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Votes at a glance: Sycamore board approves agenda changes, minutes, personnel, financials and settlement
Summary
The board approved an amendment to add a student settlement to the superintendent’s agenda, approved minutes, personnel consent items, the monthly financial report and a settlement agreement (student case SE4285-2025), and took routine votes on course selections, field trips, donations and appointments.
At its meeting, the Sycamore Community School District Board of Education approved multiple routine and substantive items on motions and roll-call votes.
Key votes included: - Amendment to the agenda to add a settlement agreement under the superintendent’s agenda (motion: Mister Ballant; second: Missus Bitter). Roll call: all recorded as "Aye." - Approval of the agenda and approval of meeting minutes (correction noted to remove Mister Gosnell’s mistaken SAC listing). - Approval of the high school course selection guide (mover: Doctor James). - Approval of an out-of-town field trip (no substantial conditions recorded). - Authorization to solicit bids for district paving and concrete work included in the capital improvement plan (mover: Mister Ballant). - Approval of the personnel consent agenda. - Approval of the monthly final financial report for the month ended 12/31/2025. - Approval of a student settlement agreement identified as case SE4285-2025 on the docket of the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Office for Exceptional Children (mover: Mister Ballant; second: Doctor James). - Appointment of Brody Berson as the district representative to the Hamilton County Tax Incentive Review Council (motion moved; seconded; roll called and approved). - Authorization to employ Jenny Logan to provide treasurer transition services at $100/hour from 01/01/2026 to 06/30/2026 (motion moved; seconded; approved).
Where roll-call tallies were called on the record during the meeting, trustees were recorded as voting "Aye." The minutes do not show recorded 'No' or 'Abstain' tallies for these items.
