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Talawanda board debates in-house fingerprinting, hiring practices after hiring-related contract termination
Summary
Board members discussed purchasing an on-site background-check machine and reviewed hiring procedures after personnel issues prompted the immediate termination of an administrator's contracts. The board approved a slate of personnel and financial items; the termination of Dr. Joseph Hall's contracts was carried by recorded roll call.
The Talawanda City School District board on Sept. 11 discussed changes to background-check procedures, considered an in-house fingerprinting system and approved personnel and financial items amid a separate vote to terminate one administrator's contracts.
Public comment and a subsequent personnel discussion focused on a district proposal to buy biometric/fingerprint equipment from Biometric Information Management at an upfront cost of $6,500, with an additional stated annual fee of about $800. During public participation a resident introduced the purchase request and a board member moved and seconded the motion to approve the quote; the transcript records the motion and second but does not record a roll-call result for that specific motion in the public portion of the transcript.
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