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The superintendent asked the board to accept several items under personnel: a supplemental resignation for an assistant boys soccer coach for the 2025–26 school year; rescission of a supplemental contract for a student council adviser; and the resignation of Andrew Keating, a physical education teacher at Smith Elementary. The board approved items 7a through 7c on a single motion.
Under personnel recommendations the board also approved unpaid leave for Christy Zavino, an art teacher at Oakwood Junior High and Senior High School, effective Aug. 25–Oct. 10, 2025; amendments to the hourly rate for seasonal workers effective June 1, 2025; an amended administrator contract for the 2025–26 school year; a substitutes list for 2025–26 pending completion of required documents; and supplemental contracts and volunteers for the 2025–26 school year. These were approved on a single motion.
The board separately approved a supplemental contract for an assistant boys soccer coach for 2025–26. During that vote the record shows two board members (Mister Reiter Garcia and Mister Wilson) voted yes and one board member explicitly said “I abstain.” The meeting transcript records additional non-affirmative responses during the roll call; the board clerk recorded the motion as approved. The superintendent presented the personnel items and noted appreciation for the community members named as substitutes and volunteers.
No further details about individual substitute identities or the specific names of supplemental contract recipients were read into the public record beyond what was included in the meeting packet.
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The superintendent asked the board to adopt the attached Title I grant resolution; a motion was made and the board voted in favor of the recommendation. The superintendent noted that the certificate of estimated resources for fiscal year 2026 is a standard document the district must file with the county auditor at the start of each year and that appropriations were amended accordingly.
Finance staff said the regular monthly financial report was not included because it is early in August; they said the full report would be provided at next month’s meeting. No additional details about Title I dollar amounts were provided in the meeting packet or in the verbal report.
Board members voted to approve the items on the consent recommendation during the meeting; clerks recorded affirmative votes during roll call.
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“Stopping the flow of public dollars to private schools is the right thing to do,” Lounsbury said, and she asked the board “what are we waiting for?” — urging Oakwood to join Vouchers Hurt Ohio, the group bringing the suit.
Board members discussed several concerns raised by Lounsbury and by trustees during the board report period: the potential defunding of public education, differences in per-student funding amounts between voucher students and public-school students, and equity concerns because private voucher-accepting schools are not held to the same public reporting and enrollment requirements as public districts.
At the end of the discussion the board chair asked for volunteers to form a two-person committee to research the district’s role and potential reasons for joining the lawsuit. Two board members agreed to prepare talking points and return next month with findings and recommendations for the board’s consideration.
No formal motion to join the lawsuit was made at the meeting. The board’s action was a direction to members to research and present information next month; any decision to join legal action would require a future, formal board vote.
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The superintendent said the change could allow Oakwood to access state construction dollars “about 29% of eligible project costs as early as next year,” giving the district the opportunity to complete more work sooner and reduce the risk of future funding loss.
The district won voter approval for its Phase 2 master facility plan bond in May; the superintendent told the board that because other districts were not ready to use their share of state funds, Oakwood “moved up on the list” and is now eligible to receive its share of OFCC dollars. She said the earlier funding increases the district’s buying power before construction costs rise.
The superintendent told the board that to qualify for the funding, Oakwood must “pivot our OFCC eligible projects, including Smith and Harmon, until the 2026 approval process is complete,” and that district staff will continue to work with OFCC and the facilities core team and keep the community informed via board updates, blogs and newsletters.
No formal board vote or action was recorded on the report itself; the superintendent presented the information as an update and request for continued coordination. The district did not publish a final construction schedule at the meeting.
Background: the OFCC administers state construction funding for school facilities in Ohio. The superintendent characterized the timing as a “major win for Oakwood schools” because it accelerates access to state construction assistance that the district had expected to receive later in its facilities timetable.
The board did not adopt a separate motion at the meeting to alter bond usage or to commit specific district funds; the superintendent said staff would return with updates as the OFCC approval process proceeds.
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Ross said surveys and faculty reports indicate student use of LLMs is widespread and gave examples he had tried: generating step-by-step chemistry help, creating a 20-question math worksheet with an answer key, and producing a multi-page book report on demand. He demonstrated how an LLM can produce polished work and then be prompted to make the output appear more like work written by a high-school student.
“Now things get more problematic,” Ross said, describing a workflow where a student uploads a photo of a homework assignment, the model returns correct answers, and provides code or step-by-step explanations that could be submitted as the student’s work.
Ross asked the board to consider the instructional implications and said he would return next month to discuss responses and possible actions the district could take to address the technology’s classroom impact.
Ross offered to demonstrate the tools to trustees and community members after the meeting; he did not present a formal proposal or policy recommendation at this session.
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