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Mantua Township Board accepts clean audit, approves tutors, staff changes and salary guide
Summary
At its Dec. 9 meeting the Mantua Township School District Board of Education accepted a fiscal audit with no findings and approved a slate of human-resources actions, including tutors paid under a High Impact Tutoring grant and a revised support-staff salary guide.
The Mantua Township School District Board of Education on Dec. 9 accepted an audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, that reported no annual comprehensive financial report or auditor's management report findings, and approved a set of routine finance and personnel measures.
The board voted unanimously to accept the audit report submitted by Ford Scott & Associates, LLC (motion by Mr. Bruner; second by Mrs. DiAntonio). The auditor's report, as presented to the board, covered the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and the meeting record notes no ACFR/AMR findings.
The board also approved administrative and human-resources items recommended by committees. The board approved minutes from the Nov. 11, 2024 meeting (motion by Ms. Leach; second by Mr. Wilkinson) and granted approval for a range of personnel actions, including tutors funded by the High Impact Tutoring (HIT) grant. The board listed tutors Doug Steinmetz, Laurie Heckert, Jessica Forte, Luke Dickson, Samantha Mello and Marykate Covely; the tutors are to be compensated at $43.00 per hour with payment coming from the HIT grant.
In personnel business the board approved multiple hires, resignations and retirements listed in the agenda packet, and set short-term pay rates for substitute and replacement staff roles as noted in the agenda. Example entries in the record included the resignation of Karen Anderson, Sewell School paraprofessional, effective Dec. 31, 2024; and retirements scheduled for Judy Curtis and Marcy Concannon effective July 1, 2025. Several substitute and short-term pay rates were listed for the remainder of the 2024-25 school year.
The Education Committee recommendation to approve Human Resources items 17, which included salary adjustments and a revised support-staff salary guide for 2024-25, passed by roll call (YES: Mr. Wilkinson, Mrs. Vick, Ms. Leach, Mrs. Gregg, Mrs. DiAntonio, Mr. Bruner, Mrs. Pedersen, Dr. Kroeger; 8 YES, 0 NO, 0 Abstain).
The board moved into executive session at 7:42 p.m. (motion by Mrs. DiAntonio; second by Mrs. Gregg) and reconvened at 8:30 p.m. (motion by Ms. Leach; second by Mr. Wilkinson). The meeting record states that no action took place while in executive session. The meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m. (motion by Mrs. Gregg; second by Mr. Wilkinson; unanimously approved).
The board noted upcoming dates including winter break (Dec. 23-Jan. 1), the Board of Education reorganization meeting on Jan. 2, 2025, and the next regular meeting on Jan. 13, 2025.
