Beachwood City Schools will hire a part-time worker to handle day-to-day media, public relations and design. The district is reviewing applicants for a Public Relations, Media & Design Manager this week, said spokesperson Doug Levin. The position was originally approved by the Board of Education in 2011, but was never filled. Levin will supervise the manager, who is taking some of his responsibilities while he spends more times on marketing and other communications duties, he said. The position was originally approved by the Board of Education in 2011, but was never filled. Three resolutions …
An anonymous donor gave $13,000 to the Beachwood High School baseball team this week. The donation was approved by the Board of Education at its Sept. 26 meeting. Coach Ben Singer said the money would fund the team's spring training, which was also approved at the meeting. Training will be at the ESPN Spring Training Facility in Orlando at the end of March. The athletes are paying the remaining costs for the trip — $340 each plus food.
The Beachwood High School track will last about three years longer with a $16,640 repair that the Board of Education approved at Monday night's meeting. The track has small divots and pieces missing, said Superintendent Rich Markwardt. Though an athletic fields study recently concluded that the track is safe to use, the repairs will improve the track's aesthetics and make for a better running surface that will last for about three years, said Markwardt. He added that the district intends to consider installing a new track, the possibility of installing artificial turf on the football field …
Beachwood City Schools’ finances are safe for now despite the S&P’s decreased credit rating for the federal government. Treasurer Michele Mills gave a short report at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. The federal credit rating downgrade could have affected the district in two ways, said Mills: the value of its stocks portfolio could have decreased, and the district’s credit rating could have decreased. But neither outcome occurred. The district’s stocks portfolio — which, by state law, includes secure, liquid, long-term investments — saw decreased interest rates and increased prices, said …
Beachwood City Schools’ assistant superintendent has been bumped up to a superintendent spot in Central Ohio. Philip Wagner will step into the superintendent position at Licking Heights Local School District Board of Education in Licking County next month. The Beachwood City School Board will vote on a resolution to accept Wagner’s resignation tonight. As previously reported, a reorganization of two of Beachwood City Schools’ top administrative positions – including eliminating the assistant superintendent spot – that is expected to save the district about $50,000 annually was approved by the…
Beachwood resident Steve Rosen has announced his candidacy for the Beachwood Board of Education. Rosen told Beachwood Patch at Monday’s Board of Education meeting and began circulating a petition after the meeting. Late Monday, he posted on Beachwood Patch’s Facebook wall, “Tonight I am officially announcing my candidacy for the Beachwood Board of Ed. The election is Nov. 8, 2011. I will be knocking on each Beachwood resident's door to meet you and ask for your support individually.” Joshua Mintz has also pulled a petition for the Board of Education election, according to the Board of …
The Beachwood Board of Education will consider measures to reorganize two top administrative positions at tonight’s council meeting. If approved, the resolutions eliminate the assistant superintendent position, currently held by Philip Wagner, and technology network coordinator position. The Board has already approved the new position of director of human resources and will vote on creating a director of curriculum and technology tonight. Kenneth Veon, a current third-grade teacher, is expected to fill the position. District spokesperson Doug Levin said that the board is in the process of …
The Beachwood City Schools Board of Education awarded Mr. Excavator, Inc. its high school renovation project early site work at last night’s meeting. The bid, at $1.3 million, came in at the lowest of eight bids but exceeds the district’s published budget by $94,000, a drop in the $35.6 million bucket budgeted for the whole project. The work will be in the building’s foundations, underground utilities and some demolition. Turner Construction Company, which is carrying out the plans for the district, recommended the bid. The Board voted unanimously to accept the bid.
Beachwood City Schools approved money for additional investigations to determine whether all students attending schools in the district meet residency requirements. In August, the district approved funding for 30 days for two investigators to confirm residency in the district. One, contracted through the Geauga County Educational Services Center, requested three more days to complete this school year’s work. He costs the district about $400 per day. The board’s action, unanimously approved Monday, allocates $1,200 for further investigations, should they be necessary. The district employs two …
Beachwood Middle School has been re-designated as a National School to Watch. Ninety schools across the country, and 18 in Ohio, were given the designation, which is effective for three years. BMS was given the designation for the first time in 2008. “The forum puts Beachwood on the forefront not only in the state of Ohio but nationally,” said BMS Principal Linda LoGalbo* at Monday’s Board of Education Meeting. She added that, as a featured school in the organization's video, BMS is used as a model for middle schools, and representatives from each School to Watch also meet with U.S. …
Beachwood City Schools Board of Education approved the following measures at their Monday meeting: The payments of warrants, investments, a permanent appropriation amendment, a fund transfer and the acceptance of donations Supplemental contracts for athletics for six coaches in lacrosse, baseball and tennis. The resignation of former special education assistant at the high school Julionne Brown Contracts for 12 coaches in lacrosse, softball, baseball and track and one weight room supervisor for the school year Salary schedules for the high school’s pool and Fairmount Preschool Camp staffs …
