Jul 15, 2021
At this week’s meeting of the Defiance City School Board of Education, salary adjustments were approved for administrators and confidential staff. Each of those groups was approved for a 3% wage increase, but it excludes the superintendent and treasurer of the district. Non-bargaining personnel of Defiance City Schools were also awarded a stipend of 3% of their salaries for extra efforts during the pandemic.
Defiance City Schools have hired three new intervention specialists for the district, and approved 2017 DHS grad Rachel Gerken as a new 5th grade teacher.
The Defiance Band Boosters donated $11,000 in funds for a new 28-foot trailer to haul equipment. And there was discussion about implementing a summer dead period for athletes, to take a break from activities; but no action was taken.
May 12, 2021
At the Tuesday meeting of Defiance City Council, an ordinance was approved authorizing the purchase of property on the east side of the city for a wetlands project. The 50-acre parcel is off East River Drive, and would create a wetlands for recreation and education.
There was a first reading on legislation to hire a consultant to help market the newly purchased building and property that’s part of the 1918 Defiance City School parcel on the south end of the downtown. The location is 629 Arabella Street, with the charge for the consulting service to be determined by a percentage of the total investment by the new developer.