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Pickerington Local board approves consent agenda, authorizes emergency architect amendment and FMX contract
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting the Pickerington Local School District board approved its consent agenda including personnel hires, approved a job description for a director of academic innovation, declared an emergency to amend an architect agreement for renovations at Dylee and Ridgeview, and approved a contract for FMX asset- and facility-tracking software.
Chair Lopez opened the Pickerington Local School District board meeting at 5:01 p.m. on Sept. 8 and trustees moved to approve routine business, a facilities-related emergency amendment and a contract for building-asset software.
The board approved the consent agenda that included certified and licensed personnel items (a school psychologist intern, one intervention specialist, a grade-2 hire and substitute-teacher permit recommendations), multiple support-staff hires and leaves of absence, and supplemental and athletic contracts. The minutes from the Aug. 25, 2025 meeting were also approved by roll call.
Dr. Smialek summarized the consent items and explained the district’s new catalog of budget-purpose statements, saying the catalog is descriptive and that any movement of funds outside appropriation levels would come back to the board for approval.
Trustees then approved a job description for a director of academic innovation and instructional technology by motion and roll-call vote.
The board declared an emergency to authorize an amendment to the district’s architect agreement with SHP tied to a revised building plan. Rob, a district project lead, described the change as procedural and said it supports moving the Heritage program into Dylee, doing mechanical/HVAC (MEP) upgrades at Ridgeview, adding a classroom in a media center, and installing a bus-only lane to ease bell-time traffic. “Don’t be alarmed…this is a procedural thing,” Rob told the board as he summarized the sites and scope.
Separately, trustees approved a contract to procure FMX, a facility space-utilization and asset-tracking platform. Rob said FMX will allow the district to upload building floor plans, drop pins for rooms and associate occupancy details and assets (for example, teachers assigned to a room, student-roster counts, chairs, desks, TVs and wireless access points), and support real-time updates; he estimated uploads complete by spring. “FMX is a platform that will allow us to upload our building, floor plan maps and allow us to track occupancy data,” Rob said.
All action items noted in the agenda were approved by roll call during the meeting. Chair Lopez called for public comment; none was offered. The board then moved into executive session under revised code section 121.22(g)(1) to discuss the employment or compensation of a public employee and later returned to open session with no further business scheduled.
