Board approves minutes, personnel moves, donations, contracts, policy updates and delayed-start testing schedule
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Summary
The Bowling Green City School District board voted to approve the Nov. 12 minutes, personnel recommendations including retirements and promotions, acceptance of $15,065.85 in donations, several contracts and membership changes, trip approvals, deletion and adoption of policies, and a delayed-start schedule that reduces elementary testing days from 13 to 5.
The board approved a package of routine and operational items during its December meeting, voting unanimously on minutes, personnel changes, donations and a range of operations items.
On minutes and routine consent items, roll-call votes recorded affirmative responses from board members including Mister Beere, Doctor Gagne and Missus Hobbs (minutes approval reported at SEG 237–243). The personnel slate approved included retirements for Barbara Powell and Kevin Nitsky effective June 1, 2026, transfers and promotions for support and transportation staff, and activity contracts and volunteer recognitions; the administration said background checks were on file for volunteers.
Under operations, the board accepted gifts and donations totaling $15,065.85 and approved contracts serving students with disabilities, including agreements with Fremont City Schools and Mohawk Local Schools. The administration recommended withdrawing from the Northwest Ohio Computer Service Cooperative effective February 2026 and joining the Northern Buckeye Educational Council and the Northwest Ohio Computer Association on July 1.
The board also approved field trips (Bowling Green Middle School visiting the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan; model UN students attending the Ohio State University conference in Columbus) and acted on policy housekeeping: the deletion of seven policies and the adoption or renumbering of 29 revised policies. Regarding state testing, the administration recommended delayed starts for kindergarten through second grade on testing days to reduce elementary testing days from 13 to 5 and to preserve intervention time for students; the board approved the recommendation.
During a subsequent motion, the board set its January 2026 organizational meeting within the required first 15 days of January; the date settled was Monday, Jan. 5 at 4:30 p.m., and the motion carried by roll call (SEG 532–539). The meeting adjourned after the approvals.
Financial context: in a preceding report, the treasurer said year-to-date revenues were about $3,000 below projections for the first five months but overall close to expectations; small variances in salaries and fringe benefits represented about $5,000 against a $12–13 million budget.