CLSD personnel report lists resignations, hires and new pupil‑services pay column to address hard‑to‑fill roles
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Summary
The district’s personnel section presented a slate of resignations, new hires and a proposed change to the pupil‑services classified pay matrix aimed at retaining and recruiting instructional assistants and personal care assistants for specialized special‑education classrooms.
At the Feb. 20 work session the Cornwall‑Lebanon School District presented personnel changes that the administration will ask the board to ratify or approve at the next business meeting.
The personnel presenter listed recent resignations and retirements, including third‑grade instructor Olivia Richardson (Union Canal Elementary, resignation effective March 26 unless released earlier) and fifth‑grade instructor Sandra Schellenhammer (South Lebanon Elementary, retirement at the end of the 2024‑25 school year). The presenter also listed several new hires and position changes, with effective dates and wages provided in the meeting packet.
Notable items included ratification of a change to the 2024‑25 pupil‑services staff matrix effective Feb. 18 and the creation of a new column on the classified employee (pupil services) matrix intended to retain and attract instructional assistants and personal care assistants in harder‑to‑fill roles such as emotional‑support and autistic‑support classrooms.
The presenter detailed specific personnel entries from the packet, for example Barbara Heinem as a building assistant at Cedar Crest Middle School at an hourly wage of $15.11 (effective Jan. 22) and a Union Canal kindergarten instructor listed at an annual salary of $62,380 for the 2025‑26 year. The presenter noted that several employees listed with asterisks will remain with the district as substitutes.
These personnel items were presented for board action at the district’s next regular meeting; no formal personnel votes were taken at the work session.
