Board of Education

2025 Board of Education Members

Mr. Ben Camarillo

Bryan City Schools

Mrs. Christine Oberlin

Defiance City Schools

Mr. Eric Vetter

Hicksville Exempted Village School

Mr. Jeremy Clinger

Montpelier Exempted Village School

Mrs. Marci Bruns

Napoleon City Schools

2025 Vice-President

Mr. Jeffery Feasby

Wauseon Exempted Village Schools

Mr. Brian Baker

Northwest Ohio Educational

Service Center - Henry County

Mrs. Deb Gerken

Northwest Ohio Educational

Service Center - Williams County

2025 President

Mrs. Nona Rupp

Northwest Ohio Educational

Service Center - Fulton County

Dr. Christine Smallman

Northwest Ohio Educational

Service Center - Fulton County

Ms. Lori Weber

Northwest Ohio Educational

Service Center - Defiance County

Meeting Dates

The Four County Board of Education meetings are set for the third Thursday of each month unless specified otherwise (*). The meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. These meetings are held in the District Multi-Purpose Room A101A unless otherwise noted.

2025 Meeting Dates:

January 9, 2025, beginning at 5:30 p.m.: Organizational Meeting, Budget Hearing, and Regular Board Meeting.

During the organizational meeting, Deb Gerken was elected to serve as President, while Marci Bruns was elected as Vice-President. Brian Baker was selected as the Legislative Liaison. The board approved Jeff Slattery as the Foster Care Point of Contact along with Slattery and Rick Bachman as Homeless Student Liaisons.

Board Meeting Dates:

February 20, 2025
February 25, 2025 -SPECIAL MEETING
March 20, 2025
April 17, 2025
May 15, 2025
June 26, 2025*
July 17, 2025
August 21, 2025
September 18, 2025
October 16, 2025
November 20, 2025
December 18, 2025

Public Participation Guidelines

The Four County Board of Education meets on the third Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the District Board room at Four County Career Center. The Board Policy Manual specifies conduct and procedures for public participation at Board meetings, as follows:

All meetings of the Board are open to the public. Agendas are available at Board meetings. The section on the agenda for public participation shall be indicated. Noted in each agenda shall be a short paragraph outlining the Board’s policy on public participation.
Persons addressing the Board shall give their name and address. If several people wish to speak, each person is allotted up to three minutes until the total time of 30 minutes is used. During that period, no person may speak twice until all who desire to speak have had the opportunity to do so. Persons desiring more time should follow the procedure of the Board to be placed on the regular agenda. The period of public participation may be extended by a vote of the majority of the Board.
Undue interruption or other interference with the orderly conduct of Board business will not be allowed. Defamatory or abusive remarks are always out of order. A speaker’s privilege of address may be terminated by the President if, after being called to order, the speaker persists in improper conduct or remarks. Board members and the Superintendent/Designee may question a speaker or make comments in response to the speaker’s remarks.
At Board meetings, no person may orally initiate charges or complaints against individual District employees or challenge instructional materials used in the District. All such charges, complaints, or challenges must be presented to the Superintendent/Designee and Board in writing signed by the complainant. All such charges, if presented to the Board directly, are referred to the Superintendent/Designee for investigation and report. Challenges of instructional materials used in the District are subject to District policy, rules, and regulations.