The three finalists for Bowling Green City School superintendent will tour the school buildings after a public meet-and-greet.
Board of education President Ryan Myers gave an update on the search at Tuesday’s meeting.
“I did not know what the candidate pool would look like for our district once the job posting went out,” he said.
From the qualified list of strong candidates, seven were chosen for the first round of interviews after being selected based on the feedback from staff, community focus groups and the board.
“After interviewing all seven candidates, we were certainly not disappointed,” Myers said.
The three finalists are Kim Brueck, director of Human Resources and Student Services for Green Local Schools; Ted Haselman, superintendent at Pike-Delta-York Local Schools; and Bruce Otley, operations director at Liberty-Benton Local Schools.
They will meet with the community on Wednesday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building in City Park.
On Thursday, each candidate will meet with Central Administration staff and take building tours. Every member of the staff as well as community leaders will have the opportunity to ask questions of each candidate, Myers said.
There will be additional interviews Thursday.
“This process will allow all stakeholders to provide feedback for this very important decision,” he said.
The board also renewed the contracts of five of its administrators, all through July 31, 2026:
• Katie Bacon, high school assistant principal. Her salary will remain at $83,500.
• Dawn Dazell, human resource administrator. Her salary will remain at $86,000.
• Zebulun Kellough, Crim Elementary principal. His salary will remain at $87,000.
• Alexandra Reucher, executive director of pupil services. Her salary will remain at $105,000.
• Christie Walendzak, special needs coordinator. Her salary will remain $99,837.
In other personnel action, the board:
• Accepted the resignations of Jaekob Sader, fifth grade teacher at Kenwood Elementary, effective June 24; Katherine Rowe, intervention specialist at Kenwood Elementary, effective Aug. 1; Kellie Lippold, elementary media specialist, effective Aug. 3; Kayla Gronsky, middle school band, effective June 4; and Cynthia Zellers, Kenwood Elementary nurse, effective June 10.
• Awarded continuing contracts to Laura Buxton, high school science teacher; Katherine Fields, first grade teacher at Conneaut Elementary; Sara Isaacs, school psychologist at Conneaut Elementary; Heather Kramer, music teacher at Kenwood Elementary; Amanda McBride, school counselor at the high school; and Tamarah Matney, fourth grade teacher at Crim Elementary.
• Hired a number of staff members for the 2023-24 school year, including Margo Morr, middle school art; Rachel Savarino, Crim Elementary intervention specialist; Sabrina Smith, Conneaut Elementary intervention specialist; Lydia Love, family and consumer science at the middle School; and Jonelle Diefenthaler, school speech language pathologist.
• Accepted the retirement of Sandra Bauman, who has been high school secretary for 22 years, effective Sept. 1; and Cynthia Cowles, food service cashier at the middle school, effective June 1. She has been with the district since 2001.
• Approved the transfer of Samantha Preisner from middle school band to high school band director.
