Wooster Board approves consent agenda with multiple personnel changes; moves to executive session

The Wooster City Schools Board of Education approved the superintendent's consent agenda, including certificated and classified personnel resignations, retirements, leaves and new hires, then later voted to enter executive session for personnel matters and the buying and selling of property.

Board President (name not specified) called for a motion to approve the consent agenda covering certificated personnel resignations and retirements; a motion was made and the board approved the agenda by roll call.

The personnel items included two teacher retirements (the board identified one retiree as Mrs. Mangus, noted in the meeting as having more than 40 years with Wooster City Schools, and the other as a teacher named Laura without a last name given), the resignation of preschool teacher Jessica Cardinal after 17 years, short-term and longer leaves for Tracy Ice, Anne Kelly Stuckel and Gabrielle Greenfowler, and several certified substitute and long-term substitute assignments. The board noted Beth Young, a retired teacher, is serving as a substitute and Trent Schleyball was named a long-term substitute for choir teacher Elise Mason, who will be off for a period of time.

Classified staffing actions included one resignation and one leave (Emily Tresson), and the announced January retirement of central-office payroll employee Elaine Bateson; the district said the payroll position has already been posted to allow for potential overlap. Hires and assignments included paraprofessionals Kimberly Klingman, Monica D'Alessandro and Alexandria Rogers; drama supplementals; substitute cooks; and Janessa Stell as the Cornerstone librarian/ library technician. The board also noted a staffing reassignment that moved Mike Belczyk into an insurance role at the district.

Later in the meeting the board voted to adjourn into executive session for two purposes: personnel and the buying and selling of land or property. The board indicated no formal action was expected from that executive session.

Votes at the roll call for the consent agenda and the executive-session motion were recorded as affirmative by board members who responded when called. The record in the meeting transcript shows affirmative responses from board members including Kleinhenz, Kuzma, Starcher, Goodwright and Searcher. The meeting record did not specify a named mover or seconder for the consent-agenda motion in the transcript excerpt provided.