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School board accepts Jordan’s resignation
After an extended leave of absence, former PE teacher and track coach Craig Jordan is no longer employed by Greencastle Community Schools.
The school board accepted Jordan’s resignation from his teaching position without comment on Monday night, unanimously approving it along with all other recommended personnel items.
No indications were given during the meeting of any agreement between the school and the embattled Jordan, who has coach GHS senior Emma Wilson to five state titles in cross country and track.
However, a story posted by the Indianapolis Star Tuesday afternoon indicated that some sort of settlement had been reached with Jordan.
Jordan’s attorney Jon Little did not comment to the Star other than to say “We’re happy with the settlement.”
Reached by the Banner Graphic, GCSC legal counsel Emma Jay of Lewis Kappes law firm was similarly tight-lipped, saying only that a settlement was reached and the board voted to accept Jordan’s resignation.
The settlement and resignation come after a months-long paid adminsitrative leave for Jordan, who received a letter from Superintendent Jeffrey Hubble in November citing “an irretrievable breakdown in your professional relationships that cannot be resolved.”
This fall wasn’t the first time Jordan had been at loggerheads with the GCSC adminstration. He was also briefly suspended the previous school year for an undisclosed reason.
Jordan’s leave of absence became a much more public issue on Dec. 5, when Wilson, a University of Illinois signee, called Jordan’s treatment “shameful” and announced that she would not represent Greencastle High School during the spring 2019 track season.
Instead, Wilson has been running in open meets and college meets, representing Jordan’s Miles to Go running club.
During her time representing GHS, Wilson won the 2017 and 2018 state cross country titles, the 2017 track state titles in the 1,600 and 3,200 and the 2018 title in the 3,200.
While Jordan’s listing in the personnel report dealt only with his teaching status and not coaching, the board also moved forward with the coaching side of things on Monday, approving Christian Arvin as the interim head boys’ and girls’ track coach for the 2019 season.
Arvin will be assisted by Nate Bryan and Samantha Call on the girls’ side, Kevin Kendall on the boys’ side and Nathan Lewis as the volunteer pole vault coach.
Jordan was in his third year with the school corporation. Shortly after the leave of absence was announced, his attorney told the Star that they believed the firing was racially motivated, a charge that corporation attorney Bob Rund, also of Lewis Kappes, flatly denied.
Little vowed to publicly clear Jordan's name.
“I don’t know what they expect we’re going to do,” Little told the Star, “but it’s going to be aggressive and it’s going to be public and we’re going to clear his name.”
With Monday’s resignation, both Jordan and the corporation simply appear ready to move forward.