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Board approves superintendent contract 4–1, delays joining statewide voucher‑funding coalition
Summary
The board approved a personnel item (item F) covering the superintendent contract on a 4–1 roll call; trustees also agreed unanimously to postpone a resolution to join the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding pending documentation on the coalition’s finances and membership.
Riverside Local trustees approved item F on the personnel consent agenda — the superintendent’s contract as listed in the meeting packet — by a recorded vote of 4–1.
During discussion one trustee, Miss Brewster, said she supported the superintendent’s work but could not support a five‑year contract given the district’s current fiscal uncertainty and preferred a three‑year term instead. The motion nevertheless carried on roll call (four yeas, one no).
Later in the meeting trustees debated a proposed resolution authorizing the district to join the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding, a statewide membership organization supporting litigation and advocacy over school funding and voucher policy. Several trustees raised questions about transparency — specifically requesting public accounting of coalition membership and financials and clear documentation showing how membership dues would be spent. Legal counsel reviewed potential procedural and public‑record considerations.
At the trustees’ request, the board unanimously approved a motion to postpone action on the coalition resolution to the April business meeting and asked staff to send a formal request for documentation to the coalition in the meantime.
