The North Royalton Board of Education held their October meeting on Monday, October 10.
Assistant Superintendent, Melissa Vojta and Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Jeff Cicerchi, gave a presentation on the state report card. School Superintendent Matt Laub responded, stating “I think we have a lot of positives to take out of that data. . . .We cannot put all of our eggs in one data bucket. That’s one piece of a larger puzzle of what we do every day with kids, whether the data from the state is awesome, or not so awesome. It’s information to provide us with ways to move forward.” He talked about utilizing the data for setting goals to improve.
One resident addressed the Board praising the Power School application. The second addressed the Board on the Senior Center aspect of Royal View.
The Board approved the Fiscal Year 2023 Five-Year Forecast.
The Board accepted the following resignations/retirement:
Retirement
Cheri Rourke/First Grade Teacher/Elementary School/effective June 8, 2023
Resignations
Mary Ashley/Office Secretary/Middle School/effective October 11, 2022
Nicole DePiero/Classified Substitute/effective September 30, 2022
Shawna Goetz/Lunch Aide/Elementary School/effective October 7, 2022
The Board approved the following appointments to the certificated/licensed and classified staffs:
Classified Employees
Nicole DePiero/Central Office/Secretary/at a base salary of $39,339/effective October 3, 2022
Jennifer Wintrich/Middle School/Data Entry Clerk
Certified Substitute
Katherine Bornstein/effective September 21, 2022/at the rate of $129 per diem
Timothy Rickard/Assistant Principal Pre-School/at the rate of $425 per diem on an as needed basis
Classified Substitutes
Jessica Agostine, Shawna Goetz/effective October 10, 2022
Kristian Poindexter, Deborah Rider/effective September 26, 2022 (Mondays)
Amritha Sailesh Karathody/effective September 19, 2022
Brieanna Seneff/effective October 3, 2022
Patricia Spoerke/effective September 28, 2022
Transportation-Data Entry(extended from summer employment to 2022-23 school year)
Bruce Abbott
Ellen Grayson
The Board approved the following change of assignment, effective the 2022-23 school year
Debra Pastore/from Data Entry Clerk/Middle School to Office Secretary – 10 months, Middle School
The Board approved the supplemental employment of Ryan Madison as Middle School Wrestling Coach.
The Board approved the following school volunteers for the 2022-23 school year or as indicated:
Logan Chuppa/Girls Basketball Coach/High School
Clarence Griffin Sr./Girls Basketball Coach/High School
Isabelle Masters/Volleyball Coach/High School
Boys Golf Camp, October 17, 2022 (Hinckley Hills Course)
Forest Smith
Steven Sprunger
The Board approved a memorandum of understanding with the North Royalton Police Department in regards to the School Resource Officer.
The Board approved the 2023-24 School Year Calendar.
The Board approved an agreement with Sign Language Interpreters for interpreter services, as needed, effective September 28, 2022.
The Board accepted and acknowledged the following gifts/donations:
-Carol Estrate of North Royalton donated a variety of school supplies to the District.
-Mike Kecic of Strongsville donated an HP MFP printer to the District for a value of approximately $500.00
-Julie Owen of North Royalton donated $525.00 to North Royalton Middle School for the eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C.
-Dairy Queen of Parma donated 50 coupons for a small Blizzard treat and 50 coupons for a round of mini golf to the PBIS program at North Royalton Middle School.
The next regularly scheduled board meeting will take place on Monday, November 21, 7 p.m. at the North Royalton High School Community Room.
By GLORIA PLEVA KACIK
Contributing Writer