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February 11, 2021
Dear North Royalton City Schools' Community,
Our second semester began on January 11 and it was awesome to see students back in the classroom with their teachers.
Our new North Royalton Elementary School construction project is moving along very well. If you drive on Edgerton and State Roads, you will see construction of the new sewer line for the school occurring. I know that the process will cause some inconvenience in travel in this area and I appreciate your understanding as we make these permanent improvements to our school and the area. We have begun to bring elementary teachers over to the new school for a tour and allow them time to spend in their classroom/learning community areas.
At the high school, the renovations of the 1970 and 1980s areas are almost complete and our teachers will move into this new humanities wing over spring break. This will then move the focus of the renovation to the art/music and family and consumer science area and the final demolition of the front of the building.
We are working with ThenDesign Architecture and Hammond Construction to finalize plans on our middle school renovations. These include HVAC work, renovations to the media center, creation of a new STEM lab off the media center, and upgrades to the athletic entrance to add a handicapped ramp for access. All in all, our construction is moving along as we have planned.
The District released our 2019-20 Quality Profile this past month. Academics, arts, student leadership and activities, fiscal stewardship, parent and community involvement, and pupil services are all highlighted within this document to demonstrate the value of a North Royalton City Schools' education. You can find the document on our website at www.northroyaltonsd.org. We encourage you to take a few moments to review how we "inspire and empower learners."
You can follow the District's efforts to inspire greatness by using the hashtag #NRInspireGreat on social media. Our Facebook followers have been enjoying our new themed posts including "Saturday Staff Spotlights," "Throwback Thursday Paragon Snapshots," and "Wednesday Department Highlights." The winter edition of "Your Royalton Schools" also will be in residents' mailboxes in March. The "Bear Way" digital magazine winter issue also will be released in March.
I hope that you find this monthly newsletter informative and a good way to keep you up to date on the happenings of our schools and the Board of Education. I welcome any thoughts and comments that you have in regards to this or anything dealing with the North Royalton City Schools. Please call me at 440-582-9030 or email me at greg.gurka@northroyaltonsd.org.
Sincerely,
Greg Gurka Superintendent North Royalton City Schools
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Graph 1 compares our monthly operating receipts to the prior year actual for the first seven months of our fiscal year (July 2020 through June 2021). It further estimates our collection through our fiscal year end. You will notice two large collection points in our fiscal year. These two months are considerably higher due to real estate collection representing over 70% of our revenues.
Graph 2 compares our monthly operating expenditures to the prior year actual for the first seven months of our fiscal year (July 2020 through June 2021). It further estimates our expenditures through our fiscal year end. You will notice a consistent expenditure pattern throughout our fiscal year due to salaries and wages evenly distributed throughout our fiscal year.
Graph 3 illustrates the current actual accumulative monthly operating revenues and expenditures for the first seven months of our fiscal year (July 2020 through June 2021). It further estimates our accumulative revenues and expenditures through our fiscal year end. You will notice a gradual increase in both revenues and expenditures as we approach our fiscal year end where revenues fall short of expenditures. 
Graph 4 illustrates our fiscal year to date operating expenditures by category for the first seven months of our fiscal year (July 2020 through June 2021). Salary and Wages represent approximately 60%, Fringe Benefits 26%, Purchased Services 10%, Materials Supplies, Textbooks, Capital Outlay and Operational Fees 4%.
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LINKS to District Financials
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Interested in reading more? District financial information such as our annual financial reports, forecasts, tax rates, etc., can be found by clicking here.
Biagio Sidoti, Treasurer
North Royalton City Schools
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North Royalton City Schools' Staff Members Receiving First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine on Monday, February 22
On Monday, February 22, 2021, North Royalton City Schools' staff members will be receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is a welcomed event as it will go a long way to helping to make sure that we will be able to continue to staff our classrooms for our students.
Because of the time this takes and the fact that the vaccines will not be administered on site, we will have an asynchronous learning day on February 22. This means that teachers will post lessons and activities on their Google classrooms for the students to engage with on that day. This is considered a day of school and student attendance will be taken based on the students completion of their assigned work. The second dose of the vaccine will be administered to our staff on Monday, March 15, 2021. We will follow the same process for that and have an asynchronous day for all students. Due to the high incidence of reaction to the second dose, we also will have an asynchronous day on Tuesday, March 16. Building principals will communicate reminders as we get closer to the date.
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Be sure to visit #NRInspireGreat as well as our District Facebook page
for pictures and stories from all of our buildings.
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to read the District's Quality Profile.
to read the latest edition of the The Bear Way Click herefor the NR Board of Education meeting minutes and agendas. Click here for meeting dates for 2021.
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