State's Biennial Budget Process
Please click here to see the attached letters for an update on the State's biennial budget process and how you can help. Thank you!
Board Office and School Building Summer Hours
School building office hours will be Monday - Thursday, 7:30am - 4:00pm beginning June 2nd, through June 30th. Buildings will be closed in July and will reopen August 1st.
Wishing everyone a wonderful, safe, and relaxing summer!
Job Postings
Current Job Postings
Certified Employment Application Form
Classified Employment Application Form
Junior High Science Teacher
- Position for the 2025-26 school year
- Accepting resumes until filled
- Must hold a valid Ohio teaching certificate/license in appropriate area
- Must successfully pass a BCI/FBI background check
To apply: E-mail a completed certified employment application (www.lexington.k12.oh.us) with a letter of interest, current resume and a copy of certification/license to: Junior High Principal, Taylor Gerhardt at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
General Music (Grades K-3) and Choir (Grades 5-6) Teacher
- Position for the 2025-26 school year
- Accepting resumes until filled
- Must hold a valid Ohio teaching certificate/license in appropriate area
- Must successfully pass a BCI/FBI background check
To apply: E-mail a completed certified employment application (www.lexington.k12.oh.us) with a letter of interest, current resume and a copy of certification/license to: Eastern Elementary Principal, Michael Grist at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
High School Intervention Specialist - Long Term Substitute (Grades 9-12)
- Position for the 2025-26 school year - Anticipated dates January 20, 2026 through March 6, 2026 (approximately 6-7 weeks)
- Accepting resumes until filled
- Must hold a valid Ohio teaching certificate/license in appropriate area
- Must successfully pass a BCI/FBI background check
To apply: E-mail a completed certified employment application (www.lexington.k12.oh.us) with a letter of interest, current resume and a copy of certification/license to: High School Principal, Jamie Masi at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Intervention Specialist - Elementary (3 Positions)
- Position for the 2025-26 school year
- Accepting resumes until filled
- Must hold a valid Ohio teaching certificate/license in appropriate area
- Must successfully pass a BCI/FBI background check
To apply: E-mail a completed certified employment application (www.lexington.k12.oh.us) with a letter of interest, current resume and a copy of certification/license to: Eastern Elementary Principal, Michael Grist at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Central/Western Elementary Principal, Kelli Catanese at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Custodial Vacancy
Lexington Local Schools has an opening for a 2nd shift custodial position at Western Elementary.
Interested candidates should fill out a classified application at (Lexington Classified Application) and send to Assistant Superintendent, Kevin Young via e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Application deadline: May 15, 2025
1:1 Aide Positions
Lexington Local Schools is hiring 1:1 aide positions throughout the district for the 2024-25 school year. Interested candidates should fill out a classified application at (Lexington Classified Application) and send to Assistant Superintendent, Kevin Young via email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or contact the board office at 419-884-1111
Substitute Bus Driver
Lexington Local Schools is still in need of substitute bus drivers. We will do all the training at the bus garage. Please call the bus garage at 419-884-2349 for an application and more information.
Substitutes
Lexington Local Schools is looking for substitute teachers, aides, custodians, food service, and bus drivers. Please contact the board office if you are interested (419-884-2132).
**Please click on the following link for qualification information for those interested in substitute teaching: Substitute Teaching Information**
2025-2026 Open House Dates
Preschool: Monday, August 18th Morning Class: 4:30-5:15pm Afternoon Class: 5:15-6:00pm
Western Elementary: Wednesday, August 13th 5:30-7:00pm
Central Elementary: Wednesday, August 13th 5:00-6:30pm
Eastern Elementary: Wednesday, August 13th 4th Grade: 4:30-6:00pm 5th Grade: 5:00-6:30pm 6th Grade: 6:00-7:30pm
Junior High:
New students and 7th Grade: Wednesday, August 13th 6:00pm
Report to PAC at 6pm sharp. Mr. Gerhardt will welcome everyone and share some valuable information, afterwards, students can pay fees and pick up schedules in the JH Gym.
8th Grade: Wednesday, August 13th 7:00pm
Pay fees and pick up schedules in the gym
In addition to Open House, the building will be open August 14th and 15th from 8:00am-3:00pm.
Junior High - Do not bring all of your school supplies with you until the 1st day of school. Students will not be assigned lockers until after school starts.
High School: Thursday, August 14th 6:30pm - New Student and Freshman Orientation in the Robert H. Whitney Performing Arts Center
2025-2026 Back to School Supply Lists
Kindergarten Registration 2025-2026
Lexington Local Schools is excited to provide full-day Kindergarten to children living in the district that will be 5 years of age on or before August 1, 2025.
Registration Steps: Final Forms will open February 1, 2025
1. Start by filing out Final Forms completely at: https://lexington-oh.finalforms.com/
2. Once Final Forms are complete (all forms are green), please bring the required documents to Western Elementary beginning February 1, 2025 from 9am -3pm.
• Child’s original birth certificate
• Child’s social security card
• Child’s immunization record
• Custody papers, if applicable
• Proof of residency – utility bill (electric, gas, or water), lease/mortgage agreement
• Your driver’s license
3. For those who need to drop off documents in the evening, Western Elementary will be open on Thursday, March 13 from 4:30pm – 7:30pm.
4. Once your child’s registration is complete (Final Forms and Required Documents turned in) please register for a screening date and time.
Kindergarten Screening Dates
Monday, April 28 – Thursday, May 1, 2025
Kindergarten Screening Sign-up Link
Mrs. Catanese, Asst. Principal
Mr. Curtis, Principal
Western Elementary
419-884-2765
Preschool Enrollment Information
Lexington Local Schools Texting Service
Lexington School Community,
Lexington Local Schools uses BrightArrow as our texting service provider for public and emergency communications. If you have students attending any of our schools, you will automatically be enrolled. If you do not have children attending Lexington Local Schools, you can sign up through the link below. Thank you for your continued support!
Lexington Local Schools alerts sign up: https://bit.ly/3U0J9hp
**After signing up, please text YES to 79041 to opt-in to the texting service**
Sincerely,
Jeremy Secrist, Superintendent
Raptor Visitor Management System
Lexington Families:
Lexington Local Schools is excited to announce that we will be utilizing the Raptor Visitor Management System in all buildings. This new system will add another layer of safety and security for our staff and students.
With the implementation of this new system, the following procedures are what you can expect as we move forward with this new security measure:
• All visitors to our schools (parent, volunteer, substitute, contractor) that wish to walk through the building will need to have a valid ID card that will be scanned with the Raptor system (state issued ID, drivers license, military ID).
• Your ID will be scanned into the Raptor system each time you visit. Raptor will run all visitor information through the current federal and state sex offender registries along with any custom created databases of banned visitors or domestic/custodial issues.
• Once cleared, an individual will be printed a custom visitor sticker with their photo, or given a visitor’s badge that they wear in the building.
• If an individual is flagged as an “alert,” the School Resource Officer and Administration will be sent a text alert and will meet with the individual to resolve the situation.
• Student drivers will not need a parent to sign out, but will require a phone call to, or from, the office.
Adopting this new system will ensure that every guest in any of our buildings, regardless of purpose, will have been screened and will have a visible ID indicating they have been cleared to be in the building.
Please make sure you bring your valid ID card with you anytime you wish to visit any of our buildings.
Your cooperation with this new procedure is greatly appreciated and is one small step that everyone can take to keep our staff and students as safe as possible.
Thank you for your cooperation and support. Go Lex!
Jeremy Secrist, Superintendent
Officers Chris Glennon and James Anderson, School Resource Officers
FAQs - Lexington Schools Facilities and Finances
Automated Parent Notification System
Dear Parents,
We utilize BrightArrow in our district, an automated parent notification system. The system will notify parents if their child is absent from school using the contact information you’ve provided in FinalForms.
When your child is absent the system will make an automated call to the primary number listed in FinalForms. It will also send a text message and email to the first two contacts listed in FinalForms.
Below is the message you will receive via phone and email:
This is an attendance notification from Lexington Local Schools. Your student, [[firstname]] was marked absent this morning, [[today’s date]]. Please send a note with your child upon return to excuse this absence. Press any key to repeat this message. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
An additional note is included with text messages:
Lexington Local Schools would like to continue sending you text messages. To receive these messages, please reply YES.
(We suggest you reply YES to continue receiving alerts).
You are still strongly encouraged to call the school to report your child’s absence. Additionally, written notification is still required to excuse any absence upon return. Finally, if you have provided advance notice of your child’s absence or if they are tardy, you may not receive a call.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this automated notification system, please contact your building principal. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Secrist
Superintendent
FinalForms (Online Forms/Registration)
Lexington Schools is transitioning to FinalForms for online forms (emergency,medical,etc.) instead of the paper packet that is typically sent home at the start of the school year.
To register a new student, please click on the following link: Lexington FinalForms
If your student is already attending Lexington and you have not received an email confirmation from FinalForms, please call your student's building so the secretaries can update your email address in the FinalForms system. Once your email address has been entered, you will receive a confirmation email from FinalForms to create an account.
Board Approved Calendar
Lexington's Extended Learning Plan and Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan
Please see the links below to view Lexington's Extended Learning Plan and Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan.
Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan
Reminder of the Laws on Stopping for School Buses
Best advice is if you approach, from either direction, a school bus stopped on or along the road, for any reason, with or without its lights flashing STOP.
We must all do our part of keep our precious children safe on their way to and from school each day. No one should be in such a hurry to jeopardize children's safety.
Mission Statement
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