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Cuyahoga Heights board approves consent agenda: stadium lights contract, pay-rate increases and HB 10 food-service policy
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Summary
The board unanimously approved the superintendent's consent agenda April 27, including a GeoSport stadium-lighting contract at $133,200, several purchase orders for athletic equipment, a $10 boost to substitute-teacher pay and other pay-schedule updates, USDA Child Nutrition participation for 2026–27, and adoption of a food-service purchasing policy to comply with House Bill 10.
The Cuyahoga Heights Board of Education approved a package of consent-agenda items and policy changes at its April 27 meeting.
On procurement, the board approved a GeoSport contract to replace stadium lighting at an estimated cost of $133,200 under the Ohio Schools Council cooperative purchasing agreement; other vendors and quotes discussed at the meeting included Moscow Sport Lighting ($184,005.85), PSG ($209,008.75) and IKEA LED Lighting ($160,009.20). The board also approved a $7,100 purchase for a new scoreboard (Littmann) to be charged to fund 309228 and several athletic-related purchase orders, including $5,400 for Adler’s Sporting Goods (middle-school football uniforms) and $5,478.20 for 12 football helmets from Bridal All American Sports. The booster club was noted as donating an optional arch costing $7,656 toward the scoreboard installation.
The board approved the superintendent’s recommended miscellaneous pay-rate schedule for the 2026–27 school year, which raises substitute-teacher pay by $10 and increases several other substitute and classified starting rates to be more competitive (examples cited during the meeting: substitute cleaning/summer maintenance step 1 set to $16.12 per hour). The superintendent said the adjustments aim to address chronic shortages for positions such as bus drivers and summer maintenance workers.
The board also approved the district’s annual USDA Child Nutrition Programs agreement for 2026–27 (reimbursements and program implementation details discussed) and a one-year extension for school-breakfast eligibility in the middle and high schools while the district monitors enrollment thresholds.
On policy, the board adopted a revised food-service purchasing policy intended to comply with House Bill 10. The adopted language prohibits the district from purchasing cultivated-protein food products or products misbranded as meat or egg products, while permitting vegetarian or vegan products that are clearly and correctly labeled under Ohio law. The motion to adopt the policy passed on a 5-0 roll call.
All consent-agenda motions referenced above passed unanimously at the meeting. The board then moved to executive session; no additional public actions were taken.
