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Board approves multiple hires, contract changes and nonrenewals
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Summary
The board approved personnel recommendations including the resignation of an intervention specialist, hiring five new staff members, seven teachers moving from limited to continuing contracts, several classified transfers, supplemental-contract assignments and corrections to seasonal hours.
Doctor Hislend presented personnel items to the board on April 21 and asked the board to approve a slate of hiring and contract changes.
Items presented included the resignation of Nicole Bierman (intervention specialist at the middle school); recommendation to employ five new staff members (those individuals were present at the meeting); seven current teachers recommended to move from two-year limited contracts to continuing contracts after meeting district requirements; and various classified-support transfers and hires (including moves in the maintenance and custodial staff and a hire to bring bus-garage personnel to full staffing).
The agenda also included supplemental assignments: Eric Kimpel was recommended as National Honor Society adviser for next school year, and Corey Sexton was recommended to oversee summer 2026 online NOVA credit-recovery and to serve as a health and financial-literacy monitor from June 2 through Aug. 14. The board noted a correction to seasonal summer-worker hours (from 19.5 to 29.5 per week for three named individuals) and listed recommended nonrenewals for certain auxiliary and nonpublic-school positions.
A motion to approve the personnel recommendations was moved by Missus Hovis and seconded by Mister Rogers. The board took roll-call votes and the motion carried.
Why it matters: the approvals fill classroom and operational vacancies before next school year and move several teachers toward continuing status, affecting staffing stability and district human-resources planning.
