Liberty Center Local School District

The goals focus on providing a rigorous curriculum to prepare students for college and career in a global society, achieving financial stability through good stewardship of resources, engaging staff and community in the success of students by fostering a culture of dignity and respect, and building and maintaining school facilities responsive to the needs of the community.

The meeting included recognition of students, financial reports, approval of donations, appropriation modifications, amended certificate modifications, principals' reports, athletic director's report, and superintendent's consent agenda items. Consent agenda items included commendations for student achievements in choir, wrestling, diving, and cheerleading; contract renewals; and new or amended policies. Personnel recommendations included approval of substitute teacher and paraprofessional lists, acceptance of resignations, approval of volunteers, and supplemental contracts. The board also addressed an easement agreement, service agreements with the Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center and Genacross Family & Youth Services, Inc., old and new business, board members' committee reports, and an executive session.

The Liberty Center Local Schools Student Wellness and Success Plan (SWSS) for FY24, including Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid (DPIA), addresses student mental and physical needs, removes barriers to student engagement (including school safety), streamlines access to instructional technology resources, and improves family engagement and parental communication. The plan outlines strategies and services focusing on nursing services, school safety measures (including an SRO), providing one-to-one devices and utilizing iReady and BrainPop for instruction, enhancing family engagement through IEP Anywhere and School Messenger, and providing elementary, middle, and high school guidance counselors. Reading interventions are also implemented. Success is measured through data collection on student health, safety, technology usage, family engagement, and academic progress.

The board meeting's primary focus was a resolution to initiate termination proceedings for a staff member, Mrs. Emily Wesley, who was suspended without pay and benefits pending the completion of the process.

The board meeting included presentations on 7 Mindsets, approval of financial reports, donations, appropriation modifications, and amended certificate modifications. The board addressed student transportation, approved student activity budgets, an overnight trip for band students, and a student's graduation. Several board policies were approved, along with substitute teacher and paraprofessional lists, classroom and activity volunteers, and substitute teachers under HB 583. A pledge of support for the School Travel Plan was approved, as was a learning recovery stipend. An executive session was held to discuss the employment of a public employee and the purchase of property.