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Mapleton superintendent to retire; board approves consent-agenda hires
Summary
The Mapleton Local Board accepted Superintendent Scott Smiths resignation for retirement effective Aug. 1, 2026, and approved a slate of personnel actions including a one-year math teacher contract and activity coaching appointments as part of the superintendents consent agenda.
The Mapleton Local School District Board of Education on Feb. 9 accepted the resignation for the purpose of retirement of Scott Smith, the districts superintendent, effective Aug. 1, 2026, during approval of the superintendents consent agenda.
Fred Hartzler moved, and Vince Hartzler seconded, a motion to approve the consent agenda, which the board adopted. The consent packet included the superintendents resignation and routine personnel items such as substitute appointments. The board recorded the motions and votes when specific personnel items were brought forward.
The board separately approved a Limited One-Year contract for Martin Yoder to serve as a 9-12 math teacher for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year, effective Jan. 20, 2026. That motion carried with an affirmative vote from all board members recorded on the certified hire.
The board also approved a pupil-activity appointment: Dylan Hartzler was voted in as a half-time varsity assistant track coach for 2025-2026. That motion passed with one abstention recorded for Vince Hartzler.
Other consent-agenda hires included the approval of certified and classified substitutes (Paul Kucnick as certified substitute; Emily Coffman as classified secretary substitute). The board noted that approval of personnel items was contingent on criminal record checks and meeting district, local and state requirements for the designated positions.
The meeting record shows no additional discussion or conditions attached to the superintendents retirement announcement. The board did not set a timeline in the minutes for a superintendent search; next procedural steps were not specified in the meeting minutes.
