The Vermilion Local Schools Board of Education met Monday, November 10, 2025, in the Vermilion High School Commons for its regular monthly meeting. The board recognized students for leadership, heard student activity reports, and approved a series of policy, financial, and personnel actions.
The meeting opened with October’s Citizens of the Month from Vermilion Elementary School leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Students from Miss Wilson’s class, first grade, and kindergarten shared what they hope to be when they grow up before helping lead the pledge in front of families and board members.
Watch hereSailorway Middle School students then presented a live example of their morning announcement routine. Seventh graders auditioned at the start of the year using a five-category scoring rubric that measured clarity, enthusiasm, pace, volume, and overall delivery. Students selected rotate daily and work with office staff and the school counselor to keep the building informed.
Student board member Miss Dodge highlighted two major experiences this month. Freshmen helped plan and serve at the annual veterans luncheon, which pairs students and local veterans for one-on-one conversations that build connections across generations. High school FFA members also shared their recent five-day trip to the National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, which included college and business tours, visits to a goat and deer farm, and a stop at Patriot Air, an agricultural aviation company that performs crop dusting, emergency organ transport, and private flight services.
Under the superintendent’s report, the board approved the second reading of several revised district policies, including updates on meeting notices, nondiscrimination, extracurricular eligibility for community and STEM students, athletics, personnel assignment and transfer, student withdrawal, communication devices, and released time for religious instruction. A first reading of additional policy revisions also passed, covering attendance, promotion and retention, credit card payments, student fees, audits, digital content accessibility, continuity of operations, information security, school safety, student abuse and neglect, non-routine transportation, and equivalent education outside the schools.
The board voted to move forward with the Corrective Learning Center, a program presented last month by Vermilion High School Principal Andrew Perry.
Treasurer Justin Klinghirn reported that general fund revenue through October stands at approximately $12.2 million, up from $11.2 million at this time last year due to stronger property tax collections and reimbursement payments. All funds combined total about $12.9 million in revenue. General fund expenditures total roughly $9.2 million, slightly above last year, in part because two buses purchased last year were billed to this fiscal year. The district holds about $22.2 million in total cash across all funds and has earned about $256,800 in interest so far this year.
The board accepted several donations, including $1,000 from Great Midwest Sports to athletics, tactical trauma kits from the Erie County Health Department, $7,500 from Ag Credit to the VHS FFA class, and contributions from local veterans organizations to support the Sailorway Veterans Breakfast. Additional donations came from Goodwill Industries and Lake Erie Lanes.
A broad consent agenda passed unanimously. It included approval of a seventh-grade overnight trip to Cleveland, a three-year SIP phone service contract with Spectrum, employee resignations, supplemental coaching and activity contracts, unpaid leave hours for staff, and classified and substitute contracts for three new bus drivers who will also serve as bus monitors.
No one signed up for public participation. The board announced that a previously planned executive session was no longer needed and adjourned. The next regular meetings will be held December 8, 2025, and January 12, 2026, at 6 p.m. in the Vermilion High School Commons.
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