Anthony Wayne board elects Jeff Baden president, Kyle Miller vice president; organizational items approved

Jeff Baden was elected president of the Anthony Wayne Local School District Board of Education on Monday after a nomination and roll-call vote. Kyle Miller was nominated and confirmed as vice president. Both officers were administered oaths required for their roles.

The board also approved the annual schedule of meeting dates and a package of standing authorizations covering payment of bills, designation of purchasing agents, and routine delegations to the treasurer and superintendent. The board confirmed school-attorney services (local and Columbus counsel) and renewed membership in the Ohio School Boards Association.

Chair remarks listed committee assignments: Finance and Audit (Kyle Miller and the president), Athletics (Kyle Miller and a new board member), Transportation, Buildings & Grounds, Board Policy and Curriculum & Instruction pairings, a liaison arrangement with Penta County, and a legislative delegate to OSBA. The board moved to approve the organizational items as a group and adopted them by roll call.

The motions were procedural and meant to set the board’s operating cadence and delegations for the coming year. The board did not debate substantive policy changes during the organizational votes; those items were presented as consistent with prior years’ practice.

The board also approved minutes from the previous meeting and the treasurer’s report for December, which the treasurer said showed the district was balanced for the month and included a listing of donations and a recommended membership to the Ohio Education Policy Institute for 2026.

The next regular board meeting dates will be published on the district’s website, and newly elected officers will serve under the board’s standard term and swearing-in procedures.