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EAST LIVERPOOL -- The East Liverpool school board Thursday approved multiple financial items, hirings and resignations.
Per the treasurer's recommendation, the board passed with an all-in-in favor vote: a financial reports and apportions resolution which included the cash summary, disbursements and donations reports for February 2023; a contract with The Ohio Floor Company; the establishment of a STEM/Robotics Team Club fund account at Westgate Middle School; and audiology services for students through the Educational Service Center of Eastern Ohio (Mahoning County) at the rate of $50 per hour.
Resignations accepted by the board included John Burkett, custodian, effective March 24; Janet Stover, administrative assistant to the superintendent, effective June 30; Rachel Briscoe, speech and language pathologist, effective July 1; and Mary Handley, preschool teacher, effective July 1.
Stover and Handley are both retiring from their positions. Stover has been with the district since 1973. She was a music educator until 2004. In 2017, she moved into her current position. Handley has been an educator for 37 years, the last eight years with East Liverpool City School District (ELCSD).
Classified employees approved for hire for the 2022-2023 school year include: Amanda Estell, paraprofessional for spring sports; Patricia Tice, four-hour custodian at North Elementary; Cindy Davis, seven-hour food service worker at North Elementary; and Travis Gilespie, substitute custodian and seasonal casual.
Supplemental staff approved for hire for the 2022-2023 school year include: Isaac Davidson, varsity boys tennis coach; Maurice Brown, middle school girls track coach; and Andrea Dobbins, middle school girls track assistant coach.
Supplemental staff approved for hire for the 2023-2024 school year include: Melanie Rowley, fifth grade advisor; Sean Yanni, middle school football head coach; Brian Vaughn, middle school football assistant coach; Mike Bettura, Andrew English, Alfred Johnson, Robert Ramsey and Alvin Thompson, football pre-season; David Raghanti, Gaming Club advisor; Brian Kerr, Gaming/E-Sports Club junior high; Heather Zernich, spelling bee coordinator middle school; Stephen Logston and Jessica Buckner, STEM junior high advisor; Alison Jackson, Student Council advisor junior high; Lauren Higgins, volleyball eighth grade; Jennifer Galanis, volleyball seventh grade; Dylan Kidder, volunteer football coach; and Whitney Taylor Washington, detention monitor Westgate.
Per Superintendent Jonathan Ludwig's request, the board approved the following as certified teaching employees serving as long-term substitutes for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year: Katie Hamilton, LaCroft Elementary, and Alexis DeJulio, North Elementary, both with an annual salary of $36.802.40.
Event workers approved for the 2022-2023 school year include: Mary Cline, Kim Pridemore and Bonnie Lascola.
A reduction of one middle school health position at Westgate and the addition of an intervention specialist position at Westgate, North, East Liverpool Junior-Senior High School along with the additions of one junior high math teaching position, one exercise science instructor at East Liverpool Junior-Senior High School and one ODE approved Career and Technical Program at East Liverpool Junior-Senior High School for STEM and Engineering.
At the superintendent's request, the board approved the school calendar for the 2023-2024 school year and the district's summer school plan for the 2023-2024 school year. The program will offer a credit recovery program, artificial intelligence program in partnership with Stanford University, a district run K-6 summer program at North Elementary School and the Potter Brainery Program.
The board also approved funding transportation costs not to exceed $2,728.66 for the 2023 prom and the Senior Trip to Williamsburg, Virginia.
The East Liverpool Board of Education meets the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the district's administration building. The next meeting is scheduled for April 20.
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