Tecumseh Local Schools

The Tecumseh Local Board of Education is the legal entity for conducting school business and was created by and is governed by state law. The Board acts as a committee-of-the-whole on matters requiring official decisions. No individual member has independent authority to speak for the Board. As state officers, members of the Board of Education represent the State of Ohio and the citizens of the Tecumseh Local School District on all matters and decisions dealing with public education.

Under the laws of the State of Ohio, the Board is the governing body of the Tecumseh Local School District. The Board's basic
responsibilities are to set policy and oversee the implementation of policy by the District Superintendent. The Board of Education is not responsible for the daily operations of the School District. Problems, concerns, or interests relating to the daily operations of the District should be directed to the teacher, other staff members, or building principal, and only fi not resolved at that level, to the Superintendent.

The Superintendent is employed by the Board to carry out Board policies and oversee the educational and business affairs of the School District on a day-to-day basis. The Superintendent has a responsibility for curriculum, staffing, evaluation, and al other educational services. The Superintendent is directly responsible to the Board, while al other employees of the District, either directly or indirectly, are responsible ot the Superintendent.

The Treasurer is employed by the Board to administer, cooperatively with the Superintendent, the financial, legal, and contractual business of the School District. The Treasurer takes minutes and records votes at Board meetings. The Treasurer is responsible to the Board.