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Board approves consent agendas, personnel actions and 2025–26 school calendar
Summary
The Cuyahoga Falls Board approved the treasurer's and superintendent's consent agendas (finance, donations, personnel) and adopted the 2025–26 school calendar; the treasurer explained an October spending anomaly caused by a double insurance payment and administrators clarified student ID replacement policies.
The Cuyahoga Falls City School District Board of Education approved routine business items and several personnel and fiscal recommendations during its Nov. 20 meeting.
At the start of the meeting the board approved the meeting agenda by roll‑call vote. Later, the treasurer recommended approval of the treasurer's consent agenda (minutes and donations) and presented the October investment and spending report. The treasurer explained an October anomaly — the district made a double payment to the insurance consortium that inflated October expenses by roughly $2,000,000 combined; she said that pattern will normalize by June when payments even out. The board approved the treasurer's consent agenda by roll call.
The superintendent presented a consent agenda including personnel appointments, retirements and contract addenda. The board approved personnel items including the pending hire of routing specialist Lori Sinek (pending board approval for the recommended hire), stipends tied to reading initiatives and contracted speech‑pathology services. Superintendent and board members also noted changes to substitute pay and nonunion rates in light of Ohio’s minimum‑wage revisions.
Administrators clarified the student‑ID process: permanent IDs are in and the district is building a rapid replacement workflow. An administrator told the board that the district "would never charge a child for a temporary ID." The board then voted to adopt the 2025–26 school calendar (the first year the district will move into the new campus) by roll call.
Votes recorded in the meeting transcript showed roll‑call approval for the agenda and the consent items; calendar adoption also passed by roll call with recorded ayes. Several trustees thanked communications staff for advance outreach to families about the new campus and next steps. The board adjourned to executive session to consider employment and discipline matters and indicated no further action would be taken after that session.
