertently left out of a prior document; the revision restores those services so students can continue to receive them. "We looked at the contract and revised it, and that was inadvertently out," she said. The change was described as ensuring continuity of services rather than expanding the program to new schools.
Board members moved and seconded the recommendation and approved it by roll call (Shepherd yes; Moore yes; Cheeks yes; Blackwell yes; Miss Granger absent). The MOU text and any cost details were not specified in the verbal record.
The superintendent and staff did not announce a dollar value for the contract during the meeting; board discussion focused on restoring access and confirming the revision accounted for services previously provided at the middle school. Staff will file the executed MOU and bring any implementation updates back to the board as needed.
