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Austintown board elects officers, OKs administrative authorities and intergovernmental agreements
Summary
At its Jan. 13 organizational meeting, the Austintown Local School District Board elected Kim Smrek as president and Don Sherwood as vice president, established routine administrative authorities (treasurer disbursement and a $4,000 service fund), and approved MOUs with local universities and county agencies.
The Austintown Local School District Board of Education on Jan. 13, 2026, completed its organizational business for the year, electing board officers, approving routine administrative resolutions and authorizing several intergovernmental and vendor agreements.
Kim Smrek was unanimously elected board president and Don Sherwood was unanimously elected vice president after the board opened and closed nominations for each office. Both officers took the oath of office administered during the meeting.
The board approved a set of standard governance and finance actions used to operate through the year. Those approvals include adopting Robert's Rules of Order for meetings; authorizing the treasurer to make disbursements for payroll, bonds and accounts payable when due and to invest funds within board-adopted policy;…
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