Board set to sign 1-year agreements with BEA and OAPSE
Bluffton school board will act on several items pertaining to the 2020-21 school year at tonight’s board meeting.
These include:
• two memorandum agreements involving the Bluffton Education Association and the Ohio Association Public School Employees covering July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.
• approval of its 2020-21 appropriations, which total $20.3 million.
• remote learning plan
• administrative assistant wage schedule at a 1.75 percent raise effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. All other benefits will follow the OAPSE agreement.
In addition, the board will act on a long list of supplement contracts including:
• fall coaches
• classified substitutes
• substitute teachers
Several board policies will have updates including new policies, which are:
• use of face coverings
• family and medical leave act expansion
• emergency paid sick leave
The entire agenda is attached below -
Stories Posted This Week
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
- Beavers sports roundup, November 2-8
- Veterans invited to Bluffton American Legion programs on Veterans Day
- James Raymond Harrod, Jr., 64, was a PGA professional
- Nathan Ulrey, 46, served in the Navy Seabees
- Letter: Thank you, Coach Richards
- Big Brothers Big Sisters launches 2026 year-end giving campaign
- Socktober drive collected 659 pairs for local distribution
- Jeanne Previte, 80, owned and operated Jeanne's Kitchen
- Bluffton Elementary Honor Roll for 1st Quarter 2026-2027
- Lego scarecrow earns GROB top honors from voters
- Former Blufftonite is lieutenant governor-elect of South Carolina
- University to stage costume drama that mixes emotion, humor and contemporary references
- Bluffton High School Honor Roll for 1st quarter of 2026-2027
- Nov. 13 chamber program on Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
Monday, November 9, 2026
- Healing and life beyond incarceration explored at Forum
- Nov. 12 opportunity to learn Mahjong
- Door hanger craft class at Pandora library, November 17
- BPL after school movie, November 16
- Hailey's Wellness and Massage provide chair massages at Senior Center
- Bluffton area Women in Business Meeting November 19
Sunday, November 8, 2026
Saturday, November 7, 2026
- Pirates Essinger and Gatchel finish cross country season at OHSAA Championships
- Nov. 7 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Pirate football hits Archbold roadblock in playoff loss
- Forum: Vaughn explores biblical and multicultural accounts of spirits and exorcism
- Bluffton University relaunches Leadership Development Program with NetVUE grant support
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