Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District public meetings in 2020
4 substantive meetings from 2020, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Library Board Interviews
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District Board is holding a special virtual meeting to interview 12 applicants for the Library Board. After the interviews, the board will enter executive session to consider appointments, then reconvene and adjourn.
- Interviews for Library Board applicants: Lee Barbee, Tony Liotta, Justin Hite, Nora Corcoran, Tyler McTigue, Charie Babcock, Paul Miller, Jerry Hannibal, Samantha Ryder, Bill Frank, Vai Pathak, Andre Witt
- Executive session under Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G)(1) for appointment/employment considerations
- Meeting streamed live on district YouTube channel
Regular Session
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education held a regular session on December 8, 2020, where it approved a tentative agreement with the Cleveland Heights Teachers Union, Local 795, and handled routine consent agenda items including personnel actions, donations, and financial reports. The board also entered executive session to discuss employee negotiations.
- Approved tentative agreement with Cleveland Heights Teachers Union, Local 795
- Approved retirement of Zakiyyah Bergen, Social Studies Teacher, effective 07/01/2021
- Approved new appointment of Tamika Husain as On-site Coordinator at Boulevard Elementary School, $24,424.95/year
- Approved donation of $396.00 to Heights High School from Heinens
- Approved cash position reports for October and November 2020
Special Session
The Board of Education met to address a notice of intent to strike from the Cleveland Heights Teachers Union. The Board approved resolutions authorizing the Superintendent to implement an action plan, manage strike preparation, and cancel pay and benefits for striking employees.
- Approved resolution authorizing Superintendent authority during a strike
- Approved resolution authorizing Superintendent to implement an action plan
- Approved resolution cancelling pay, compensation, and insurance benefits of striking employees
- Authorized Superintendent to contract with Huffmaster Crisis Response, LLC
- Approved the Five-Year Forecast for FY21 through FY25
Work Session
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education held a virtual work session on November 17, 2020, approving a consent agenda covering personnel appointments and finance items, as well as a resolution supporting the Fair School Funding Plan. The board also discussed first-quarter data and adjourned into executive session for employee negotiations.
- Approved consent agenda including new appointments (e.g., Denaia Robinson as bus driver at $16.88/hr, Lisa Smith as lunch aide at $13.05/hr) and supplemental assignments (Arion Jackson, girls basketball coach, $5,343)
- Approved status changes for five staff members, including salary increases for 21st-Century Coordinators from $35,000 to $41,500/year
- Approved FY21 appropriations amendment increasing Auxiliary Services (NPSS) Fund by $339,030.76
- Approved payment of purchase orders totaling $80,887.24 to Summit County Educational Svc Ctr and Coverall North America Inc
- Approved resolution in support of Fair School Funding Plan