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Board approves personnel actions including assistant principal appointment at junior-senior high

Blackford County Schools Board of Trustees · July 21, 2026
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Summary

Trustees approved a personnel addendum that included coaching hires and the appointment of Amber Yeaton as assistant principal at Blackford Junior-Senior High School; the board also congratulated staff moving to other districts.

The board approved personnel recommendations and addenda, including coaching and food-service hires, and confirmed the appointment of Amber Yeaton as assistant principal at Blackford Junior-Senior High School.

District staff (S5 and S1) described the hiring process for Yeaton, noting she was a top candidate with experience in both junior-high and high-school settings and positive reference checks from prior districts. Supporters highlighted her experience with discipline, attendance, teacher evaluations and special-education law as reasons she would be able to “hit the ground running.”

Trustees voted to approve the appointments by voice vote (4–0). Staff also announced resignations, including Karen Meeley’s move to a principal position at Southern Wells Junior-Senior High School and the resignation of an athletic groundskeeper who is returning to school administration.