Following suit with Rossford Schools, Penta Career Center entered into an enterprise zone agreement with Amazon which is planning to construct a 640,000-squarefoot building in Perrysburg Township and is seeking a 10-year property tax abatement.
The company agrees to pay the career center $46,000 per year over the course of the abatement. Rossford Schools, which approved the agreement at the board’s May meeting, will receive $641,600 per year of the abatement.
The amounts represent the tax dollars each district would have received without the abatement.
According to Kyle DeGiulio of Amazon, the company is looking at several locations, but the township site is a strong contender.
The Perrysburg Township trustees approved the abatement at the June 5 meeting.
Other Business
In other business at the June 5 meeting, the school board:
•Approved employment for Jamie Clay, occupational health and safety coordinator, $58 per hour, and Zachary Miller, information technology intern, $14.50 per hour. Both contracts begin July 1 and run through June 30, 2025.
The board also employed as job coaches for 2024-25 Merl Creps, Chad Detterman, Kristin Gerwin, Katherine Skaff, Tanya Thorbahn and Tina Vogelpohl.
•Hired six certified personnel. They are Scott Carpenter, High Schools That Work coordinator, $325 per day, July 1 through June 30, 2025; Stephanie Miller, adult education instructor-dog grooming, part time, $31 per hour, June 11 to June 30, 2024; Debra Morris and Daniel Weirich, administrative advisors, July 1 through June 30, 2025; Paula Seitz, adult education ASPIRE instructor, $31 per hour; June 17 through June 30, 2024, and Carrie Herringshaw, fiscal consultant, August 1 through July 31, 2025.
•Approved extended service days for 72 personnel.
•Issued teaching contracts for one year–Ciara Stewart; four year–Johnny Garcia, Abigail Hartman, Alyssa Johnson, Payton Keller, Colleen Kreais, Kristine Seibert and Krystal Thomas .
•Renewed membership for 2024-25 with Northwest Ohio Educational Technology at a cost of $2.25 per student based on the October 2023 enrollment of 1,637.
•Accepted as student interns Lauren Scheurle and Tessa Weber. Both are Bowling Green State University students and are working with the guidance counselor department.
•Approved 11 requests to attend professional meetings this summer.
•Adopted the adult education and high school student handbooks for 2024-25.
The next meeting of the school board will be at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 26, in the board room of the career center, 9301 Buck Road, and is open to the public.
