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[2:03] Aye. Aye.
[2:12] Aye.
[2:26] Aye.
[2:38] And
[2:48] then Eviana, sorry Gerrano or Grajo. Thank
[2:56] you.
[2:57] Hi, my name is Emily.
[2:59] When you're going to talk about this, think about it's setting that we might not give a
[3:04] class out due to just group of students.
[3:06] We asked you to consider because some of us have been waiting since first and second grade.
[3:12] I want to encourage you to have one.
[3:14] Thank you for that.
[3:15] Thank you.
[3:17] Thank you.
[3:17] All
[3:25] right.
[3:25] And then Sheila Holbergs.
[3:28] Do you just want me to read it?
[3:29] Okay.
[3:30] So my question is regarding exhibit M. Have we explored alternative options for the items listed to be disposed of?
[3:41] Question?
[3:42] I'm going to have to know what pick up the question. It says to be disposed of all those items on the way of using them.
[3:53] So, I guess I'll speak to this, that's not the correct wording, all of those items have already been sold through the public auction.
[4:02] So, if you read it, it says that it was the sales of their public auction.
[4:08] So, we've already sold all those items.
[4:10] I'm just asking the board to approve that those items were sold.
[4:14] Thank you.
[4:20] All right, and so that ends the public participation piece.
[4:23] So, we'll move on to the communications and special reports.
[4:26] So we'll start with the building project update.
[4:34] Although you don't know I'm Ryan Baker like to see some new faces.
[4:38] The building actually you guys are in the building a couple of weeks ago.
[4:43] We did get our CFO for the Media Center and Library.
[4:46] They have began moving in.
[4:48] I don't know much more the status of that, but I think things are progressing well.
[4:53] Also now we've transitioned into the demolition phase and the pavement phase.
[4:58] So if you've driven on the west side of the site, you'll see today that the house was dropped on Monday.
[5:06] All the trees around and associated with the site have been cleared.
[5:11] Right now we're beginning to cut in a drive from the west heading east to access the school, the existing Harding High School.
[5:20] So we could start preparing to remove the building as that's coming down.
[5:26] As far as abatement goes, we're progressing on schedule.
[5:30] We have about, I'm going to say a few weeks left of the second floor abatement.
[5:37] And then they're going to fall back and start abating the windows and the cough around those.
[5:41] That's going to be last because we want to keep that existing building secure.
[5:45] And then we're slated to drop the building over the two weeks of spring break.
[5:49] So that's going to be a big accomplishment for all of us in big dates.
[5:53] something you need to hit. Well, that's pretty much it for the update from our side.
[5:59] Any questions?
[6:02] Okay, thank you. Anything else
[6:12] from Adam? Did you have any updates?
[6:15] Do the board have any questions for either of them? All right. Move right along then.
[6:24] So the next would be them, the student of the month.
[6:27] We have Dr. Norse up here.
[6:33] Hi,
[6:38] so normally I don't need a microphone, so I'll do my best to hang out with Hitron
[6:43] on Friday.
[6:44] So we have students in a month for December and January.
[6:48] I apologize, I missed you and you walked in.
[6:50] Sorry, December, students in a month.
[6:53] We've begun with our middle school students of the month.
[6:57] The first is trope for receipt.
[7:06] This can lead demonstrate the positive attitude
[7:08] and strong work ethic in class.
[7:10] She is committed to improving her man's skill
[7:12] to ask her help when needed.
[7:13] These are common problems with the athlete,
[7:15] that, and others.
[7:17] And you deserve that same wise.
[7:18] We broke this time.
[7:19] Respectful and has adjusted very well to middle school.
[7:22] Making a very great example of effort
[7:23] and first of every.
[7:25] And
[7:43] next, middle school is Sean Wilson.
[7:45] I did not see him.
[7:46] Did he sleep in?
[7:50] So, regardless, our next school are Sean Wilson.
[7:53] Sean comes to class preparing and consistently sets himself up for success.
[7:57] He follows class from expectations, including the no-self home policy,
[8:01] which, of course, all of our students are following.
[8:04] He leaves up after class and completes projects with all complaints.
[8:08] Thomas Polite has established his strong rapport with his teachers
[8:11] and is always willing to help pack and unpack the classroom.
[8:14] So congratulations to Sean.
[8:16] The
[8:21] first flight school student of the month of December is J.J. Braimer.
[8:32] J.J. done an excellent platform and everything consistently sets himself up for success.
[8:36] He follows classroom expectations, including in those cell phone policy.
[8:40] See, they all gain places assignments without complaints.
[8:47] And thanks responsibility for keeping the classroom plain.
[8:49] J.J. is polite and that's the only positive relationship for the teachers.
[8:53] And it's always going to help pack up the classroom.
[8:55] Thank you.
[8:58] Thank you.
[9:04] Thank
[9:08] you.
[9:09] Jessica.
[9:13] And our final December student month is a senior.
[9:16] Jessica, Jessica, as a hard working senior,
[9:20] consistently models responsibility and respect.
[9:22] She comes prepared, follows classroom expectations,
[9:25] completes projects without complaints,
[9:27] and helps maintain the classroom environment.
[9:29] Jessica has established a positive report to teachers
[9:32] and serves as a dependable and respectful role models for role model for others.
[9:37] Well, congratulations.
[9:39] I don't
[9:44] know. January was pretty crazy.
[9:46] So I have January students of the month as well.
[9:49] So our first January student month is middle school or Simone Miller.
[9:53] I
[9:59] demonstrated excellent effort and strong academic achievement throughout the year.
[10:03] She consistently does the right thing in class and strives for excellence in her work.
[10:07] Simone is a bright, high-achieving student who has adjusted very well to middle school
[10:11] as that's a positive example for example for the students.
[10:32] I do not see true.
[10:33] Is it true to the students?
[10:35] So that's the,
[10:36] our second middle school,
[10:37] January student in London is true at Ederson.
[10:40] True is shows great effort and a positive attitude
[10:42] in all content areas.
[10:43] He has adjusted wealth,
[10:44] middle school,
[10:45] and has earned straight days reflecting a strong work
[10:48] at the commitment to learning.
[10:49] True is dedication and consistent length, consistency,
[10:53] makes him an outstanding student.
[10:55] Congratulations to two students.
[10:56] The
[11:00] first time in school through the month of January is Paul Flair.
[11:09] Paul is an incredibly respectful and class and demonstrates persistence and hard work.
[11:13] He has a kind student who gets along well with this year's.
[11:16] Paul takes three pride in his work and often returns to his work to ensure that it meets his expectations for excellence.
[11:23] Paul is also a student.
[11:23] Matthew is able to balance his academics with his participation in sports.
[11:27] Here I go.
[11:43] Finally, our January senior of the month.
[11:46] Isaac Morgan out.
[11:47] I
[11:54] think consistently demonstrates responsibility and dedication while balancing athletics, the job, and his academic commitments. He's always present, maintains limited absences, and serves as a role model in every aspect of school life.
[12:07] I think strong work ethic and reliability make him a standout senior.
[12:11] All
[12:29] right. Thank you all.
[12:32] Next up is going to be Mr. Billings and.
[12:41] Yeah, sorry. I'm looking at the agenda.
[12:43] No, you're going. There's a lot of there's a lot of different things.
[12:46] So at this time, I'd like to call up Sherry Maroussha.
[12:58] This is for you. Don't cry.
[13:01] This is this is this is a special award.
[13:03] You need to open that up now and then we'll make you cry.
[13:08] And then we'll take your very sorry.
[13:11] I'll take, you know, hold that.
[13:22] Better read what it says.
[13:24] Yep.
[13:24] Board of Excellence.
[13:33] Okay.
[13:38] Appreciate for your service.
[13:41] And then it's a sharing.
[13:42] Or your leadership.
[13:44] The commitment has made a lasting impact.
[13:47] That's what Harvard Board of Education.
[13:49] Six years.
[14:02] Oh, Karen.
[14:05] Thank you. You're welcome.
[14:11] And then did I see Gary Dodd's naked? No. So we have a
[14:17] certificate for Gary Dodd for a special recognition for your dedication at Fairport Harbor Schools
[14:22] for live streaming the last gym event. It was super helpful for those of us who couldn't get
[14:26] tickets. So, the bank is very.
[14:33] I mean, I'm not next. And now, you know, we're to your point.
[14:37] Try the technology here and see certainly.
[14:48] I go to sleep. It didn't. Yeah.
[14:56] And we're going to give her a microphone.
[15:00] How did you were in Adelaide? I talked about, I didn't hold through.
[15:09] Okay, yeah, I got asleep though. I'm not going to wait. Yeah. Yeah, that's it.
[15:27] Let me. There you go. Yeah. All right. So we've got a little bit about having a quick talk. It's all fun to one-on-one education.
[15:38] and kind of talking about the various forms of funding
[15:43] that will get kind of sort of a little bit of depth
[15:46] about how support funded, obviously we've all heard
[15:51] about how many taxes it's talking a little bit about that,
[15:54] and it was a pretty good one there.
[15:56] And I've actually tied a lot of this to Fairport
[15:59] and how it actually affects Fairport,
[16:02] what we receive in as well as the fees we are asking
[16:05] the boards have proved our financial forecast, which is due by the end of this month.
[16:11] So I've also embedded that in this presentation and kind of go through the various sections of
[16:18] the five-year forecast. And if there is a copy of it up here on a table, you get grabbed
[16:23] the top of it, but I try to keep this kind of break it down in the several different seconds.
[16:29] So, again, let me know if you're not seeing what I'm seeing over here. So, again,
[16:35] And we're going to talk about full funding in Ohio.
[16:41] Do you want anything?
[16:42] I can't see it here.
[16:43] Yeah, you're good.
[16:43] Yep.
[16:46] It looks like it's still rolling on slide.
[16:55] The curator says, I hope you do.
[16:56] I will highly follow the full funding mechanism, including
[16:59] Levy's calculation and legislative impacts.
[17:01] Yep.
[17:02] Do you see that?
[17:02] I think
[17:09] it looks like it's moving like it's going to be.
[17:10] Yeah, it's moving.
[17:11] Yeah, it's moving.
[17:14] Like we talked about, this presentation
[17:15] delivers an overview of public school funding
[17:18] and Ohio highlighting fruitful elements
[17:20] that impact the Paraport Harvard School District,
[17:22] and it's still stakeholder.
[17:24] In the directs, it's very tight
[17:25] some funding mechanisms, legislative
[17:28] measures, and implications to the local education.
[17:35] First thing I talk about is inside knowledge.
[17:37] Inside knowledge is a law, and it's a Ohio revised code,
[17:42] which we often hear a sound about ORC.
[17:45] That's what ORC is stands for.
[17:47] for Ohio by toll, which makes its law,
[17:49] like 670502's, inside Millie,
[17:53] the birth to the unboughted portion of poverty taxes
[17:55] up to 10 mils, 1% levy by local governments in Ohio,
[18:00] without a direct voter vote.
[18:04] It is used for general operating expenses,
[18:07] like school for schools, townships, and first responders.
[18:11] Bearport school has 5.24 mils of inside Millie,
[18:16] which generates approximately $45,000 in dollars.
[18:23] Next, we're gonna talk about outside knowledge.
[18:26] Now, obviously, you're familiar with operating ledges
[18:32] that have been put in front of you,
[18:34] that there are several types.
[18:36] There's operating ledges, there are bond ledges,
[18:39] there are permanent improvement ledges,
[18:41] how can I make this ledges?
[18:42] We're just gonna kind of go through some of them
[18:44] and what they can be useful.
[18:47] Now, an operating library is your generalizing.
[18:50] It basically can be used for everything.
[18:52] Maybe they're expensive, such as speech and salary,
[18:55] utility, plastic supplies.
[18:57] These libraries are essential for maintaining the basic function of a school district.
[19:02] Therefore, it has seven operating labs that generate $2.9,000,000,000 annually.
[19:10] Those two, you'll see two different line items that found the forecast.
[19:14] it's line 1, 010 and line 1, 020 of the forecast.
[19:21] Those are your targets tax.
[19:26] Bond levies.
[19:27] Bond levies can just be used for bond.
[19:30] It cannot be used for salaries.
[19:31] It cannot be used for anything else.
[19:34] So, if Bond levies are to race on a specific
[19:36] tabloid or build it in schools or renovating existing facilities.
[19:43] This type of levies is crucial for long-term investment
[19:46] educational infrastructure. Therefore, it has one bond
[19:49] ledby that generates approximately $280,000 a year.
[19:52] This ledby was approved to build a new school building
[19:55] and library that you're in right now.
[20:02] Firm and Firm is last capital and maintenance ledby.
[20:05] Again, these are specific youths,
[20:08] ledbies. We cannot use them for anything other than what
[20:12] they were approved for. Firm and Firm and capital and maintenance ledby
[20:16] they're divine, they're ongoing maintenance and improvement of school facilities.
[20:19] They even include upgrades to technology, safety and management, and energy additions to
[20:24] them.
[20:26] Therefore, it has one capital maintenance levy that generates a $80,000 ban on it.
[20:32] This levy was approved at the same time the bond levy won, but was in the same much balanced
[20:37] language.
[20:39] A 1.5 mil, 0.5 mil maintenance levy is a required of the OACC.
[20:47] Without it, the state would not have approved the commencement of our project.
[20:51] Hence, we did it at the same time.
[20:53] We put the levy on.
[20:55] We built it into the ballot language.
[20:58] So we were not going out immediately after we approved the bond to approve a 0.5 mil maintenance levy.
[21:06] It's all embedded into one ballot, right?
[21:10] These funds will be used for future repair
[21:12] and maintenance needs of the students.
[21:17] We're going to talk a little bit about an understanding of it.
[21:19] We can't let that work.
[21:20] So village represents a path-dation rate of life
[21:23] to property value.
[21:26] Confirming the amount of property tax owed
[21:28] for $1,000 of assessment value.
[21:32] This is the foundation of calculating property taxes
[21:36] and that fund is full and full of services including education.
[21:43] If Ohio, U.K. tax is not 35% of your assessed value of your market value.
[21:51] Excuse me.
[21:52] Okay, 35% of your market value.
[21:54] And it's referred to as the assessed value.
[22:01] How do we calculate it?
[22:04] So let's kind of break that down so you can see how we calculate $100,000 plus.
[22:10] So if your house has a market value of $100,000 in home, your paying taxes of $35,000 in
[22:17] that, $100,000 in times of $35,000, your paying taxes of $35,000 of that, that's your
[22:26] taxes.
[22:27] On that, your assets value of $100,000 in that.
[22:30] Now, if you're really free, for one mill, for example, a one mill is used, it puts to $1
[22:39] dollars for every $1,000 of assessed value. So what that looks like as a
[22:46] math equation is how your property taxes are assessed by you, every $5,000 by the
[22:53] military, 1 mil, which is $1,001, or both results in a total tax of $35 for
[23:05] a 1 mil
[23:06] of assessed that.
[23:12] Here is another thing that was enacted in 1976,
[23:17] called House Bill 920, because they have heard it before. It was
[23:22] implemented and it was aimed to protect homeowners by having
[23:25] property tax increases, aligning them with inflation rates, because you know
[23:29] every three years, you have like a clientele update and then I'm six years, you
[23:36] have a full re-biased weight on your top.
[23:39] And it was to keep the tax affordability
[23:44] and financial stability to the property owners of Ohio.
[23:48] So how it works, how 9.20 works.
[23:51] Well, what happens is 9.20 insured that our property values
[23:56] rise, which we've all seen happen.
[23:59] All of us have seen that in the last several years
[24:01] our property value has been rising.
[24:03] And what it does is it adjusts the actual rate so that the school is not collecting any additional funds.
[24:12] So it basically adjusts the downward event, the tax increase to homeowner.
[24:18] The second and the third to the line tax growth was inflation and health housing affordable or cheap housing affordable.
[24:26] Due to House Bill 20, I think you heard me say this before.
[24:30] Fairport has 83.26 of voted millage and due to house bill 920 and being reduced every time
[24:40] houses are property values went up. We are all collecting up 30.6 mills of that.
[24:48] This is
[24:49] a no here referred to as the effective rate.
[24:57] And it's just as close to house bill 920 is the
[25:01] the same wide impact liability
[25:03] so that you aren't getting any future.
[25:09] But it also, I guess I'll just throw this in there as well.
[25:12] One house bill 920 has done over the years,
[25:16] as it was very well intended,
[25:19] but this is why you see school districts
[25:21] still in back on the ballot every five years, right?
[25:24] Every three to five years.
[25:26] Because every time cross we're going to sell up,
[25:28] village goes down,
[25:31] So that's why you see visits only back on the mouth.
[25:40] Okay, now we're going to talk a little bit about the homestead and the old back credit is in Ohio.
[25:45] That's actually the exemptions that are showing our final five over the fourth half.
[25:51] The first one is homestead exemptions.
[25:54] The homestead has allowed eligible homeowners, typically over 65,
[25:59] first, you know, permanently disabled or disabled veterans, reduce their property burdened by
[26:04] sheltering, shielding a portion of their home market value of the taxation. This program
[26:11] is designed to provide by an answer released in most vulnerable populations, helping them
[26:16] maintain home ownership. For Taxiers 2026, the standards that the convention shields the
[26:24] the first 25,000 other home owners might survive.
[26:27] So let's go back to the $100,000 home
[26:30] that has a $35,000 assessment value
[26:33] under homestead, another $29,000 is taken from that.
[26:38] And you're all attached on a different.
[26:39] But why not?
[26:40] Well, it happens here in October,
[26:41] which you probably heard a lot about October 20, 25.
[26:45] This was part of one of our property reform
[26:49] and then the budget bill that just went through
[26:52] The late-time commissioners voted to double that standard homestead exemptions,
[26:58] eventually, shielding $58,000 of the purchase of the property value.
[27:04] The difference with this, so the decision without any discussion with the local government
[27:09] I know I did was happening until it was already gone.
[27:13] It resulted in about $6 million in tax revenue loss to act late-time schools.
[27:19] Fairport portion of that is about $19,000.
[27:26] Now, rollback is another credit that was provided by the state years ago.
[27:32] And basically you would get a 10% rollback,
[27:36] as long as your property was not being used for any kind of business purpose.
[27:40] And then you got an additional of two and a half percent rollback
[27:43] if the house was your primary resident.
[27:46] So this was in place until November of 2013, in which they decided at that point they were no longer giving those credits.
[27:59] So what it really did was ship that back onto the tax rate.
[28:04] And the original, they were refunding us those tax credits.
[28:08] states, states, laws, or they know more, shifted that back onto the actual fact-favorite
[28:14] rate of that.
[28:17] And that's what they call the piggyback, or what they did in October.
[28:22] We are not.
[28:23] Those actually hit our bottom line.
[28:25] They are not the state.
[28:26] They gave that authority to the commissioners to do that, however, they are not refunding
[28:33] that.
[28:34] So that was a straight line.
[28:35] Sure,
[28:41] you've all heard this.
[28:42] The last school funding system has been declared unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court for four of that over the years.
[28:51] That's throughout the birth of states, 97-2002.