Greencastle High School moving forward with principal search

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The process is progressing, but choosing a new Greencastle High School principal will be a matter for the May school board meeting.

That was the message from Superintendent Jeffery Hubble to the Greencastle School Board and the public Monday night at the monthly board meeting.

After getting 28 applicants to replace retiring Principal Russ Hesler, Hubble narrowed the list to seven candidates, all of them current principals.

Hubble then conducted interviews and has culled the list to four candidates.

The process now moves to the next phase, in which a committee will interview the four candidates before making a recommendation to the board for the Monday, May 21 meeting.

The process to replace Greencastle Middle School Assistant Principal Stephanie Christopher is only slightly behind the GHS process, with Principal Scott Weltz whittling the list from an astounding 92 applicants, down to seven.

The abundance of candidates seems to belie statewide trends of a candidate shortage.

“I can’t say where that fits with state situation of not enough candidates,” Hubble said, “but at Greencastle we are blessed to have plenty.”

Weltz plans to cut the list to three or four finalists before also moving to committee.

“We are hoping to do those the first two weeks of May,” Hubble said.

Hesler announced in February that he would be retiring at the end of June after 40 years at GHS, the last five at GHS. Previously, he served as a wood shop/graphic arts/industrial tech teacher as well as longtime wrestling coach. Additionally, he served as assistant principal, attendance officer, athletic director, interim principal (four times) and assistant football coach.

Christopher, a 1994 GHS graduate, announced her resignation in March, effective June 8. She came to GMS in 2016, having previously served in schools in Anderson and Rensselaer.

The board approved a number of personnel items:

• Bradley Key officially resigned as social studies teacher and girls’ varsity basketball coach at GHS. Key’s resignation previously became known when he took a job at Greenfield-Central High School.

Other resignations included Alexander Hubble, McAnally custodian; Drew Brothers, Deer Meadow noon aide; and Courtney Smith, seventh-grade volleyball coach.

• Carmen Cronin was hired as GHS Spanish teacher, pending licensure. Other new hires included Isabelle Pritchett, McAnally Custodian; Kathy Brown, Deer Meadow noon aide; and Cody Sillery and Jack Howard as student lifeguards.

• Transfer: Stacy McPheron from substitute cafeteria assistant to Ridpath cafeteria assistant and Casey Rossok from bus driver to transportation center buildings and grounds.

• Summer employment: GHS teachers: Matt McCommish, Donovan Wheeler, Tabatha Briones, Dan Hankee, Christian Arvin and Nate Bryan; Tzouanakis teachers: Wendi Evans, Courtenay Hays, Laura Brentlinger and Brooke Lewis; Tzouanakis KIDS program: Jessica Stockton, Carmen Cross, Susan Gillen and Taylor Myers; Tzouanakis instructional assistants: Kim Rossok, Jill Nichols, Lindsay Conley, Morgan Shoopman, Melissa Maginity, Amy Lewis and Grace Gillen; summer bus cleaners: Laurie Ferguson, Angela Garland, Andra Guyer, Candice Pelfrey and Martha Sutherlin; Annette Munoz, GHS band teacher; and Kathryn Dory, GMS summer band teacher.

• Substitute teachers: Kay Genotte, James Arceneaux, Emma Taylor and Latonya Connel.

Extracurricular activities: Michael Scott, Lonnie Lawhorn and Colleen Weatherford, GHS assistant track coaches; Joe Newlin, Robert Wright and Grace Paul, GHS assistant softball coaches; Erin Rowlings, GMS assistant cheer coach; and Christian Arvin, GHS spring events supervisor.

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  • There is no shortage of administrative applicants at any school as the pay scale is tremendously better than what teachers receive. Administration has not felt the fiscal pain that teachers have

    -- Posted by taylortwp on Wed, Apr 25, 2018, at 7:08 PM
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