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Board presented retirements, hires and a split Cyber Coordinator assignment
Summary
Personnel items included acceptance of Jackie Smathers' retirement effective June 29, 2026, acceptance of Allison Kimmel's retirement effective Aug. 30, 2026, hiring of Melissa Thorpe as a high-school custodian, a proposed Cyber Coordinator job description and a 50/50 split assignment for an existing professional employee.
The personnel section of the June 15 work session contained several recommended personnel actions. The board was asked to accept with regret the retirement notice of Jackie Smathers, effective June 29, 2026, and to accept the retirement of Allison Kimmel effective August 30, 2026. The session also listed a request for unpaid days for Chantal Pearce (May 12–14, 2026) and recommended hiring Melissa Thorpe as a high-school custodian.
Administrators presented a Cyber Coordinator job description and recommended assigning a current professional employee to a split assignment consisting of 50% High School Learning Support Teacher and 50% Marion Center Cyber Coordinator; that employee would remain a member of the Marion Center Area Education Association bargaining unit and be compensated according to the collective bargaining agreement. A Marion Center Area music teacher/band director and fall coaches were also presented for hiring. These items were presented as recommendations to the board; the work session did not record final hiring votes.
