Fremont City Schools board approves personnel hires, contracts and tutoring funded by Title IV

The Fremont City Schools board on an evening vote approved multiple personnel contracts, service agreements and program spending that the superintendent said will support students and day-to-day operations.

Trustees unanimously approved donations the superintendent listed, an annual agreement to follow OHSAA (Ohio High School Athletic Association) bylaws for student athletes in grades 7–12, and a consulting contract with Barb McNutt to provide transition-skills services for students with individualized education programs. Superintendent Hurd said the McNutt contract was selected after the prior employee retired and staff reorganized duties to preserve legally required services.

The board also approved hiring and supplemental contracts for substitutes and spring coaches, special-event workers for upcoming tournament play, and the naming of Cassidy Price as an OST (after-school) tutor.

On funding for after-school interventions, Mrs. Abernathy described the district’s elementary OST tutoring: "Each building gets 100 hours" and the district’s total cost for the program "will be no more than $10,000," she said, adding the district will use Title IV federal grant dollars earmarked for student interventions. Superintendent Hurd said the sessions include small-group instruction and test-prep activities for grades 3–5.

The board approved a request for Mandy Miller to attend an annual conference in Columbus and approved an item to accept a military recruitment bonus reimbursement for maintenance employee Charles Molliott under a state program that reimburses the district for the bonus and associated retirement benefits. The superintendent said the district expects the state reimbursement in February.

All motions on these items passed by roll call vote during the meeting. The board moved on routine business after several short reports and closed the meeting by approving an item to make certain cash expendable for upcoming expenses.

The board did not take action on policy EBDDE (a draft policy addressing procurement and administration of overdose-reversal drugs) beyond placing it on first reading; that topic was discussed separately during the superintendent’s policy report.