While the Bluffton Schools are busy wrapping up the 2022-2023 school year, the Board of Education has been busy interviewing candidates for a new middle school principal to start August 1, 2023.
On Wednesday, May 10, the board approved a 3-year contract with Doug Westrick, who is currently the superintendent of Delphos City Schools.
The Board Of Education of the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools will hold a regular meeting on May 15, 2023 in the Elementary Library, 102 S. Jackson St.
The full six-page meeting agenda is attached HERE. Agenda items include:
Approval Of Agenda
Approval Of Minutes & Reports
Involvement Of Visitors
Treasurer's Transactions
Agreements
2023-2024 School District Insurance Plan And Participation Agreement
The 29-page packet for this meeting is on the Village of Bluffton website HERE.
By Andy Chappell-Dick
Bluffton Village Council met on Monday, May 8 with a one-page agenda that didn't suggest any drama, with only this reporter and Jim Enneking of the Chamber of Commerce occupying the public gallery. Last meeting, Jim had a very aromatic coffee which competed for my attention; this time I brought my own hot drink. All elected officials and village administrators were in attendance except for Fire Chief Jon Kinn.
The board of the Bluffton Exempted Village School District is holding a special meeting for the purpose of interviewing candidates for middle school principal.
The meeting will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9 in the Elementary School media center, 102 S. Jackson St., Bluffton. The board will go into executive session to interview candidates.
Even faithful readers of the Council Summary may not recall that the last meeting ended with an Executive Session. This often means that all Councilors and Administrators troop off to the small adjoining conference room, and those of us not invited to join them head home. Ohio law provides six reasons for legislatures to meet behind closed doors and they are obligated to state which one they're invoking. This time, it was "ongoing litigation." This reporter learned only this week, upon reading the April 10 official minutes, that Council had some time later returned to regular session and voted to enter mediation in a dispute. It's a legal matter with a property owner along the S.R. 103 Pathway project and, when asked, Administrator Jesse Blackburn assured me that it would not delay the project.
The regular board meeting for Apollo Career Center is scheduled for Monday, April 24, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in Apollo's Board room.
