Conotton Valley Board of Education
Thursday Meeting
KEY ACTION Approved a three year contract to Kari Galigher as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, for 203 days per year at a salary of $60,000. This contract will begin Aug. 31 and run through July 31, 2021.
DISCUSSION At the June meeting of the Conotton Valley Board of Education, former board president Kari Galigher was hired as the district’s new Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.
The Board began formal discussions regarding the need for an onsite counselor in February, when guidance counselor Kelly Edwards and nurse Jill Putnam addressed the board about the difficulties the school faced by utilizing a private service for students’ mental health counseling services. At that time board members agreed that the benefits of having an in school counselor far outweighed the costs.
At the time, Galigher was the president of Conotton Valley Board of Education, she resigned that position in March. Superintendent Todd Herman said "Conotton Valley is happy to be able to hire a mental health professional to meet the needs of our students. Over the past several years we have been partnering with outside agencies to meet these needs, but it has not been an optimum situation. It is a bonus to fill this position with a member of our local community. I think it is a win-win for Conotton Valley."
Galigher, who has been working in the mental health field for 24 years, has a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counseling from Kent State University and is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.
Glaigher said she is “looking forward to a new adventure” and believes that Conotton having an onsite clinical therapist is a “fantastic idea” and that the children “in need will have that ongoing continuity of care at their fingertips.”
OTHER ACTION
n Approved expenditures totaling $821,972.59 and heard mutual fund balances in Unified Bank of $3,175,664.51 and $139,302.55 in Star Ohio.
n Approved temporary appropriations for fiscal year 2019 totaling $2,089,200.
n Approved an agreement with ComDoc to provide managed print and maintenance services for all printers in the district for 60 months at a cost of $132.30 per month.
n Approved liability insurance renewal in the amount of $6,217 with the Ohio School Plan, an increase of $181 from fiscal year 2018.
n Approved 2018-18 school year services provided by East Central Ohio totaling $103,209.60.
n Approved a salary increase to $70,000 to Mike Wright, elementary principal, with a contract of 205 days per year, starting with the 2018-19 school year.
n Approved a three year contract, Aug. 1, 2018 through July 31, 2021 for Keith Imes, technology director, with a salary increase to $50,000 and 260 days per year, starting with 2018-19 school year.
n Approved a salary increase to $37,000 to Matt Grezlik, Student Resource Officer, for the 2018-19 school year.
n Approved signing bonuses for the 2018-19 school year, to be paid the first pay of September, 2018, as follows: Denise Ketchem, Mike Wright, Jull Putnam, Keith Imes, Stephanie Garrott and Dave DiDonato at $5,000 each, Lauren Hanstine (3 days per week) at $3,000, Shay Young (2.5 days per week) at $2,500, Keith Bausell, Randy Robinson, Matt Grezlik, Mary George, Debbie Gooding and Terry Beckley all at $1,750 each.
n Approved the employment of Ashlee Slutz as a full-time bus driver with zero years experience at $16.37 per hour, per the OAPSE negotiated agreement and pending completion of all state and local requirements. This will be a one year probationary contract effective Aug. 23, 2018.
n Approved the employment of Mary Ann Adkins as a first-grade teacher with zero years experience and a Mater’s degree, at a salary of $32,364, per the DVEA negotiated agreement and pending completion of all state and local requirements. This will be a one year limited contract.
n Approved request for maternity leave for the first semester of the 2018-19 school year for Heather Wilson, Intervention Specialist, from Aug. 17, 2018 through Jan. 11, 2019.
n Approved the district’s annual cafeteria report.
n Approved a shared services agreement between CVULSD and Bellaire Local School District for the 2018-19 school year. Conotton Valley Union Local agrees to provide 102 days of curriculum director services to Bellaire Local School District at a salary cost of $51,503. Approved the appointment of Terry Scott to the Bowerston School District Public Library Board of Trustees to replace and fill the unexpired term of Debbie Carrothers.
n Approved the fiscal year 2019 budget for the Bowerston Public Library. A copy of the budget can be obtained from the Bowerston Public Library or the Conotton Valley Board of Education.
UP NEXT Regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. July 19 in the school board meeting room at the high school.
JACQUIE HUMPHREY