Board approves January financials, personnel contracts, donations and partnerships

The Madison Local School District Board of Education on Feb. 18 approved the district's January 2025 financial statements and a slate of personnel, donation and partnership items during its regular meeting.

Key approvals included the January 2025 financial statements; acceptance of multiple community donations of clothing and a $400 gift to the district Angel Fund; employment contracts and substitute placements for the 2024–25 school year; authorization of annual membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association; and consent-calendar items that included consultant contracts for athletics and musical direction, college-credit partnerships, and a student enrichment trip to Europe for summer 2027.

Votes and motions (selected): - Approval of the agenda: motion passed on roll call (members recorded as Tempe, Thompson, Douglas, Hayes, Barback voting yes). - Approval of organizational and regular meeting minutes for Jan. 14, 2025: motion(s) passed (roll-call yes votes recorded in the transcript for various members). - Approval of January 2025 financial statements: motion passed on roll call; transcript records Yes votes from board members including Kintze, Thompson, Douglas, Hayes and Horvath. - Acceptance of donations (school supplies; clothing; $400 to Angel Fund; $100 for student to attend Washington, D.C.): approved by motion and roll call. - Employment and personnel actions: the board approved a list of substitute teachers, long-term substitute placements, a middle-school girls wrestling coach and other personnel actions under the Educational Service Center and in accordance with ORC 3317 and the MEA negotiated agreement; roll call recorded Yes votes from Hayes, Schence, Thompson, Douglas and Hornback. - Authorization of membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association: motion passed on roll call. - Consent calendar: approved consultant contracts (boys basketball coach paid from Rebounders Club; spring musical director), partnerships with Lakeland Community College and Kent State University for College Credit Plus services, and a student enrichment trip to Europe (student-funded) for summer 2027.

Where votes were recorded in the transcript, board members answered individually on roll call; the transcript shows multiple members responding "Yes" during each roll-call vote. The meeting concluded with a motion for adjournment and a roll-call yes vote.

Why it matters: The votes implement routine financial and personnel actions that the board said are part of regular district operations, authorize extracurricular partnerships and field-trip opportunities, and accept community donations that will be distributed to schools.