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Board approves consent agenda that includes central-office personnel changes
Summary
The school board approved the consent agenda, which included personnel recommendations that name Janine Kleber assistant superintendent, move JR Ankenbrook to Director of Student Services, and create a Chief Personnel Officer position filled by David Parker.
The MSD Southwest Allen County Schools Board of Trustees approved its consent agenda, which included personnel recommendations to staff central office roles for the 2025–26 school year.
The action matters because the appointments restructure the district’s central-office leadership ahead of a change in superintendent: the consent agenda included naming Janine Kleber as assistant superintendent, moving current human-resources director JR Ankenbrook into the Director of Student Services role, and rebranding the human-resources position as Chief Personnel Officer with David Parker named to that post.
Board members approved the consent agenda by voice vote earlier in the meeting. The personnel items were presented to the board as part of that consent package. School officials said Kleber has served the district in multiple roles, including as principal at Haverhill Elementary School from 2006 to 2020 and then as Director of Student Learning for the past four to five years; district staff credited her with leading the adoption of new elementary science curricular materials. The board also said Ankenbrook requested a move into a student-facing role and will leave the district’s human-resources office to take the Director of Student Services position. The district announced David Parker will join the central office from Blackford County, where he served as assistant superintendent for the last four years.
The board did not take a separate roll-call vote on each hire; the personnel changes were included in the consent agenda approved at the start of the meeting. No additional conditions or effective dates beyond the 2025–26 staffing timeline were specified during the presentation.
Board and district speakers at the meeting thanked outgoing and incoming staff; the board’s formal vote on the consent agenda was recorded by voice only without a named mover or recorded individual vote tallies in the public transcript. The district said it will proceed with the staffing transitions ahead of July 1, when the incoming superintendent’s term begins.
