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Board signs off on personnel contracts, renewals and resignations for 2026–27

Blanchester Board of Education · May 18, 2026
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Summary

The board approved a broad slate of personnel items: new and renewed contracts for certified and classified staff, supplemental summer-school assignments, extended days for teachers, and accepted resignations including Michi Fujimoto and Michael England.

Board members approved personnel recommendations for the 2026–2027 school year, including new contracts and a long list of contract renewals for certified staff. The minutes list specific names, contract types and steps (for example: April Meyer — MS 8th grade Intervention Specialist — 1 year contract). The board also approved administrative renewals, supplemental summer school staff assignments, and multiple classified staff contract renewals.

The minutes record two resignations accepted by the board: Michi Fujimoto (Intervention Teacher) and Michael England (high school art teacher), both effective at the end of the current contract. The record also shows approvals for extended days (20 extended days for Bess Long; 5 extended days for Tonya Gehringer) and pay for certain teachers to attend PBIS planning and complete the TFI at Putman Elementary.