City school district pays off bond
During the November meeting of the Cambridge City School District Board of Education, Treasurer Ed Wright announced the 1999 bond levy that paid for the construction of the new schools will be paid off before the end of the month.
The maturation of this bond, currently at 1.2 mills, and the required maintenance levy of .5 mills, means property owners in the Cambridge City School District will see a 1.7 mil reduction in their school taxes starting with their tax bills in 2023.
While the tax revenue for the district will decrease, the expense for the bond payment will go away. However, the district will lose approximately $175,000 annually, which has been used to help maintain the buildings. The district continues to collect four other tax levies including two current expense levies approved in 1976 and 1983, an emergency operating levy from 2012, and a permanent improvement levy.
Also included in the treasurer’s report were two significant donations, both anonymous. There was a donation of $12,000 to the STEM program and a donation of $2,000 to the choir program.
In other business, the board approved an overnight trip to the Columbus Convention for a group of students to attend the FCCLA National Fall Conference, an agreement between the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center and to provide educational services for CCSD students attending Cedar Ridge Academy.
In personnel matters, the board approved the resignation of Lois Ault as a bus driver, hired Lisa Daugherty and Tammy Engle for the mid-day van route and aide, respectively, unpaid leave of absence for Jan LePage, Linda Carpenter, and Jennifer Ball, unpaid medical leave for Daniel Seckel and hired Linnie Deeks as administrative secretary at CIS.
The board also approved the hiring of Jordan Ball as classroom aide at CPS, Lisa Daugherty as substitute aide for the CATS Club After School program, Julie Todd and Sharon Bishop as substitute clerical/aide and Jennifer Rogers as the Title I/Kindergarten Classroom Aide at CPS.
The board approved the paternity leave for Tyler Cota, unpaid leave of absence for Jensen Lanning, hired Darianne Snyder, Lisa Cunningham and Cindy Pollock as teachers for the CATS Club After School program, hired Erica Smith as a CATS Club After School program substitute teacher and Emily Regan as a substitute teacher.
The board approved Michele Haverfield as the resident educator lead mentor and the following resident educator mentors: Jodie Neff, Bethany Tuttle, April Childers, Michelle Johnston, Kim Wood, Allie Wojciechowski, Charlotte Khun, Bob Willis, Christine Claggett, Alisha Colon, Ann Sherry, Kasey Wharton, April Castello, Jodi McGuire, Michelle Johnston, Allie Wojciechowski, and Carrie Spung.
The board approved volunteers Tricia Fordyce, Tiffani Poole, Brianna Herman, Sarah Finnicum, Sheryl Cunningham, Laurel Piper, Brandon Matthews, and Jeffrey Bergeson.
In athletics, the board approved the hiring of Chelsie Coleman as eight grade girls’ basketball coach and approved volunteers Ryan Murphy, Ryan Ford, James Neff, Kenny Hickman, Christopher Pettit, Shawn Mobelini, Jeremy Tolbert, and Ross Carley.
The next board meeting will be at 5 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Garfield Administrative Center.
Submitted by Cambridge City School District
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