Tallmadge City board approves routine items including student data privacy agreement, field trips and personnel actions

The Tallmadge City Board of Education on Feb. 19 approved a set of routine agenda items that affect athletics, student travel, personnel and student data protections.

The most substantive action was approval of a student data privacy agreement with Valamy, the vendor that provides adaptive fitness equipment and programming used by Tallmadge students and by the city recreation center. Board members approved the data privacy agreement after staff explained the district had already authorized the Valamy services earlier and that this document satisfies requirements in state law known in the meeting as Senate Bill 29 to secure student data, adhere to cybersecurity frameworks and prohibit sale of student information to third parties. The board approved the agreement by roll-call vote.

The board also approved the district's annual renewal of membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) for Tallmadge Middle School and Tallmadge High School for the 2025–26 school year, enabling students to continue competing in OHSAA-sanctioned events.

Several out-of-town, overnight field trips were approved: - Academy of Finance/BPA state competition, March 10–11, 2025, Columbus, Ohio. - Tallmadge High School softball trip, March 25–27, 2025, Vero Beach, Florida. - Tallmadge…