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BAY HIGH SCHOOL CL ASS of 2024 G R A D U A T E S i n t h e t o p 5 % o f t h e c l a s s b a s e d o n g r a de p o i n t av er ag e
Board of Education Dr. Andrey Stojic, President Amy Huntley, Vice President Debbie Callihan James Goodman Dr. Scott Schulz
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A Report to the Community on the Business of Our City Schools
AUGUST 2024
BAY VILLAGE, OH 44140
District Office Scot T. Prebles, Superintendent Meghan Rohde, Treasurer
Pilot Chromebook Repair Program Teaches Skills, Saves Money Q & A with Superintendent Scot Prebles and Director of Technology Brian Reynolds
Leah Hausler
Fé Beatty
Ewan Moss
James Kelly
Faith Teutschbein
Evelyn Ray
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Plans to Maintain, Enhance Existing Facilities
Explore. Engage. Empower. Isabella Wyman
Owen Appenheimer
Sophia Henrich
Brendan Spellman
Addison Beggs
To see a complete list of the 2024 Scholarships and Awards night booklet, please visit: bit.ly/AcademicAwardsNight2024 Evan Alexy Brooke Anderson Katherine Anderson Owen Appenheimer Ava Aschenbrener Chloe Aschenbrener Julia Barber Nolan Barry Kiersten Baumgartner Fé Beatty Addison Beggs Aidan Behringer Elizabeth Bennett Bruce Berger Aaron Bergstresser Lucy Bisson Katie Bly Sylvia Boehnlein Ella Boehringer Samuel Brown Scarlett Burens-Quinn Connor Bush Margaret Buttrick Katherine Carney Delaney Carter Maya Clark Gabrielle Cleaver Cooper Conway Sean Cook Noah Cooley Robert Corbin Malachi Coursen Christopher Cox James Cox Keith Crayton Gianna Crimaldi Olivia Curran Colin Dalalau Olivia Dasko Owen Davey Lucas Demko Nicolas Doskoch Brendan Dougherty Jake Downing
Jaxon Dunn William Dunstan Scarlet Emery Leah Ernst Alexis Farrell Andrew Feiszli Laila Fiorentino Sophia Fondriest Daniel Franklin Joseph Freda Sarah Frindt Mallory Fry Jorja Fuchs Laura Fuehrer Jenna Galinas William Genochio IV Matthew Gerbracht Wyatt Gillespie Lucy Gillette Hunter Giovannazzo Nathan Glowe Sydney Goodwin Joshua Graham Michael Groff Joshua Hammond Samuel Harrington Helen Harvey Leah Hausler Sophia Henrich Anton Hewko Milo Hignett Eva Hinojosa Chloe Hoban Grace Hoban Grace Hopper Brody Hunt Ayisha Imran Aaron Ingraham Benjamin Jameson Jillian Jaroszewicz Matthew Jennings Maia Jones Alyssa Juhasz
Mariah Julian Mallory Kaminski Kyle Kandra Kellie Keane James Kelly Bennett Kinat Thomas Kirk Jason Knapp Jr. Carmen Kopko Annie Korth Payton Krafchek Julia Krieg Zachary Krol Beckett Krueger Jackson Krueger Keira Krumbine Nina Lade Lindsay Lakatos Clara Lang Michael Larimer Anneliese Larsen Riley LaVogue Madeline Leek Danielle Lentes Ryan Lesh Emma Lindway Nicholas Lucak Holly Lucas Lane Maddux Sean Mahoney Cole Manos Kayla Martin Kadence May Jack McAlea William McCale Brady McCall Kathleen McDermott Kathryn McFarland Anne McMerrell Gianna McQueen Jackson Meade Casey Medley Ella Mehl
Margo Melby Addisyn Miksanek Riley Millett Dominic Minichello McKenna Missler Katherine Mold Ilyana Morgan Ewan Moss Brian Murphy Darwin Murphy Mary Catherine Murtaugh Gretchen Nagel Connor Nasman Caitlin Neeson Lily Newton Maximilian Newton Riley Nicholl Leanna Nugent Aidan O'Keeffe Liam O'Leary Carter Ormsby Simona Overfield Joseph Palmowski Elise Papp Donald Parsson Maxwell Peachman Lillian Pellow Molly Petrigan Ava Phelan Grace Pierce Sara Powers Aidan Pruitt-Humphreys Alyssa Rados Andrew Rankin Evelyn Ray Gwyneth Rees Charles Rice Anthony Rocco Gabriel Rodriguez Johnny Rodriquez Kaylin Rosler Samuel Ruese Quinn Ryniak
Tristen Sabo Camilla Saccany Dylan Schlass Nicholas Schneiderman Grant Schrock Eric Schultz Joshua Scott Grace Sedivec Sophia Sharpnack Meghan Sinnema Henry Sjoberg Brendan Spellman Olivia Spirollari Anna Stafford David Stalder Sophia Stalder Matthew Stasek Madison Steckel McKenna Story Madeline Stuhm Mason Sullivan Daniel Surdy Kayla Surovi Nicholas Szekely Collin Taylor Faith Teutschbein Sophie Thomas Ryan Ticak Ava Toth EvanTrnavsky Lucas Underwood Lucienne Visocky-O'Grady Paden Voytek Emily Wander Brayden Wank Lily Weber Mac Weingart Archer Williams Isabella Wyman Thalia Wynocker Christopher Yaacoubian LoganYeager David Zipfel
After a three month process to assess the district’s facilities, the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC) sent its final audit report to the Board of Education in April 2024. Since then, the district has collected additional historical data and will conduct further reviews to validate OFCC’s audit assessments.
The Bay High Experienceships Program is a new initiative that promotes career readiness for students. The goal is to empower every student with the skills and information needed to make informed decisions about their future by providing opportunities for experiential learning. The term "Experienceship" encompasses the goal of engaging students with realworld experiences like internships, career shadows, mentorships, speakers, worksite tours and more. For more information, please contact College and Career Readiness School Counselor Meghan Holden at Bay High, or visit https://bit.ly/BHSExperienceship.
Bay Village Schools will hold its second annual State of the District Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November 18 at Bay Middle School Library. All community members are welcome to hear more about year two of the district’s Strategic Plan, as well as updates on finances, curriculum and facilities.
A facilities advisory committee made up of community representatives will meet to consolidate audit findings into overarching existing facility categories and priorities. It is hoped committee work will be completed by September 30, 2024. In October/November, community conversations will be scheduled for residents to attend. The goal of these meetings is not to discuss new facilities, but rather to learn from the community its priorities for the district’s existing facilities. Part of the district’s strategic plan and budget involves investing in buildings and grounds. Here are some of the capital improvement projects our facilities team and their vendors completed this summer: • The addition of 33 parking spots at Bay High School (pictured). • Upgrades to exterior doors at Normandy, Bay Middle and Bay High schools. • Resurfacing of the Bay Middle School parking lot. • Sidewalk and curb repairs at Bay Middle School. • Fixing, filling and sealing the Westerly parking lot. • Completed HVAC work in the Community Gym with the collaboration of the City.
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Wishing the Bay High Class of 2024 a bright and brilliant future!
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What do you do when Chromebook repairs become a costly line item in the school district’s budget? If you’re Bay Village Schools, you turn Chromebook repairs into an opportunity for students to learn a valuable skill, while being efficient and saving the district money. We sat down with Supt. Scot Prebles (SP) and Director of Technology Brian Reynolds (BR) to learn more about the Student Chromebook Repair Pilot Program.
eliminate the need for an outside Chromebook repair contract, which saves the district nearly $40,000 annually. BR: Instead, we now only use this vendor on an “as needed” basis if breaks exceed our in-house capacity, or if the Chromebook is beyond repair. Q. What type of repairs does the Student Chromebook Repair Team work on? BR: Students work on repairs that run the gamut, from motherboard malfunctions and battery issues, to broken screens and hinges. The most common fix is probably missing keys.
Q. How did the idea for a Student Chromebook Repair Program come about? BR: An analysis of Chromebook repairs in the 2022-23 school year showed not only an increase in repairs, but also an increase in the Q. Will this pilot program continue cost of those repairs since most for the 2024-25 school year? broken Chromebooks had to be BR: Yes! As a matter of fact, we will outsourced to a third party. Costs expand the program by adding a for those Chromebooks to be fixed “Tech Apprentice” Independent were incurred by the district, and Study course at Bay High School, some of those costs were passed and we will continue to recruit rising along to district families, depending eighth-grade students to participate on the repair. Besides being costly, as members of a class at Bay Middle the turnaround time for repairs was School. slow and inconvenient, with only SP: Mr. Reynolds will be the teacher so many loaner Chromebooks of record for both the middle and available. high school courses. This is a great SP: Mr. Reynolds and his team saw opportunity for students who are the need, knew the capability of our interested in earning specific students, and had the vision to certifications for repairs, and who make this an experiential learning are interested in a potential career opportunity for our students, while in Information Technology (IT). Director of Technology Brian Reynolds oversees students repairing Chromebooks. saving the district money. The fact that the program is in-house allows it to function efficiently, Q. We hear the Chromebook Repair Program has become a model shortening the repair time. for other districts in the area... BR: I am proud to say that many of our neighboring districts have Q. How many students were involved? reached out to learn more about our successful pilot program, and BR: During the 2023-24 school year, 19 eighth-grade Bay Middle we are sharing our model with them. We even had an Acer School students and one Bay High School senior passed an online Chromebook representative request a conference call with us to course to become certified in Acer Chromebook repairs. We hope learn how and why our program yielded so much success. to increase that number for the 2024-25 school year. SP: Mr. Reynolds and his team have done an incredible job engaging SP: The volume of broken devices and repairs fluctuates, but there our capable and talented students, teaching them a viable skill they is never a day when devices aren’t in need of repairs. Of course, these can take into the real world after graduation. This program is being students and the repairs they perform are done under the guidance talked about throughout the state and beyond. In fact, we are in the of professional technicians and teachers. process of creating a presentation about this new initiative that will be shared at upcoming statewide, and even national, conferences Q. How much money is this new Student Chromebook Repair so other districts can empower their students with skills and Program saving the district? experiential learning opportunities, while simultaneously saving SP: With the Student Chromebook Repair Program, we were able to taxpayer dollars. It’s a win-win!