At its Oct. 23 meeting the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Board of Education approved a resolution authorizing the superintendent, treasurer and board vice president to enter negotiations with the Greene County Educational Service Center (ESC) for the sale of the Sugar Creek Elementary property.

Board members clarified that the authorization permits negotiation but does not constitute a final sale; any eventual sale would require a separate board resolution. The motion passed on a roll call that recorded four yes votes and one abstention: Board members Missus Anderson, Missus Dawn, Mister Price and Doctor Pryor voted yes; Mister Kinsey abstained.

The board also approved a three-year reappointment of Adam O'Malley as the district's representative to the Greene County Career Center joint vocational school board for the term Jan. 1, 2026Dec. 31, 2028. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

Separately, the board approved personnel and job-description items on the consent agenda: promotion of Ray Watts from maintenance assistant to maintenance supervisor (to replace a retiring supervisor) and revisions to the maintenance supervisor job description. These personnel items were approved as part of the consent agenda and in subsequent roll-call votes; the consent agenda and job-description revision passed with affirmative votes by Missus Anderson, Missus Dawn, Mister Kinsey, Mister Price and Doctor Pryor.

Ending: District leaders said negotiations will continue with the ESC and city as needed; any sale or final transfer of Sugar Creek Elementary would return to the board for separate approval.