Westfall, Ohio – May 20, 2024: The Westfall Local School District Board of Education convened its regular monthly meeting at 6:36 p.m. in the community room. All board members were present: Ms. Judy Cook, Ms. Brook Ruoff, Ms. Christy Rigsby, Mr. Sean Ruth, and Mr. Mark Ruff.
Presentations: Superintendent Jeff Sheets presented Retirement Service Awards to Mr. Lou Davidson, Ms. Jackie Eitel, Ms. Debbie Hastings, Ms. Cheryl Lorson, and Ms. Dawn Miller, recognizing their years of service.
Correspondence: Thank you notes were received from numerous staff members, including Ms. Angela Ware, Ms. Holly Huff, Mr. Derek Lambert, and others, expressing their gratitude to the board.
Approval of Agenda: The board approved the meeting agenda with three amendments: removing Letter H regarding HQSD Committee Members for 2024-2025, correcting an effective date in the Superintendent’s Recommendations, and adding a resignation request from Ms. Emily Fox, Intervention Specialist.
Executive Session: At 6:51 p.m., the board entered into an executive session to discuss the employment of a public employee or official. The session concluded at 7:37 p.m.
Consent Agenda: The board approved various items in the consent agenda, which included:
- Minutes from the April 15, 2024, meeting.
- Awarding supplemental contracts for the 2024-2025 school year.
- Employing extended school year instructors and summer school teachers.
- Employing summer substitute custodians.
- Approving LPDC, OTES, and HQSD committee members for 2024-2025.
- Accepting resignation requests from several staff members.
- Non-renewing all spring athletic supplemental contracts for the 2023-2024 school year.
- Accepting the retirement request of custodian Ms. Debbie Hastings effective August 1, 2024.
Donations: The board accepted donations totaling $9,936.00, including significant contributions from the Westfall Education Foundation and the Westfall Booster Club.
Graduating Class of 2024: The board approved the list of graduates pending the completion of all requirements and grades from Pickaway-Ross CTC.
Administrator/Supervisor Contracts: Contracts were awarded to several administrators and supervisors for the 2024-2025 school year, including:
- Ms. Margaret Evans, District Special Education Coordinator (two-year contract).
- Mr. Joseph Jude, Middle School Principal (three-year contract).
- Ms. Melissa Osborn, Mental Health Clinical Counselor (one-year contract).
- Mr. Dana Ortman, High School Principal (two-year contract).
- Ms. Amanda Patterson, Elementary School Principal (two-year contract).
- Ms. Jenica Savage, Mental Health Clinical Counselor (one-year contract).
- Ms. Rachel Scior, High School Assistant Principal (two-year contract).
- Ms. Olivia Thompson, District Curriculum Coordinator (two-year contract).
- Mr. J.D. Williamson, District Technology Director (three-year contract).
- Ms. Lesley Wolfe, Elementary School Assistant Principal (one-year contract).
Pay Level Adjustments: Approved pay level adjustments for Mr. Logan Stepp and Ms. Tatum Tatman, advancing from a Bachelor’s Degree to a Master’s Degree pay level beginning the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, Mr. Ryan Clark was reclassified to the maintenance supervisor pay scale effective July 1, 2024.
Certified Employee Contracts: The board awarded limited contracts to certified employees for the 2024-2025 school year, including one, two, and three-year contracts for various teachers.
Leave of Absence: The board approved an unpaid leave of absence for Ms. Lynn Huffer, an elementary teacher, for the 2024-2025 school year with a planned return for the 2025-2026 school year.
Additional Contracts: One-year contracts were awarded to Ms. Tammy Bright (elementary school teacher), Ms. Laney Patterson (high school teacher/media specialist), and Ms. Mikaela Marshall (elementary art teacher) for the 2024-2025 school year.
Extended Day Contracts: Approved extended days for the 2024-2025 school year for band directors, guidance counselors, and district librarians.
Substitute Teacher List: The board approved the substitute teacher list for May 2024 provided by the Pickaway County Educational Service Center.
Classified Employee Contracts: Non-teaching limited contracts were awarded for the 2024-2025 school year to various classified employees, including educational aides, health care coordinators, cafeteria workers, and bus drivers.
RESIGNATION REQUESTS
- To accept the request of Ms. Joy Hovermale, bus driver, to resign
effective at the end of the 2023-2024 contractual school year. - To accept the request of Ms. Cathleen Melia Wolf, art
teacher, to resign effective at the end of the day, May 24, 2024. - To accept the request of Mr. Nathan Mettler, teacher/intervention
specialist, to resign effective at the end of the 2023-2024 contractual school year. - To accept the request of Ms. Sharon Wippel, teacher/intervention
specialist, to resign effective July 31, 2024. - To accept the request of Ms. Anissa Horvath, educational aide, to
resign effective at the end of the 2023-2024 contractual school year. - To accept the request of Mr. Todd Rhymer, math teacher, to resign
effective at the end of the day, May 24, 2024.
