The board adopted a tax budget showing total estimated revenues of about $15.26 million and a general fund estimate of $13.20 million. Administrators said the district is working to reduce expenditures by $3,000,000 and estimated 17 positions would be impacted.
District administrators said Crossroads Health helped Madison Local win a $50,000 state planning grant to develop a school‑based health center; a business plan is due March 31 and if approved the district could pursue roughly $600,000–$700,000 to retrofit space, with University Hospital and Cleveland Clinic listed as potential partners.
At its Dec. 17 meeting the Madison Local Schools board appointed Jeff Thompson as treasurer pro tempore, approved routine financial reports, accepted donations, authorized a tax‑anticipation note and adopted 34 policy updates (one abstention).
The Madison Local Board of Education approved a written deficit-reduction plan after the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce found projected deficits in three forecast years; the state gave a Dec. 21 deadline to submit a board-approved plan to avoid fiscal oversight.
At its Nov. 18 meeting Madison Local's board unanimously approved October financial statements, accepted donations, approved personnel items and consent calendar items, and adopted a deficit-reduction plan to address state-flagged forecast deficits.
The board approved multiple employment contracts for the 2025-26 school year, accepted a high-school math teachers resignation and adopted a retirement resolution for Susan Himes after 31 years with the district.
The Madison Local Board of Education approved permanent and temporary appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and 2026 and heard from the treasurer that a $219,000 IDEA project cash request remains pending with the state, reducing the need for general-fund advances.
Trustees approved a lengthy consent calendar that included consultant contracts for athletics, special-education service agreements, a food-service sanitation agreement and insurance renewals: $155,965 for property/fleet/liability coverage and $12,250 for cyber insurance.
MADISON — At its June 3, 2025 meeting, the Madison Local School District board approved a slate of personnel actions including two retirements, multiple new hires and contract authorizations; adopted updated special-education model policies required by the state; and approved four consent-calendar contracts, including a one-year extension of the district’s website services.
At the June 3 board meeting Madison Local staff described a Check and Connect mentoring rollout for the high school funded by an Each Child On Track grant, and reported that kindergarten enrollment is down about nine to 10 students while home-school and choice options have increased.