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The board voted to approve routine minutes, financials, personnel and educational recommendations, OK'd small meal price increases, and passed a resolution authorizing research (including legal consultation) on annexing land for a proposed bus garage/transportation center.
Ohio / School Districts / Amherst Exempted Village
Treasurer presented a five-year forecast showing expenditures outpacing revenues, highlighted risks from pending state funding changes, and recommended considering a 1% earned school district income tax and a 2027 levy renewal as part of contingency planning.
Ohio / School Districts / Amherst Exempted Village
The district treasurer presented an unqualified fiscal audit and a five‑year forecast showing expenditures rising faster than revenues, recommended considering a 1% earned income tax in November and urged community advocacy amid potential state funding changes and petitions to eliminate property taxes.
Ohio / School Districts / Amherst Exempted Village
At an Amherst Exempted Village Schools board meeting, Powers Elementary staff presented student programs — Best Buddies and Big Comets/Little Comets — and reported measurable gains from the school's MTSS (multi‑tiered system of supports).
Ohio / School Districts / Amherst Exempted Village
District staff updated the board on OFCC planning options, construction delays that could push completion into next year, and two immediate choices: whether to backfill underground stormwater detention now with aggregate to allow future parking (estimated extra cost about $32,000–$40,000) and whether to pursue Amherst municipal power or FirstEnergy for new site service.
Ohio / School Districts / Amherst Exempted Village
District treasurer staff summarized federal ARP-ESSER and other grant use, reported on web updates to improve transparency, and asked the board to adopt tax rates submitted to the Lorain County Budget Commission. Board approved the treasurer's package at the meeting.
Ohio / School Districts / Amherst Exempted Village
Superintendent and staff introduced several recently hired employees across the district, including a new band teacher (Angela), multiple classroom hires, and Victoria Jantz as the new payroll specialist in the treasurer epartment. The board welcomed the hires; several gave brief personal introductions.
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Steele High School staff briefed the Amherst Exempted Village Schools board on upcoming senior events, a new senior service-learning class called CERB, and a large expansion of the industrial robotics/advanced manufacturing pathway that includes $1.6 million in equipment, state reimbursements and a request for additional local funding.
Ohio / School Districts / Amherst Exempted Village
A representative of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy urged the Amherst Exempted Village Board of Education to join litigation and public engagement against the expanded EdChoice voucher program, citing district-level student losses and a pending Franklin County lawsuit.
Ohio / School Districts / Amherst Exempted Village
Nord Elementary students gave the board a demonstrations of clubs including Kindness Crew, Best Buddies, ROCKS and math competition teams; the principal announced the school received an ODE Momentum award for improved performance.