Robin Hall, head cook at Sherman Elementary School, was honored Tuesday evening as Mansfield City Schools’ Every Student, Every Day champion for April. Olivia Armstrong, a Sherman third-grader, was recognized as the month’s Outstanding Tyger. The board of education congratulated both for their hard work. A major
upgrade of the gymnasium at Malabar Intermediate School is scheduled over the
summer.
The board of education on Tuesday approved replacement of the gym’s heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system. The $159,000 cost is determined by a state term contract, which means the district does not have to bid the project.
The board
also authorized a $116,000 contract with The Final Floor, Inc., for replacement
of the original gym floor, which the board said was installed in 1963.
Over the
years humidity from the adjacent swimming pool and moisture from pipes below
the floor have caused the floor to buckle. The new system will have
humidity-control features and eliminate the below-floor pipes.
The board also
authorized replacement of the boiler at the Raemelton administration building
at a state term contract cost of $147,000.
The purchase
of four new school buses won board approval. Treasurer Robert Kuehnle said the
buses will be ordered through META Solutions of Marion, a buying consortium
that serves several area school districts by securing the lowest prices.
Kuehnle said the buses will be ordered now but be paid for out of the coming
fiscal year budget.
Two will be
regular buses, while the other two will be equipped with lifts to serve
handicapped students.
Responding to board questions, Kuehnle described the current bus fleet as “in pretty good shape” because new buses have been acquired the last two years. He said $350,000 is being set aside each year for bus purchases.
Superintendent Garverick noted that the district’s fiscal emergency status in 2014 through most of 2016 prevented a cycle of regular bus purchases.
In other
action, the board:
-- Rejected a proposed $30,000 contract with Health Decisions of Plymouth, Mich., to conduct a 15-month audit of district employees’ health claims paid by Medical Mutual. A company representative said the audit would determine if claims were paid correctly by looking at coordination of benefits, whether claims should have been paid by another plan and assuring that claims were not paid for individuals no longer employed by the district. Board member Chris Elswick said he did not believe that any savings realized would exceed the $30,000 cost and suggested that the district’s current broker and Medical Mutual could conduct a sufficient audit. Sheryl Weber and Gary Feagin voted for the contract, but Judy Forney and Renda Cline joined Elswick in voting against it.
-- Unanimously accepted
the resignations of Senior High Principal Dr. Jose Hernandez, Sherman
Elementary Assistant Principal Monica Hubbard and Thomas Gompf, Senior High
construction technology teacher.
-- Voted
unanimously to terminate the employment of Senior High Assistant Principal
Fuzzie Davis and middle school intervention specialist Teresa Kerr.