Olentangy honored with Auditor of State award; board recognizes dozens of student and staff achievements

The Olentangy School District received the Auditor of State Award with Distinction at the board’s April 24 meeting. Scott Brown, central Ohio liaison for Auditor of State Keith Faber, presented the award and said the district is among a select group—about 4%—that meet the auditor’s clean‑audit criteria, including timely filings and an audit report without findings for recovery, material citations, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies.

Brown specifically recognized Treasurer Ryan Jenkins and the district finance team for “accounting excellence,” and the board publicly introduced multiple members of the treasury and accounting staff in attendance.

Student and staff recognitions The board used the meeting to honor a long list of academic, athletic and arts achievements across the district’s high schools. Among those named were national merit semifinalists from each high school, state and district athletic placings (including multiple state championship qualifiers and top finishers in swimming, wrestling, golf and other sports), OMEA All‑State orchestra and choir honorees, Scholastic award recipients in visual art, and state champion titles in indoor performance for winter guard.

Superintendent Todd Meyer additionally highlighted a student, Ben Kurian, who won first prize in the national C‑SPAN StudentCam documentary competition and presented work at a national summit. The board also recognized business advisory council efforts, partnerships with OhioHealth career events, new administrators recommended for hire, and retirements noted at the meeting.

Ending Board members praised staff and students for achievements and thanked finance and communications teams for supporting district operations and outreach; the auditor’s presentation underscored the district’s financial practices and personnel who maintain them.