Big Walnut Board adopts organizational items, awards generator contract; OSBA membership rejected

Angela Graziosi was elected president of the Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education and Alice Nix was elected vice president during the board's Jan. 13 organizational meeting. The board also approved its 2025 meeting schedule, several administrative authorizations and a contract award for a campus generator; it voted against renewing membership in the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) and the OSBA Legal Assistance Fund.

The board took routine organizational votes early in the meeting, electing Graziosi president and Nix vice president and administering oaths of office. The board approved the 2025 schedule of regular meetings and created a $7,500 board service fund under Ohio law to reimburse members for expenses incurred performing their duties.

The board approved standing authorizations for district signatories with a late amendment to allow either the board president or vice president to sign state and federal grant applications between meetings. The board separately approved superintendent authorities, including authorization for the superintendent to approve tuition waivers for permissive and required reasons listed under Ohio law, and…