More than 230 people have asked the Ashland school board to be more transparent regarding a complaint filed against one of its members, Kelly Maday, which they said hasn’t been given due process. Community members speaking on her behalf said Maday has been denied permission to see the complaint filed against her.
The incident was detailed in a May 29 2025 story by Tom Stankard in The Daily Press of Ashland.
Superintendent Robert Prater confirmed a complaint was filed against a board member in April, but didn’t say who it was. Prater said an investigation into the matter has not begun.
The complaint against Madam is the second lodged in two consecutive years.
Former School Board President Jeffrey Moravchik initiated a complaint following a March 20, 2024, meeting. Attorney Victoria Seltun completed an investigation in June that concluded Maday “committed misconduct.” The report wasn’t given to the board, but parts were read aloud to members in closed session. The board voted in July during closed session to censure Maday. She was told to avoid engaging in conduct outlined in the report, but Maday said the report was never provided to her or made open to the public. Maday requested to see those reports as well, but was denied again.
Ashland resident Kate Ullman sued the school district in January in Ashland County Circuit Court for being denied records of Maday’s censure. She said the school board spent $24,000 investigating the initial complaint “without any transparency, without any due process, without any open session discussions, without any disclosure of any documentation related to the complaint or the investigation.”
“It’s a pretty clear violation of our public expectations of transparency and open government and responsible stewardship of public funds,”Ullman said.
