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Mapleton Local board certifies tax levies, adopts January finances and approves donations, contracts and student trips
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Mapleton Local School District Board of Education unanimously accepted the January 2025 financial report, certified tax levies via the Ashland County Budget Commission, approved multiple donations and contracts including mowing and phone handsets, and authorized several student trips and extracurricular contracts.
The Mapleton Local School District Board of Education met Feb. 10 in the Mapleton HS/MS Media Center and took a series of unanimous actions including accepting the January 2025 financial report and certifying tax levies to the Ashland County Auditor.
The board accepted the treasurer’s report and passed a resolution to "accept the amounts and rates as determined by the Ashland County Budget Commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the Ashland County Auditor." The vote was recorded as unanimous.
Under routine business the board approved disposal of damaged or obsolete inventory—specifically a treadmill from the athletic department and frozen cafeteria products lost to a freezer malfunction—listing a combined value of $520.26. The board also approved the superintendent’s consent agenda in a single motion, which included personnel items: two certified substitutes (Angie Grilley and Emily Brannon), a substitute van driver (Mark Cooper), a volunteer FFA coach (Julie Stolcals), the resignation of a three-hour-per-day cook (Caroline Kaiser, effective Feb. 8, 2025), and supplemental and pupil-activity coaching contracts for the 2024–2025 school year (including Joe Ortiz and Matthew Roshak among others). All consent-agenda items passed unanimously.
In new-business votes, the board accepted a range of donations received in January 2025: Box Tops for Education ($43.10); Mapleton Athletic Boosters (wrestling $1,650; basketball $400; Sweethearts $150); Ashland County Junior Fair ($100); LMN Dev SPE LLC fundraiser $370; Ludus, LLC and ANR Electric (robotics support); Wolff Bros. Supply (Milwaukee Packout valued at $500); and Smart Technologies ULC donated a Smartboard and accessories with a combined value listed at $2,667. The board approved a mowing and trimming services contract with Grilley’s Landscaping & Services, LLC for the Mapleton campus for the 2025 season.
The board approved purchase of 118 replacement phone handsets from the Midland Council of Governments using Permanent Improvement funds, and it approved the 2025–2026 course selection guide for Mapleton Middle and High Schools. The board also approved the 2025–2026 student handbooks for Mapleton Middle School, Mapleton High School and the Mapleton Athletic Department, and it passed a resolution to continue Mapleton Middle and High Schools’ membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association for 2025–2026.
On extracurricular travel, the board authorized several overnight and extended trips for FFA and the Foreign Language Club, including the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville (Feb. 13–15, 2025), the FFA State Convention in Columbus (May 1–3, 2025), an officer retreat at Mohican Adventures (June 2–4, 2025), FFA camps at Camp Muskingum (summer 2025 dates), and a Foreign Language Club trip to Quito and the Galápagos (March 28–April 7, 2026). All votes reported in the minutes were unanimous.
Votes at a glance: • Approval of Jan. 13, 2025 minutes — Motion carried unanimous (ShaNa Benner moved; Vince Hartzler seconded). • Accept January 2025 Financial Report — Motion carried unanimous (Vince Hartzler moved; Kathy Goon seconded). • Resolution to accept amounts/rates and certify tax levies to Ashland County Auditor — Motion carried unanimous (Kathy Goon moved; ShaNa Benner seconded). • Inventory disposal (treadmill and frozen products, value $520.26) — Motion carried unanimous. • Consent agenda (substitutes, resignation, supplemental/pupil-activity contracts) — Motion carried unanimous. • Donations (multiple donors, Smartboard and accessories value $2,667) — Motion carried unanimous. • Contract with Grilley’s Landscaping & Services, LLC for mowing/trimming — Motion carried unanimous. • Purchase of 118 replacement phone handsets (Permanent Improvement funds) — Motion carried unanimous. • Approval of 2025–2026 course selection guide and student handbooks — Motions carried unanimous. • OHSAA continued membership resolution — Motion carried unanimous. • Overnight/extended student trips (listed above) — Motion carried unanimous.
The board announced its next regular meeting for March 10, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. and subsequently entered an executive session at 6:08 p.m. for personnel, legal, property and other statutory topics; executive session concluded and the meeting adjourned at 6:56 p.m.
