The Austintown Local School District Board of Education approved a package of administrative items for the 2025–26 school year: updates to the district’s gifted policy and plan, handbooks, a Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC) schedule and stipend, a memorandum of understanding noted in the agenda, and meal price listings — which the district said will be maintained on the books even though the district is participating in a free lunch program.

On the superintendent’s recommendation the board approved the updated gifted policy and plan "to include the following additions as stated below," adopted handbooks for the 2025–26 school year, and approved the district’s listed memorandum of understanding. The board also approved LPDC rules that specify the committee will meet a minimum of three times and no more than six times per year and establish a $500 yearly stipend rate for professional-development contact hours.

During the meal prices item a board member noted that the district is still participating in the free lunch program but that state law requires published prices; a district representative answered "Yes" when asked whether prices must be set for the school year. The transcript records the board adopted the meal-price listings by consent; the district did not collect payments while the free-lunch program applies, according to the meeting remarks.

The LPDC approval drew a recorded dissent: Roll-call voting shows one board member, Mister Porter, voting no on the LPDC consent item while other members voted yes. Most other consent items, including the gifted policy update and handbooks, were approved by unanimous roll-call votes as recorded in the transcript.

The superintendent offered opening remarks about readiness for the school year: "we're excited and we're very much looking forward to the new school year and we're proud. All the buildings are ready," and encouraged attendance at school open houses, saying "I hope everyone can go to AES and AIS's open house, which will be this Monday, August 25. AMS's is tonight, and then Fitch's will be in September. But, the campus and the schools look, absolutely beautiful. And we're ready to go. Proud to report that." Those comments were recorded as superintendent remarks and not part of a formal agenda vote.

The board also set a tentative next meeting for Wednesday, Sept. 24, with a work session to begin at 4:00 p.m. and the regular meeting at 5:00 p.m.; the work session will be at the Board Office and the regular session in the cafeteria, according to the agenda note.