Fagan unanimous choice for ’13 school board president

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Before busi­ness can begin at the start of any new year polit­i­cal sub­di­vi­sions statewide must hold a statu­tory reor­ga­ni­za­tion meet­ing to set rules of oper­a­tion, select offi­cers, appoint com­mit­tee respon­si­bil­i­ties and per­form a host of other tasks to make it pos­si­ble to move forward.

On Mon­day evening mem­bers of the Big Wal­nut Local School Dis­trict Board of Edu­ca­tion held their 2013 reor­ga­ni­za­tion meet­ing. As their first order of busi­ness board mem­bers unan­i­mously approved Alli­son Fagan as the 2013 board pres­i­dent, and Mindy Meyer as 2013 board vice president.

One major change board mem­bers decided on for the year ahead is to begin all board meet­ings at 6:30 p.m. instead of 7 p.m., with board meet­ings con­tin­u­ing on the sec­ond Mon­day of every month, except dur­ing Novem­ber when the board meet­ing will be held on Mon­day, Novem­ber 18, to accom­mo­date the Ohio School Boards Asso­ci­a­tion (OSBA) annual conference.

One other change was also approved. Dur­ing the past year board of edu­ca­tion meet­ings have been held at Big Wal­nut Mid­dle School. Board mem­bers approved a motion to return board meet­ings to the Big Wal­nut High School Media Cen­ter, a.k.a. Library, begin­ning with the Feb­ru­ary 11 ses­sion and con­tin­u­ing through the remain­der of the cal­en­dar year.

In other busi­ness, it was decided that board mem­ber Pam Lil­lie, Big Walnut’s 2012 board of edu­ca­tion pres­i­dent, would remain the Board of Education’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive on the Delaware Area Career Cen­ter Board of Education.

Lil­lie will also serve as the OSBA Leg­isla­tive Liai­son, serve on the Sunbury/Big Wal­nut Joint Ven­ture Agree­ment Com­mit­tee, serve as an alter­nate on the district’s Devel­op­ment Com­mit­tee and rep­re­sent the school dis­trict as Sun­bury Vil­lage Liaison.

Fagan will be the school district’s liai­son with Berk­shire and Genoa town­ships and serve as the Gen­eral Rose­crans Ele­men­tary and Hylen Soud­ers Ele­men­tary liaison.

Meyer will be the OSBA Stu­dent Achieve­ment Liai­son, serve on the Action to Ben­e­fit Chil­dren (ABC) Com­mit­tee, and liai­son with Tren­ton Town­ship and Big Wal­nut High School.

Board mem­ber Andy Wecker will be the Big Wal­nut Edu­ca­tion Foun­da­tion Liai­son, serve on the Devel­op­ment and Finance com­mit­tees, be the board’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive with Kingston and Porter town­ships, and rep­re­sent the board as the Big Wal­nut Ele­men­tary School liaison.

Board mem­ber Verna Hines will serve on the Insur­ance Com­mit­tee, the Sun­bury Mead­ows Com­mu­nity Author­ity board, rep­re­sent the board at Harlem Town­ship and Vil­lage of Galena meet­ings, and liaise with Big Wal­nut Ele­men­tary School.

Big Wal­nut High School senior Nicole Meyer will remain seated as the stu­dent rep­re­sen­ta­tive on the board of edu­ca­tion through the remain­der of the cur­rent school year.

Board mem­bers approved a series of statu­tory res­o­lu­tions under one head­ing that allows school dis­trict trea­surer Feli­cia Drum­mey and dis­trict super­in­ten­dent Steve Mazzi to per­form var­i­ous rou­tine duties, includ­ing pay­ing bills and hir­ing personnel.

Board mem­bers also approved mem­ber­ship in the OSBA and the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Edu­ca­tional Coun­cil (MEC).

Drum­mey said the OSBA and MEC are core organizations.

The OSBA unites the state’s boards of edu­ca­tion and pro­vides infor­ma­tion, ser­vices, legal assis­tance fund and rep­re­sen­ta­tion to mem­ber school dis­tricts. The OSBA’s 2013 mem­ber­ship dues will be an esti­mated $6,330.

The MEC is a pur­chas­ing con­sor­tium of school dis­tricts and related agen­cies that iden­ti­fies, plans and pro­vides its mem­bers ser­vices that can be more effec­tively achieved in a coop­er­a­tive endeavor – such as nat­ural gas and bus fuel pur­chas­ing. The 2013 MEC mem­ber­ship fee will be $1,190.75.

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