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New Buffalo board approves new high school principal, several administrative hires
Summary
The New Buffalo Area Schools board approved the hiring of Emily Zablocki-Kohler as high school principal, a new special education teacher and multiple administrative contracts, all pending background checks where noted. All personnel motions passed unanimously.
The New Buffalo Area Schools Board of Education voted May 27 to approve multiple personnel actions, including the recommendation to hire Emily Zablocki-Kohler as high school principal pending a background check.
Superintendent Adam Bowen brought the recommendation; the motion to approve Zablocki-Kohler was recorded as moved by Lisa Werner and seconded by Vanessa Thun and carried with 'All ayes, motion carried.' The board also approved the hiring of Daniel Svoboda as a special education teacher after a recommendation from the superintendent and the middle school principal (motion: Stephen Donnelly; second: Jennifer Summers). Both hires were listed as pending completion of background checks.
The board approved administrative contracts for Daniel Caudle, Melissa Lijewski and Samuel Stine, and adopted the 2026–2027 work agreements. Motions approving those contracts were moved and seconded as recorded in the minutes and carried unanimously. The personnel committeemet May 21, 2026, and its report was entered into the record.
The board also noted superintendent-approved hires reported during discussion: custodian Cale Coleman and paraprofessional Amber Lowry. No votes or objections to those administrative hires were recorded at this meeting.
What happens next: the listed hires are effective pending any required background-check clearances and execution of contracts; the board did not record any dissenting votes.
