Intergenerational Schools

June School Board Meeting

Published on June 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM EDT

Date and Time

Wednesday June 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT

Location

Near West Intergenerational School 

3805 Terrett Ave.

Cleveland, Oh 44113

The Intergenerational School creates, connects, and guides a multigenerational community of lifelong learners and spirited citizens as they strive for academic excellence. 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Board Resolutions 6:00 PM
  A. Board Resolutions for Schools
II. Opening Items 6:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance  
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
  C. Mission Moment   5 m
III. Public Comment 6:05 PM
  A. Public Comment FYI 5 m
   

Any person or group wishing to place an item on the agenda shall register their intent with the Executive
Director/CEO (or designee-Chief Operating Officer) no later than five (5) days prior to the meeting and 
include:
A. name and address of the participant;
B. group affiliation, if and when appropriate;
C. topic to be addressed

 
IV. Sponsor Reports 6:10 PM
  A. CMSD/ESCLEW Sponsor Report FYI 10 m
   
  • CMSD-Matt Rado
  • ESCLEW-Allison Lentz
 
V. Consent Agenda 6:20 PM
  A. Approval of May 14, 2025 Minutes Vote
   

Please read Board Resolutions

 
  B. Contracts and MOUs Vote 3 m
   

TIS & Near West 

  • RENEWAL: BrandPivot--Collaborate and facilitate a communications plan rooted in the organization’s strategic plan and incorporating the 25th anniversary milestone, which will include brand training, communications plan facilitation and creation, campaign development, website optimization, refresh, and redesign.  Work will take place between June 2, 2025 to July 31, 2025. The total for this project will not exceed $15,000 and will be split three ways ($5000-TIS, $5000-NWIS, $5000-IGCle) and will be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained. 
  • NEW: BrandPivot--For social media account clean up, audience configuration, and Campaign launch & management. Plus, running direct ads.  This work will take place between June 2, 2025, and July 31, 2025.  The total cost of this contract will not exceed $3000 and will be split three ways ($1000-TIS, $1000-NWIS, $1000-IGCle) and is to be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained.  
  • RENEWAL: O'Neill--To provide insurance coverage for 2025-2026 through Philadelphia Insurance, RGS Specialty and Markel as follows:  for FY26 not to exceed $56,575 to be split between the 2 schools and Intergenerational Cleveland as follows: TIS-East=$27,156 (48%), Near West=$20,367 (36%), IGCle=$9,052 (16%)

Near West ONLY

  • NEW: Henderson, Schmidlin & McGarry--To provide legal advice in the evaluation of employee matters.  This is an unbudgeted expense not to exceed $7,175 and to be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained. 
 
  C. 2025-2026 School Board Meeting Calendar
  D. Policy Approval 5 m
   

RENEWAL: Online School Days Plan 

NEW: Parents' Bill of Rights/HB 8

RESTATED: Suspension and Expulsion Policy 

 
  E. ESCLEW-Modification 2 FYI
   

TIS-East ONLY: Contract modification that inserts updated ORCs in Section 4.1 and corrects wording in Section 4.3.  All other sections, subsections, terms, or provisions of the contract will remain the same. 

 
  F. Amendment to the Compensation Plan
  G. Personnel Actions Vote
   

Listed in each school's Board Resolution

 
VI. Fundraising Report 6:28 PM
  A. Update and Reminders FYI Brooke King 5 m
VII. Governance 6:33 PM
  A. Renewal of Terms Vote Robert Nicolay 3 m
   
  1. The following Board Members’ terms will be renewed through June 30, 2028:
    1. Danielle Clark
    2. Joanna Lopez-Inman
    3. Richaun Bunton
 
VIII. Finance 6:36 PM
  A. Approval of Celeste Farmer as Treasurer effective July 1, 2025 10 m
  B. Approval of April Financials Vote Celeste Farmer 10 m
  C. Reapproval of the Five-Year Forecast for Submission to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Vote Celeste Farmer 3 m
  D. Annual Shared Staffing Contract Action Vote Brooke King 3 m
   

To reduce the burden and allow shared staff to receive on paycheck and W2 instead of two (one from each school), each of the two Intergenerational Schools will employ a liked-expense portion of the shared staff team of approximately ten full time employees, with expenses roughly one-half of the total shared staff expense across the model. 

 
IX. Education Advisory Group 7:02 PM
  A. Enrollment Update FYI 8 m
X. Executive Committee 7:10 PM
  A. The Intergenerational School/Cleveland Municipal School District Partnership Agreement Vote 5 m
   

This agreement is to establish TIS-East as a partnering community school that qualifies for a portion of the partnering community schools' amount from the tax distribution attributable to Issues 68 and 49 received by CMSD.

 
  B. Establish a Board Task Force to Review and Recommend the Use of Intergenerational Cleveland as a Charter Management Organization Vote Brooke King 5 m
  C. Establish a Board Task Force to Review and Recommend the Creation of a Marketing & Communications Advisory Council Vote Brooke King 5 m
  D. Establish a Board Task Force to Review and Recommend the Creation of a Policy & Legislative Developments Advisory Council Vote Stacy Miller 5 m
XI. Executive Session
 

To consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion or compensation of a public employee or official, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual, unless the employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual requests a public hearing by division (G)(1) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code.

 
XII. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote