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Board approves HR consent report and introduces four administrative hires
Summary
The Anderson Community School Board approved Resolution R-2026-24, a human-resources consent report that included four administrative appointments. The board debated whether to separate the nominees for individual votes, held roll calls, and then introduced the new appointees.
The Anderson Community School Board of Trustees approved Human Resources Resolution R-2026-24, a consent agenda covering personnel recruitments, leaves of absence, retirements and resignation agreements, and introduced four recommended administrative hires.
Dr. Deats presented the Human Resources report and named the administrative recommendations: Heidi Wilson for assistant principal at East Side Elementary; Dustin Stevenson for assistant principal at Valley Grove Elementary; Scott Scheimer for chief human resources officer; and Shay Bunnell (transcript also records "Banel" in a later line) for director of student services and transportation. "I'd like to thank Ms. Webb, Mr. Bookhart, and Green for their participation in the interviews," Dr. Deats said while presenting the report.
A trustee asked whether the board could vote on nominees individually. Counsel explained a motion to amend the main motion and request that the four be voted on separately was allowable. A motion to break the four administrative hires out of the HR consent report was moved and seconded. The roll-call votes on that motion, as recorded in the transcript, show Mr. Chamberlain (Aye), Dr. Hill (Nay), Holly (Nay), Joanna (Yes), Bucky (Yes) and Martha (Nay). The transcript also records the phrase "May carries" after that vote; the roll-call tally appears internally inconsistent and the record does not show a tie-breaking vote (see audit/clarifying details).
Following that procedural vote the board conducted the roll-call on R-2026-24. The transcript records Martha (Yes), Bucky (No), Joanna (Yes), Holly (Yes), Dr. Hill (Yes) and Mr. Chamberlain (No). The chair declared the motion carried and the resolution was approved.
Under the approved report, Ms. Webb introduced the new administrative team members and asked them to stand: Ms. Heidi Wilson, assistant principal at East Side Elementary; Mr. Dustin Stevenson, assistant principal at Valley Grove; Mr. Scott Scheimer, chief human resources officer; and Mr. Shay Bunnell/Banel, director of student services and transportation. Trustee Bucky addressed the new appointees and emphasized oversight, saying he would research and hold them accountable: "I got your back," he told the new hires.
The meeting adjourned shortly after the introductions.
Note: the transcript includes inconsistent spellings of one appointee's name (appearing as both "Bunnell" and "Banel"); that inconsistency is captured in clarifying details and has not been resolved in the meeting record.
