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Riviera board hears personnel update; job fair draws 28 RSVPs
Summary
At a Oct. 14 work session the Riviera Board of Education received a personnel update listing retirements, resignations and new hires and heard that 28 people had RSVP'd for a district job fair aimed at recruiting substitutes and bus drivers.
Riviera Board of Education members at their Oct. 14 work session heard a personnel update from district staff that listed a retirement, two resignations, multiple new hires and an increase in substitute and bus-driver recruiting activity.
The update identified Lillian Schmidt, a contracted bus driver, as retiring and named Scott Robinson, head cook at Bath Elementary School, and Renee Zapisic as recent resignations. District staff reported new hires include Holly Coelos as a contracted bus driver and a part-time food service worker for Riviera High School. The district also said two new bus drivers are in training following a recent "Drive the bus for a day" recruiting event run by district staff member AJ.
District staff said about seven classified substitutes were added to the district list and that outreach tied to an upcoming job fair had produced 28 confirmed RSVPs. Staff described the job fair as structured with stations explaining specific roles — food service, educational aide, library aide, playground aide and intensive-needs aide — and with opportunities for prospective hires to shadow current employees for a short "day-in-the-life" experience after necessary background checks.
Staff said they are coordinating with neighboring districts to allow substitute teachers approved elsewhere to transition into Riviera's substitute roster; staff named Grant Hill as the contact helping manage that transition. The staff update said principals and building secretaries will check volunteer and substitute background-check dates during sign-in and notify applicants if their check falls outside the district's required timeframe.
No formal votes were recorded on personnel actions at the work session; staff presented the items for placement on the regular meeting agenda for formal approval.
The board also discussed ways to streamline hiring outreach and to support retention of cafeteria and transportation staff as the district moves into winter sports and extracurricular seasons.
