LARWILL – Whitko Community School Board approved Dr. Tom Edington of Syracuse as interim superintendent at a special meeting Wednesday.
He officially starts work Wednesday, May 29 in the administrative offices at Whitko Career Academy, according to a news release from Whitko Community Schools.
Edington retired in December 2020 as superintendent of Wawasee Community School Corporation after working 45 years in public education. Before coming to WCSC in 2008, he served as superintendent at RichlandBean Blossom Community School Corporation in Ellettsville. Prior to RichlandBean Blossom, Edington was employed nine years at North Miami Schools as superintendent and 10 years in the Huntington County Schools as a principal. His teaching experience includes seven years at Northern Wells and four years at Yorktown. He has taught children at the elementary, middle and high school levels, and worked with teachers and administrators at those levels. He coached football, wrestling and volleyball.
His doctoral work was completed at Indiana State University. The University of Southern Mississippi provided his educational specialist degree, while he earned a principal certification, master's degree and bachelor's degree from Ball State University. Edington grew up in Bluffton.
Edington replaces Tim Pivarnik who resigned last week. Whitko School Board members are Annette Arnold, Georgia Tenney, Scott Werstler, Deb Thomas and Lynn Studebaker.