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Indian Hill board approves superintendent report, bus purchases and donations
Summary
The board approved the superintendent and treasurer reports that included minutes, financials, personnel items, purchase of two buses at $170,360 each, a $62,397 increase to a federal safety grant fund, and donations of $25,000 each for lacrosse and football.
At its regular meeting the Indian Hill Exempted Village Board voted to approve the superintendent’s and treasurer’s reports, which included multiple consent and action items.
The superintendent’s report presented routine consent items (reapproval of Ohio High School Athletic Association membership, transportation impracticability resolution, overnight field trips including a high school science trip to Ecuador and Galápagos Islands, and personnel items such as Latif Johnson’s return to a counselor role effective Aug. 1). The board moved, seconded and approved the superintendent’s report.
The treasurer presented minutes and financial reports for January 31, 2026, and asked the board to approve a set of financial actions. Those items included a resolution and purchase to obtain two new school buses at $170,360 apiece through the Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council; a change of appropriations that increases fund 499 (school safety/security grants) by $62,397; and acceptance of two $25,000 donations from the district foundation earmarked for lacrosse and football discretionary purchases. The board voted to approve the treasurer’s report and the associated items.
Representative administrative details recorded in the meeting: the district has received about $38 million in recent new residential-construction-related valuation (presenter comment), the district is absorbing a roughly 15% increase in health-insurance costs, and new buses approved tonight are priced about $170,360 each (the presenter said earlier buses had been $106,000 about five years ago and $152,000 recently).
Formal votes: board roll-call votes were recorded in favor of the motions approving the superintendent and treasurer reports. No motions failed at this meeting.
Speakers quoted or paraphrased in this story are drawn from the board transcript and include the superintendent, treasurer/finance presenter and board members. The meeting recorded the approvals but did not include additional contract details beyond publicly read prices.
