Revere Local board elects leadership, adopts 2025 calendar and fiscal-year budget; discusses roof repairs and winter vehicle access for transportation staff

The Revere Local School District Board of Education met in organizational session Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, and unanimously elected Keith Mallon as board president and a board member as vice president, approved the district's 2025 regular meeting schedule and adopted the district's fiscal year 2026 budget.

The board certified district enrollment at 2,826 students (October 2024) and established a board service fund of $75,100 to cover board member expenses incurred while performing official duties. The board also renewed membership in the Ohio School Boards Association and the OSBA Legal Assistance Fund and approved standard standing authorizations for 2025, including delegation of hiring authority to the superintendent within parameters that require subsequent board ratification.

Why it matters: the budget and service-fund certification set the district's financial framework for the coming year and supply information the county fiscal officer uses to compute tax millage and debt retirement. Leadership elections and standing authorizations determine who will manage committee assignments, routine administrative approvals and legal counsel selections through the calendar year.

Key actions and context

Elections and organizational housekeeping: The board opened nominations for president and vice president and then cast a unanimous ballot for the sole nominees. Keith Mallon took the oath of office and recited the statutory oath, swearing to “support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Ohio” and to “perform faithfully my duties as board of education president.” The vice-presidential nominee likewise was elected by unanimous vote.

Meetings calendar and policies: The board approved the regular meeting schedule for 2025 and affirmed the district’s revised policies for board operations as included in the board packet (the packet references district policy materials and the Ohio Revised Code governing board procedures).

Service fund and enrollment: The board certified an official October 2024 enrollment of 2,826 students and established a service fund of $75,100 “for the purpose of deferring board member expenses actually incurred in performance of their duties” under Ohio law. A board member clarified that statute allows either $2 per student or a $20,000 cap in some contexts; the treasurer confirmed the recommended amount is under the statutory maximum.

Budget and finance: The treasurer presented the fiscal year 2026 budget attachment and recommended formal approval. The treasurer said the five-year forecast and the budget together guide appropriations and that the submission includes principal and interest amounts for outstanding debt so the county fiscal office can compute required tax millage for debt retirement. The board approved the FY26 budget as presented.

OSBA representation and legal assistance: The board appointed a delegate and an alternate to the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) Capital Conference for 2025 and renewed both the district's OSBA membership and participation in the OSBA Legal Assistance Fund.

Personnel and resignations: The board accepted a resignation for the purpose of retirement from Amy Lewis, an intervention specialist at Richfield Elementary School, effective at the end of the school year. The board also reviewed a group of licensed and classified personnel actions in the meeting packet (new hires, supplemental contracts and substitute and route-driver listings); those personnel items were moved and approved as part of the routine consent items.

Facilities discussion—roof replacement bids: Superintendent Rick White reported the district received three bids to replace roofing on the kindergarten wing. The lowest bid, from a firm the district has used before, was approximately $655,000; the board discussed accepting replacement of original roof drains for that wing as an alternate (seven drains). White said the district has been setting aside roughly $300,000 per year for roof work over the last two years and that the project will likely exceed that set‑aside by about $100,000; the district anticipated covering any shortfall from other available funds. The replacement would occur over the summer to be completed before the next school year. The board discussion treated this as a planned agenda item for a future vote (the superintendent said the item will be on an upcoming meeting agenda for formal approval).

Transportation vehicle use in winter weather: Superintendent White raised a proposal under review to allow a transportation pickup truck to be taken home by a transportation employee, AJ, during winter months so the employee has access to a four-wheel-drive vehicle while conducting early-morning road checks. White said insurance checks indicated the district vehicle would be covered while parked at the employee's residence and that use would be limited to work purposes and subject to supervisory approval. White said he would return with formal language and conditions for board consideration or pull the item if precise language was not ready.

Other business: The board discussed paper-based testing for third grade in 2025–26 and scheduled a brief explanation of benefits for that decision at the next meeting. The meeting packet also included routine items such as donation acceptances, disposal of outdated equipment and textbooks, and placeholders for possible transportation vehicle bids and a roof-replacement motion to be considered at a future meeting.

Votes at a glance

- Elect Keith Mallon as board president: approved (unanimous) - Elect vice president (sole nominee): approved (unanimous) - Adopt 2025 regular meeting calendar: approved (unanimous) - Affirm district bylaws and policies for board operations: approved (unanimous) - Certify enrollment (Oct. 2024) at 2,826 and establish service fund $75,100: approved (unanimous) - Appoint OSBA Capital Conference delegate/alternate and renew OSBA membership and OSBA Legal Assistance Fund: approved (unanimous) - Adopt standing authorizations for 2025 (treasurer investment/advances, superintendent hiring authority, use of specified law firms, etc.): approved (unanimous) - Approve fiscal year 2026 budget: approved (unanimous) - Accept resignation for retirement: Amy Lewis, intervention specialist — approved (unanimous) - Routine personnel and consent items (hires, supplemental contracts, substitutes, transportation staff listings): approved (unanimous)

Speakers quoted or cited in this article

- Keith Mallon, Board of Education president (sworn in at the meeting) - Rick White, superintendent (presented agenda items including buildings, transportation and personnel) - AJ, transportation staff member (discussed during the transportation vehicle item) - Katya Verdin (referred to as treasurer in packet discussion) - Miss Brackett, board member (appointed OSBA delegate) - Miss Rainey, board member (appointed OSBA alternate)

Clarifying details extracted from the meeting

- Enrollment certified: 2,826 students (October 2024) - Service fund established: $75,100 for board member expenses - Statutory reference discussed: Ohio Revised Code (board operation statutes referenced in packet); board discussion mentioned a statutory allowance equivalent to $2 per student or $20,000 as a cap in some contexts - FY26 budget includes principal and interest schedules for outstanding debt used by the county fiscal office to determine tax millage needed for debt retirement - Roof replacement lowest bid: about $655,000; seven original roof drains proposed as alternate replacement; district had previously set aside $300,000 per year for roofs in the last two years and expects the current project to exceed those set‑asides by roughly $100,000 - Proposed transportation policy: allow district pickup for overnight winter parking at the assigned employee's residence for work-only road checks; employee (AJ) lives about three miles from the district office; insurance checks indicated coverage while vehicle parked at employee residence - Resignation accepted: Amy Lewis, intervention specialist at Richfield Elementary School, effective at end of school year (May/June)

Proper names (extracted and normalized)

- Revere Local School District (agency) - Revere Local School District Board of Education (government body) - Ohio School Boards Association (organization) - Amy Lewis (person) - Keith Mallon (person) - Rick White (person) - Richfield Elementary School (school)

Community relevance

- Geographies affected: Revere Local School District; Richfield; Bath; district-wide facilities - Impact groups: district students (K–12), transportation staff and bus drivers, maintenance/operations staff, school board members and administrators - Funding sources discussed: general fund, PI (permanent improvement) funds, district reserves; discussion referenced debt retirement calculations done by the county fiscal office

Meeting context

- Engagement level: moderate — many routine consent items, one substantive facilities discussion (roof bids) and one operational policy discussion (vehicle home use) - Duration: approximately 30–35 minutes for the organizational and work-session portion included in this transcript - Implementation risk: low-to-medium — the roof project requires contractor award and funding allocation; the vehicle-home-use proposal requires written policy and insurance/legal review

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