The Westerville City Schools Board of Education on March 17 took a series of formal actions that included adopting the optional spring five-year forecast, awarding a renovation contract for Hawthorne Elementary, approving attendance-boundary adjustments, and passing personnel and financial consent items.

Votes at a glance: approve/deny summary of main recorded actions from the meeting follows.

- Adopted the optional spring five-year forecast (agenda item 7.01) — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Approved purchases in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 5705.41(d)(1) and board policy 6320 (now/then purchase orders related to special education and juvenile detention placements) — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Approved the financial report and investments for February 2025 (year-to-date receipts and expenditures reported) — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Approved the personnel consent agenda (items 8.01–8.13), including retirements and other employment actions — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Approved minutes of prior meetings and special sessions (several items) — approved as recorded (minutes votes included one abstention where noted in the minutes roll calls).
- Approved early graduates and one out-of-state overnight field trip request (Westerville Central softball spring-break trip) — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Adopted a resolution accepting estimated amounts and rates for collection year 2026 (agenda item 11.03) — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Approved an attendance-boundary adjustment moving a small neighborhood from Westerville South to Westerville Central, with grandfathering for students already at South — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Awarded a construction contract to TPV Design Build Inc. for the Hawthorne Elementary renovation project (agenda item 11.06) in the amount of $188,100 — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Approved an amendment to the treasurer employment contract (effective 08/01/2026) that freezes salary for the next year and eliminates performance compensation; board characterized the contract as a net savings to the district — approved by roll call, 4–0.
- Approved a settlement agreement presented in closed session — approved by roll call, 4–0.

Several items were presented as first readings (policy updates to interdistrict open enrollment, released time for religious instruction, student removal/suspension policy and video surveillance/electronic monitoring) and will return for later action. Board members and staff emphasized the legal need to update policies to reflect recent state legislation (cited during presentations as Senate Bill 208, House Bill 8 and House Bill 206).

Most motions were moved and seconded without an on-record mover or seconder identified in the public minutes; roll-call tallies were recorded for each voted item. Where the minutes recorded individual roll call responses, the transcript shows unanimous yes votes on the major financial and contract actions. The board scheduled further review of the five-year forecast in May and will continue routine business at its next regular session on April 7 at the Early Learning Center.