Trotwood‑Madison honors retirees and confirms graduation, registration updates

The Trotwood‑Madison City Board of Education recognized multiple district employees who announced retirement, heard brief tributes from administrators and colleagues, and recessed for a 10‑minute reception.

Administrators called retirees by name and described lengthy service to the district. Those publicly named at the meeting included Carla Battle (middle‑school food service), Tamora Klink (middle‑school intervention specialist), Tamara Rizzo Sterner, Kimberly Scott (high‑school intervention specialist), Joanne Sherrill (Early Learning Center kindergarten teacher), Elizabeth Spatz (Madison Park Elementary PE teacher) and Kim Potter (administrative assistant to the superintendent). Speakers praised retirees’ long service, community ties and specific contributions such as classroom leadership, extracurricular involvement and military service.

The board also received routine business updates: clerical staff presented the April meeting minutes for later approval; superintendent/staff provided a graduation status report indicating the majority of seniors are on track to graduate and noted a subset remain completing alternative pathways; staff discussed a recent preschool/kindergarten registration fair and estimated around 150–160 registrants while noting the precise registration total was "not specified" at the meeting.

After the reception and updates, the board voted to enter executive session to consider personnel matters under the lawful exceptions for appointment, employment, discipline or investigation. The meeting scheduled entry into executive session at 6:52 p.m.

Speakers who led the recognitions included district administrators and staff; the tributes were celebratory and ceremonial, and no policy action or personnel hires were finalized in open session.