Romeo Community Schools board approves resolutions including food-service truck purchase and RHS courtyard sitework

Romeo Community Schools Board President Rachel Eichhorst presided over a May 27 meeting at Powell 9th Grade Academy where the board unanimously approved six formal resolutions, including the purchase of a new food-service truck and sitework approval for the RHS courtyard renovation.

The board voted 7–0 to adopt Resolutions 52–58, covering personnel updates, authorization for MISD biennial election participation, MISD budget approval, a food-service truck purchase, District Leadership Priorities (Group 2) including CKLA Version 3 implementation and an RVA Coordinator position, superintendent policy authority approval, and approval of the RHS courtyard sitework.

Why it matters: several resolutions translate committee recommendations into district action and carry programmatic and capital implications. The food-service truck addresses operations the Finance Committee flagged as a current need; the RHS courtyard sitework advances a facilities bond project discussed in committee; the leadership-priorities resolution moves curriculum and staffing steps into implementation.

Votes at a glance

• Resolution 52 — Employee Services: Personnel Update. Motion carried 7 Ayes, 0 Nays (Banach moved; Bowman supported). Details of personnel changes were not specified in the meeting minutes.

• Resolution 53 — Business Services: MISD Biennial Election. Motion carried 7 Ayes, 0 Nays (Banach moved; Antoine supported). President Eichhorst was named delegate and Mrs. Banach alternate; the board agreed to support incumbents Farley and Hubler.

• Resolution 54 — Business Services: MISD Budget Approval. Motion carried 7 Ayes, 0 Nays (Antoine moved; Bowman supported). The minutes do not specify budget line amounts.

• Resolution 55 — Business Services: Food Service Truck Purchase. Motion carried 7 Ayes, 0 Nays (Banach moved; Boyer supported). The minutes record the approved purchase but do not specify the purchase price or vendor in the public minutes.

• Resolution 56 — Academic Services: District Leadership Priorities – Group 2 (CKLA Version 3 and RVA Coordinator). Motion carried 7 Ayes, 0 Nays (Cichocki moved; Rice supported). The resolution advances implementation of CKLA Version 3 (updated curriculum) and authorizes a new RVA Coordinator position to support program expansion.

• Resolution 57 — Superintendent: Policy 6009 Authority Approval. Motion carried 7 Ayes, 0 Nays (Boyer moved; Banach supported). The minutes do not provide text of the policy change beyond the approval notation.

• Resolution 58 — Facilities: 2021 Bond Project Approval — RHS Courtyard Renovation (sitework). Motion carried 7 Ayes, 0 Nays (Banach moved; Cichocki supported). Facilities discussion earlier in the meeting noted selection of a turf option for the courtyard and some adjustments due to courtyard project difficulties; final contract or cost information was not provided in the minutes.

Board procedure and next steps

The board approved consent items including financial reports and minutes from prior meetings as part of the consent agenda. Several items referenced for later follow-up — such as the Community Engagement Summary Report for bond planning and posting of Strategic Plan Year 3 materials to the district website — will be shared electronically. The minutes show unanimous votes on the listed resolutions; they do not record motions to table or postpone any of the resolutions.

What the minutes do not specify

The public minutes do not include dollar amounts for the food-service truck purchase, vendor names, budget line-item impacts, or the specific personnel changes under Resolution 52. Those details were not included in the meeting transcript and are listed as not specified in the public record.

The meeting adjourned at 7:48 p.m.