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Canfield Board approves minutes, personnel moves, financial measures, handbooks and donations
Summary
At its June 11 meeting the Canfield Local Board of Education approved minutes, accepted financial reports, approved personnel actions including hiring John Vito as assistant superintendent, adopted budget measures and approved student handbooks and donations.
The Canfield Local Board of Education on June 11 approved a package of routine and policy measures including minutes, personnel changes, fiscal resolutions and student handbooks.
Key approvals at the meeting included adoption of minutes for the May 14 regular session and May 30 special session; acceptance of the district’s cash summary and related reports; multiple personnel actions (resignations, licensed hires, classified hires, substitutes and extracurricular assignments); adoption of salary increases for nonunion administrative positions; hiring John Vito to a three-year administrative contract as assistant superintendent and curriculum director; and approval of student-parent handbooks for the 2025–26 school year.
On finances, the treasurer reported a general fund cash balance of about $22,000,000, a food service fund balance of just over $1,200,000 and that federal grant awards listed in the packet had been received that week. The report noted one remaining payment on the district’s stadium turf note; the treasurer identified a Farmers National Bank payment of $94,008.28 as payment six of seven on that 2020 note with “about one more $100,000 payment” remaining. The district reported approximately $87,000 in sweep-account interest for the month.
The board adopted an amended resolution (157-2025) declaring transportation impractical for specified students for the 2025–26 school year and approved a temporary appropriation measure certificate (exhibit 7). The board also adopted resolution 161-2025 authorizing the treasurer to request advances from the county auditor, a routine annual procedural measure.
Other routine business included the approval of donations totalling $20,315.32 for June 2025 and the acceptance of multiple charitable gifts and scholarship contributions listed in exhibit 10. The board scheduled a special meeting tentatively for noon on June 30 and agreed to review availability.
Votes on the listed items were recorded by roll call as noted below.
