Cleveland City Schools board approves director evaluation, accepts consent agenda and OKs two personnel policies on first reading
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The Cleveland City Schools Board approved the director’s annual evaluation, accepted the consent agenda and approved first readings of two personnel-related policies after clarifying background-check procedures and an edit tied to a federal notice on hiring practices.
The Cleveland City Schools Board of Education voted to accept the consent agenda and approve the director’s annual evaluation and two personnel-related policies on first reading during its regular meeting.
Board chair (unnamed in the transcript) opened the meeting and the board accepted the consent agenda after a motion; Miss Wheeler conducted a roll call in which Renee Diamond, Matt Coleman, Carolyn Ingram, Andy Lay, Jody Riggins and Nate Tucker voted yes while Peggy Pesterfield was recorded absent. "Action passes," the clerk said.
The board then reviewed the director’s evaluation and heard scores read aloud by the chair: director–board relations 3.57; community relations 3.79; staff relations 3.71; finances and operations 3.5; instructional leadership 3.6 — an overall score of 3.63 out of 4. Dr. Elliott thanked the board for individual conversations and feedback. A motion to accept the evaluation passed on roll call with the same members voting in the affirmative.
On policies, Ms. Diamond presented two items for first reading: policy 5.1 (personnel goals), which includes editorial changes and the removal of a line that previously set hiring goals for educator diversity; and policy 5.118 (background investigations), which incorporates use of the "wrapback" monitoring program to provide continuous alerts after an initial background check.
Regarding 5.118, board members asked whether initial background checks remain part of the hiring process and how contractors and volunteers are covered. Mr. Kizer clarified that the district conducts an initial background check at hiring and then enrolls employees in the wrapback system that provides near-real-time alerts if new records appear; language concerning applicants, employees, contract workers and volunteers was discussed as a catch-all. The board agreed to an clarified version of 5.118 for first reading and approved both policies on first reading in a roll call vote.
The meeting adjourned at 07:10. Next steps: the policies were approved for first reading and will return to the board for subsequent readings as required by district procedure.