Board of Education

Board of Education

Board of Education Members

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Dave Polacek, President; Tina Ludwig, Vice President;
Pat Boyle, Member, Cindy Sutton, Member, Thomas Harnden, Member

Duties of the Board of Education

The Board’s duties include the following:
  1. Adopting an annual budget and appropriation measures.
  2. Exercising its taxing power to provide funds for the operation of the district.
  3. Considering and passing upon the recommendations of the Superintendent in all matters of policy, appointment or dismissal of employees, salary schedules or other personnel regulations, courses of study, selection of textbooks, or other matters pertaining to the welfare of schools.
  4. Informing the public concerning the progress and needs of the schools, and to solicit and weigh public opinion as it affects the schools.

Terms of the Board of Education

Board members are elected at large for four-year terms. A member may serve unlimited consecutive terms.  
 
Board members are elected according to a schedule that staggers their term expiration dates. Officers serve a term of one year, and may be re-elected.

Meetings of the Board of Education

2025 Board Meeting Dates


The Board sets meeting dates in January for the entire calendar year.  All meetings are held on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm unless otherwise noted.  Meetings will be held at the Administration Building, 633 Brady Avenue, unless otherwise noted.

January 8, 2025
Organizational Meeting
Administration Building
January 8, 2025
Special Meeting
Administration Building
January 22, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building
February 26, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building @ 5:00
March 12, 2025Special MeetingBarberton Primary School
March 26, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building
April 9, 2025Special MeetingAdministration Building
April 23, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building
May 14, 2025Special MeetingAdministration Building
May 28, 2025Regular MeetingBarberton High School
June 11, 2025Special MeetingAdministration Building
June 26, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building
July 30, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building
August 13, 2025Special MeetingAdministration Building
August 27, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building
September 10, 2025Special MeetingBarberton Intermediate School
September 24, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building
October 8, 2025Special MeetingBarberton Middle School
November 25, 2025Regular MeetingAdministration Building
December 10, 2025Regular MeetingBarberton High School




























Notification of the meetings are sent to local newspapers. The public is welcome. Residents of the Barberton School District may address the Board on school matters during time set aside for public participation at the Regular Board meetings.

Barberton City Schools Strategic Plan

Vision: Barberton City Schools ... Building a Better Barberton...One Student at a Time!  
 
Mission: Meeting each child where they are at and growing them year to year until they are on one of three pathways - Enrolled, Enlisted, Employed. 
 
The Board of Education determined in 2019 that there was a need to continue the strategic planning process that would lead the school district through the years 2020-2025. There are many uses for district funds that are not optional when running a school district, but there are also programs, staff and facility improvements that are optional, and the community should be given the opportunity to voice an opinion.
 
At the heart of this plan are the students of Barberton. The Barberton City School District feels strongly that they are entrusted to provide the best educational opportunities to its students, as evidenced in the Beliefs, Mission and Vision Statements.
 
The Board of Education would like to thank all of the dedicated staff, students, parents and community members who gave their time and talents in order to complete this plan. We welcome further comments and suggestions from them and other stakeholders who were not involved in the original process. Please email these comments to Superintendent Jason Ondrus or send to his attention at Office of the Superintendent, 633 Brady Avenue., Barberton, OH 44203. 
 
 
 

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