Hageman Story Update

Bryan City Schools wants the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn an Ohio Personnel Board civil ruling twice upheld in court to reinstate Assistant Treasurer Janet Hageman. In 2014, Hageman reported the 2012 purchase of a $1,351 laptop, printer and protection program by Treasurer, Rob Rosswurm with his own funds for his daughter, who did not attend school in Bryan, using the district’s tax-free purchasing program. The cost of the sales tax was reimbursed two years later. Hageman brought attention of the purchase to district officials and eventually the Ohio State Auditor’s Office. Hageman was terminated by the district in May 2016, but was later granted reinstatement by the Ohio State Personnel Board in February 2017.