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Perrysburg Exempted Village School District work session, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Perrysburg board works on proposed board handbook, discusses calling it an orientation guide 11:13

  • Earlier, a staff member asked the community to contact state legislators about school funding as Ohio develops its next 2-year state budget. 1:50
  • Board members and district staff discussed the purpose, audience and sections of a proposed board handbook, using an example from North Royalton as a starting point. 11:13
  • A speaker questioned calling the document a handbook, and a staff member suggested calling it an orientation guide and naming it later. 57:01
  • A staff member said notes would be compiled and the next work session would focus on the purpose of the document. 1:01:24

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Item by item (9)
  1. Opening and agenda adoption 0:00
    • The meeting opened with a roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance, and the safety briefing was dispensed with. ~0:05
    • A motion to adopt the proposed agenda was made and seconded, followed by a roll call. 0:36
    • Tom Blaine said the next one would be their first board meeting after 2 work sessions. 1:17
  2. School funding and legislative advocacy 1:43
    • A staff member said the greatest threat to the district is funding and listed 3 things state legislators should understand, including updating the base cost inputs in the Fair School Funding Plan. 1:50
    • The staff member asked the community to contact their state representative and state senator now and said the district would share the Ohio Secretary of State's Find My District tool. 4:44
    • A staff member said the topic would likely come up at every meeting. 8:24
  3. Consent agenda items 9:33
    • Tom Blaine made a motion to approve consent agenda items 5 and 6, and a roll call followed. 9:33
  4. Board handbook purpose and audience 11:13
    • One board member asked what problem the handbook was meant to solve, and said a statement up front on what the document does and does not do would be a good addition. 12:19
    • A staff member said the example documents were shared to help the board form a vision and were not intended for adoption. 21:20
    • Tom Blaine listed 4 areas: the board's job, how the board works together, how it knows it is succeeding and how members develop themselves. 25:59
  5. Proposed sections and guiding documents 29:26
    • Susan Rowland Miller presented a draft table of contents with sections including guiding documents, how the board does its work, executive relations, community relations, finances, professional development and technology. 29:26
    • A speaker listed confidentiality, ethics and conflict of interest as topics one would probably want to read. 34:22
    • A staff member said staff could pull material together for the board to evaluate at another time. 34:29
  6. Meetings and open government section 34:58
    • One board member said the section on how the board does its work should cover meetings, a calendar and the Sunshine Law, with links to policies. 34:58
    • One board member suggested placing board norms in that section, and another board member said the board's purpose of student achievement was a different, big-picture matter. 35:46
    • Denise Phillips asked about confidentiality of executive session and how members learn what is confidential. 44:23
  7. Communication and conflicts of interest 46:35
    • One board member said the communication section should address the board-superintendent and board-treasurer relationship. 48:18
    • A staff member said messages on a personal cell phone could be subject to records requests. 49:32
    • A speaker said the current policy leaves it to the treasurer to decide whether there is a conflict of interest and that the policy would be added to the list for review. 53:17
  8. Name and nature of the document 54:48
    • A speaker asked what would set the document apart from existing ones and said it should not be called a handbook if it is not one. 55:09
    • A staff member suggested moving away from the handbook name, calling it an orientation guide and naming it later. 57:17
  9. Next steps 59:47
    • A staff member said an hour had been allocated and the Finance Committee was scheduled to begin at 7. 59:47
    • A staff member said notes would be compiled and sent to the board, with the next work session set to focus on the document's purpose. 1:01:24
    • Tom Blaine said the document would include blurbs providing 90% of what a member needs, with links to the full details. 1:02:34

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Video: posted by the district as “Perrysburg BOE Work Session 10-5-2026”