The Penta Career Center board of education and support staff union have reached an agreement on a three-year contract.
At the May 10 meeting, the school board approved the contract with the bargaining unit, whose members ratified the agreement on May 9. It takes effect July 1 and runs through June 30, 2026.
The agreement reflects no changes to insurance, but does include the following wage increases effective July 1: secretary, maintenance II, evaluation technician, preschool technician and instructional aide/evaluation technician, 2 percent; maintenance I and cafeteria worker, 11.2 percent, and head cook/head cashier, 4 percent.
In years two and three of the contract, all personnel will receive a 2.25 percent pay increase.
The agreement also calls for all bargaining unit members who were employed on or prior to May 1, 2023 to receive one-time payments as follows: full-year employees, $2,000; school year/10-month employees scheduled for seven or more hours per day, $1,500; school year/10-month employees scheduled for four to seven hours per day, $1,000, and school year/10-month employees scheduled less than four hours per day, $750.
Longevity payments also will be awarded to all employees who have been with the district for 10 or more years, $700.
Employees with 15 or more years will receive an additional $800 supplement, and those with 20 years or more will receive an additional $875 supplement on top of the $1,500. Those with 25 years will receive an additional $500.
Five-Year Forecast Treasurer Carrie Herringshaw provided the school board with an updated fiveyear forecast. The forecast runs through 2027 and is based on what the district believes will happen with finances.
Board member Eric Benington, chair of the finance committee, noted “this is Carrie’s last five-year forecast. Thank you for working on it.”
Mr. Benington said the updated forecast reflects taxes received and state foundation funding.
The district will end the fiscal year on June 30 with expenses exceeding revenue by more than $1 million.
As for the future, he cautioned, “It’s a crystal ball to project in later years.”
In 2022-23 revenues total $35.47 million and expenditures are at $36.5 million.
Mrs. Herringshaw expects to close out this year with a cash balance of $15.9 million.
In the years following, projections call for revenue to remain flat in 2024, but increase each year thereafter with $40 million projected by 2027.
Expenditures are expected to increase from $39 million next year to $45 million by 2027.
With expenses expected to exceed revenue in the ensuing years, the treasurer predicts the cash balance will dwindle from $13.77 million in 2024 to $1.96 million in 2027.
Despite the budgetary figures, the district plans to continue the free lunch program in the fall.
Other Business
In other business, the board of education:
•Hired as certified personnel Jessica Arbuckle, ASPIRE supervisor; Geoffery Earnhart, social studies; Jody Germann, adult education, part time $33 per hour; Vicki Lammie, phlebotomy, and Phillip Simmons, construction electricity.
•Accepted resignations from Tyler Starry, social studies; Carolyn Walton, instructional aide, and Hannah Bushong, intervention specialist, all effective at the close of the 2022-23 school year.
•Employed as support personnel Valerie Fine, secretary effective May 31; Jarred Klar, instructional aide through June 30; Katherine Skaff and Tanya Thorbahn, supervisors of student summer workers July 1 through August 11.
•Issued three-year contracts effective July 1 to Kevin Baker, supervisor of operations; Brooke Click, supervisor of data and accountability, supervisors Christopher Collins, Kelsey Frazier, Phillip Stockwell and Elizabeth Wray; director Ryan Lee, and assistant treasurer Amy Seibel.
•Renewed 39 teaching and 18 support personnel contracts for the 2023-24 school year.
•Reemployed support personnel, Bradley Dilley, Alexandra Schwarzman, Jenny Asmar, Regan Findling, one year contracts, and Lisa Hibbard, three years.
•Employed 14 Penta students to serve as summer workers at the rate of $12.30 per hour. They will work from June 1 through August 11.
•Approved 10 requests to attend professional meetings.
The next board of education meeting will be at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 7, in the board meeting room, 9301 Buck Road, Perrysburg Township, and is open to the public.
