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Votes at a glance: consent agenda, policies, special-ed position and press-box painting approved
Summary
The Cleveland City Schools Board approved the consent agenda, adopted two revised policies (including a state-required definition of antisemitism), approved moving a special-education position into the general budget, and granted the booster club permission to paint the high-school baseball press box; all votes passed by roll call with the named members voting yes.
At the Cleveland City Schools Board meeting, the board recorded and approved multiple motions by roll call.
Consent agenda: A motion to accept the consent agenda was made and seconded. The roll call listed the following board members voting yes: Carolyn Ingram, Andy Lay, Peggy Pesterfield, Jody Riggins, Nate Tucker, Renee Dimon and Matthew Coleman. The motion passed.
Policy approvals: The board approved revisions to district policies, including policy 1.7 (district goals wording updates) and a policy change (listed as policy 5.5 in the motion) that incorporated a state-law-required definition of antisemitism into district policy. The roll call showed unanimous support from the board members present.
Special-education position: The board approved moving one special-education teacher position from the federal IDEA budget into the district general fund for 2025-26 (see separate article). The roll call recorded unanimous yes votes.
Facilities: The facilities committee recommended allowing the high-school baseball booster club to paint the press box (and a back wall behind home plate); a motion to approve that recommendation was seconded and passed on roll call with all named members voting yes.
Where the transcript provided explicit roll-call names, they have been recorded above. The board did not record nay or abstention votes in the transcript for these items.
