January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM - Committee As A Whole

Discussion:  Nathan Coan and Zack Wayman, American History teachers at CHS shared information about the Federal Government Day they were able to facilitate for the CHS students. Congressman Flood and Kim Kwapnioski were instrumental in scheduling representatives to speak at the event. Representative from the National Weather Service, the Small Business Administration, Federal District Court, the FBI, Veterans Affairs and the Census Bureau. All presentations were created for the students. They were able to share some photos of the event. The event was very well received, students were very engaged. Mr. Coan and Mr. Wayman said that Mr. Hiebner, CHS Principal, helped tremendously with coordinating this event.

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The committee appointments were reviewed and approved. 

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Chip Kay, Superintendent, amended the motion to include Leonard Kwapnioski and Sara Colford to the list of authorized representatives for federal programs.

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Dr. Kay reminded the board that the statute requires the district to name the person who will be inspecting buses. This is the second year this has been required by state statute. 

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Amy Haynes, CMS Principal, shared information about the great academic events, testing scores and staff development at Columbus Middle School. She said there are 1162 students and 82 in-person teachers along with 7 virtual teachers. There are 71 classified support staff and 10 certified non-teacher staff. Mrs. Haynes shared some photos of events, including the 5th/6th grade play, the band, and the food drive that the student council facilitated. 

She shared the progress on the CMS WIG and said their scoreboard is right outside the office so all students and staff can see the progress and the work to be done. Mrs. Haynes talked about the pep rallies at the end of each quarter to announce the great achievements of students and staff for the quarter.

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Jason Schapmann, Director of HR and Fiscal Support, talked about the ebbs and flows of property tax reimbursement. He said we need to stay a month ahead.

The M4a report is listing mileage checks, student payments for tech work. 

He shared some of the payments listed including the City of Columbus for SRO payments. The M9 report includes bond payment information.

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Mr. Schapmann said the staffing reports show more hires than resignations. The hire for the SIS position is a great accomplishment. Open positions for next year are a 5th grade math teacher and a high school science teacher.

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Nicole Anderson, Foundation Director/Communications & Marketing, shared the contributions listed on the report. She said the Foundation's fiscal year started January 1.

 

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Teresa Hausmann, Director of Teaching and Learning, gave an explanation of NSCAS Scale Scores and grading proficiency rates as compared to NSCAS proficiency rates. 

Mrs. Hausmann said her department had 207 touch points for the the month of December.

Conversation with Mr. Jeffryes-passing grade-scales scores-ELA to be on track

Discussion:  Jason Harris, Director of Special Education, shared the Sixpence Snapshot Report for 2024-2025. He said Sixpence is a grant-based program. They served 30 families in 2025. He talked about qualifying factors and additional stressors. The Sixpence staff does assessments for each family and assists with healthy and safe practices.  They are trained to check that car seats are being used correctly. The program works with families through the child’s 3rd year. 

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Sara Colford, Assistant Director of Student Services talked about the Rule 17 Program. She said in the first semester the program had 10 students. Mrs. Colford said they are seeing nice progress. A main focus is on the students advocating for what they need to be successful. Most come to the program with fewer credits than they should have. The program gives these students the opportunity to get caught up or get ahead.

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Mr. Schapmann talked about the RFP for a Food Service Company. He will put a request out for proposals. The first draft is due on Thursday. Mr. Schapmann said he had a conversation with staff. Employees will be employed by the food service company. There is a chance that some employees will not be hired by the company. Employees have questions about the details of not working for CPS. This is a change that needs to be made to help with our Nutrition Fund deficit.

Discussion:  Leonard Kwapnioski, Director of Operations, went over the schedule of maintenance projects. The list included replacement of carpet in the school offices. The CHS gym floor replacement, half will need to be replaced because of the moisture.

Discussion:  Chip Kay, Superintendent, shared a rough draft of the training schedule for the Leader in Me and 4DX.

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The TERIP memo was reviewed.  Applicants have seven days to withdraw. The window for applying is over. Dr. Kay said we have 135 years of service leaving the district.

Discussion:  Discussion and on roll call vote
Dr. Kay explained that the resolution is to give permission to agree upon the infrastructure that will go on the property.

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Mrs. Anderson explained that the CPS Foundation Board Bylaws say that new board members need to be approved by the school board. The new members to be added are Dennis Hirschbrunner and Dr. Troy Loeffelholz.

Discussion:  Dave Hiebner, CHS Principal, went through the few changes to CHS Course Handbook.

Discussion:  Dr. Kay shared the proposal  for staffing and programming for the Non-Traditional Learning and Support Building. He said will start with three programs. There was discussion on the money savings and staffing. There will be two programs moving from CHS and CMS to the new building.

Discussion:  Dr. Kay discussed Policy 303.09 School Administrator Residency. The Policy Committee has reviewed and made changes. This policy states administrators could live outside the district. There would be two ways to establish residency.  All the administrators that were grandfathered in when the policy was adopted will remain at that status.

Discussion:  Board President called the regular meeting back to session at 9:55pm