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Ashley Community Schools, Fulton boards interview two candidates at special meeting
Summary
The Ashley Community Schools and Fulton Schools boards held a joint special meeting April 9, 2026, to interview two candidates — David Farley and Ryan Portenga — and accepted audience feedback on the candidates; no hiring decision was recorded.
The Ashley Community Schools and Fulton Schools boards met in a joint special session April 9, 2026, at the Penny Bearden Media Center to interview two candidates. David Farley and Ryan Portenga each "answered the round-robin interview questions" posed by both boards as part of the vetting process.
Board members paused the interviews for two short recesses recorded in the minutes. The transcript shows a break at 6:43 p.m. with a motion by Dawn Wirt and second by Anmarie Bradley Dodd to reconvene at 6:55 p.m.; the record later notes the boards moved back into session at about 6:57 p.m. A second brief recess was taken at 7:48 p.m. and the meeting reconvened at 8:05 p.m.
The transcript does not record a hiring decision or vote on candidate selection during the special meeting. The meeting concluded at 8:59 p.m. with a formal adjournment motion and a recorded unanimous vote to adjourn.
