MENTONE — The Tippecanoe Valley School Board has set school administrator salaries for the year.
At its regular meeting Monday, the Tippecanoe Valley School Board approved the following salaries: TVSC Superintendent Blaine Conley, $121,200; Tippecanoe Valley High School Principal Brandon Kresca, $93,650; TVHS Assistant Principal Dayna Kolanowski, $79,900; Tippecanoe Valley Middle School Principal Scott Backus, $89,957; TVMS Assistant Principal Phelix Omondi, $80,100; Mentone Elementary School Principal Randy Dahms, $88,960; Akron Elementary School Principal Scott Sterk, $80,400; TVSC Director of Special Services Meagan Wilks, $87,700; TVSC Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Inga Omondi, $80,000; TVSC Dean of Students Joe Luce, $85,000; and TVHS Athletic Director Sam Sturtevant, $71,000.
In other business, the board:
• Approved the hiring of TVHS custodian LeAnne Markley and accepted the resignations of TVMS family and consumer science teacher Krystle Hobbs and TVHS custodian Laura Watson, assistant musical director Lisa Lynch and JV volleyball coach Chelsea Brubaker.
• Accepted four Kosciusko Endowment Youth Services grants. Those were: $500 for supplies for a circuit board project for Mentone teacher Alysha Beachy's class; $420 for a theater experience for Mentone teacher Janie Shriver's class; $1,000 for outdoor basketball hoops for TVMS teacher Kacie Zolman's students; and $2,250 for waders for fifth-grade students at Mentone and Akron.
• Heard a report on activities at the high school from student representatives Benton Nellans and Marisol Gonzalez. Juniors and seniors did mock interviews with more than 30 companies recently and TVHS has a new yoga club.
The board's next regular meeting is 6 p.m. Jan. 15 at Burket Educational Center.