Hothem appointed to executive committee of the Southeast Region of OSBA

| December 21, 2017

COSHOCTON – Daniel L. Hothem, a board of education member from River View Local School District and the Coshocton County Career Center, was appointed to serve a two-year term on the executive committee of the Southeast Region of the Ohio School Boards Association.

The executive committee serves as the governing body of the 18 county region and meets four times a year at various locations throughout the region. It determines policy for the region and plans programs and activities designed to carry out the purposes of the association. The committee is made up of representatives from nearly all 18 counties. Hothem will represent Coshocton County. His appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2018.

The southeast region membership is comprised of 16 city districts, five exempted village districts, 48 local districts, nine vocational school districts and six educational service centers for a total of 84 member boards of education as well as nearly 400 board members and more than 119,000 students. Two general membership meetings are held each year, with two spring conferences in March and an annual fall conference in September.

The Ohio School Boards Association, founded in 1955, is the state association for elected school board members and provides in-service training, workshops, consultations and contract services for financial planning, insurance, utility pooling, contract negotiations and search service for vacant administrator positions as well as lobbying at the state and federal levels for public education.

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