District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Archbold Area Local Schools runs an elementary, a middle and a high school in Archbold, Ohio, for about 1,148 students. Most of its money comes from local property taxes, 57.6% in FY2025 according to the district, while the state provides 30.7%. Because local levies carry so much of the budget, voters regularly decide renewals, including a current-expense levy renewal the board sent to the May 2026 ballot. A five-member elected Board of Education sets policy and the budget. It works with Superintendent Jayson Selgo and a treasurer, who keeps the five-year financial forecast.
Local sources gave 57.6% of revenue in FY2025; the state gave 30.7% and federal/other sources 11.7% (district fact sheet).
The district reports $14,635 per pupil, compared with a state average of $17,609 (FY2025 state profile).
The district prepaid its school building bonds so the 0.30-mill debt tax ended a year early, after the December 2025 payment.
In April 2026 the board extended the superintendent's contract through July 2032 and gave all three principals three-year contracts from August 2027.
The board meeting summaries list actions but not discussion or vote counts, so they show what was approved but not why or how close the decisions were.
The board passed the two resolutions needed to put a renewal of an existing day-to-day operating levy before voters. A renewal continues the existing tax rather than adding new money.
Local property tax (renewal)
The board accepted the gift of a multi-use fieldhouse. The minutes do not state its value or the terms.
Private gift
The longtime treasurer resigned in March 2026. The district shared Wauseon's treasurer for a few months and then hired Connie Nicely on a three-year contract.
General fund
Archbold Area Local School District
On January 12, 2026, the board passed a resolution to proceed with an election on renewing a current-expense levy for day-to-day costs. The certified result is not in the collected records; news reports said it passed in unofficial returns.
Official source · verified Oct 27, 2026
Board of Education meeting summaries (Google Docs and Drive PDFs) and the October 2026 agenda linked from the district's Google Sites board page, covering October 20, 2025 through October 19, 2026. Also district financial fact sheets, FY2027 wellness and disadvantaged-pupil plans, and Neola policies 5136 (phones) and 7540.09 (AI).
We read every agenda, packet, recording, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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