Parent asks board to review relationship with EF Tours for possible ethics, privacy concerns

During the public‑comment portion of the April board meeting, parent Tara Stockdale urged the board to examine the district’s working relationship with Education First Tours (doing business as EF Tours).

Stockdale, who identified herself as a parent, asked the board to review the district’s practices for possible conflicts of interest under Ohio ethics rules and for potential data‑privacy violations under federal, state and local laws and board policies. “I ask you to review the current practices for any potential data privacy violations and federal, state, and local laws and policies, including those policies of this board,” she said.

The board’s public‑comment rules (board policy 91.30) were read at the start of the meeting and the president noted that complaints about district personnel, programming or operations would be referred to the process set forth in that policy. The transcript shows Stockdale made a single public comment and no immediate board action or response followed; the record does not show any staff report, investigation or finding at the meeting itself.

What was requested: Stockdale asked the board to consider any long‑term ramifications if a review finds violations and to determine whether district resources were used to sell travel services. No specific contract language or outcome was cited during the public comment.

Next steps: The transcript records the public comment and the board’s procedural reference to policy 91.30. The comment will be part of the official minutes; any formal investigation or staff response would be a distinct agenda item or administrative follow‑up and was not recorded in this meeting.