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Lorain City Schools board approves multiple consent, personnel and operations items; nonrenewal of Thomas Weaver recommended

2987304 · April 14, 2025
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Summary

On April 20 the Lorain City Schools Board of Education approved routine operations and personnel items, including a motion recommending nonrenewal of LEA member Thomas Weaver. The board also held an executive session and later rescinded a prior action after procedural confusion.

The Lorain City Schools Board of Education on April 20 approved a series of consent, personnel and operations items and voted to recommend the nonrenewal of an LEA member, Thomas Weaver.

During the meeting the board approved items 8.01–8.07 (operations/treasurer recommendations); approved personnel items 9.01–9.03; advanced personnel item 9.04 with one abstention; approved items 9.05–9.07 (personnel), including a motion recommending nonrenewal of Thomas Weaver; and approved operations items 10.01–10.15. The board also moved into and returned from an executive session.

A motion to rescind a prior board action was introduced and carried after roll call following apparent procedural confusion. Board members identified during roll calls included Board President May and members Ferguson, Washington, Ballard, Nazario, Sturgill and Sergio; roll calls in the transcript recorded individual "yes" or abstain responses for each vote.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of items 8.01–8.07 (treasurer recommendations): Passed by roll call (Board members recorded as voting yes: Doctor Ballard; Mister Sturgill; Mister Ferguson; Missus Washington; Missus Nazario). Specific details of items 8.01–8.07 were read by the treasurer and item descriptions were not specified in the public record excerpt.

- Approval of personnel items 9.01–9.03: Passed by roll call; details described as personnel matters.

- Approval of item 9.04 (described in the agenda as "snow matters"): Passed by roll call with Missus Nazario recorded as abstaining; other named members voted yes.

- Approval of items 9.05–9.07: Passed by roll call; later item 9.07 was described as "approval to recommend the nonrenewal of the following LEA member, Thomas Weaver" and passed. Motion recorded: Missus Washington moved; Doctor Ballard supported.

- Motion to rescind previous board action: Motion passed by roll call after clarification; individual yes votes recorded.

- Approval of operations items 10.01–10.15: Passed by roll call.

The meeting record shows that several votes were completed by roll call with individual board members naming their votes; the transcript does not include the full text of every agenda item read into the record.