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Tri-Valley Local board unanimously approves staff contracts, salary schedules and extracurricular appointments
Summary
At its May 14 meeting the Tri-Valley Local Board of Education approved multiple personnel actions — including administrative hires and resignations — adopted FY27 salary schedules and a tentative agreement with the teachers’ association, and authorized athletic trips and coaching appointments. All recorded votes were unanimous among the four members present.
The Tri‑Valley Local Board of Education met May 14 and approved a broad slate of personnel actions, contracts and budget‑related items, recording unanimous roll‑call votes from the four members present.
Board actions included accepting the retirement of Jamie Campbell, assistant superintendent of human resources and employee relations, effective Dec. 31, 2026; issuing a three‑year contract to Todd Woodard as assistant superintendent of human resources and employee relations for 2026–2029; accepting Woodard’s resignation as director of operations effective July 31, 2026; and issuing a three‑year contract to Todd Stoffer as director of operations for 2026–2029. Each of those items was moved and seconded on the record and carried on roll‑call votes with Steve Barr, Andrea Collet, Luke Davis and Scott Ford voting yes.
The board also approved routine Treasurer’s Office business, including the April 9, 2026 minutes and the March 2026 financial report. The board adopted updated substitute and miscellaneous pay rates to take effect July 1, 2026, and approved administrative, non‑association and other FY27 salary schedules.
Under personnel items the board issued multiple certified and classified contracts, rescinded a duplicate three‑year limited contract for Hillary Martin because she already holds a continuing contract, and approved continuing contracts and one‑ and two‑year limited contracts across district buildings. New certified hires approved for 2026–2027 include Amy Shaw (6th‑grade ELA, one‑year limited), Rachel Verhey (6th‑grade math, one‑year limited), and Ashley Coward (1st‑grade teacher at Nashport Elementary, one‑year limited). The board approved continuing contracts and leave requests where noted; effective dates and leave lengths were recorded in the meeting minutes.
The board approved extracurricular and athletic staffing for 2026–2027, including the varsity and junior varsity football staff and volunteer assistants, golf, soccer and volleyball coaches, and Betsy Bollinger as varsity head cheerleading coach and middle‑school ecology club advisor. The board accepted supplemental and athletic resignations where submitted and approved the list of summer‑school instructors for 2026.
Contract approvals included four Extended School Year placement agreements with Reach Educational Services LLC and a set of service agreements covering LACA service levels and Licking Regional ESC general services for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. The board approved participation in the 2026–2027 student accident insurance program through Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company offered by ALR Insurance Services. The board also approved an agreement with the Tri‑Valley Education Association that modifies Articles 33 and 34 and establishes the 2026–2027 pay scale, as tentatively agreed between the association and the board.
The minutes note approvals of overnight athletic trips (boys and girls basketball camps, volleyball SpikeFest) and FFA travel to District 8 officer training, with transportation and funding details recorded (parents or boosters covering travel and expenses where specified). The board accepted multiple donations directed to athletics, the National Honor Society and scholarship funds; donor names and amounts are recorded in the minutes.
The agenda included a public‑comment notice regarding possible re‑employment during STRS service retirement for Elizabeth Johnston and Dr. H. Michael Fain; no public speakers addressed those items. The minutes also include a separate notation about a Dresden Board of Public Affairs sewer line repair concern; no board action on that item is recorded in these minutes.
All motions recorded in the minutes show the four present board members voting yes; Betsy Brocklehurst is listed as absent. The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
Votes at a glance: All recorded resolutions (Res. #26‑152 through Res. #26‑199) carried by roll‑call votes with Steve Barr, Andrea Collet, Luke Davis and Scott Ford voting yes on each recorded motion. Where the minutes specify movers and seconders those names are reflected in the meeting record; outcomes and effective dates are recorded in the official minutes.
