Coventry board approves multiple contracts, staffing items and ratifies teacher agreement
April 18, 2024 | Coventry Local, School Districts, Ohio
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The Coventry Local School Board on April 18 moved forward on a package of personnel approvals, service contracts and facilities projects and ratified a three-year agreement with the Coventry Education Association (CEA).
During the superintendent’s recommendations, the board considered certified personnel actions including one-year limited contracts for teachers for the 2024–25 school year, summer-school hires funded through a Summit Educational Initiative grant, and the nonrenewal of certain supplemental contracts. Classified personnel items included temporary seasonal summer help effective May 30 and acceptance of retirements, including the resignation for retirement of Ms. Johnson (SCES classroom attendant).
The board reviewed several vendor contracts recommended by the superintendent. The agenda listed a short-term contract with Wings of Change Therapy Inc. for the remainder of the 2023–24 school year at $8,700 (billed in installments) and a proposed contract for 2024–25 at $63,000 to be billed monthly; the superintendent said the placements responded to a student whose needs exceeded in-district placement. A contract with Total Education Solutions for 07/01/2024–06/30/2025 was presented to provide special-education services (one-on-one aides, IEP writing and related services); the agenda text listed a contract cost per student of $89,160.92 as shown in exhibit materials. The board also reviewed an open-placement agreement with KRG Education Services (LEAP) at a stated per-diem of $160.
Facilities proposals tied to an athletics and safety portfolio included a recommendation to approve Vasco Sports contractors to remove the existing track and install new asphalt with a polyurethane surface and runway work at a cost of $341,975; ForeverLawn was recommended to replace rubber mulch with synthetic turf on a CES playground at $130,478.39. Additional vendor quotes for underground electric boring, light poles and concrete pads were presented as related scope items.
Superintendent (S6) framed several of the items as funded from prior allocations and stressed fiscal prudence, noting work to limit spending on projects that could wait if other costs (for example, a problem with a middle-school fire panel) increase. During discussion board members asked for additional quotes on bleachers and for clarity on timing; the superintendent said track work would begin after school is out with the contractor aiming to finish before the next school year.
After executive-session bargaining discussions the board considered two final recommendations: approval of a contract between the Coventry Education Association and the Coventry Local School Board for 07/01/2024 through 06/30/2027 and an administrator compensation package for the same term. The superintendent described the negotiated agreement as fiscally sustainable and collaborative. Motions were made and seconded; the board recorded its assent and the items were presented as approved on the agenda.
The meeting concluded with routine financial reporting items (March 2024 financial report and purchase orders over $5,000) and a motion to adjourn.
During the superintendent’s recommendations, the board considered certified personnel actions including one-year limited contracts for teachers for the 2024–25 school year, summer-school hires funded through a Summit Educational Initiative grant, and the nonrenewal of certain supplemental contracts. Classified personnel items included temporary seasonal summer help effective May 30 and acceptance of retirements, including the resignation for retirement of Ms. Johnson (SCES classroom attendant).
The board reviewed several vendor contracts recommended by the superintendent. The agenda listed a short-term contract with Wings of Change Therapy Inc. for the remainder of the 2023–24 school year at $8,700 (billed in installments) and a proposed contract for 2024–25 at $63,000 to be billed monthly; the superintendent said the placements responded to a student whose needs exceeded in-district placement. A contract with Total Education Solutions for 07/01/2024–06/30/2025 was presented to provide special-education services (one-on-one aides, IEP writing and related services); the agenda text listed a contract cost per student of $89,160.92 as shown in exhibit materials. The board also reviewed an open-placement agreement with KRG Education Services (LEAP) at a stated per-diem of $160.
Facilities proposals tied to an athletics and safety portfolio included a recommendation to approve Vasco Sports contractors to remove the existing track and install new asphalt with a polyurethane surface and runway work at a cost of $341,975; ForeverLawn was recommended to replace rubber mulch with synthetic turf on a CES playground at $130,478.39. Additional vendor quotes for underground electric boring, light poles and concrete pads were presented as related scope items.
Superintendent (S6) framed several of the items as funded from prior allocations and stressed fiscal prudence, noting work to limit spending on projects that could wait if other costs (for example, a problem with a middle-school fire panel) increase. During discussion board members asked for additional quotes on bleachers and for clarity on timing; the superintendent said track work would begin after school is out with the contractor aiming to finish before the next school year.
After executive-session bargaining discussions the board considered two final recommendations: approval of a contract between the Coventry Education Association and the Coventry Local School Board for 07/01/2024 through 06/30/2027 and an administrator compensation package for the same term. The superintendent described the negotiated agreement as fiscally sustainable and collaborative. Motions were made and seconded; the board recorded its assent and the items were presented as approved on the agenda.
The meeting concluded with routine financial reporting items (March 2024 financial report and purchase orders over $5,000) and a motion to adjourn.
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