MENTONE – Jake Everett is the new assistant principal at Tippecanoe Valley High School.
His hiring was announced at Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation's school board's work session Thursday night.
Everett, who was the digital learning teacher at Manchester Community Schools, was one of five candidates the board interviewed for the position and "quickly rose to the top," TVSC Superintendent Blaine Conley said.
Other new employees students will see next year are:
Alissa Trippiedi, high school math teacher; Margaret White, middle school special education teacher; Amy Luce and Anna Yates, intructional assistants at the high school; Brittany Watson, high school special education teacher; Danielle Reinholt, physical education at the middle school; and Jen Shank, a summer speech language pathologist at TVMS.
The board's 15-minute summer meeting also announced a $5,000 donation from Cargill for bus stop-arm cameras, and a $7,100 grant for Valley Connects/Indiana Suicide Prevention Coalition.
The next school board meeting is 6 p.m. June 17 at Mentone Elementary School.
