The general rule is that "new evidence may not be submitted after a hearing." Emerson Network Power Energy Sys., N. Am., Inc. v. Lorain Cty. Bd. of Revision , 149 Ohio St.3d 369, 2016-Ohio-8392, 75 N.E.3d 178, ¶ 20. Although judicial notice of a fact "may be taken at any stage of the proceeding," Evid.R. 201(F), it is not "an exception to the rule that evidence must be timely offered in a judicial proceeding," AP Hotels of Illinois, Inc. v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Revision , 118 Ohio St.3d 343, 2008-Ohio-2565, 889 N.E.2d 115, ¶ 8, fn. 1. The school board attempted to rely on Evid.R. 201 three months after the hearing closed.