Pickerington Local School District Board of Education Preview

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | 5:00 p.m. 

District Offices, 90 North East Street, Pickerington, OH 43147

 

The meeting agenda topics include:

At 5:00 p.m., 

A. Regular Board Meeting/Opening Items

1. Roll Call 

2. Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of silence

3. Approval of Agenda

B. The Board will immediately move into Executive Session after the approval of the Agenda.

C. Recognition of Visitors and Public Participation, and discussion of Public Meeting on the Issue of Staff Re-employment

D. Presentation - The Board will hear two presentations on the Superintendent's Student Advisory Council Video, and Prevention and Intervention Services

Business Meeting Agenda Highlights:

E. Treasurer’s Report

• May 12, 2025, Regular Board Meeting and Work Session #4 Minutes
• Approval of the Five Year Forecast
• Recommend a motion to approve donations received from: PNABC Baseball Diamond Club North, PNABC Panthers Boys Lacrosse Club.

To see a complete list of donations for 2024-2025 click here: https://go.boarddocs.com/oh/plsd/Board.nsf/files/DGXHFJ4849F5/$file/Updated%20Donations%2005_27_25.png 

F. Consent Agenda: Action (Consent)

1. Administrative Personnel Recommendations for approval of:
   

• Administrator Contract Adjustment
• Administrator Resignations
• Administrator Contracts
• Administrator Transition Days
  

Certificated/Licensed Personnel Action (Consent)

• Resignations/Retirements
• Extended Duty Days for the 2025-2026 School Year
• Certified Personnel Recommendations
• Substitute Teachers - Licensure Expansion (non-Bachelor’s Substitute License)
• Substitute Teachers - Licensure Expansion ( 3-year Pre-Service Teacher Permit)
• Summer Professional Learning Funded Through Title IIA Federal Funding

• • Activity: Professional Learning to Support AQR Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide Creation
  • Activity: AQR State Professional Learning
  • Activity: PL for new ELA Curriculum (Spec. Ed. and EL teachers)
  • Activity: PL for new Secondary Math Curriculum (Spec. Ed and EL Teacher)
  • Activity: The Writing Revolution HS Cohort
  • Activity: PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science/Biology professional learning Pro
  • Activity: Physician Science Investigations & Research professional learning
  • Activity: Pre-AP Teachers Professional Learning
  • Activity: Advanced Placement Summer Institute
  • Activity: Professional Learning Supporting WEP Design, Development and Implementation K-12
  • Activity: Professional Learning to support the design, development and implementation of cohesive district, district wide 3rd & 4th grade assessments of and for learning aligned to Eureka Curriculum and state math standards (9 teachers for 15 hours each at a non-instructional rate of $30 for a total cost with fringe benefits of $4,779)
  • Activity: Professional Learning to support the design, development and implementation of unit templates to ensure 15 coherence in instruction in all grade levels with Wit and Wisdom and reading foundations (31 teachers for 15 hours each at a non-instructional rate of $30 for a total cost with fringe benefits of $16,461)
  • Activity: Teacher Clarity/Scaffolding workshop (25 Instructional Coaches for 15 hours each at a non-instructional rate of $30 for a total cost with fringe benefits of $13,275)
  • Activity: Professional Learning to support the design, development and implementation of professional learning experiences for New Teacher Academy (25 Instructional Coaches for 10 hours each at a non-instructional rate of $30 for a total cost with fringe benefits of $8,850)
  • Activity: PL for designing curriculum maps and pacing guides for new ELA Curriculum (18 teachers for 10 hours each at a non-instructional rate of $30 for a total cost with fringe benefits of $6,372)
  • Activity: PL for designing curriculum maps and pacing guides for new secondary math curriculum (7 teachers for 10 hours each at a non-instructional rate of $30 for a total cost with fringe benefits of $2,478)

3. Support Personnel Action (Consent)
   

• Resignations/Retirements
• Contract Adjustments
• Support Personnel Recommendations
• Substitute Support Services Recommendations for the 2025-2026 school year

4. Personnel - Supplemental Contracts and Stipends Action (Consent)
   

• Stipend Recommendations
• Ticket Seller/Tournament Worker
• Self-Funded Club (VI-B)
• Building Club Volunteers
  

5. Consent - Other Action (Consent)
   

• Class of 2025 Graduates - Recommend the approval of Pickerington High School North and Pickerington High School Central Class of 2024-2025 graduates.
  

6. Approval of Consent Agenda Items #1 through #5 Action (Consent)
   

• Recommend motion to approve consent agenda items #1 through #5.
  

7. Certificated/Licensed Personnel (Action)
   

• Resignations/Retirements

G. Discussion/Action:

The Board will consider:

1. 2025-2026 Handbooks (2nd read)
   

• Elementary and Middle School Handbook
• Junior High and High School Handbook
• Athletic Handbook
• Coaches Manual
  

2. Revised Job Description (2nd read)
   

• 4.09 Administrative Assistant to Chief Academic Officer
  

3. Updated Job Numbers (2nd read)
   

• Recommend motion to approve updated job numbers
  

4. Special Education Department - Recommend approval of the following contracts:
   

• The Speech & Career Center LLC to provide speech and language extended school year services for the summer of 2025
• New Beginnings Behavioral Therapy to provide behavioral therapy services for the 2025-2026 school year.
• Prolink to provide occupational therapy assistant services for the 2025-2026 school year
• Columbus Speech and Hearing to provide speech and language services for the 2025-2026 school year
• The Learning Spectrum to provide educational and related services for the 2025-2026 school year
• The Stepping Stones Group LLC to provide occupational therapy assistant services for the 2025-2026 school year
• New Story Schools Ohio to provide educational and related services for the 2025-2026 school year (7 contracts)
• New Story Schools Ohio to provide extended school year and related services for the 2025 summer
  

5. META Solutions Services Agreement FY26 Tech
   

• Recommend motion to approve META Solutions Services Agreement FY26 Tech Services
  

6. Resolution of Necessity - New Operating Levy (9.21 mills) Action/Discussion
   

• Recommend motion to approve Pickerington Local School District Resolution of Necessity - New Operating Levy (9.21 mills)
  

7. Resolution of Necessity - New Operation Levy (8.00 mills) Action/Discussion
   

• Recommend motion to approve Pickerington Local School District Resolution of Necessity - New Operating Levy (8.00 mills)
  

8. MOU Between the PLSD Board of Education and the Pickerington Education Association Action/Discussion
   

• Recommend motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding - Step Flexibility to Hire and Place Intervention Specialists - 25-26 Extension between the Pickerington Local School District Board of Education and the Pickerington Education Association.
  

9. Academic Services Contracts Action/Discussion: Recommend motion to approve contracts with vendors to continue the district’s curriculum for the 2025-2026 school year.
   

• Curriculum Associates - iReady $391,877
• BrainPOP $50,850
• Pear Deck Learning $65,640
• GoGuardian $130,480
• edmentum (Apex Learning Courses) $92,250
• McGraw Hill (Aleks Math, Aleks Chemistry, AP Chemistry) $72,459.90
  

10. Resolution to Approve Employee Stipends

H. Discussion Only

1. Administrator Handbook (1st read)
   

I. Information Only

1. Camps
   

• The P.E.A.K. Basketball Camp will take place June 9 - June 11, at Pickerington High School North. This camp is open to boys entering Grades 3-8. The cost of this camp is $90 per camper. This is not a PLSD sponsored event.
  

2. Plan for Progress

J. Comments/Questions

1. Public Comments/Questions

2. Board Members - Comments/Questions

 

K. Executive Session

1. Executive Session

2. Return to Open Session

 

L. Adjournment

1. Adjourn Meeting
   
   

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