17 GEVS students recognized for perfect scores on state tests
The students who achieved perfect scores on state tests and were able to attend Monday’s school board meeting are pictured. They are (l-r) Bently Leon, Ezra Lee, Caitlin Slagle, Alice Stelzer, Alivia Olaker, Hazel Vesey, Mia Fraley, Bailey Raike, Marnie Lewis, Remington White, Maci Wagner, Knox McNeal, Madison Bihl, and Riley Butcher. School board members pictured with the students are (l-r) on the left side Eric Wise, Rachel Fraley, and Sandy Free, and on the right side Eric Zint and Charley Roman. (Photos by Angela Shepherd.)
By Angela Shepherd
GEVS
The largest number of students yet in the Greenfield school district achieving perfect scores on state tests in the spring were recognized by the Greenfield school board at the Aug. 17 meeting.
There were a total of 18 perfect scores from 17 students across the district. While all were not able to attend Monday’s meeting, most of them were there, and the ones that couldn't will be invited to a future meeting.
The students recognized were: Ezra Lee, fourth grade math; Caitlin Slagle, fifth grade English language arts (ELA); Maverick Ryan, third grade math; Alice Stelzer, third grade math; Alivia Olaker, fourth grade ELA; Hazel Vesey, fourth grade ELA; Mia Fraley, fifth grade ELA; Graham King, fifth grade ELA and fifth grade math; Marnie Lewis, fifth grade ELA; Bailey Raike, fifth grade math; Remington White, fifth grade math; Knox McNeal, sixth grade math; Madison Bihl, seventh grade ELA; Riley Butcher, high school American history; Grayson Karnes, third grade math; Bently Leon, fourth grade ELA, and Maci Wagner, fifth grade ELA.
Students were recognized individually by board members, and each student received a plaque and a pin. At the conclusion of the recognition, the students were met with applause for their achievement, an achievement that superintendent Quincey Gray called “a huge accomplishment.”
In other meeting matters, district treasurer Brad Barber presented the five-year forecast, which is required to be done twice a year, August and February.
The forecast, he said previously, only pertains to the general fund and is submitted to the state to review a district’s fiscal health. The forecast is not a guess, but projections based on what is presently known. The forecast is also an opportunity, Barber said Monday, “to evaluate how we are doing and where we are going.”
While there were a lot of unknowns earlier this year regarding legislation on property taxes, a lot unknowns remain because there is not enough information at the present time, especially with the change in when forecasts are presented – from May and November to the now August and February. But, Barber said, “we have to do the best with the information we have today.” And given the impact of HB 186, the district, while still in a good place, will move forward with “fiscal caution,” as will many other school districts navigating the impact of the legislation. It is something Barber previously noted in February as the property tax reform was set to take effect.
The projections provided Monday are: 2027, $12.76 million; 2028, $11.17 million; 2029, $8.32 million; 2030, $4.03 million; and 2031, - $1.68 million.
Barber noted that throughout the first fours years of the forecast, the district remains in the positive numbers. And with big unknowns over the next few years relating to the implementation of legislation, along with any other unknowns, the forecast will be adjusted once more information becomes known.
You can look further into HB 186, and all other legislation, by going to legislature.ohio.gov.
For any questions regarding the district’s fiscal matters, you can call Barber by contacting the central office (the number is located at the end of the article), or email him at brad.barber@greenfieldmcclain.org.
In other matters, consent agenda items approved by the board included the acceptance of the five-year forecast and approval of the donation of sewing machines no longer needed by the district to the Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre in Cincinnati.
Employment recommendations approved were: Randa Storer - Rainsboro counselor; Alma Shoemaker - bus paraprofessional; Hailey Sweeney - Rainsboro paraprofessional; Bradley Ford - van driver; Derrick Lyons - van driver; Brock Haines - van driver; Danielle Buhrman - secretary substitute; Amber Chaney - bus driver substitute; Laura Schoettle - substitute for aide, bus monitor, monitor, and secretary; Leanna Warren - substitute for aide, cafeteria, and secretary; Derrick Lyons - boys golf; Nick McNeal - soccer assistant; Chloe Broyles - Tigerettes assistant advisor and dance team assistant; David Edwards - golf assistant; Bob Bergstrom - volunteer football assistant and volunteer track assistant; Devin Penwell - volunteer football assistant; and certified substitutes Mary Margaret Dettwiller, Casey Gardiner, Winter Moon, and Howard Zody.
The next regular meeting of the Greenfield Exempted VIllage School District Board of Education is scheduled for Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. in the central office boardroom. To keep updated on what is going on in the Greenfield Exempted Village School District, go to the district website at greenfield.k12.oh.us or go to the district’s social media pages. The individual buildings also have Facebook pages. The district’s central office may be reached by calling 937-981-2152.
Pictured around the table clockwise from the left during the Aug. 17 Greenfield school board meeting are Superintendent Quincey Gray, school board member Rachel Fraley, Eric Wise, and Eric Zint, district treasurer Brad Barber, and school board members Charley Roman and Sandy Free.