ASHLAND — The Ashland City Schools Board of Education swore in two new board members and re-elected a president and vice president at its first meeting of 2024.
Monday night’s organizational meeting saw Greg Summers and Rob Wash officially become members of the board after their November election. The two seats had been left open by the departures of former board members Zack Truax and Brandon Wells.
Wash and Summers both previously told Ashland Source they entered service without their own agendas. Instead, they said they hope to learn more about their new positions during their first board meetings.
Board members also selected a board president and vice president: John Teevan and Pam Mowry, who previously served in the two executive positions, were re-appointed to those spots. Teevan will serve as the board’s president while Mowry remains as the VP.
Ashland City Schools Supt. Steve Paramore recognized all the board members’ service for school board recognition month.
“Your service to our school district is tremendous,” Paramore said. “Your leadership, sacrifice, the amount of time you spend reading emails and taking phone calls, is not measurable and it is not for the faint of heart. The cost of leadership is a true cost.”
He handed out certificates to each of the board members.
Other business
The board approved a slew of standing authorizations; upped the hourly earnings of some positions to fall in line with the state’s new minimum wage; approved a nutrition standards policy; and established dates and times for regular board meetings in 2024.
It also approved a board service fund of $5,000. According to the agenda, that fund will offer reimbursement of “Board members and the official representatives of the Board for expenses incurred for meetings wherein they represent the Ashland City School District.”
That fund could be used to help cover costs if a board member attended the Ohio School Board Association’s Capitol Conference, for example.
The board entered executive session for matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or rules or state statutes at 5:49 p.m.
The board’s next regular meeting takes place Jan. 22 at 5:30 p.m.
