Project update given, BOE handles personnel matters

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor

CONVOY — During a very brief meeting of the Crestview Local Schools Board of Education on Thursday, Superintendent Matt Dube gave an update on the district’s massive athletic facilities upgrade project.

Dube informed the board that much of the outdoor portion of project is ahead of schedule.

“People who move dirt like to move dirt and they’re way ahead of schedule,” he said. “It is all graded out and you can see – there’s the track, there’s the football field, there’s the concession stand building, there’s the bleachers – you can see them plain as day. Now, just because the dirt movers are ahead of schedule doesn’t mean the (football) turf ordering is on schedule – that’s on time.”

“Everything is going smoothly out there,” he added.

He noted while things are going well outside, work indoors is going at a slower than expected pace due to a couple of unexpected issues.

“We ran into an issue with the (gym) floor, Dube explained. “When we took the floor up…we had two very different levels to our floors, very different surfaces. We had the original floor from the 1950s or whatever it was and the new floors around the periphery of that. Cincinnati Floor would not come in and put their floor down on that without revoking their warranty.”

“We had the floor leveled and Cincinnati Floor was in today and ok’d it,” he added.

He also said their was an issue with a large decal on the wall but the problem has since been corrected.

The gym was scheduled to be ready by September 1 but that projection has been pushed back by a week or two. 

Once complete, the athletic facilities upgrade is expected to cost between $13.5-$14 million. 

Bus routes for the new school year were given approval, along with lunch prices, athletic ticket prices, educational fees for preschool and student workbook fees, and a list of substitute teachers teachers, paraprofessionals and school nurses from the Western Buckeye Educational Service Center.

A service contract with the Western Buckeye ESC, a professional services agreement with Westwood Behavorial Health Center and a district land lease agreement with Jordan Miller were approved.

The board approved a two-year contract with Carly Covarrubias as program services director and one-year contracts for Megan Wollenhaupt as an elementary intervention specialist, Abigail Ortiz as a food service worker and Shane Leeth as a bus driver.

A number of coaches for the upcoming school year were approved, including Kole Roleston, head baseball coach; Meghan Lautzenheiser, head softball coach; John Rosebrock, head track coach; Terry Crowle, varsity baseball assistant; Trever Sheets, junior varsity baseball; Coty French, eighth grade baseball; Michael Joseph, seventh grade baseball; Jada Preston, varsity softball assistant; Dylan Hicks, junior varsity softball; Brian Bassett, eighth grade softball; Randy Grandstaff, Rachel Alvarez and Matthew Speelman, varsity track assistants; Lillie Rosebrock, middle school track, and Emiliee Boyd, middle school basketball cheer.

The following volunteer coaches were approved: baseball – Kyle Hammons, James Lichtensteiger, Nathan Lichtle, Matt Perkins, Chad Pugh and Spencer Roleston; softball – Aimee Bassett, Jared Owens and Breena Grace, and track – Deanna Grandstaff and Tom Williman.

Before adjourning for the evening, board members went into executive session to discuss personnel, but no action was taken afterward.

The next meeting of the Crestview Local Schools Board of Education will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, August 17, in the multi-purpose room.