FREDERICKTOWN — Fredericktown Local Schools board of education reported during its meeting Tuesday that the district ended the 2021 fiscal year and the month of June with expenses exceeding revenue.
“Encumbrances for FY21 that will carry over into fiscal year ‘22 totaled $128,900, ” treasurer Heather Darnold said, which means expenses that were not paid during the 2021 fiscal year will carry over into and be paid during the 2022 fiscal year.
The district ended FY21 with revenues exceeding expenditures by $706,000, an increase from FY20, Darnold said. Revenue increased from FY20 to 21 by $422,000, as did expenses by $794,000 — both in part because the district received several new grants, Darnold said.
Appropriations increased from FY21 to 22 close to $1.4 million, due to grants from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund and American Rescue Plan that the district will receive in 2022, Darnold said.
The board approved the FY22 permanent appropriations, which totaled $22,680,383.85, and the June 2021 financial report.
The Fair Share School Funding Plan passed in Ohio’s latest budget took effect immediately July 1 as opposed to the six year phase-in originally proposed.
The passing of the plan means the per-pupil base cost for Fredericktown Local Schools and other community schools with open enrollment will be calculated on a district-by-district basis.
Districts will be directly given a complete net amount based on enrollment, rather than facing deductions for students who go out of district.
“Wherever (students) are educated, that’s where the funding will go,” Darnold said. “If they go to a community school, online school, that money goes directly to that entity. Same way with scholarships.”
Funds will be based on FY20 enrollment, and a district will start losing funds if it goes below its FY20 open enrollment by 10% or a decrease of 20 students. Funding would be reduced “by an amount equal to the statewide average base cost per pupil times the reduction in the number of students in excess of that prescribed minimum decrease.”
Darnold said she was unsure how quickly funding would be taken away if the district did for whatever reason fall below that quota, adding she has submitted that question to the Ohio Department of Education.
Also according to the new budget, the district is required to spend gifted funds on the identification of gifted students, gifted coordinator services, gifted intervention specialist services, other service providers approved by ODE, and gifted professional development.
Darnold also reported that student wellness and success funds will move into the general fund, meaning how they are spent will be less restrictive but the district will still have to prove how it spends the funds.
The board set a special meeting for next month, 4:30 p.m. on August 5, for the Fredericktown Community Foundation to present the board with a proposal, the topic of which was not specified.
Superintendent Susan Hayward updated the board on ARP ESSER fund planning.
To receive the ARP ESSER grant, the district is required to post on its website its 2021-22 in-person instruction and continuity plan as well as its ARP ESSER fund planning. Hayward said the current documents on the website are placeholders and will be updated in the coming month as the district completes the application.
“We’re still very early in the process because the application for ARP ESSER is not due until August,” Hayward said.
In other business:
The board approved board member Candi Gallagher as delegate and board president Todd McClay as an alternate as official representatives of the Fredericktown Board of Education to the Ohio School Board Association’s Annual Conferences.
Regarding subscriptions and services, the board:
— approved an agreement with Mohican Rehabilitation Services during the 2021-2022 school year, which will provide a certified athletic trainer or physical therapist on site 5 days a week during fall, winter and spring for $4,400 per season.
— renewed the Lexia Core 5 Reading subscription for 3 years for $22,950.00.
— approved the contract with Instructure for a 2-year Canvas Cloud subscription for $16,200.00.
— approved Public School Works, an on-line staff training system, for an annual fee of $3,500.
— approved the contract with Modern Office Methods, Inc. for a 60 month lease on copy machines for the district at an approximate monthly cost of $6,350.
— approved a $1,200 bid from Yellow Bus for the purchase of a bus
Regarding staffing, the board:
— approved the resignation of speech pathologist Jazmin Yadav at the end of the 2020-2021 school year, following two years with the district.
— approved the contract with Leah Clendening at Cornerstone Pediatric Therapy LTD for physical therapy for students of special needs for the 2021-22 school year, also at the same pay rate as the previous year — $58.00 per hour.
— approved Brian Stanfor as the food service consultant for the 2021-2022 school year, at the same pay as the previous year — $4,200 per year.
— approved parents as chaperones/volunteers for band camp and band events for the 2021-2022 school year (pending background checks): Noelle Alexander, Jennifer Bartsch, Meg Bender, Heidi Cline, Brian Craft, Shelly Craft, Ellen Frazier, Helen Hassel, Ellen Hoam, Jennifer Kershner, Kalvari Kershner, Tina Kraus, Deb Neighbarger, Kerry Phillips, Teddy Roush, Brad Swihart, Joanna Talbot and Dave Wayne.
— approved hiring substitute cook and teacher aide Jennifer Hambleton (pending background check)
— approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the Fredericktown Local School and
— approved the Fredericktown Education Association adding a supplemental position of Marching Band Instrumental Assistant, Group 5, and of Power of the Pen Advisor, Group 8.
— approved a motion from Board president Todd McClay for the district to enter into a 5-year extended contract for treasurer Heather Darnold. Darnold’s term will begin August 1, 2022 and end July 31, 2027, and her base salary will increase by 2% per year until 2025-2026, when renegotiations will occur.
The board approved numerous spring student accomplishments, including students who are a part of girls and boys track, softball and baseball.
Girls Track
Sydney Wilson received honorable mention for the 4 x 800 relay, second team in the 4 x 400 relay and first team in pole vault in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference. Wilson was also a regional qualifier for the 4 x 800 relay and received honorable mention in Mount Vernon News All Area.
Kacie Rook received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 800 Relay.
Macy Thorne received all academic in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference as well as honorable mention for the 4 x 800 Relay in the same conference.
Sadie Sanders received honorable mention Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 800 relay, regional qualifier in the 100m and 300m hurdles and honorable mention in Mount Vernon News All Area.
Ashley Cockrell was a state qualifier for 300m hurdles as well as a regional qualifier for 100m hurdles and 300 m Hurdles. She was named to first team for 300m hurdles and honorable mention for 100 m hurdles in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference. She was also first team in Mount Vernon News All Area.
Annie Maglott received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 100 relay.
Aspen Maggard received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 100 relay.
Kennedy Fisher received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 100 relay and second team Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 400 relay.
Emily Feeney received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 100 Relay
Elsa Hoam was a state qualifier for 1600m relay, regional qualifier for 4 x 800 relay, received honorable mention for the 800 M, and was named to second team in the 4 x 400 relay in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference. She was also first team Mount Vernon News All Area.
Emma Scott was named to the second team in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 400 relay.
Bella Spencer received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference high jump.
Emma Fowler received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference pole vault.
Summer Weller was named to the second team in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference discus and received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference shot put.
Natalie VanMeter was a regional qualifier in the 4 x 800 relay and received honorable mention in Mount Vernon News All Area.
Boys Track
Billy Woodring was named to the second team in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 200 relay.
Steven Tumbleson was a regional qualifier for pole vault, received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 400 relay and was named to first team in pole vault and second team in the 4 x 200 Relay in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference.
JJ Grennell was named to the second team in the 4 x 200 relay and pole vault in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference.
Jeremiah McKinley was named to the second team in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 200 relay, received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 400 relay and All Academic in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference.
Titus Krabill received honorable mention in the 1600m and 3200m in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference. Krabill was also a state qualifier in the 4 x800 relay and named to first team Mount Vernon News All Area.
Thomas Caputo received third place in the OHSAA State Meet 3200m, was a state qualifier for the 4 x 800 relay, was a district champion in the 3200m and was named to first team Mount Vernon News All Area.
Caedmon Platt received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 400 relay.
Joshua Rashley received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference discus.
Xavier Platt was a state qualifier in the 4 x 800 Relayand was named first team Mount Vernon News All Area.
Owen Krabill was a state qualifier in the 4 x 800 Relay and named to first team Mount Vernon News All Area.
Justin Woodring received honorable mention Knox Morrow Athletic Conference 4 x 400 relay.
Softball
Alyssa Perkins was named to first team in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon News All Area.
Tayler Overholt was named to second team in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon News All Area.
Sydney Sansom was named to second team in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon News All Area.
Miranda Payne received honorable mention in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon News All Area.
Baseball: Knox Morrow Athletic Conference Co-Champions, District Champions
Ryan Hathaway was named Coach of the Year by the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and by the Central District Division 3.
Ty Hatfield was named to second team All Ohio, first team Central District and first team Knox Morrow Athletic Conference. Hatfield also received Player of the Year for the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference, Player of the Year Mount Vernon News All Area and All Academic Knox Morrow Athletic Conference.
Caleb Sheriff was named to second team All Ohio, and first team for Central District, Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon News All Area.
Brady Lester was named to first team Central District, first team Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and second team Mount Vernon News All Area.
Kaid Carpenter was named to second team for Central District, Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon News All Area.
Lincoln Cunningham received honorable mention for Central District and second team for Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon News All Area.
Evan Rine received honorable mention for Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon News All Area.
There was no public participation at Tuesday’s meeting.
Fredericktown board of education meetings are at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at the Fredericktown Board of Education building located at 117 Columbus Road.
The board is composed of five members: president Todd McClay, vice president Jim Blanchard, Candi Gallagher, Patty Miller and Charles Streby.
Supt. Susan Hayward, Treasurer Heather Darnold, Teresa Vilfer-Snyder (representing F.E.A.) and Sharon Streby (representing O.A.P.S.E) also attended Tuesday’s meeting.
