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Superintendent Dr. Trent Bowers reported district pilots of the Syntegix scribe alert system at Brookside, Worthington Estates, Perry Phoenix and Worthington Academy and said the district “did officially sign the contract, and thus in 2025, we'll have this installed in all of our Worthington schools.” Dr. Bowers described the system as a wearable panic button intended to reduce response time by alerting safety services to exact locations inside a school.

Treasurer T.J. Cusick said the district’s annual financial audit, released Dec. 24, contained “a clean opinion with no management letters or concerns.” Cusick said a condensed annual financial report will be mailed to residents. He also summarized the Joint Committee on Property Tax Review and Reform’s report and noted it included 21 recommendations under discussion at the state level — items such as expanding homestead exemptions, using circuit-breaker approaches for tax relief, and reconsidering the frequency of property reappraisals.

District leadership told the board the 2022 operating levy and bond issue, passed for a four-year period, can be stretched to last through November 2028; administrators said they will present plans early in 2025 to align spending closer to historically supported millage (the board discussed aiming for about 2.25 mills per year rather than current spending patterns nearer 3 mills).

On district business, the board approved routine consent items including minutes from the Dec. 9 meeting (Treasurer Cusick: audit-related materials were cited), personnel consent items, and acceptance of listed donations. The board approved policy 2265 by roll call. The Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce membership motion carried with one abstention (Jennifer Best) because of an employment relationship.

Board members also shared community announcements: the Worthington Education Foundation’s annual fundraiser (late January), the Worthington Alliance of Black Families and Educators community film event on Jan. 18, the Martin Luther King Jr. observance on Jan. 20 with keynote Dana Tyler, and Science Day on Jan. 25 at Perry Middle School.

The meeting concluded with scheduling: a special-education audit update on Jan. 27, a Feb. 10 work session and a Feb. 24 regular meeting with curriculum items.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Worthington Board of Education Meeting 1-9-25","oneSentenceSummary","The Worthington City School District Board of Education adopted Neola-recommended policy 2265 and heard reports on a districtwide safety alert system and the district’s clean audit.","taxTitle","Worthington City, School Districts, Ohio","taxId",14539,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6229518,"Worthington Board elects Kelly Davis president, names Amber Eppling Skinner vice president and adopts 2025 organizational calendar",729,307000,1036000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3461560-3606a72aa4713de8b793dbad87c3bc9f&start=307&end=1036","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3461560-3606a72aa4713de8b793dbad87c3bc9f/thumbnail_307000.jpg","/articles/6229518/Worthington-City/School-Districts/Ohio/Worthington-Board-elects-Kelly-Davis-president-names-Amber-Eppling-Skinner-vice-president-and-adopts-2025-organizational-calendar","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6229518-6aa7704378ed4c30aa06599def1ce50a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771194418&Signature=HaOEFX7ETUhhXsN5V5aoLAhjtx9UwteUsakKxTm6ciUSzRYGiygsD6lmQSR~je3SwtIS8zwLFaHVc1ebpu0fdpPYLafH6DycMDCs~ceUND4aZp5J9dUZdMI3Vqpu3Gku3DM7tdz8G9mxYrXvskHIYmMJVTNIR4qzUdlnzLsjjYQI9~g1m1hd2GdTEDS4W6a9CQ8Q7HQ8l9UHL41-3pJmZefaIqkNUdxJHkkbl67GB5K75oqYs5BKLPRUqW8j9DKHCekzL0T1sUDqoBEFiZEdPAVA4EwnywzebUvdRUytqKBW5VB8ecd5uJVMGCovXeMsqoTVg0REtnK4zmPkBAhrjg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Kelly Davis was elected president of the Worthington City School District Board of Education during the board’s 2025 organizational meeting, and Amber Eppling Skinner was elected vice president.

The nominations came during the board’s organizational session. Nikki Hudson, serving as president pro tem at the start of the meeting, nominated Kelly Davis for president; the board then voted to elect Davis. Later in the meeting Amber Eppling Skinner was nominated and elected vice president.

The action completed the board’s annual leadership organizing and was followed by a series of housekeeping motions to set the board’s calendar, committee assignments and external appointments for 2025. The board approved the regular meeting dates, times and places for 2025, confirmed membership in district and community organizations for the year and appointed board representatives to standing committees and outside boards.

Board members took the votes by roll call. The election of Davis and Eppling Skinner passed without recorded negative votes. The board also voted to recess the organizational session and open the regular business portion of the meeting later the same evening.

In other organizational business the board announced committee assignments for both calendar-year and school-year committee cycles, and created a new Safety Committee that will begin immediately and continue into the school-year calendar. The policy committee membership was set with Stephanie Harless and Nikki Hudson named as members.

The board approved a list of memberships and annual resolutions; one item—the district membership in the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce—carried one abstention. Board member Jennifer Best stated she would abstain from that vote because she works for the Chamber; the motion nonetheless passed.

The organizational meeting closed after the votes and the board recessed until the regular business meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Board members present throughout the organizational session included Kelly Davis, Amber Eppling Skinner, Nikki Hudson, Stephanie Harless, Jennifer Best and Treasurer T.J. Cusick, and Superintendent Dr. Trent Bowers led the administration’s reports during the regular meeting that followed.","The Worthington City School District Board of Education elected Kelly Davis as board president and Amber Eppling Skinner as vice president during its 2025 organizational meeting, approved its 2025 meeting calendar and committee assignments, and confirmed a slate of board appointments and organizational memberships.","actionData","errors"]

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Worthington board adopts Neola-recommended policy 2265, hears superintendent on safety tech and treasurer on audit and tax report

Worthington Board elects Kelly Davis president, names Amber Eppling Skinner vice president and adopts 2025 organizational calendar