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Sycamore board approves multiple service agreements and fiscal-year financial actions
Summary
At its June meeting the Sycamore board approved a package of agreements for special‑education and health services, accepted donations, approved fee schedules, and carried several year‑end fiscal actions to manage cash balance ahead of the new fiscal year.
The Sycamore Community City Board of Education on June 30 voted to approve multiple service agreements, several personnel items and a package of fiscal-year financial measures.
Contracts and service agreements approved by roll-call vote included: an agreement with Saint Rita’s Court of the Deaf (staff noted a draft error referencing Madison School District that will be corrected before signing); an agreement with Warren County Educational Service Center; a memorandum of understanding for satellite program standards and maintenance; service agreements with Cincinnati Center for Autism; Applied Behavioral Services; School Care; and Maxim Healthcare Services; and a proposal with DWA Recreation to upgrade playground equipment at Sims using PTO fundraising plus capital funds.
On personnel and policy matters the board approved a second reading of a routine policy update (IGBLA), approved a resolution to amend certificated staff job descriptions to reflect required state trainings, and passed the personnel consent agenda (which included an interim assistant-principal contract for Eric Muchmore and the new student-success supervisor job description).
On finances, the board approved month-end financial reports for the month ended 05/31/2025, final preparations for fiscal year 2025, temporary appropriations for FY2026 (to allow payroll at the fiscal-year start), and end-of-year fund transfers. Administration said it recommended advancing certain capital commitments into the current fiscal year to reflect true commitments and to reduce the district’s projected cash-balance percentage from roughly 40% to about 33% after those transfers.
The board also approved an academic consumable fee of $40 per student (waivers for eligible families) and an extracurricular fee of $75 per sport or activity, and accepted a list of donations including funds raised by the Sims PTO and an anonymous donation that paid unpaid meal balances.
What’s next: Corrected contract language will be finalized before signatures; staff will provide the full exit-interview summary and updated five‑year forecasts at a July meeting.
