Tiger Way Awards presented at Strasburg BOE meeting
Athletic Director Gary Spinell presented the Tiger Way Award to village residents Joe Gilkerson and Duane Stull during the Jan. 9 reorganization and regular board meeting.
“Joe is my go-to guy for anything that needs done at the school. He has brought Duane along to help. They just installed a shot clock in the gym. That requirement is not here yet but soon will be for a shot clock. They also recently installed the drop for the U.S. flag in the middle of the high school gym, which is lowered for every basketball game. These men do a lot of work for the district, and I appreciate them,” Spinell said.
The board also did the following:
—Elected Kevin Harvey, board president, and Diana Flickinger, vice president. The board will meet the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the administration building.
—Established a service fund of $5,000 to pay expenses incurred by the board members or their official representative in the performance of their duties.
—Adopted 22 annual business resolutions during the reorganizational meeting held prior to the regular meeting.
—Held the first reading of the 2025-26 school calendar. If approved by the board in February, the first day for students will be Aug. 20, and the last day for students will be May 29, 2026.
—Heard Superintendent Vince Lindsey give an update on Safe Routes to School Support and Plan for installing sidewalks on both First Street and Second Street Northwest, Tiger Drive, and Third Street. This is in conjunction with the village.
—Approved Missy McKenzie, volunteer swim coach, for the 2024-25 school year.
—Approved a band trip to Nashville, Tennessee March 30 through April 2, 2026.
—Entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for College Credit Plus classes with Kent State University for the 2025-26 school year.
—Approved annual membership dues to the Ohio School Boards Association for $4,212 annually.
—Adopted 21 NEOLA board policies.
—Appointed the following board committees: Jordan Boggs, athletic representative and technology; Diana Flickinger and Marsha Clark, policy; Kevin Harvey, OSBA legislative liaison, Buckeye Career Center representative, OSBA Capital Conference and student achievement; Marsha Clark, OSBA Capital Conference alternate delegate; Flickinger and Brent Miller, negotiations; Brent Miller and Clark, calendar; Clark, district goals and DLT district leadership team; Harvey and Miller, park-village liaison; and Flickinger, Tiger Foundation representative.
Other information
The board will hold a work session on Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the board room.
Two meetings of the bond levy committee have been held, and the committee will distribute information soon on the 3.6 mill, 30-year bond issue to generate $10 million annually.
Tiger of the Month recipients for January will be recognized at the next meeting.
The next meeting will be held Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at 140 N. Bodmer Ave. in Strasburg.