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Superintendent nominates Jeff Maddox for assistant superintendent; board congratulates him
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Bowers told the board Jeff Maddox was on the agenda for approval as assistant superintendent and will assume responsibility for school safety; the board later congratulated Mr. Maddox during the meeting.
Superintendent Dr. John Bowers told the Worthington Schools Board on June 24 that the agenda included a recommendation to appoint Jeff Maddox as assistant superintendent and that, in his new role, Maddox would assume responsibility for school safety.
Dr. Bowers summarized Maddox’s background in Worthington: Maddox is a district alum, has served as Dean at Thomas Worthington High School, principal at Perry Middle School, helped create Phoenix and Worthington Academy, and has been director of human resources who hired many current teachers. Dr. Bowers told the board that Maddox and Angie Adrian have led the district crisis response team for the past eight years and that Maddox “can hit the ground running” on school-safety work because of that experience.
The superintendent’s remarks indicated the appointment was on the evening agenda for board approval. Later in the meeting—after votes on financial matters and the consent agenda—the board offered congratulations to “Mr. Maddox,” a congratulatory remark recorded in the transcript after the meeting moved toward executive session.
Why it matters: the assistant superintendent role includes operational responsibilities for student safety and crisis response; the superintendent emphasized continuity by naming someone with local experience and prior safety-team leadership.
Attribution and outcome - Superintendent John M. Bowers announced the board would be asked to approve Jeff Maddox as assistant superintendent and described Maddox’s background and role in school safety. - The transcript records a congratulatory remark to Mr. Maddox later in the meeting; the discussion indicates the appointment was on the agenda and acknowledged by trustees in the public session. The transcript does not show a separate roll call vote explicitly labeled for the assistant‑superintendent appointment outside the consent agenda, so the article describes the announcement and the recorded congratulations without asserting additional procedural detail beyond the transcript.
Ending Board members and the superintendent highlighted continuity in safety leadership and Maddox’s local experience; the meeting advanced to an executive session shortly after the recorded congratulations.
