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Olentangy employee asks board to defer termination; trustees approve resolution after executive session
Summary
During public participation, John Grant, a classified employee, asked trustees to defer a termination recommendation and ensure due process; after an executive session the board approved a superintendent-recommended termination resolution by roll-call vote.
John Grant, who identified himself as an Olentangy Local School District employee with more than eight years' service, used the public comment slot to ask trustees to delay action on a pending termination recommendation. "I respectfully ask that the board exercise its independent judgment and ensure all relevant facts and evidence has been fully provided and considered," Grant said, and asked the board to postpone a final decision until contractual and procedural issues were resolved.
The board moved into executive session under Ohio Revised Code Section 121.22(G)(1) to discuss the employment or dismissal of a public employee. After returning, Superintendent Meyer presented a superintendent action item described as "approved termination resolution of a classified employee." The board moved, seconded and recorded affirmative roll-call votes on the resolution; the chair announced the motion passed.
The public record at the meeting includes Grant's request and the board's formal action but does not include detailed personnel materials discussed in executive session. The board announced it would return to public session and then adjourn; the transcript records the roll-call approval of the termination resolution but no additional public discussion of the personnel facts.
