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MSD Mount Vernon accepts resignations, confirms hires and records 32-year retirement
Summary
The board accepted multiple staff resignations, confirmed several new hires and recorded the intent to retire from veteran teacher Karen Upshaw (32 years), all at the April 23 meeting.
The Metropolitan School District of Mt. Vernon Board of School Trustees approved multiple personnel items at its April 23 meeting. The Board accepted resignations from several extracurricular and instructional staff, including Heather Allyn (cheerleader sponsor, partial stipend), Justin Fischer and Ashton Forzley (strength coaches), Cari Kemp (special education teacher, HS) and others. The minutes list each individual and stipend detail where applicable.
The Board also confirmed employments and reassignments: Amber Allyn (cheer sponsor, 2/3 stipend, HS), Robin Duncan (head boys' basketball coach, HS), Brad Higginson (strength coach, HS), Sarah Jourdan (speech language pathologist, WE), Katilyn Lamar (6th grade teacher, JH), Morgan Reger (science teacher, JH), and Trina Sauls (cheer sponsor, 2/3 stipend, HS). The motion to confirm employments was recorded as (Butler - Williams).
Additionally, the Board accepted the intent to retire from Karen Upshaw, elementary teacher at FA, effective at the end of the 2025–26 school year; the minutes record Upshaw's 32 years of service. The personnel items were recorded in the official minutes; the minutes do not include individual roll-call tallies for these motions.
