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

• CMSD-Matt Rado
• ESCLEW-Joyce Lewis

 Please read in Sept 18 Board Meeting packet

TIS-East ONLY

• Addendum to Independent Contractor Agreement between TIS-East and Dionne Wagonner for the 25-26 School year to provide additional services as an advisor to the student led after school crochet activity club at a rate of $15.00 per hour during the 17 week period beginning October 14, 2025 and ending February 26, 2026 not to exceed 1.5 hours per week or a total of $382.50.

Near West Only

• ADDENDUM Cleveland Hearing and Speech, this addendum is to provide audiology and consultation services to a Near West student on an as needed basis. The cost of this service is $114 per hour with a minimum of 2 hours per day of service. This is an unbudgeted expense to be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained. (Waiting on final contract to be uploaded)

Listed in each school's Board Resolution

TIS-East ONLY

• RENEWAL-Academic Prevention and Intervention
• RENEWAL-Enrollment and Attendance Policy with Residency Verification
• RENEWAL-Cell Phone Policy 
• REVISED Harassment Policy

TIS-East and Near West

• RENEWAL-Ohio Department of Education & Workforce Special Education Policies & Procedures
• RENEWAL-Emergency & Evacuation Procedures
• RENEWAL-Student Transportation Management Policies
• RENEWAL-Career Advising Policy 

• Fundraising
• 24-25 Annual Report
• 25th Anniversary Celebration date changed to Sept 25, 2026

Board Outcome: NWEA assessments Fall to Spring will show school-wide Growth Measures within the ranges below, OR overall Achievement percentile increases

                                NW Math from 55th percentile in 24-25 to 58th—60th percentile in 25-26

                                NW ELA from 66th percentile in 24-25 to 69th—71st percentile in 25-26

                                TIS Math from 31st percentile in 24-25 to 34th—36th percentile in 25-26

                                TIS ELA from 49th percentile in 24-25 to 52nd—54th percentile in 25-26                  

• Moving annual salary increase percentage decision up from April to March 18th Board Meeting
  • In effort to distribute Letters of Hire to current teachers sooner, and establish a finite signing deadline to determine open positions sooner and to secure high quality candidates  
• Consider a multi-year minimum percentage increase for two or three subsequent years, instead of making this decision each spring
  • In effort to provide an increased level of security and predictability to current and potential employees

As of Oct 22

TIS 215/223 budgeted or 96%

NW 226/225 budgeted or over 100%

Overview of Timeline and Process

Last year's Board Resolution indicated to revisit the merger decision in October of 2025. Board Decision on December 10, 2025 to pursue or not pursue a merger to take effect July 1, 2026.

Projection slides (attached) revised to show slower enrollment growth per September 18, 2025 Board discussion and scenarios with no HQ funding for TIS for 2 more years.

• CMO Research to Date
• Next Steps
  • Work with Treasurer to review alternate financial processes to streamline cross-organizational transactions and contracts 
  • Review existing support agreement to address issues identified by the Task Force

• Decision on whether or not to pursue a merger of TIS-East into Near West for July 1, 2026
• IGCle Task Force gives another update
• Financial Services RFP process update for January vote