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Woodland Park board approves multiple staff contracts, names interim and incoming business administrators
Summary
The Woodland Park Board of Education on May 11 approved contracts and reappointments for several administrators and teachers, appointed an interim business administrator and accepted a contract for a permanent School Business Administrator; one paid administrative-leave item was tabled for further discussion.
The Woodland Park Board of Education voted May 11 to approve a slate of personnel contracts and reappointments for the 2026–27 school year and to secure short-term and permanent business-administration coverage.
Among the contracts approved were Giovanna Irizarry as director of special education and student services at $162,343 and Sharon Tomback as director of curriculum and instruction at $162,325. The board also approved contracts for Mireya Gutierrez, director of early childhood education ($137,871); Thomas Bolen, supervisor of facilities and security ($111,058 plus a $2,000 off-hours stipend); and multiple district behavior specialists and support staff. These personnel reappointments were presented as part of the superintendent’s recommended consent agenda and passed by roll call.
The board approved appointment 226-21A, naming Eulalia Gillis as interim business administrator for up to two days per week at $700 per diem, effective July 1–12, 2026. The board also approved contract 226-22A, hiring Vita Cowan as School Business Administrator/Board Secretary effective July 13, 2026, at a pro-rated salary of $150,000; that motion passed on roll call (9 YES).
One personnel item prompted additional board action: resolution 226-351, authorizing paid administrative leave for employee ID #4857, was moved for further discussion and tabled (motion to table passed 8–0 with one member absent for the vote). Other personnel actions on the agenda—resignations, new hires, medical-leave ratifications and the Extended School Year staffing list—were approved as presented.
Superintendent Michele Pillari, responding to questions raised during public comment, said the board’s budget called for elimination of a single administrative position and that district leaders made those recommendations based on available data. “I make decisions based on the information presented to me,” she said.
What’s next: Vita Cowan is scheduled to begin as School Business Administrator/Board Secretary on July 13, 2026. The board will revisit the tabled administrative-leave resolution at a future meeting.
