September 2025 Member Meeting Minutes

💚September OHSPA Member Meeting Minutes💚

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Location: OHES Community Room, 8:15am

Members in Attendance: Jen Wagoner, Anjali Gupta, Andrea Clark, Chelsey Gupta, Heather Phillips, Jen Trembley, Bethany Houze, Paul Gagacki, Ashley O’Connor

OHLS in Attendance:

Dr. Adam Fineske, superintendent
Ben McMurray, JHHS Principal
Dr. Jeremy Bauer, OHES Principal
Tom Siloy, Treasurer/CFO
Kathy Lathrop, BOE
Erica Silk, OH Foundation
Katie Cho, District Communications

Welcome and Call to Order - Erica Kelm, President - 8:20am

Review & Approve Minutes from August 2025 Meeting

First: Katie Cho
Second: Anjali Gupta
Vote: All in favor

Introduction of the 2025-2026 Board

Erica Kelm, President
Lisa Kemper, Vice President
Melissa Gagacki, Treasurer
Julie MacMillan, Secretary
James Jones, Vice Treasurer
Gil Gonzalez, Past President

Vice President, Hot Lunch Report

Lisa Kemper, JHHS

Success in selling extra food ordered
We’d like to increase portion size of Chuck Wagon Tenders
Still looking for volunteers (Mondays and Wednesdays)
Jen Wagoner looking for sub, offering sub list communication options
Hot Lunch order instruction email sent to all district staff this week

Julie MacMillan, OHES

New additions - Zane’s and Graze Station very well received
Volunteers are great in their first 2 weeks!

Administration and Board of Education Introductions

Dr. Adam Fineske, Superintendent

Thanks OHSPA for kickoff breakfast for staff
New rankings out: We’re #169 in nation, #3 in state, #1 in on area
“Growing a green bear” theme for this year

Waiting on “state report card”, excited for the result!

School communications - moving district newsletter to once a month (Katie Cho)

Jeremy and Ben to continue with weekly newsletters

Ribbon cutting for new tennis courts next Monday 9/15
District wide late state next Wednesday 9/17 (for teacher inservice)
Distinguished alum event 9/18 and 9/19, celebrated at football game Friday

Tom Siloy - District Treasurer and CFO

$1M increase due to levy money to 57 days cash on hand

Mr. Ben McMurray, JHHS Principal

Thank you to OHSPA for line items and club support
Foundry focus to continue to enhance that space

Randall Johson returning to tutoring staff
Deb Druillard joining as tutor
Dr. Bill Miller working with Jessica Loudermilk for peer tutoring program

Increase attendance at open house this year, due to date change
Sports season half over, unbelievably!
Counselor Crystal Burnwoth working on college admissions with seniors
End of Quarter is October 17th
Homecoming parade 10/10. Dance 10/11 at school, planned by sophomore class
Conferences October 23rd and 24th, parents meet with selection of teachers
Testing Day 10/8 -

Grade 7-8: Programming
9th Grade: PSAT 8/9
10th Grade: Pre ACT
11th Grade: PSAT
12th Grade: college admissions and writing workshops

Dr. Jeremy Bauer, OHES Principal

Lantern Bug population under control thanks to students
Moment of silence at school for 9/11
6th grade camp Monday-Wednesday next week

Jeremy and Mr McKee excited to supervise

Green lunch bins arriving this week - so excited!
Bees everywhere, Frames on site all the time
Author and Alum Kristin Strobel coming tomorrow to OHES and JHHS

Edison Goes to Washington is her book
Will read to kids, talk about being an author

Chess club, “Lets Play in the Forest”, Run Club activities off to a great start!
Blood cancer awareness month is this month
Hot lunch is going wonderfully so far!

Kathy Lathrop, Board of Education President

Board of Education overview

5 members serve on BOE, elected to 4 year terms
Kathy and Maara Fink to be on ballot this Nov, Rob Gnepper rolling off
Meet 2x a month ( 1st and 3rd Wed). meetings open to public
Can send in thoughts and comments ahead of time to be shared
Live streamed board meetings, agendas made public
General oversight of financials, policies, high level district information
5 internal committees that all members sit on, and also liaise to district committees and support organizations

Topic on Month - Tom Siloy, District Treasurer/CFO - “Permanent Improvement”

5 year PI plan created
Last fall walk through, set priorities for PI usage

Example of how water damage in JHHS top floor rooms this summer moved up

Stay tuned for future fiscal year projects with PI
This year - 6ook to spend on PI

But sending money to general fund to repay loan until 2026
Only 200K to spend

Priorities for 2025:

Parking lot asphalt sealing and striping every other year, rotating buildings
JHHS music room: tiers removed, repainted and recarpeted, added new cabinets for music equipment (previous did not have locks), moveable risers for choir
Bathroom partitions in OHES 5th and 6th grade hallway

doors and partitions/stalls replaced (only 16k)

Asbestos tile found in 4 classrooms - bumped up on priority list

concreted sanded and sealed professionally (tiles removed)

Shatter Resistant Safety film added to all glass doors (first story exterior) in both buildings

Prevents unwanted people to enter by shattering glass
OHES windows to be done this year. Tom applied for Grant to address ASAP

New Adjustable Basketball hoops - thanks to OHSPA , Booster, Foundation, Village and District collaborative gifts

Adjustable by hinges

OHES Music room - new carpet

Overall - a lot of improvements for a small budget, good PI year.
Questions:

Jen Trembley - did you look at prop room tile in theater?

Tom will check out today

Do you present yearly asbestos plans to PTO?

Tom will look into that

Ben McMurray asked about clarification on the 2 Buses under repair

One is 14 years old, one is 20 years old (and donated last year)
Issues with busses being addressed, hoping to be fixed and returned next week

Heather Phillips - with changing athletic confrences next year, what will bussing and driving look like for further distances for sports teams?

Stay tuned for an update at next BOE board meeting, looking on a lease to own option for another (3rd) bus, we’re saving up
AD Ryan is very good about looking at the analytics re: distances and logistics for sporting events

Katie Cho - suggestion to have AD come speak about sports transportation
Anjali Gupta: Options of a small fee per student for field trips and sports transport?
Heather Phillips: Use of Google classroom for each activity? Clubs and sports addition?

Parents can find info on PI plan on the website, on Tom’s Treasurer page under “additional resources”

Operations page updated
New PI Form added for Community Feedback submission,

Treasurer’s Report - Melissa Gagacki

2025 School supply fundraiser

Made about 7k, sold about 366 packets in OHES

Past Events & What’s to Come – Erica Kelm

Fall Fest - Gil Gonzalez, event chair

Fall Fest is September 20, 2025 – 11am-3pm

Looking for community volunteers, easy shifts available! Sign up HERE
Highlights: Johnston farms, pony rides and petting zoo, inflatable games, kids pumpkin painting, homemade donuts, “donuts and a pint”, carnival games
BUY YOUR WRISTBANDS today! Pre-Purchase by 9/16 - Link HERE
Marketplace has over 25 vendors/booths
Great group of school orgs/clubs - Scouts, girl scouts, robotics club, HER project, Junior class, spanish club, girls and boys basketball teams, etc.
Pie throw -Great Lineup!: Dr Fineske, Tom Siloy, Mr Ben, Ms Wimmer, Mr Wells, Coach Swartz
Main stage: Kyle Lay, student band, UT Physics
Food trucks: CFA, Toledo Chuck Wagon, El Padrino

Thanks to the committee: Max Reddish, Craig Raberding, Dan Rossi, Brian Davis and Tyler Carmony

Halloween Movie Night - SAVE THE DATE!

Sunday Oct 19th, Movie and concessions in OHES Gym

💚Do you have an OHSPA meeting topic, event or fundraising idea?! Let us know at OhspaParents@gmail.com

Next meeting: Thurs 10/9, 5:30 in Foundry

Please pick up a magnet schedule!

Questions:

Andrea Clark - Meeting start time on yard signs are incorrect… (thank you!)
Jen Trembley - Can we make an auto update to change grade levels in the directory?

We will set that to update over the summer 2026

Thank You and Adjournment - 9:23am

Motion to adjourn: Anjali Gupta
Second: Katie Cho
Vote: all in favor