{"id":212154,"date":"2026-11-09T21:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T02:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=212154"},"modified":"2026-11-09T21:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T02:34:39","slug":"crestview-boe-hears-various-updates-during-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/11\/09\/crestview-boe-hears-various-updates-during-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestview BOE hears various updates during meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crestview Board President Brad Perrott (left) listens as Superintendent Matt Dube (right) thanks voters for approving the district’s PI levy. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONVOY — Voter approval of Crestview\u2019s permanent improvement levy drew praise and thanks from school officials Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his report to the school board, superintendent Matt Dube thanked voters for renewing the five year, 2-mill levy, which passed by a 58-42 percent margin. 1,097 ballots were cast in favor, while 776 voters said no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s always important,\u201d Dube said. \u201cThat way we can get our buses, our school furniture and things that we need around the building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted he and Treasurer Ashley Whetsel looked at previous renewals and found last week\u2019s passage rate was a bit lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s more of a statement of the climate we\u2019re currently in, with taxes and levies and everything being on the tips of everyone\u2019s tongues, particularly with our legislators,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dube said statewide, more than half (54 percent) of school levies were approved. However, renewals fared far better than new issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnything new money and anything that was income tax did not go well,\u201d he stated. \u201cI think people around the state and frankly people around the country have made a statement that things need to change. We need to make sure we\u2019re doing a good job of listening to our people, showing that we\u2019re doing what they want with the resources they put us in charge of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Dube also gave a brief update on the ongoing athletic facilities improvement project and said the high school gym is 99 percent complete. The new artificial turf is down at the newly configured football stadium and he said he\u2019s hopeful the track will be lined this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve showed up multiple times to line the track and they either got rained out or they\u2019d clean the track and then they\u2019d put the marks where they\u2019d go and it would start to rain again,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demo work at the old football field is slated to begin soon, including removal of the fence, while the bleachers will be removed. According to Dube, the new press box at the baseball\/softball complex is complete, while roofs will soon go on the dugouts. Infield turf will be installed in the near future, and new fencing is coming in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe good news is we\u2019re on target, we\u2019re on track,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dube also congratulated the boys cross country team for finishing sixth at state, along with Emily Heth for competing as an individual on the girls\u2019 side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said the district will purchase three new 36-passenger buses and will sell two buses via private sales, with one going to a limo company and the other going to a farmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board sped quickly through a light agenda, with the entire meeting lasting just 11 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board members approved Ebany Hammons as a volunteer coach for the middle school track and field program and Braxton Struckenburg as a volunteer coach with the high school softball program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board also approved purchased services of a School Resource Officer from the Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office and a salary schedule for stipends on the winter event manager list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before adjourning, the board went into executive session to discuss personnel, but no action was taken afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next meeting of the Crestview Local Schools Board of Education will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, December 14, in the multi-purpose room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor CONVOY — Voter approval of Crestview\u2019s permanent improvement levy drew praise and thanks from school officials Monday night. During his report to the school board, superintendent Matt Dube thanked voters for renewing the five year, 2-mill levy, which passed by a 58-42 percent margin. 1,097 ballots were cast in favor, while 776 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topstory"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-17 03:30:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212158,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212154\/revisions\/212158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}