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Warren Local conducts executive session and approves administrative hires, resignations and supplemental contracts
Summary
After an executive session on employee matters, the board approved multiple personnel actions including administrative hires (Lynn as Director of Curriculum and Instruction; Schaeffer as high-school assistant principal), resignations and numerous supplemental and extracurricular assignments.
The Warren Local Board of Education held an executive session May 22 to consider employment, discipline or compensation matters and, after returning to open session, approved a slate of personnel actions including administrative hires, transfers, resignations and supplemental contracts.
At 6:40 p.m. the board moved into executive session under RES. NO. 40-25 (motion by Mr. Allen, second by Mr. Crum) to consider employee matters; the board returned to regular session at 8:00 p.m. Following the executive session the board approved RES. NO. 41-25 (motion by Mr. Roush, second by Mrs. Greenup), which included the resignation of Megan Bost (elementary assistant principal, effective end of 2024–25), the transfer of Lori Ludwig from Director of Curriculum and Instruction to elementary assistant principal (effective Aug. 1, 2025), and the hiring of Lori Lynn as Director of Curriculum and Instruction on a limited three-year administrative contract effective Aug. 1, 2025. The board also approved Darius Schaeffer as high school assistant principal (limited two-year administrative contract) and associated extended service days for Lynn (up to 15 days) and Schaeffer (up to 5 days).
Additional certified personnel hires approved for 2025–26 included Tiffany Davis (high school English Language Arts), James Hopper (high school English Language Arts) and Eloise Voytko (high school math). The board accepted several resignations (Christa Benson, Emma Fehrman, Joe Frazier) and approved numerous supplemental and extracurricular appointments (band directors, club advisors, coaches and activity coordinators) per the negotiated agreement.
Pupil activity contracts for non-licensed individuals were authorized under Ohio Revised Code 3313.53 where no licensed employee accepted listed supplemental positions. Roll-call votes on pupil-activity and athletics positions were recorded in the minutes; some votes showed an abstention or a dissent on specific items. For example, a roll-call recorded at SEG 281 shows Allen yes, Crum yes, Greenup abstain, Proctor yes and Roush yes; at SEG 286 a vote recorded Allen no and the other four members yes.
Board member remarks during the personnel discussion reflected differing views about process. Mrs. Proctor said she changed her intended vote after hearing the athletic department’s process; Mr. Allen said he felt procedures had been short-circuited and not followed.
Why it matters: The approvals set administrative leadership and staffing for the 2025–26 school year, affecting instructional leadership and extracurricular programming across the district. The executive session was held under the statutory exception for personnel matters and preceded the public vote on the personnel slate.
