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Roxbury officials report about $200,000 in storm damage, name new assistant principal
Summary
A district official said storm damage to Roxbury Township School District property is expected to be about $200,000; the board was told the district will work with insurance and pay a deductible of about $2,500. The superintendent announced the appointment of Dr. Jason Tonsic as Roxbury High School assistant principal.
District officials told the Roxbury Township Board of Education on July 13 that recent storms caused substantial property damage and that the district will file insurance claims to cover repairs.
The district’s superintendent (addressing the board during the district report) thanked staff and local first responders for cleanup and said the district "anticipate[s] being about $200,000 worth of damage," adding that staff had to close for a short period to assess damage. The business administrator reiterated the estimate and said the district expects to be responsible for the insurance deductible "which is, I think, $2,500." Both speakers said the district will work with its insurance carrier.
Officials listed specific damage: the business administrator reported nine trees lost on the high school campus, three damaged utility poles and the baseball backstop among the losses. Staff named in the meeting were credited for on-site work during the holiday weekend.
In personnel news, the superintendent announced the appointment of a new Roxbury High School assistant principal, Dr. Jason Tonsic, drawn from a field of roughly 100 applicants and selected for experience in instruction and student relations. The superintendent also said the district is recruiting a permanent math/science supervisor for grades 7–12 after the prior supervisor resigned, with the goal of filling that position by the August board meeting.
Other items noted in the district report included an extended school year program for students with special education needs that is running during the summer, the district hosting a Lincoln Data Forward Summer Institute training for administrators focused on the LinkIt data platform (allowing up to 10 free registrants), and an administrative retreat that produced proposed district goals to be discussed at the upcoming board retreat.
What happens next: The business office will pursue insurance claims and follow district procedures for hiring to fill the math/science supervisor vacancy; the new assistant principal appointment was announced during the meeting and will proceed according to district HR practices.
