Sasha Riley: Advocating for Ironton Students & Families

04/20/2026

Reminder 🐅 🐯

04/15/2026

Ohio voters should brace for more school tax issues on local ballots as districts across the state say their budgets are harder to predict due to property tax reform, less

02/17/2026

📣📣 Monthly School Board Meeting Change📣📣

02/06/2026

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📅 Wednesday, February 11th at Noon and 7pm
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01/23/2026

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Apply by Friday, March 13, 2026 at 3 PM.

01/08/2026

⚠️‼️‼️Transparency concern: As of yesterday, the posted Ironton City BOE agenda did not include an executive session. Today, an executive session to consider an investigation against a public employee was added. Ohio’s Open Meetings (Sunshine) Law, ORC 121.22(C), requires reasonable advance notice, especially for executive sessions.

‼️Adding it the day of raises legitimate transparency concern‼️

01/07/2026

📢School board meeting tomorrow evening 📢

Description
Upon request to the Superintendent, the District shall make reasonable accommodations for a disabled person to be able to participate in this activity. The annual Organization Meeting will begin at 5:00pm followed by the Regular Board Meeting at 5:30pm.

Agenda below or found here:
https://www.tigertown.com/common/pages/GetFile.ashx?key=sZNLAgVu

12/16/2025

https://www.wsaz.com/2025/12/15/boe-hear-ohsaa-findings-after-playoff-disqualification/

The superintendent released a statement late Monday night.

12/13/2025

UPDATE!!!

📢📢📢PSA 📢📢📢

Ironton City School Board Monthly Meeting

Monday, December 15, 2025
IHS Cafeteria
5:30-6:30pm

Updated meeting agenda below, *** presentation regarding the OHSAA decision by Bradley Frick and Associates is on this draft.

I will admit the previous agenda did not specify who or what Bradley Frick and Associates was, and I was assuming it was a contractor doing work in our district. My apologies.

12/11/2025

I want to share a brief summary of the communication I recently sent to the Ironton City School Board regarding a Sunshine Law concern at the November 21st special meeting.

First, I apologized to the Board for my outburst at the meeting. It wasn’t how I want to represent myself or our community, and I took responsibility for that in writing. At the same time, I raised a formal concern about how the meeting was posted and handled under Ohio’s Open Meetings Act.

The original special meeting notice stated that the Board would be entering executive session to address a complaint against a public official.
Less than 24 hours before the meeting, the notice was changed to a public presentation regarding a complaint.

These are not the same meeting purposes. Under Ohio law, a special meeting’s purpose cannot be materially changed unless the public is given at least 24 hours’ notice. Changing the format from a private executive session to a public presentation alters what the public should expect and how the meeting is conducted.

In my email, I asked the Board to:

-Review whether the altered notice met Open Meetings Act requirements

-Ensure that future special meeting notices remain compliant

-Strengthen consistency and communication with the community

-Avoid repeated Sunshine Law issues

My message emphasized that this is not about placing blame. It’s about accountability, transparency, and restoring public trust.

The Board replied that, in their view, no violation occurred because the general topic (“a complaint against a public official”) remained the same.

I responded by clarifying that the concern is not the topic, but the change in the stated purpose within the required notice period, which is a meaningful legal distinction under R.C. 121.22(F).

My goal is simple:
To advocate for a district that follows the law, communicates clearly, and maintains the community’s trust, especially in a time when so many parents, students, and residents are seeking clarity and transparency.

I will always speak up respectfully for what is right, because our kids and our community deserve that.

— Sasha