Apr. 6, 2023 -- At the monthly regular Board of Education meeting on April 4, Oxford Elementary School presented information about a program that has improved student attendance, the Board approved the adoption of new English/ELA curriculum materials, and the Board approved a resolution in support of the Fair School Funding Plan and in opposition of several state bills that would negatively impact the District as written.
Awards & Recognitions
Monticello Students Honored by the Ohio Middle Level Association
Xaria Moore
Derrius Ranch
Ohio School Social Worker of the Year
Allison Craig
Tiger Team Members of the Month (March)
Board of Education/Bus Depot/Millikin: Lisa Black
Boulevard: Tamelita Williams-Harris
Canterbury: Roberta Warren
Delisle/Tiger Virtual Academy/IT: Kristie Cooper
Fairfax: Annette Soucie
Gearity: Michelle Cecconi
Heights High: Stephanie Buda
Monticello: Qaaron Murdock
Noble: Alexia Boyles
Oxford: Anastasia Fiala
Roxboro Elementary: Patricia Earley
Roxboro Middle: Suzanne Nelson
Their nominations can be read
here.
Meeting Overview
- Heights High School junior Jordan Evans delivered the Superintendent’s Student Cadre Report, sharing updates on Heights High news and personal reflections on the school year.
- During each Regular Board of Education meeting, representatives from a CH-UH school share points of pride in the Monthly School Spotlight. For April, Oxford Elementary School Principal Jackie Taylor and second grade teacher Amy Robinson delivered a presentation on the school’s PBIS rewards system for school attendance. The program has helped reduce chronic student absenteeism at Oxford by about 50% from the 2021-2022 school year to the 2022-2023 school year.
- The Board approved the adoption of new K-12 ELA/English curricular materials, following the final reading of the recommendations. The program will be implemented in the 2023-2024 school year.
- Superintendent Kirby shared updates on the past month’s work within the five goals of the District’s Strategic Plan.
- Chief Financial Officer Scott Gainer delivered his “3 Things” report, a monthly initiative to educate stakeholders on school funding. The 3 Things for April were:
- Alternative Tax Budget
- Tax Rate Resolution
- Fair School Funding Plan
- The Board approved a resolution in support of the Fair School Funding Plan and in opposition of Ohio House Bill 11, Senate Bill 11, and House Bill 1.
- The Fair School Funding Plan ensures that K-12 schools in Ohio are funded using a rational school funding system that meets the needs of all Ohio’s students in the 21st century. Full implementation of the plan would be prevented by the passage of a Backpack Scholarship Program.
- The Backpack Scholarship Program, via HB11 and SB11, would significantly increase the number and availability of vouchers for students to attend private/parochial schools at taxpayers’ expense.
- HB1 would eliminate a property tax relief program and would automatically result in an unvoted tax increase of $1.2 billion for residential and agricultural taxpayers. To offset this unvoted tax increase, HB1 proposes to reduce the assessment percentage on residential, agricultural, business, and commercial property from 35% to 31.5%. As written, this ultimately would result in a decrease of funding from the state to school districts.
The full meeting video can be found
here.