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Maple Heights board approves software and service contracts, and adopts first disaster-recovery plan
Summary
The board approved a three-year Frontline Technologies contract (first-year total referenced at $87,000), multiple special-education and payroll service agreements, and adopted its first disaster recovery plan to meet cybersecurity-insurance requirements.
The Maple Heights City School District Board on July 13 approved a package of vendor contracts and adopted the district's first formal IT disaster-recovery plan, officials said.
Connie, the district treasurer, explained a proposed three-year agreement with Frontline Technologies that covers comparative analytics, budget management and financial-forecasting tools used by human-resources and the treasurer's office. She said the vendor offered a multiyear price structure with a 0% increase in year one, followed by 3% and 2% increases in years two and three; the first-year total was referenced as $87,000. The board moved, seconded and approved the Frontline contract on a roll-call vote.
Board members also approved contracts to support student services. Superintendent Del Flor said the district will contract New Directions Solutions for ProTherapy to provide an intervention specialist during the kindergarten boot camp; she said those costs will be covered by the Ohio Department of Education kindergarten boot camp grant. The board likewise approved a single-student outplacement agreement with Drive Early Learning Services for the 2026–27 school year and standard annual agreements with JCB providers Belfair and Applewood to set tuition and transportation parameters for potential special-education placements.
On payroll services, Connie told the board the district is working with Neonet to train and support a new payroll employee; Neonet bills on a daily basis rather than per pay cycle. The board approved continued Neonet services.
Superintendent Del Flor described the disaster recovery plan as required by district policy and by the district's cybersecurity insurance. "Districts are required to have a disaster recovery plan...so we have to come up with a plan ahead of time that says how we're going to restore," she said. The board moved and approved the plan, which district staff and an outside vendor helped prepare.
Each of the contract items and the disaster-recovery plan was approved by roll-call votes during the meeting's consent and new-business sections.
