GCSC board prepared to name Hubble superintendent

Monday, December 19, 2016

Interim tag removed from Weltz at GMS

EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this story contained slightly inaccurate information. Jeff Hubble was not named superintendent, but the board is prepared to name him to the post.

Jeff Hubble

A pair of administrators who’ve been serving on an interim basis at Greencastle Community Schools should soon occupy those positions more permanently.

Having named Jeff Hubble as interim superintendent in August, the Greencastle School Board is prepared to move forward with Hubble as superintendent on a permanent basis.

By Indiana law, the decision could not be officially made on Monday during the regular monthly board meeting. However, the board voted to move forward with the advertisement and negotiation process in order to officially name Hubble as superintendent.

During the early months of 2017 the board will satisfy the statutory requirements of notifying the public and advertising a new superintendent’s contract.

Additionally, Scott Weltz, interim Greencastle Middle School principal since August, is principal on a permanent basis. Weltz takes over his new position effective immediately.

Hubble, assistant superintendent since June 2014, took over as interim upon the retirement Superintendent Dawn Puckett.

Scott Weltz

“The board has made this decision based on Mr. Hubble’s outstanding leadership during this recent period of transition,” school board president Denise Sigworth said in a letter from the board to faculty and staff. “We look forward to continuing our excellent working relationship with him in the coming years.”

Before coming to Greencastle, Hubble spent 20 years as a middle school teacher and principal in Indianapolis and Brownsburg.

Weltz became interim middle school principal after the resignation of Shawn Wooden just before the start of school.

“While serving as interim principal on short notice, Mr. Weltz has demonstrated calm and intelligent leadership and we greatly appreciate his hard work,” Sigworth said in the letter.

Weltz expressed his appreciation for the opportunity.

“I was excited when Dawn gave me the opportunity at the beginning of the year,” he said. “It was very short notice with Mr. Wooden leaving but I was able to step into a place I already knew. The first semester has just been fantastic and to cap it with the interim tag being removed is great.

“I think with the vibe I get from the staff and the parents is that it’s just a fun place to be,” he added. “And to be able to go into work and have fun is important.”

The new principal said coming into this good environment, he has not looked to make major changes, instead looking for improvements to even the areas in which GMS is performing well.

“There is always room for improvement,” Weltz said. “Good isn’t good enough, so let’s look at what we do well and how we can do it better.”

Weltz came to the corporation as Greencastle High School athletic director in 2005. He has since served as seventh-grade social studies teacher, middle school principal and technology integrator.

Weltz taught for 10 hears in Ohio before coming to Greencastle.

In their time as technology integrator and assistant superintendent, respectively, Weltz and Hubble worked closely to further integrate digital learning into GCSC classrooms.

Hubble was in meetings on Tuesday afternoon and unable to respond to the Banner Graphic for comment.

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