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Cleveland Public School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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Cleveland school board hears summer school option in 26⁠-⁠27 high school handbook changes 3:38

  • A motion to approve the agenda as amended carried. 0:44
  • A staff member walked the board through changes to the 26⁠-⁠27 high school student handbook, including a summer school option for 7th and 8th grade students who fail a core course and have at least 50% for their semester grade. 3:38
  • The board also took up the elementary school and activities handbooks, renewal of district insurance coverage, meal prices and the milk bid. 26:18
  • Staff members described a traffic plan for the start of school, including dismissing students who drive at 2:45. 48:32
Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and agenda adoption 0:02
    • The chair noted two changes to the consent agenda under contracts, including adding a paraprofessional and adding the employee handbook as item 7.I. 0:02
    • The motion to approve the agenda as amended carried. 0:44
  2. Community comments and consent agenda 1:22
    • No one offered community comments. 1:23
    • The consent agenda included regular board minutes, bills and payments, new hires and donations from the booster club. 1:23
  3. E-learning plan 2:36
    • The chair said the e-learning plan was the same plan in place last year with no changes and should be approved annually. 2:36
  4. High school student handbook changes 3:34
    • A staff member said students who fail a core course would generally retake it the following year or make it up in summer school, and must have at least 50% for their semester grade to be eligible for summer school. 6:16
    • Asked whether students take a test at the end of summer school, the staff member said no, which was part of the reason for the 50% provision. 9:42
    • The staff member said wording on academic dishonesty would change from will to may for a grade reduction, smart glasses would not be allowed anywhere and the AI policy would be added to the handbook. 14:29
  5. Elementary school student handbook changes 20:33
    • A staff member said the handbook was aligned to an MSBA guideline and added AI academic restrictions, playground safety rules and alternative learning during recess. 20:51
    • The staff member said the student grievance process now follows a chain of command and the handbook now addresses trained staff moving a student at imminent risk of harm. 22:55
    • Asked how many staff were certified, the staff member said paras and special education staff would attend training the next week. 25:51
  6. Activities handbook changes 26:18
    • A staff member said the only change was updated fees and the year, and further changes could be brought to the September board meeting. 26:58
  7. Fall coaching list and ticket prices 28:19
    • A staff member presented fall football and volleyball coaches, including adding a 4th volleyball coach with enough players for 4 teams. 28:28
    • The staff member said about 37 students were signed up for volleyball in grades 9 through 12 and about 23 in 7th and 8th. 30:07
    • The staff member said the conference was talking about raising adult tickets to $8 and the district would follow if the whole conference did. 31:39
  8. District insurance renewal 34:00
    • The chair said the annual insurance renewal went up 6% and the district had been at $156,022. 34:00
    • A participant asked about how much the coverage had been used over a 5-year period and suggested looking at higher deductibles. 34:59
  9. Meal prices 34:00
    • The chair said food service staff had waited for federal and state pricing, received it a week earlier and set lunch and breakfast prices. 35:40
  10. Milk bid 37:02
    • The chair said only one bid came in this year, which was becoming more typical. 37:02
  11. Data privacy and cannabis education updates 39:46
    • A staff member described additions on staff training under FERPA and privacy laws, data retention and a state law requirement to implement cannabis education. 39:46
    • Asked which age groups receive that instruction, a staff member said 8th and 10th grade health. 42:50
  12. Board and staff reports 44:25
    • A speaker reported that JWP officially joined as of July 1 and that the first day of school for that program is September 8. 44:42
    • A speaker said negotiations met this week to start looking at contracts for next year. 47:20
  13. New staff and start-of-school traffic plan 48:16
    • A staff member said a document listing all new staff had been prepared. 48:16
    • The staff member said Columbia would be shut down, so buses would drop off in the back. 50:42
    • Another staff member said students who drive would be dismissed at 2:45 and, if not out by the final bell, would have to wait until all pickups were done. 54:57
  14. Transportation and activities updates 58:06
    • A staff member said special transportation for preschool students was being lined up and vehicles were nearly ready. 58:17
    • A staff member said the contract with the old website ends August 31 and a new facilities scheduler was almost running. 59:31
    • The staff member said practice starts next week Monday and guessed that maybe 70% of kids were registered already. 1:01:41
  15. District updates and adjournment 1:02:28
    • A speaker said the district would receive another $18,000 from the cybersecurity grant for fob entry to the copy room and maintenance office and for lockdown buttons. 1:02:28
    • The speaker said new donation and fundraiser forms are online and that water was again coming into a room downstairs. 1:05:35
    • The next board meeting was scheduled for Monday, September 21st at 7 PM, and a motion to adjourn was made at 8:16. 1:14:17

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Video: posted by the district as “School Board Meeting 8/13/26”