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Parma City School District special meeting, Oct 1, 2026

2 h 07 min · 0 public speakers

Chronic absenteeism ▶ 49:35Reading and test scores ▶ 25:34

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Parma school board reviews state report card showing 4-star district rating 25:34

  • The Parma City School District Board of Education heard a presentation from district staff on the Ohio State Report Card, which a district official said rated the district 4 stars and its CTE programming 5 stars. 25:34
  • Presenters went through the overall rating and report card components, including achievement, early literacy and college and career readiness, along with a separate career tech report card. 27:33
  • Board members asked questions about chronic absenteeism, gifted services and reading instruction time. 54:17
  • The board voted by roll call to adopt a resolution to adjourn. 2:05:23

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Item by item (11)
  1. Opening and roll call 24:18
    • Tammie Sebastian opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call. 24:18
    • Tammie Sebastian said community members are not permitted to participate in special meetings unless the board asks for input. 25:01
  2. Overall rating and achievement 25:34
    • A presenter said the district earned 3.25 points, placing it in the 4-star range between 3.125 and 3.625, among 607 districts in Ohio. 27:33
    • A presenter said the district earned 81.7 points for achievement, a 3-star rating. 37:55
    • The presenter said 7th grade math dropped to 33.3% proficient because high-achieving students took the 8th grade assessment, where they earned 86.6% proficient or higher. 41:56
  3. Progress component 44:12
    • A district staff member said the progress component measures whether students met expected growth within a year and that 5th grade met or exceeded growth across all tests. 44:23
    • The staff member said 7th grade has started to turn a corner on growth even though it did not hit the proficiency mark. 47:23
  4. Gap closing and chronic absenteeism 49:35
    • A presenter said chronic absenteeism counts both excused and unexcused absences and is reached when a student misses 10% of the school year, or about 18 days. 51:02
    • One board member said the question becomes how to make up missed instruction. 52:20
    • A presenter said absence intervention teams work with families and that a notice goes out when a student hits 50 hours of absence. 56:59
  5. Gifted indicators and services 59:05
    • A district staff member said the district met gifted identification and services and gifted progress but not the gifted performance index, which requires 97.5%. 59:43
    • The staff member said the district ranked 162 out of 607 districts on gifted outcomes. 1:01:05
    • In response to a question from Tammie Sebastian, the staff member said Ohio requires districts to identify but not serve gifted students and that Parma provides gifted services to all of its students. 1:02:11
  6. Early literacy component 1:06:15
    • A district staff member said the early literacy component has 3 parts weighted 40%, 35% and 25%, and that the district has held 2 stars. 1:06:15
    • The staff member said a change this year removed students with exemptions from the promotion calculation, which affected districts across the state. 1:06:15
    • Tammie Sebastian asked whether the state has data on outcomes from 90 minutes of reading instruction, and the staff member said the district reports instructional time but the state has not put out that kind of data. 1:28:36
  7. Graduation component 1:32:59
    • A presenter said the district moved from a 2-star rating to 4 stars in graduation in the last few years. 1:32:59
    • One board member said the graduation rate shows the district is graduating children and that is the goal. 1:34:08
  8. College and career readiness 1:35:55
    • A presenter said the district earned 77.8% in college, career, workforce and military readiness, placing it in 4 stars. 1:35:55
    • In response to a question from Tammie Sebastian about the PSAT, a district staff member said 34 registered last year and almost 80 this time. ~1:38:03
  9. Career tech report card 1:38:37
    • A district staff member said career tech earned an overall 5-star rating and 5 stars in all 4 components this year. 1:39:06
    • The staff member said 94.3% of students earned overall proficiency, up from 92.3%, and that 96% of the 2025 cohort graduated. 1:39:06
    • Tammie Sebastian asked whether the district could work with private schools on shadow days for career tech, and the staff member said that would be up to the schools being willing. 1:51:56
  10. Leadership team work and board comments 1:54:24
    • A presenter said the district leadership team analyzed district and school ratings and took the work back to building teams. 1:57:00
    • The superintendent said 2 stars in early literacy does not mean students cannot read and said the district needs resources to continue its work. 1:58:38
    • Nick Reyes said they look forward to being part of the team that gets the district to 5 stars. 2:04:49
  11. Adjournment 2:05:23
    • Tammie Sebastian moved to adopt Resolution 2026⁠-⁠10⁠-⁠432 to adjourn the meeting, and the motion was seconded. 2:05:23

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