The New Bremen Local Board of Education met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room.
Roll Call:  Mrs. Michele Bambauer, Mr. Scott Bertke, Mrs. Shelly Busse, Mr. Cory Suchland, and Mrs. Suzanne Wells.  Also present were Superintendent Jason Schrader, K-8 Principal Diane Kramer, and High School Principal Brian Pohl, and Treasurer Jill Ahlers.
President Cory Suchland led the pledge of allegiance.

Elementary/Middle School Principal, Diane Kramer, submitted the following report:

1.	Continuous improvement
•	On April 30th our administration and District Leadership Team visited New Albany Schools in Columbus with Garmann-Miller.  This was an opportunity for us to observe a 21st Century Learning Environment that utilizes Extended Learning Areas for their middle school grades.  We were able to come back with some worthwhile ideas, including cafeteria options.

2.	Instruction
•	All state testing was completed the second week of May.  Test results will be available online June 4th.

•	Summer school will be offered in both June and July for students in current grades K-3.  We currently have the following number of students schedule to attend:
Kindergarten - 8 attending
1st Grade - 9 attending
2nd Grade - 9 attending
3rd Grade - 11 attending

•	The Roster Verification process has been completed for teachers of tested subject areas for grades 4-8.  This process shows individual student growth from one year to the next and allows student test scores to be linked to specific teachers.  Currently Value-Added is being used for the growth portion of the teacher evaluation process.

•	Grades K-8 STAR Benchmarking will be completed this Friday.  I will have complete summary of student growth at the June board meeting.
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3.	 School Operations, Resources and Learning Environment
•	Congratulations and thank you to Mrs. Homan and her Ag students for a successful Ag Day on April 26th.  The high school students did a great job leading the hands-on stations relating to animals, plants, and farm equipment for students in grades K-5. (see photo)
•	May 6-11th was Teacher Appreciation Week.  I cannot thank our teachers enough for the positive impact they make on our students each and every day.  The staff enjoyed breakfast provided by Cardinal Pride, Popcorn from Faith Alliance Church, and a pizza lunch from the Junior High Student Leaders.
•	Kindergarten Stone Soup was held today.  It was delicious as always!
•	BIY (Believe in Yourself) Days will be held May 22nd and 23rd.  Events planned for the first day include a talent show and a health fair.  A morning three screen character building assembly will kick off the second day.  The K-2 fun run will start at 12:30 p.m. and the grades 3-8 5K will begin at 1:30 p.m.  Due to construction on Front Street, the 5K will begin on Plum Street turn onto Walnut Street down to the YMCA and back.
4.	Collaboration
•	During the month of May, students in grades K-6 walked to the new village Police Department for tours of the new facility and a safety presentation by Chief Skinner.

5.	Parent and community engagement
•	6th Grade Arbor Day was held the afternoon of April 27th.  The village proclamation was made by Mayor Pape followed by the annual tree planting at the Jaycee Park with parks director, Mike Hibner. (see photo)

•	5th Grade Wax Museum of famous Americans was held May 11th.  (see photo)
 
6.	Special Education
•	I attended a two day co-teaching seminar presented by Anne Beninghof on April 23-24th.  She will be providing an inservice for our staff on co-teaching in November.

•	On May 11th our two UDL teams attended our final training of the year.  We are in the process of completing a final project which includes a written plan of steps for implementation for next school year.  Both teams will be attending a culminating PD session on June 12th at Wapakoneta High School.
Upcoming events:
May 17 – Middle School Band Concert – 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
May 22-23 – BIY Days for grades 3-8
May 24 – Awards Assemblies/Last day of school for students

High School Principal, Brian Pohl, submitted the following report:
Continuous Improvement

•	High school staff has completed our book study for Zen and the Art of Public Education. 

Instruction

•	We have met as a staff with Mr. Puthoff to discuss plans for Chromebooks moving forward and how that will affect student H Drives since they are a web-based device. The need for more time and training prior to implementation of one to one was discussed as well.

School Operations, Resources & Learning Environment

•	I have just recently handed the schedule off to Mrs. Wendel and we have worked together to fix a few issues that have arisen due to constrictions placed upon our schedule by SPED student needs and Tri-Star requests limiting students to a half day here at NBHS. Each year the number of opportunities for students have continued to decrease based upon less staffing available as has been the trend during my six years here. We are currently working with individual students to fill the holes in their schedule left by unmet requests due to conflicts in timing or courses that were unable to be offered.

•	End of Course Testing is completed and AP Testing is underway.

•	Roster verification is complete, this process ties students to core subject area teachers to create their value-added score report for next year.

Collaboration

•	Staff collaborated to conduct Field Day through Mrs. Burden/Student Council and FFA/Mrs. Homan. For the first time this year a volunteer component was completed by some students who painted benches that are used outside the school, CBC, and stadium. My hope is this volunteer component will continue to grow as part of future Field Day activities.

•	Staff have completed their final summative evaluation and I have input this information into eTPES.

Parent & Community Involvement

•	We held our annual Music Banquet with over 200 students and parents in attendance. Special thanks to Mr. Nellom as he concluded his service to NBHS.

•	Teacher Appreciation Week offered staff several breakfasts, coupons, and other means of appreciation for all the work they do for our students. Thank you to Cardinal Pride for bringing in one of the breakfasts and Subway for the coupons.

•	Graduation will be May 27, with Baccalaureate at 1:30 and Commencement at 2:30. Thank you to Pastor Ed Rinehart of St Peter’s for helping to organize Baccalaureate with several of our students.

Other Highlights
•	Jane Homan and Lucy Wynk were pinned at the Med Prep ceremony at Tri-Star.
•	Wyatt Puthoff and Jane Homan were named King and Queen at Prom.
•	GreatSchools.Org named NBHS in their inaugural cohort of College Success Award recipients. States are showcased for this award due to their ability to determine how students are prepared for college.
•	The Choir received an Excellent Rating (2) at State!
•	Nick Wells was selected as the Honda-OSU STEM Award winner for 2019.

Athletic Director, Gary Jones, submitted the following report:

1.	We would like to congratulate 2 longtime coaches on their retirement after the 2018 spring season. Craig Griesdorn is retiring after 35 years of coaching several sports at New Bremen with the most recent being girls softball. Not to be outdone Sue Burnell is retiring after 43 years of coaching at New Bremen most of them as head girls track coach. We would like to thank both of them for the time, energy and effort they have given to the student-athletes here at New Bremen and would like to wish them the best of luck in their future plans. 

2.	The girls’ softball team captured a Sectional title last week and will play Minster in District play at Wapakoneta   on Wednesday May 16th at 4 PM.

3.	We will be doing some repair work on the track this summer, with the plan to do a total resurfacing of the track in the summer of 2019.

4.	Repair work on the main floor in the gym will begin on May 29th with the hope that it will be usable again the week of July 9th.

5.	 Activity free week for the summer of 2018 will be July 1st to July 8th 

6.	Huge thank you to Lorna Timmerman for leading a very successful night of physicals for the New Bremen and New Knoxville student athletes  on Wednesday May 2nd

7.	Over 50 of our student athletes helped with the Athletic Booster community mulch day and they received great reviews on their work!

Technology Director, Brian Puthoff, submitted the following report:

•	Chromebook Professional Development – Because we have begun using Chromebooks this school year at the high school and we will be expanding our use of Chromebooks into this upcoming school year, we will be providing our teachers with professional development in the use of Chromebooks and the Google Education platform.

•	Interactive Projectors versus Interactive Panels – For the new building, we need to decide on the type of Interactive Classroom Technology we will be installing into our new classrooms. We need to decide between touch-screen panels like the one in the Community Room and Interactive Projectors similar to what we currently use in the high school classrooms. Both types of technology have their merits. While this decision needs to be made as soon as we can, we want to make sure that we ultimately choose the technology that we believe will strike the best balance between what will help our students and staff the most while still maintaining the most efficient use of funds for the district.

Treasurer Recommendations
1.	Approve the Regular School Board Meeting minutes from the April 18, 2018 meeting.
2.	Approve the General Fund Paid Bills . . . . . .	   $	89,888.00	   
3.	Approve the Lunchroom Fund Paid Bills . . .    	   $	10,525.56	
4.   Transfer $26,000.00 to the Lunchroom from the General Fund
5.   Approve the current Five Year Forecast
6.	Accept a donation of $74,467.00 from Dianne Komminsk to purchase equipment and software.  Increase the anticipated revenues and appropriations in fund 019-9008 to accommodate this donation.
7.  Approve the increase to estimated revenue and appropriations to the OHSAA Tournament Fund by $480.00 due to New Bremen High School hosting a sectional tournament game in baseball and in softball.

18-35		Motion by Bertke, second by Busse that the board approve the motions contained in the Treasurer’s recommendations as presented. Upon the call of the roll, the vote was as follows: Bambauer, yes; Bertke, yes; Busse, yes; Suchland, yes; Wells, yes. Motion Carried.

Superintendent Recommendations
	Approve the Negotiated Agreement between the Board of Education, New Bremen Local School District and the New Bremen Teachers Association.  This agreement will is effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021. The major components of the agreement are as follows:
a. Base Salary Increase:
	2018-19	2.0%
	2019-20	1.5%
	2020-21	1.0%

b. One additional professional development/collaboration meeting each month. Therefore, the schedule will include two 40 min meetings per month (18 per school year).

c. Paternity leave was added to the contract; up to five days will be allowed for paternity leave.  Adoption leave has been reduced by five days.

d. The language regarding use of personal leave was changed so that usage is limited to 10% of the teaching staff (6 people) on any given day. In addition, personal leave will not be granted the first and last week of school unless approved by the superintendent.

The base salary increase and paternity/adoption leave provisions will also apply to classified employees and administration.

2.  Approve the request from High School Principal, Brian Pohl, to complete his duties and responsibilities at New Bremen High School on June 8, 2018.  The district of his new employment will reimburse New Bremen School District for the remaining 15 days in Mr. Pohl’s contract.

	3. Employment of High School Principal
Approve the employment of Marcus Overman as the New Bremen Local School District 7-12 Principal, effective 08/01/2018.   The contract will be for a period of 3 years.  In addition, the Board will pay Mr. Overman for any days worked in June or July, not to exceed 12, at a per diem rate equal to the new contract amount.  

4. Certified Contract Renewal
Approve the renewal of the employment contract for the following employee effective with the 2018-19 school year:
 	Employee	Present Position	Present Contract	Admin. Recommendation	
1 .	Diane Kramer	K-6 Principal	5 Yr.	5 Yr.	

5. Classified Contract Renewal
Approve the renewal of the employment contract for the following employee effective with the 2018-19 school year:
 	Employee	Present Position	Present Contract	Admin. Recommendation	
1 .	Brian Puthoff 	Director of Technology	5 Yr.	5 Yr.	

6. Approve the administrative salary schedule for principals.

7. Approve the administrative salary schedule for the superintendent.

8. Extended Time Contracts
Award one-year extended time contracts to properly perform the duties of their position for the 2018-19 school year as follows:

Position			Employee		Extended Days
Voc. Agriculture		Maria Homan			27
H.S. Guidance		Tricia Wendel			20

9.	Supplemental Contracts for Certified Employees (Partial Listing) -
Offer one-year supplemental athletic contracts for the 2018-19 school year, effective July 1, 2018.  This is a partial listing – certified employees only and no spring sports.
Position	Employee	Step	
Reserve Basketball-B	Cory Stephens	2	
Co-Asst. Football (50%)	Bill Evans	3	
Ticket Manager	Chad Wells 	1	

10.	Community Filled Supplemental Contracts
The Administration recommends employing the following community individuals for a one-year supplemental contract for the 2018-19 school year to direct, supervise or coach the following student activity:

Position	Employee	Step	
JH Weight Room Supervisor 	Brian Puthoff	2	
Asst. Football	John Sailer	3	
Asst. Football	Wince Morris	3	
Co-Asst. Football (50%)	Seth Williams	2	
Asst. J.H. Football	Anthony Moeder	2	
Asst. J.H. Football	Tom Howell	3	
Asst. J.H. Football	Gary Moeder	3	
9th Grade Volleyball	Jenny Eilerman	1	
J.H. Volleyball - Gr 8	Lisa Thobe	3	
J.H. Volleyball - Gr 7	Lindsey Riethman	3	
Co-Cross Country	Julie Ferguson	3	
Co-Cross Country	Nate Niekamp	3	
Co-Golf	Phil Hemmelgarn	2	
Co-Golf	Mike Holdren 	3	
Co-H.S. Cheerleader Adv 	Donnie Cox	3	
Co-H.S. Cheerleader Adv 	Stephanie Scheib	3	
Varsity Basketball-G	Chris Burden	3	
Reserve Basketball-G	LeAnn Keller	3	
Freshman Basketball-B	Tom Howell	2	
Gr. 8 Basketball - B	Bartt Suchland	3	
Gr. 8 Basketball - G	John Storrer	3	
Gr. 7 Basketball - B	Greg Elking	3	
Gr. 7 Basketball - G	Julie Lochtefeld 	2	
Assistant Swim Coach	Natalie Townsend	3	
Marching Band Asst.	Jeff Kuenning	3	
Music Department Accomp.	Geoff Mayer	3	
Yearbook - Business	Heather Powers	3	
Yearbook - Production	Heather Powers	3	
Drama Play (Each)	Harriet Bundy	3	
Auditorium Manager	Andy Bundy	3	

11. Employment of Summer Workers
Employ the following individuals for the 2017-18 school year as listed:
Individual	Position	Step/Wage	Effective	
Makenna Brackman	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2018	
Elizabeth Balster	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2018	
Alyssa Thieman	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2018	
Madelyn Moeller	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2018	
Marcella Travis	Summer Custodian	$8.30	Summer 2018	
Lily Brautigam	Summer Custodian	$8.30	Summer 2018	
   
 12.   Approve Graduating Seniors
The Administration recommends the approval of the following list of 2017-18 seniors for graduation pending each student's passage of the required Ohio Graduation Test and the successful completion of the courses and/or credits as established by the State of Ohio or the New Bremen Local Schools:  (61 Seniors)

	NEW BREMEN HIGH SCHOOL
	CLASS OF 2018	
	    May 27, 2018

Erica Laine Ahlers	Celeste Jane Kuck	
Zachariah Josia Ahrns	Samantha Angela Kuck	
Cassandra Marie Albers	Adrian Elijah Laughman	
Caleb William Alig	Tyler Donald Leichliter	
Steven Emmett Bailey	Joseph Michael Maurer	
Zachary Michael Bensman	Claire Elizabeth McClurg	
Caitlyn Corrine Bergman	Noah John Parlett	
Derek Ronald Bergman	Ashley Dawn Paul	
Tara Ann Berning	Koby Andrew Paul	
Emily Michelle Bertke	Katelyn Nicole Paulus	
Alexis Nicole Blaine	Avery Matthew Powers	
Ashley Kay Bowers	Wyatt Cole Puthoff	
Mariah Janae Boyle	Elizabeth Ann Rickard	
Cale Joseph Brackman	Samuel Roger Rutschilling	
Lillian Clarice Brautigam	Charles Matthew Sailer	
Caleb Ryan Bundy	Adam Louis Schmitmeyer	
Sara Louise Champagne	Austin Carl Schmitmeyer	
Levi Thomas Clem	Keven Lee Schulze	
Logan Patrick Dicke	Kenneth Charles Jacob Simindinger	
Hunter Rae Drewes	Olivia Ann Smith	
Anthony William Fark	Josie Diana Sprague	
Ezra Jack Ferguson	Tara Nicole Springer	
Zachary James Flaute	Gregory Ray Steed, Jr.	
Julia Kristine Goettemoeller	Katherine Ann Steineman	
Alexandria Danielle Goings	Marcella Felice Travis	
Evan Thomas Gregg	Mykayla Leann Truman	
Halle Marlow Hemmelgarn	Steven Luke Vonderhaar	
Erica Elizabeth Hirschfeld	Nichole Ann Wente	
Grant Matthew Hoehne	Hallie Lucille Amelia Whitten	
Jane Marie Homan	Lucinda Rose Wynk	
Paige Nicole Jones		

 13.	Van certification 
Grant the Superintendent authority to approve district school van drivers certification for the 2018-19 school year when they have completed all necessary documentation, passed physical and met qualifications related to driver record, training, and licensure.

 14.  Student Accident Insurance Program 
Approve Griffin Insurance/National Guardian Life Insurance Company (Mount Vernon) to offer accident insurance to our students for the 2018-19 school year.
a.	We have very few subscribers, but still feel it is a valuable plan for those students needing it.
b.	This plan pays primary coverage for the first $250 of all eligible charges on each injury even if their other insurance pays, too.  After the $250 amount, the coverage picks up all eligible charges that their other insurance does not pay.  If there is no other insurance, this insurance would continue to be the primary coverage with no deductible.  The following rates have been quoted for 2018-19:

2017-18		2018-19	
Gr. K-6 School Time Only Coverage		$24.00		  $23.00
Gr. 7-12 School Time Only Coverage	  39.00		    37.00
Gr. K-6 Twenty-Four Hour Coverage	  83.00		    79.00
Gr. 7-12 Twenty-Four Hour Coverage	  96.00		    91.00
Senior High Football Coverage		136.00		  129.00

15.  OHSAA Membership

BOARD OF EDUCATION/GOVERNING BOARD RESOLUTION
Authorizing 2018-2019 membership in Ohio High School Athletic Association

WHEREAS, New Bremen Local Board of Education of 901 E Monroe Street, New Bremen, Auglaize County, Ohio has satisfied all the requirements for membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association, a voluntary unincorporated association not for profit; and 

WHEREAS, the Board of Education/Governing Board (“Board”) and its Administration desire for the schools with one or more grades at the 7-12 grade level under their jurisdiction to be voluntary members of the OHSAA;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION/ GOVERNING BOARD that all schools listed on the reverse side of this card do hereby voluntarily renew their membership in the OHSAA and that in doing so, the Constitution and Bylaws of the OHSAA are hereby adopted by this Board as and for its own minimum student-athlete eligibility requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board does reserve the right to raise the student-athlete eligibility standards as the Board deems appropriate for the schools and students under its jurisdiction; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the schools under this Board's jurisdiction agree to conduct their athletic programs in accordance with the Constitution, Bylaws, Regulations, interpretations and decisions of the OHSAA and to cooperate fully and timely with the Commissioner’s Office of the OHSAA in all matters related to the interscholastic athletic programs of the schools. Furthermore, the schools under this Board's jurisdiction shall be primary enforcers of the OHSAA Constitution, Bylaws and Sports Regulations and the interpretations and rulings rendered by the Commissioner’s Office.  The Administration heads of these schools understand that failure to discharge the duty of primary enforcement may result in fines, removal from tournaments, suspension from membership and/or other such penalties as prescribed in Bylaw 11.

16.	Activity Budgets
Approve the following Activity Budgets for FY2019 (2018-19):
a.	As required by the Ohio Revised Code
b.	Copies of Budgets will be available at the Board Meeting
c.	Summary of Individual Activity Accounts is enclosed
d.	Summary of each Activity Fund is as follows:

Fund	Estimated
Beginning Balance	Estimated Revenue	Estimated Expenditures	Estimated
Ending Balance	
018 (Public School Support)	 $10,500.00	$21,000.00	$22,500.00	$9,000.00	
022 (Trust)	   4,500.00	    1,325.00	    1,600.00	4,225.00	
200 (Activity)	 30,845.00	141,003.00	141,773.00	30,075.00	
300 (Activity)	119,650.00	203,550.00	190,990.00	132,210.00	

17. Approve request by Maria Homan for an overnight field trip on May 29-30, 2018 to Deer Creek State Park for an FFA Officers Retreat.

18-36		Motion by Wells, second by Suchland that the board approve the items contained in the Superintendent Recommendations as presented.  Upon the call of the roll, the vote was as follows: Bertke, yes; Busse, yes; Suchland, yes; Wells, yes; Bambauer, yes.  Motion carried.  
	
Informational Items
A.	The N-B Schools plan to graduate 61 students on Sunday, May 27 with the following activities planned:
	       1:30 PM  Baccalaureate Service (James F. Dicke Auditorium) 
	       2:30 PM Commencement Exercise (N-B Gym)

B.	Employee Service Awards
The following N-B Employees will be honored for their service to the New Bremen School on May 25, 2018 at the Staff Banquet at 11:30 a.m.:
5 Year Award	10 Year Award	15 Year Award
Jan Beyke	Dan Kanney	Ben Kramer
Maria Homan	Eric Rauh	Alycia Niemeyer
Lauren Link	Jenny Wendel
Lindsay Mauch
Theresa Newbright
Andrea Quellhorst
Polly Rodgers
JR Schumm
Joe Thieman	
		     
20 Year Award	     25 Year Award	             30 Year Award
Becky Keller	Peg Eilerman		 None
Jenny Perryman	     Jodi Lange

35 Year Award	     Retirement
Craig Griesdorn	     Craig Griesdorn

B.	 The 2018 Fund Drive for the New Bremen Education Foundation has recently been completed.  It appears that there will be a total of 76 scholarships to be awarded to the 2018 Graduates as the result of the New Bremen Education Foundation.  In addition to the N-B Educational Foundation Scholarships, there are also approximately 45 other scholarships that are either local or regional that will be awarded.

C.	The work on the high school gym floor will begin on May 29 and is scheduled to be completed in approximately five weeks.  All activities will be held at the middle school gym during this time.

D.	Construction work will begin on the parking lot and north of the football stadium this summer.   Most of the work will take place in June and July and is expected to be completed before school starts in August. 

E.	Interviews for the basketball coaching position are underway, and interviews for the band director position will begin soon.

F.	A special board meeting was scheduled on May 31, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. for the building project.  

18-37              Motion by Bambauer, second by Bertke to adjourn to executive session for the purposes of Employment, Property Purchase or Sale, and Security Arrangements at 7:26 p.m.  Upon the call of the roll, the vote was as follows: Wells, yes; Bambauer, yes; Bertke, yes; Busse, yes; Suchland, yes. Motional Carried.

18-38              Motion by Bertke, second by Busse to return to regular session at 9:17 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
		
18-39	         Motion by Suchland, second by Bambauer to adjourn the meeting at 9:18 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

				
			President							Treasurer