Ovid-Elsie board censures Sue Greer, removes her as vice president

The Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board removed Sue Greer from the office of vice president on Sept. 21 and formally censured her, according to minutes the district has now posted. The vote was 4-3.

The resolution says Greer commented on a resigning employee at the board's May 2026 meeting "without having these comments considered or approved by the full board," and that board President Brooke Wooley "independently investigated whether the comments were accurate and supported by evidence; and found that several of the comments were made without evidence to support them." The board's action orders that the minutes record that it "completely, without reservation, disavows" Greer's comments about the employee, and that she be removed from the vice presidency "effective immediately."

Voting to adopt the censure were Josh Miller, Kevin Nash, David Huff and Wooley. Voting no were Becky Williams, Mary Thompson and Greer herself. The same 4-3 split carried the motion, made by Wooley and supported by Miller, to reconsider a censure resolution first offered against Greer on June 3, 2026.

The board then tried twice more to strip officers. Wooley moved, with Miller's support, to remove Rebecca Williams "as officer based on behavior." That failed 3-4. An identical motion to remove Mary Thompson as an officer failed by the same 3-4 count, with Nash joining Greer, Williams and Thompson in opposition.

What the closed session was about

The Current reported in September that the Sept. 21 agenda listed a single item of new business — a closed session over an attorney opinion letter, with no subject given. The minutes now fill that in. The board went into closed session at 6:45 p.m. under the Open Meetings Act exemption for records not subject to disclosure, came back out at 8:05 p.m., and voted 7-0 to waive attorney-client privilege on a report by the Allen Law Group that investigated "an employee complaint of unlawful retaliation."

The minutes do not say what the Allen Law Group report found, who filed the complaint, or whether the report has been released. They also do not say whether that investigation is connected to the comments that led to Greer's censure. A separate privilege waiver — this one covering an Oct. 6 letter from Thrun Law — was on the board's Oct. 19 agenda, as was another reconsideration of a censure resolution. The outcome of that meeting has not been posted.

Two other items came out of the Sept. 21 meeting. Superintendent's report figures put current enrollment at 1,226 students against 1,218 budgeted — eight more than the district planned for. And with two seats open on the seven-member board, three candidates have filed: Miller, Thompson and Doug Meisel. Miller and Thompson sit on opposite sides of the censure vote.

In public comment, Charlie Green of the Wellness Committee told the board the Community Engagement "Go Positive" meeting runs the second Tuesday of each month in the high school student lounge from 6:45 a.m. to 7:55 a.m. Board member Becky Williams used her closing time to advocate for board work sessions.

What happens next

The board met again Oct. 19 with a censure reconsideration listed as its only item of old business and a vote on releasing the Oct. 6 Thrun Law letter. Minutes from that meeting have not been posted. The desk is seeking the Allen Law Group report, now that privilege over it has been waived, and the record of what Greer said at the May meeting.