Board of Education Meeting

• Recommend to accept a donation in the amount of $500.00 from the Galion Booster Club to the Galion City Schools Community Fund.
• Recommend to accept a donation in the amount of $3250.00 from the Galion Booster Club to the Middle School for the Washington D.C. trip and the Mohican trip.
• Recommend to accept a donation in the amount of $30.00 from Christ United Methodist Church Mission Fund for negative lunch balances.
• Recommend to accept a grant donation in the amount of $769.00 from the Arthur J. Freese Charitable Trust to the Galion City Schools PTO for the purpose of providing a life-size chess set to the Paws on Pawns Elementary Chess Club.
• Recommend to accept a grant donation in the amount of $3798.00 from the Arthur J. Freese Charitable Trust to the Galion City Schools PTO for the purpose of providing sensory awareness and cause & effect communications equipment for the five multi-handicap classrooms within the district.
• Recommend to accept a donation in the amount of $9,000.00 from the Walter R. Hessenauer Trust to Galion City Schools for the purpose of providing wall mats in the high school gymnasium and for a new Galion Tiger Mascot costume.

Recommend to approve the attached quote and lease purchase agreement from Apple Financial Services-Education Finance for the purpose of continuing the district's 1:1 Technology Program.

Recommend to adopt the attached resolution in opposition to House Bill 512.

Recommend to approve the First Read of the revised Board Bylaws and Policies, as attached:

An executive session is requested for one or more of the following matters to:

__XX___ a. consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official, or to consider the investigations of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee or "regulated individual"; unless the person being investigated of charges or complaints requests a public hearing;

_____ b. consider the purchase or sale of public property if the public interest would be hurt by the premature disclosure of the information;

_____ c. confer with the public body's attorney for the purpose of considering disputes if a court action concerning the dispute is either pending or imminent;

_____ d. prepare for, conduct, or review negotiations or bargaining sesssions with public employees;

_____ e. consider matters required by federal laws, or rules, or state statutes to be kept confidential;

___XX__ f. consider specialized details of security arrangements if the information could be used for criminal purposes.

_____g. no action taken.

RECESS TIME:  8:18 PM

RECONVENE TIME:  9:18 PM

Meeting Adjourned at: 9:20 PM