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Votes at a glance: key board actions from the March 18 Dayton City School District meeting
Summary
The board approved multiple routine and business items including certified appointments, salary schedules, a 48‑hour waiver, a Sinclair College MOU, policy adoptions and a two‑year contract extension and retroactive raise for the treasurer; vote tallies are provided where recorded in the transcript.
This summary lists formal motions and recorded votes taken by the Dayton City School District Board of Education on March 18, 2025, as recorded in the meeting transcript.
1) Certified appointments Motion: Approve superintendent’s certified appointments (grouped A–F with B1 and B2 pulled until after executive session per friendly amendment). Moved by Mr. Lacey, second by Board member Witt; friendly amendment accepted. Vote: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (President Goodwin abstained). Outcome: approved.
2) Salary schedules and related personnel matters Motion: Approve salary schedules as presented (friendly amendments arranged to separate a subset of items). Vote: unanimous (7 yes). Outcome: approved.
3) 48‑hour waiver memorandum of understanding Motion: Approve a 48‑hour waiver memorandum of understanding. Moved by Mr. Walker; second by Mr. Lacey. Vote: unanimous (7 yes). Outcome: approved.
4) Sinclair Community College MOU (College Credit Plus rate) Motion: Approve the memorandum of understanding among Sinclair Community College, Dayton Public Schools and College Credit Plus rates. Moved by Mr. Lacey; second by Mr. Walker. Vote: unanimous (7 yes). Outcome: approved.
5) Acceptance of amounts and rates Motion: Approve accepting amounts and rates as revealed last week (routine fiscal item). Vote: unanimous (7 yes). Outcome: approved.
6) Ohio High School Athletic Association membership / MOUs with nonpublic schools Motion: Ratify OHSAA membership and allow the superintendent to accept signed MOUs for nonpublic partnerships as they arrive. Vote: unanimous (7 yes). Outcome: approved; superintendent authorized to accept additional signed MOUs (Temple Christian and STEM schools noted).
7) Treasurer contract extension and retroactive salary increase (resolution) Motion: Extend the treasurer’s employment contract for a two‑year term and approve a retroactive salary increase. The board first voted to waive procedural rules to allow consideration. Final motion to extend the contract and approve the retroactive salary increase was moved by Board Member Wicks and seconded by Mr. Walker. Vote: 6 yes, 1 no (Miss Reinhardt — no). Outcome: approved.
8) Policy adoptions (multiple policies) Motion: Adopt revised policy manual items including BDC (executive session), DIA (internal audit charter), EDEC (social media policy), GCBBB (supplemental compensation for administrators) and others. Vote: unanimous (7 yes). Outcome: approved.
9) Special education policies (simultaneous first and second reading) Motion: Adopt multiple special education policies to meet the March 31 statutory deadline. Vote: unanimous (7 yes). Outcome: approved.
Notes on procedure and follow up: Several motions used friendly amendments to group or pull items for later voting; B1 and B2 were pulled until after executive session earlier in the meeting. Several approvals were routine fiscal or personnel housekeeping items; where the transcript records a tally it is provided above. For items approved without tallies, the transcript indicated unanimous board support by voice vote.
Ending: Several agenda items with recorded votes were routine approvals; the board also passed a substantive motion to preserve Meadowdale’s JROTC program for 2025–26 (see separate article). Where motions were approved subject to staff follow‑up, the relevant departments were asked to report back with more detail.
