Fairborn City Schools board approves 2024/25 budget items, personnel slate and names Peterson Construction as CMAR

FAIRBORN, Ohio — The Fairborn City School District Board of Education on Aug. 8 approved a series of routine and substantive items to ready the district for the 2024/25 school year, including financial reports, federal program budgets, dozens of personnel actions and the selection of a construction manager at risk.

The board, meeting at Fairborn High School, voted to accept the Treasurer’s Monthly Financial Report for June 2024 and to adopt the district’s Federal Programs Grants, associated budgets and the Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP) for 2024/25. The motion was listed in the minutes as 24-075 and the roll call in the official minutes recorded all five members voting yea.

Those routine fiscal approvals preceded a large consent block of superintendent recommendations that the minutes record as Motion 24-076. That block—moved in the minutes by the maker identified as “Mr. Mlod” and seconded by Mrs. Webb—included new one-year limited contracts for multiple certified teachers and specialists, corrections and step increases for administrators and certificated staff, salary adjustments for a school psychologist intern, rescinded contracts, additional days for summer preschool testing and other extra-day and stipend approvals for athletic and substitute staff. The minutes list many named hires, resignations and transfers but do not provide a separate roll-call tally for that consent block in the text of the minutes.

The board also approved multiple professional-development payments and schedules (funded where specified by Title IIA and other grants), summer lunch program staffing and summer-route drivers, and a set of classified hires and transfers effective for the 2024/25 contract year.

In other business the board authorized recurring district contracts with the Miami Valley Educational Computer Association (MVECA) for internet service and access control/surveillance, adopted multiple staff and student handbooks for 2024/25 and approved adoption of the textbook Introduction to Information Systems for the high school CTE computer science pathway.

On policy, the board completed second reading and adopted a package of updates and new policies covering items including conflict of interest, immunization, the procurement and use of naloxone in emergencies (policy 5330.05), care-of-students-with-seizure-disorders (5337), facility security, volunteers and transportation rules; the policy numbers are recorded in the minutes.

The board adopted a resolution selecting Peterson Construction Company as the district’s Best Value Construction Manager at Risk and authorized an agreement for preconstruction services; the selection is recorded as an attached resolution in the minutes.

The board acknowledged gifts and donations to the district: $1,000 for the turf fund from Joan Dautel, $500 for the turf fund from Florence Krikke, and a $102.98 opening-day donation from JKLM Franchises LLC.

The meeting included a recess to executive session at 5:56 p.m. for appointment, employment or compensation of public employees; the board reconvened at 7:42 p.m. and adjourned at 7:43 p.m. The executive-session motions and the adjournment entries are recorded in the minutes with yea votes from the five board members.

Votes at a glance

- 24-073 Approve agenda: Motion carried; roll call recorded Ms. Landon, Mr. Steininger, Mrs. Mlod, Mrs. Webb and Mr. Browning voting yea. - 24-074 Approve minutes (July 2 and July 23, 2024): Motion carried; roll call recorded unanimous yea votes by the five members. - 24-075 Budget & finance (Monthly Financial Report acceptance; Federal Programs Grants and 2024/25 CCIP): Motion carried; roll call recorded unanimous yea votes. - 24-076 Administrative/superintendent recommendations (personnel, stipends, substitutes, PD): Moved and seconded in the minutes; the large consent block lists many named personnel actions; no separate roll-call tally is provided in the minutes for each item. - Resolution selecting Peterson Construction as CMAR: Adopted; roll call recorded yea votes for all five members. - 24-077 Move to executive session; 24-078 Adjourn from executive session; 24-079 Adjourn: Motions carried; minutes record unanimous yea votes where roll call is noted.

What to know next

The minutes record approvals necessary to staff the district and to begin the school year; the Peterson Construction selection advances preconstruction work for district projects. The minutes show many individual personnel actions by name; details such as specific step increases, exact hourly totals for extra work, and attached resolutions are recorded in the minutes and attachments referenced in the official board packet.