The North Royalton Board of Education held their October meeting on Thursday, October 23. A presentation was given regarding the Middle School Student Council.
School Board President Jackie Arendt made a statement regarding the retirement of School Superintendent Mike Laub. (See Laub to Retire article) A resident addressed the Board wih questions regarding Board communications on the retirement of Laub. A North Royalton Soccer Coach praised Laub on his time at North Royalton.
The Board approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Fiscal Forecast.
The Board approved the salary schedule for athletic event workers for the reminder of the 2025-26 school year.
School Superintendent Mike Laub stated that he appreciated the comments and thanked those who made them.
The Board accepted the following resignations:
Resignations
Jaelyn Fazio/Head Wrestling Coach Girls/effective October 13, 2025
MaryBeth Kovach/Bus Monitor/Transportation/effective October 17, 2025
Jayla Miller/Classified Substitute/effective September 22, 2025
Amritha Sailesh Karathody/Aide/Middle School/effective September 30, 2025
Andrew Wade/Utility Custodian/Middle School/effective September 26, 2025
The Board approved the following leaves of absence:
Heidi Devlin/effective November 14, 2025 (½ day p.m.) through December 12, 2025
Briana Flowers/effective November 21, 2025 through January 16, 2026
Darla Holzman/effective October 7, 2025 through October 21, 2025
Elise Kinzel/effective October 27, 2025 through June 5, 2026
The Board approved the following appointments to the certificated/licensed and classified staffs:
Classified Substitute
Karen Chintella/effective September 26, 2025
Nicole Cummings/effective October 6, 2025
Carrie Diffenbacher
Nataliia Rudenko/effective October 13, 2025
Allyson Sluzewski/effective October 14, 2025
Maria Velkos/effective October 6, 2025
Certified Substitute
Michelle Toth/School Counselor/effective October 20, 2025/at a rate of $300 per day
The Board approved supplemental contracts for 2025-26.
The Board approved non-licensed supplemental employment for 2025-26.
The Board approved appointments for personal service contracts and PAC/Workers/Student Technicians for the 2025-26 school year.
The Board approved the 2026-27 School year calendar.
The Board approved the Playhouse Square Foundation agreement for rehearsal and presentation of graduation exercises on Friday, May 29, 2026, at the Key Bank State Theater.
The Board approved the following agreements: Gardiner Building Technology Partners for boiler maintenance effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 and Martti Solution Company for virtual foreign language interpretation services on an as-needed basis for the 2025-26 through the 2027-28 school years.
The Board approved the following trip proposal:
Homestead High School, Indiana, February 14, 2026 for the North Royalton High School Show Choir.
The Board accepted and acknowledged the following gifts/donations:
-Lawrence and Delphine Sykora donated $25 to the Caring Closet at N.R. High School.
-The Cuyahoga Valley Soccer Academy donated $1,870.62 for the girls soccer locker room project.
-The KeyBank Charities Aid Foundation donated $200 to North Royalton Elementary School.
-Request A Test, LTD, donated $3,000 to the PBIS program at N.R. Middle School.
-Rego’s Family Market donated four cases of water for the Unified Sports Adaptive Learning Dance at N.R. Middle School.
-The N.R. Soccer Club donated $1,000 to the girls and boys soccer locker room project.
-The Disiena and Roth families donated $500 to the girls and boys soccer locker room project.
-Mrs. Ketevan Orjonikidze donated school and office supplies, valued at approximately $100, to N.R. Middle School.
-Beth and Chris Burdick of North Royalton donated a wheelchair to the clinic at N.R. High School.
The next regularly scheduled board meeting will take place on Thursday, November 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the North Royalton High School Community Room.
By GLORIA PLEVA KACIK
Contributing Writer
