Cost/Revenue

Please read Board Resolutions

TIS-East

• NEW-Clarity Couch- To provide one one-on-one therapy at TIS-East for teachers and staff.  The cost of this service will not exceed $5,000 and will be paid through general funds or other monies.  This is a budgeted expense.
• NEW-Earl Ingram- To provide independent contractor services to manage and implement a Recess and Lunch Monitor program during the 2024- 2025 School Year, effective September 16, 2024, at a rate of $20.27 per hour, not to exceed $6,000. This is a budgeted expense payable from General Funds or other monies obtained.
• NEW-Ohio Connections- To ratify the contract that began on September 3, 2024 to provide bussing services to transport Lakeshore students to and from TIS-East daily.  The cost is $300 daily from September 3, 2024 to November 8, 2024 and is not to exceed $12,900.  This is a budgeted expense and should be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained, 
• NEW-Ohio Connections--To approve the continuation of Ohio Connections contract for Trimester 2 & 3 to transport approximately 30 Lakeshore students on time, reliably with a reasonable pick-up and drop-off time each day.  This expense totals $33,900, of which $7,100 is budgeted and $26,900 is unbudgeted.  This should be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained. 

1. Revised-D&N Transportation—Revision to the original contract for transporting general education students to and from TIS who did not qualify for CMSD transportation services (lived outside of Cleveland).  the current contract would include monitoring students before bus pickup in the morning and parent pickup in the afternoon, for $80 per day for $155 days, totaling $12,000. In addition, TIS would pay $2,000 for the first ten days of school under the original contractual agreement, for both monitoring and transport of students ($200 per day for 10 days). The entire contract (less the special education portion which still stands) is now totaling $14,000. This is a budgeted expense to be paid out of general funds.

• NEW-FIT Technologies--To move 10 Chromebook carts, 100 Chromebooks, and 3 Mimio Boxlite Interactive from Lakeshore to TIS-East.  FIT will connect the boards once transport is complete.  The total cost of the project will not exceed $2,538 and to be paid out of general funds. 

Near West

• NEW-Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio--DCNEO will work with Near West staff on exploring unconscious bias and how professionals can minimize its effects on colleague and student relations.  This is a budgeted expense that will be paid out of general funds and not to exceed $2200.

TIS-East and Near West 

• NEW-BrandPivot--To provide various branded materials such as Handbooks, Office templates, Annual Reports, Strategic Plan design and summary, T-shirt designs to both schools.  The cost of these services is budgeted and to be paid out of general funds or other monies obtained and not to exceed $5000.
• Additional Work-KF Consulting-To provide bi-weekly standing check-ins and to research, communication and navigation of compliance and leadership at an hourly rate of $55 per hour for a total of 70 hours. This is a budgeted expense not to exceed $3850 to paid out of general funds and split between the two schools ($1925 per school).

Annual Renewal 

• Enrollment & Attendance Policy
• Academic Prevention and Intervention Services
• Special Education Policies and Procedures

New

• Political Views & Religious Freedom

listed in each school's Board Resolution

Ratify the election of the following new members to TIS board who were nominated pending the approval of ESCLEW:

• Carolyn Wald--Term ending June 30, 2027 
• Brad Norton--Term ending June 30, 2027 
• Robert Nicolay--Term ending June 30, 2027 

Change the April 23, 2025 meeting date to April 2, 2025

Add May 14, 2025

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Director/CEO (or designee-Chief Operating Officer) no later than five (5) days prior to the meeting and 
include:
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B. group affiliation, if and when appropriate;
C. topic to be addressed

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.