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Board accepts instructional-aide resignation, approves Business Manager contract and multiple hires

Marion Center Area School Board · February 24, 2025
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Summary

Board accepted the resignation of instructional aide Michelle Whitesell, approved a Business Manager contract for Lou Palilla, added substitutes and contracted bus drivers, and hired Jodi Rummel as a high-school instructional aide. All personnel motions passed unanimously.

The board accepted with regret the resignation of Michelle Whitesell as a full-time instructional aide effective Feb. 7, 2025. The acceptance was approved by motion and recorded as carried 6-0.

In personnel and contract business, the board approved the Business Manager contract for Lou Palilla and added several contracted bus drivers (Kayli Gmys; Joy Reha; Brenda Hebenthal; Charles Brandenburg; Ralph Lamar; Jason Brewer; Caroline Johnston) to the district list. The board also added substitutes (Sarah Hile for Nutrition Services; Kaitlin Moore Act 86; Charity Wadding IA) and hired Jodi Rummel as an instructional aide for the high school under the AFSCME contract. All motions recorded unanimous support.

Note on transcript entries: administrators present were listed at the meeting opening with a business-manager label for Mr. Martini and an assistant-business-manager label for Mr. Palilla; the minutes later record approval of a Business Manager contract for Lou Palilla. The minutes do not resolve the apparent role-label inconsistency; the board motion as recorded approves a contract for Lou Palilla.