AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley School Board reorganized Monday night.
Mark Wise was elected president, with Rod Eaton as vice president. Hal Hoffman will serve as secretary.
Sherri Adamson and Linda Murphy will continue as school corporation treasurer and deputy treasurer respectively.
Meetings will continue to be at 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month. The board will meet in the board room at Mentone Elementary School with meetings at each Valley school once a year.
Dr. Francisco Negreros, Akron, was appointed as the school corporation physician. He will receive $2,750 for services.
Among the new hires approved by the board included Stephanie Anglin. She is the new guidance counselor at Tippecanoe Valley High School. Stephanie and her husband, Ryan, are both TVHS graduates and both attended Monday’s meeting.
Also present was Todd Glenn and his wife. Glenn is the new maintenance director for Tippecanoe Valley.
Other hires included: Kimberley Miller, secretary, Burket; Jeffrey Sprunger, social studies teacher, Tippecanoe Valley Middle School; Sara Thomas, language arts teacher, TVMS; Sarah Tillman, Spanish teacher, TVHS; and Allen Utter, technology lab teacher, TVMS.
Two resignations were accepted, including that of TVHS Assistant Principal Mike Schmidt. Schmidt returned to Wawasee. The other resignation was for Jennifer Placeway, special education preschool teacher, Mentone.
The board also approved maternity leave requests for Cami Shriver, TVHS, and Susan Walker, Akron.
Upcoming board meetings are: Aug. 1, budget workshop, administration office; Aug. 8, regular meeting, administration office; Sept. 1, budget public hearing, administration office; Sept. 12, regular meeting, administration office; Oct. 10, regular meeting, Mentone Elementary School. All meetings are at 7:30 p.m.
The school board also approved contracts with Beaver Dam Preschool, Area Five Head Start, Kosciusko County Head Start/Cardinal Center and an athletic trainer agreement with Kosciusko Community Hospital.
Conflict-of-interest statements were approved for Assistant Superintendent Dr. Dan Kramer, Wise and board member Bryan Murphy.
