Northwest Board of Education Meeting of October 12, 2026

The Northwest Local School District Board of Education meeting was held October 12, 2026. The board approved a purchase of CCTV and access-control systems for Struble, Taylor, and Pleasant Run Elementary, Houston Early Learning Center, and the transportation bus lot. The systems will consolidate security onto one platform and will be purchased through a cooperative; the resolution passed without opposition. The consent items listed vendor contracts for special education, student services, Title I, and non-public services, but the transcript provides no vendor names or contract amounts. The board also approved a $10,000 carryover bus safety grant and fiscal consent items without opposition. No other procurement amounts or contract details were given.

Discussion also focused on a proposed earned income tax levy and its potential effect on district programs and extracurricular activities; no levy vote was taken at this meeting. The board approved adoption of special education model policies and procedures without opposition. A presentation described newly opened student regulation support rooms, but did not identify related purchases or costs.