Regular Meeting Poland Board of Education held February 26, 2018 

 

The regular meeting of the Poland Board of Education was held on Monday, February 26, 2018 at 
6:00 p.m. at the Poland Township Hall. 

 

President, Mrs. Zedaker called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 

 

Pledge of Allegiance 

 

Members present for roll call and answering their names were Dr. Dinopoulos, Mr. Lavorini, Mr. 
Riddle, Mr. Shovlin and Mrs. Zedaker. 

 

Approval of Minutes – Resolution #2018-35 

 Mr. Lavorini moved and Dr. Dinopoulos seconded with all members voting aye to approve 
and/or amend the minutes of: 

Organizational Meeting of January 8, 2018 

Regular Board Meeting of January 8, 2018 

Work Session Meeting of February 12, 2018 

 

Acceptance of Treasurer’s Report – Resolution #2018-36 

 Mr. Shovlin moved and Mr. Riddle seconded with all members voting aye to accept for 
audit the finance report for January 2018 as submitted by the Treasurer. 

 

Approval of Amended Appropriations – Resolution #2018-37 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Lavorini seconded with all members voting aye to approve 
and authorize the Treasurer to amend the appropriations and certificate of estimated resources for 
FY18. 

 

Approval to Commend Staff and Students – Resolution #2018-38 

 Mr. Riddle moved and Mr. Shovlin seconded with all members voting aye to commend the 
following staff and students for exceptional achievement and honors. 

 

Congratulations to the following AP ELA 11 students for advancing to the 2nd round of “Letters 
About Literature Writing Contest for Young Readers”: 

Hannah Balash 

Lauren Bayerl 

Jenna Jacobson 

Lilly Nord 

 

The Following Speech & Debate team students placed: 

 

South Range Tournament 

Braxton Jones-4th place Humorous Interp 

Jacob Duran-8th place Humorous Interp 

Jill Stebelton-8th place Informative Speaking 

Dylan Gordon & Ashlin Rabindra-4th place Public Forum Debate 


 

Poland Tournament 

Meredith Lea-6th place Congressional Debate 

David Cinco-Semi Finalist Declamation 

Jacob Duran-1st place Humorous Interp 

Corinne Kramer-Semi Finalist Humorous Interp 

Emma White-Semi Finalist Informative Speaking 

Anna Spagnola-Semi Finalist Original Oratory 

Brandi Hughes-Semi Finalist Program of Oral Interpretation 

Dylan Gordon & Ashlin Rabindra-Quarter Finalists Public Forum Debate 

 

Howland Tournament 

JP Yerian-5th place Declamation 

Jacob Duran-1st place Humorous Interp 

Jeremy DeMarco-3rd Place Lincoln Douglas Debate 

Brandi Hughes-1st place Program of Oral Interp 

Dylan Gordon & Ashlin Rabindra-4th place Public Forum Debate 

Meredith Lea- 1st place Congressional Debate 

 

Sylvania Invitational 

JP Yerian-Semi Finalist Declamation 

Jacob Duran-5th place Humorous Interp 

Jill Stebelton-Semi Finalist Informative Speaking 

Brandi Hughes-Semi Finalist Program of Oral Interpretation 

Meredith Lea-8th Place Congressional Debate 

 

Wooster Invitational 

JP Yerian-2nd place Declamation 

Brandi Hughes- Semi Finalist Program of Oral Interpretation 

 

District Qualifier for OSDA FINALS 

Brandi Hughes-Program of Oral Interpretation 

JP Yerian- Declamation 

Jacob Duran- Humorous Interp 

Dylan Gordon-Public Forum Debate 

Ashlin Rabindra-Public Forum Debate 

Meredith Lea-Congressional Debate 

Jeremy DeMarco-Congressional Debate 

 

OMEA Solo and Ensemble 

Men’s A Cappella Ensemble (Noah Landry, Luke Lankitus, Ian Grenzig and Jordyn Wheaton 
received a rating of a I 

Jordyn Wheaton(vocal solo) received a rating of a I 

Paige Gribschaw (vocal solo) received a rating of a I 

Meredith Lea (vocal solo) received a rating of a II 

Anna Spagnola (vocal solo) received a rating of a II 


Brandi Hughes (vocal solo) received a rating of a II 

Noah Landry, alto sax and piano solos...I 

Anna Spagnola, snare drum solo...I 

Max Dwyer, snare drum solo...I 

Ben Walsh, trombone solo...I 

Colin McDonald, alto sax solo...II 

Mai West, flute solo...II 

Corrie Kramer, oboe solo...I 

Kent Kramer, clarinet solo...II 

Sydney Braatz, flute and piccolo solos...I 

Ben Adams, snare drum and drum set solos...I 

Karter Kellgren, tuba solo...I 

Phillip Hockensmith, snare drum solo...I 

Dan Patrick, bass trombone solo...I 

Paige Kellgren, trumpet solo...I 

PSHS Brass Quintet (Paige Kellgren, Katie Donnachie, Alex DiIanni, Dan Patrick, 

Karter Kellgren)...II 

PSHS Flute Trio (Sydney Braatz, Dani Scott, Mai West)...II 

PSHS Low Brass Quartet (Ian Grenzig, Ben Walsh, Karter Kellgren Mark Pompeo)...II 

PSHS Trombone Quartet (Ben Walsh, Mum Masaki, Lucas DiIanni, Dan Patrick)...I 

 

 

2018 Distinguished Young Women of Ohio – Meredith Lea 

 

Seminarian and Broadcasting II Staff at Poland Seminary High School recorded and published 
their first official newscast. The following Seminarian students led the production as anchors: 

Ashley Ray 

Jenna DeLuca 

Danielle Scott 

David Cinco 

 

Broadcasting II students: 

Jack Dodge 

Jeremy DeMarco 

Lewis Schaft 

Noah Cartwright 

Emily Ziegler 

Mackenzie Kempers. 

 

 

Presentation of School Safety 

Ken Ekis – Operations Director 

Officer Steve Kent – District SRO 

 

 

 


Public Comment 

 

Acceptance of Donations – Resolution #2018-39 

 Mr. Shovlin moved and Mr. Lavorini seconded with all members present voting aye to 
accept a donation of $500.00 to Poland Athletics from Poland All Sports Booster Club. 

 

Approval of Request to Transfer Bond Fund Balance from County Budget Commission – 
Resolution #2018-40 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Lavorini seconded to approve the following resolution 
requesting the County Budget Commission to approve the transfer of certain money in the school 
district's Bond Retirement Fund to a specific Permanent Improvement Fund pursuant to Ohio 
Revised Code Section 5705.14(C)(2). 

 

WHEREAS, (a) at an election held on May 2, 1995, the electors of this School District 
approved the issuance of bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000, and the School 
District subsequently issued its School Improvement Bonds, Series 1995 (the “Series 1995 
Bonds”), pursuant to that authority, (b) at an election held on May 6, 1997, the electors of this 
School District approved the issuance of bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $3,500,000, 
and the School District subsequently issued its School Improvement Bonds, Series 1997 (the 
“Series 1997 Bonds”), pursuant to that authority, (c) the School District then issued its $3,885,000 
School Improvement Refunding Bonds, Series 2005 (the “Series 2005 Bonds”), for the purpose of 
refunding certain of the then-outstanding Series 1995 Bonds and Series 1997 Bonds, (d) as a result 
of the exercise by this Board of its right to optionally redeem certain Series 2005 Bonds prior to 
their stated redemption, all of the then-outstanding Series 2005 Bonds were called, redeemed and 
defeased on December 1, 2017, and (e) there are no other voter-approved securities currently 
outstanding; and 

WHEREAS, (a) this Board had levied property taxes specifically for the purpose of paying 
debt charges on the aforesaid bonds, (b) the Bond Retirement Fund of this School District currently 
has a balance of $ 115,930.76 (the “Current Excess Balance”) representing such property tax 
collections that cannot now be applied to the payment of debt charges on voter-approved debt 
because all such debt has been retired, and (c) although there are no property taxes being levied by 
the Board in the current calendar year for such debt charges, it is possible that the payment of 
delinquent property taxes might result in incremental Bond Retirement Fund receipts (together 
with the Current Excess Balance, the “Excess Balance”); and 

 WHEREAS, Section 5705.14(C)(2) of the Revised Code permits a school district to seek the 
approval of a county budget commission to transfer money from a bond retirement fund to a “specific 
permanent improvement fund” when the commission determines that “the money transferred will not 
be required to meet the obligations payable from the . . . bond retirement fund”; and 

 WHEREAS, given that the conditions of Section 5705.14(C) of the Revised Code have been 
met, and given the permanent improvement needs of this School District, this Board wishes to request 
such a transfer; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of the Poland Local 
School District, County of Mahoning, State of Ohio, that, pursuant to Section 5705.14(C)(2) of the 
Revised Code, this Board respectfully requests approval from the Mahoning County Budget 
Commission to transfer the Excess Balance in the Bond Retirement Fund to a special permanent 
improvement fund. The Treasurer of this Board is hereby directed to certify a copy of this resolution 


and any necessary supporting documentation to the Budget Commission and to take any and all other 
actions necessary to effectuate the transfer of funds contemplated by this resolution, including but not 
limited to the creation of such a fund and special cost center within the fund, if and to the extent 
necessary. Upon transfer, the Excess Balance is appropriated for permanent improvement purposes. 

 

 

Approval of Substitute Non-Teaching Personnel – Resolution #2018-41 

 Mr. Lavorini moved and Dr. Dinopoulos seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve the following non-teaching personnel be placed on the approved substitute list for the 
2017-18 school year, substitute basis only, according to wage rate for the assignment designated; 
all required reports are on file. 

Lori Decore – Substitute Secretary/Monitor 

Farra Simerlink – Substitute Secretary/Monitor 

Jaden Karr – Substitute Monitor/Substitute Custodial/Porter 

Macey Gessler – Substitute Custodial/Porter/Lawn Crew 

Paul Cubick – Substitute Bus Driver 

 

 

Approval of Certficated Supplemental Contract – Resolution #2018-42 

 Mr. Riddle moved and Mr. Shovlin seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve the supplemental contract to the following certified personnel for the 2017-2018 school 
year as per salary schedule for the assignment designated; all required reports are on file. 

Luke Skinner – Middle School Track Head Coach 

 

 

Approval of Non-Teaching Supplemental Contract for FY19 – Resolution #2018-43 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Lavorini seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve a supplemental pupil activity contract to the following non-teaching personnel for the 
2018-2019 school year as per salary schedule for the assignment designated pursuant to O.R.C. 
3313.53; all required reports are on file. 

Tom Grantonic – Middle School Cross Country Coach 

 

 

Acceptance of Volunteer Coaches for 2017-2018 – Resolution #2018-44 

 Mr. Shovlin moved and Mr. Riddle seconded with all members present voting aye to accept 
the following volunteer coaching positions for the 2017-2018 Sports Season. 

Kasie Serich – Volunteer Varsity Assistant Softball Coach 

Nichole Blaze – Volunteer Varsity Assistant Girl’s Lacrosse Coach 

 

 

Acceptance of Supplemental Resignations – Resolution #2018-45 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Shovlin seconded with all members present voting aye to 
accept the following supplemental resignations 

Kendra Baltes (Lasko) - Varsity Girls Volleyball Coach for the fall 2018 season. 

John Cavalier – Head Girls Soccer Coach for the fall 2018 season. 

 


Approval of CC+ Agreement with Kent State University – Resolution #2018-46 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Riddle seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve the College Credit Plus Master Agreement with Kent State University and Poland Schools 
for students entering grades 7-12 to enroll in college-level courses on a full or part time basis to 
simultaneously earn credit toward high school graduation and a college degree or certificate 
pursuant to ORC 3365.02. 

 

Approval of CC+ Agreement with Eastern Gateway Community – Resolution #2018-47 

 Mr. Shovlin moved and Mr. Lavorini seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve the College Credit Plus Memorandum of Understanding with Eastern Gateway 
Community College and Poland Schools for students entering grades 7-12 to enroll in college-
level courses on a full or part time basis to simultaneously earn credit toward high school 
graduation and a college degree or certificate pursuant to ORC 3365.02. 

 

Approval to Adjust Bus Driver Substitute Wage – Resolution #2018-48 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Shovlin seconded to approve the following resolution to 
adjust the Bus Driver Substitute Wage and Retroactively Authorize Payment of Same. 

 

WHEREAS, the Poland Local School District Board of Education (“Board”) authorized 
set wages for substitute bus drivers effective January 1, 2017; and 

WHEREAS, the Board approved that a substitute bus driver be paid $16.00 per hour for 
driving a regularly scheduled route and $12.00 per hour for driving a route not regularly scheduled 
– i.e., field trip; and 

WHEREAS, a transition in central office personnel identified an issue with regard to the 
aforementioned wage, which caused substitute drivers to be paid $16.00 per hour for driving any 
route (both regularly and not regularly scheduled); and 

WHEREAS, due to the identified issue and the District’s need to maintain substitute bus 
drivers, the Board desires to retroactively authorize the $16.00 per hour for all routes driven by 
substitute drivers beginning September 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017; and 

WHEREAS, the Board hereby reauthorizes the substitute rate of $12.00 per hour for 
driving a route not regularly scheduled – i.e., field trip effective January 1, 2018. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Poland Local School District Board of 
Education as follows: 

 

SECTION I 

The following payments made beginning September 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, to the 
below listed individuals using $16.00 per hour for driving routes not regularly scheduled –i.e., 
field trips, shall be considered retroactively approved: 

 

DRIVER TOTAL HOURS PAY @ $16.00 PAY @ $12.00 DIFFERENCE 

Brothers, Robin 2.0 $ 32.00 $ 24.00 $ 8.00 

Burns, Michael 50.75 $ 812.00 $ 609.00 $ 203.00 

Davis, Rich 4.0 $ 64.00 $ 48.00 $ 16.00 

Dunn, Ryan 7.75 $ 124.00 $ 93.00 $ 31.00 

Dutko, Ron 32.25 $ 516.00 $ 387.00 $ 129.00 

Kosa, Rick 81.50 $1,304.00 $ 978.00 $ 326.00 
$ 713.00 


 

 

SECTION II 

Effective January 1, 2018, substitute bus drivers shall be paid a rate of $12.00 per hour for driving 
routes not regularly schedule – i.e., field trips. 

 

SECTION III 

IT IS FOUND AND DETERMINED that all formal action of this Board concerning or related 
to the adoption of this Resolution was adopted in an open meeting of this Board, and all 
deliberations of this Board and any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions were 
adopted in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Ohio 
Revised Code. 

 

Approval of ACCESS Internet Contract for FY19 – Resolution #2018-49 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Lavorini seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve the contract, #2019-C-015, between the Poland Schools and ACCESS for Internet Access 
Services for FY19. 

 

Approval of ACCESS Application Services Contract for FY19 – Resolution #2018-50 

 Mr. Lavorini moved and Dr. Dinopoulos seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve the contract, #2019-A-015, between the Poland Schools and ACCESS Application 
Services for FY19. 

 

Approval of FMLA – Theresa Smith – Resolution #2018-51 

 Mr. Riddle moved and Dr. Dinopoulos seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve Theresa Smith, FMLA as of May 14, 2018 according to PEA contract Article 4.91. 

 

Approval of FMLA – Maggie Schuster – Resolution #2018-52 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Lavorini seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve Maggie Schuster, FMLA as of approximately May 1, 2018 according to PEA contract 
Article 4.91. 

 

Approval of Home Instruction Tutor – Resolution #2018-53 

 Mr. Shovlin moved and Mr. Riddle seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve Eva Sullivan as a Home Instruction Tutor, effective February 6, 2018 for the 2017-2018 
school year. 

 

Approval of Speech and Debate Overnight Trip – Resolution #2018-54 

 Mr. Riddle moved and Dr. Dinopoulos seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve an overnight field trip for the Poland Speech and Debate team for the OSDA Speech & 
Debate State Finals in Maumee, Ohio. Dates are Thursday, March 1, 2018 returning Saturday, 
March 3, 2018. Cost per participant is $250.00 per student. Itinerary and list of chaperones are 
attached. The cost of the trip will be paid out of the team account through funding and fundraising. 
Any additional funds needed will be paid for by the student’s personally. 

 

 


Approval of Revised Substitute Wage Rates – Resolution #2018-55 

 Mr. Lavorini moved and Mr. Shovlin seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve the following revised wages for substitute employees effective February 26, 2018. 

 

Substitute wages to be paid as follows: 

 Bus drivers @ $16.00 per hour for bus route @ $12.00 per hour for field trip 
 Regular employees subbing as a Bus Driver @ $18.50 per hour 
 Bus Aides @ $12.00 per hour 
 Cashiers @ $8.30 per hour 
 Cook's Helper @ $8.30 per hour 
 Custodians/Porters @ $8.65 per hour 
 Courier @ $8.30 per hour 
 Courier Helper @ $8.30per hour 
 Monitors @ $8.30 per hour 
 Secretaries @ $8.85 per hr. for 1-20 days. $10.00 per hr. on the 21st work day in 
the same assignment. 
 Teachers @ $75.00 per day for 1-60 days. On 61st workday in same assignment 
BAO per day. 




 

Noncontract personnel 

 Seasonal Custodians @ $8.65 per hr. 
 High school students (lawn crew/custodial) @ $8.30 per hr. 
 Seasonal (lawn crew) @ $10.00 per hr. 




 

Vendor personnel 

 Athletic security @ $80 per game 
 Security (not for games) @ $20.00 per hr. 
 PSHS Athletic game workers @ $40 per game (timekeepers, score keepers, ticket 
sellers, ticket takers, etc.); PMS athletic game workers @ $25.00 per game. 


 

Building rentals - $8.85 per hour. High school students working rentals are paid $8.30 per hour. 

 

Saturday Detention and/or Home Instruction Tutors - $19.00 per hour. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Approval of 2018-2019 School District Calendar – Resolution #2018-56 

 Dr. Dinopoulos moved and Mr. Riddle seconded with all members present voting aye to 
approve the following 2018-2019 Poland School’s District Calendar. 

 


 

Informational Items 

Megan Roemer – Food Service 

Auditor of State Award 

Mr. Janofa - Discuss Athletic Training Services 

Mr. Janofa - Coalition for a Drug Free Mahoning County 

 

 

Reports/Presentations 

Foundation – Mrs. Zedaker – No report at this time. 

Legislation – Mr. Riddle gave the legislation report which included information regarding 
the current state-wide mandates. 

 

At 8:05 p.m., Mr. Lavorini moved and Mr. Shovlin seconded with all members present voting aye 
to enter into Executive Session to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, 
promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official. 

 

 

Adjournment – Resolution #2018-57 

 At 10:17 p.m. ,Mr. Riddle moved and Mr. Lavorini seconded with Dr. Dinopoulos and 
Mrs. Zedaker voting aye to adjourn the meeting. Absent: Mr. Shovlin. 

 

Meeting Adjourned. 

 

 

 

 

_______________________________ ___________________________________ 

Treasurer President 

 

 

 

2/26/2018