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

• ESCLEW-Joyce Lewis
• CMSD-Matt Rado
  • Questions for Matt Rado wrt CMSD Board tabling NW sponsor contract, requesting to revisit sponsorship and partnership with charter schools
    • Link to CMSD April 28 Board Meeting discussion 1:37-2:04
    • Tabled CMSD Resolution 10.03 Amending And Restating The Sponsorship Contracts Of Three Community Schools Sponsored By The Cleveland Municipal School District (including Near West) 
    • Near West’s current contract term ends 6/30/2027
    • Section F.5.b. No later than the 15th day of January in the year in which the Sponsor intends to non-renew the School’s contract, the Sponsor shall notify the School of the proposed action in writing. The notice shall include the reasons for the proposed action in detail, the effective date of the termination or nonrenewal, and a statement that the School may, within 14 calendar days of receiving the notice, request in writing an informal hearing before the Sponsor.

NEW-Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy 

TIS-East-ONLY:  

RENEWAL NPG Consultants to work with the TIS Principal on school strategic plan creation and execution, instructional coaching framework implementation, schoolwide priority teacher actions, alignment of instructional systems, and meaningful and relevant teacher professional development opportunities.  This is an FY 26-27 budgeted expense beginning July 1, 2026, through April 2027 at a cost of $15,000 to be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained. 

RENEWAL-Earl Ingram, for services as an independent contractor, to provide basketball coaching and program management for the 25-26 school year with total compensation of $1100. This is a budgeted expense payable from General Funds or other monies obtained.

NWIS ONLY: 

REVISED Blake Gilliam to provide a one-on-one coaching session for the Principal that aligns with the OPES Standard 6 Equity and Cultural Responsiveness. This is a budgeted expense that will not exceed $1500 and will be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained. 

TIS-East & Near West: 

RENEWAL-FIT Technologies for managed IT services and help desk support for a two-year contract term effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028.  Budgeted expense not to exceed $142,133 per year to be split between the two schools (TIS-East = $71,066.50, NWIS = $71,066.50) and to be paid from general funds. 

All information regarding personnel can be found in each school's resolution, attached above.

These modifications have been added to reflect recent changes in the law.

• March Financials

• There were changes in the law in December that all incoming kindergarteners must be 5 years old by the first day of school.
• An additional change took place in March that schools may adopt an Early Entrance Policy and must determine a cutoff date for those children turning 5 after the first day of school, as well as an evaluation procedure. 
• This change in law will
  • Impact enrollment
  • Behavioral and school readiness impact
  • The recommendation is October 31st.
    • Our previous cut-off date was December 31st 

Term to start on July 1, 2026

Discussion for a vote on June 17, 2026