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Warren City School District elects Julian Walker president, names Patrick Flanagan vice president and approves organizational business
Summary
At its Jan. 7 organizational meeting, the Warren City School District Board of Education elected Julian Walker as board president and Patrick Flanagan as vice president, adopted committee rosters and approved routine organizational resolutions including OSBA membership, committee appointments, legal-retainer actions, gifts and personnel items.
Julian Walker was elected president of the Warren City School District Board of Education on Jan. 7, 2025, and the board also elected Patrick Flanagan as vice president for the calendar year. The votes to close nominations and to elect the officers were carried by roll call.
The organizational meeting, held in the Harriet T. Upton Room and livestreamed on the district website, also set 2025 meeting dates and locations, approved committee appointments for athletics, finance and advisory, board policies and guidelines, and legislative liaison roles, and named representatives for the Trumbull Career and Technical Center (TCTC) board. The board approved membership in the Ohio School Boards Association for 2025 and appointed Dr. Alicia Aals as the district's OSBA delegate with Patty Lamparos as alternate.
"I would like to thank my colleagues for the opportunity to serve again as president," Julian Walker said after the vote, expressing appreciation for the board's support. The superintendent noted the board will hold its next four regular meetings on-site at district schools (Jefferson, Lincoln, McGuffey and Willard) and that the records commission meeting is scheduled for Jan. 28 in the Superintendent's Conference Room.
Routine business approved at the meeting included authorization to retain legal services (firms listed in the agenda), joining the OSBA Legal Assistance Fund for 2025, adoption of revised salary tables, approval of agreements and leases (with two abstentions recorded on one section), tuition reimbursement, acceptance of multiple community donations (gift items and monetary donations listed in the agenda), and personnel recommendations including retirements. The agenda showed specific gift donors and estimated values, among them Making Kids Count (boots and socks, estimated $2,655) and The River Church (monetary donation, $2,000). Board members thanked retiring staff and recognized contributions from community partners.
The board adjourned the organizational session at 6:21 p.m. and convened its regular meeting immediately afterward. The regular meeting was called to order at 6:24 p.m.; after completing the regular meeting's agenda the board adjourned for the evening at 6:46 p.m. The district livestream and posted agenda materials were used to support the votes and public information.
