One Bowling Green City Schools administrator is leaving while five others have had their contracts extended.
At the May 21 school board meeting, held at Portage Village Hall, board members accepted the resignation of Angela Schaal, executive director of Teaching and Learning, effect Aug. 1.
Schaal plans to become an international and national educational consultant.
“I have always wanted to do this and it is the right time,” she said in an email Wednesday.
Schaal has been with the district since August 2019, and prior to coming to Bowling Green, she was an early literacy/school improvement consultant with State Support Team.
She said she is ready to go back to that work and told her staff this opportunity aligned with her long-term plans.
The board also gave three-year contract extensions to Michael Headley, middle school assistant principal; Tabitha Hiler-Young, director of food service; Eric Radabaugh, principal at the middle school; Toby Snow, director of transportation; and Michele Wolf, high school athletic director.
These contracts will run from Aug. 1-July 31, 2027.
Snow also was given a $5,000 stipend to be paid monthly, May-September, to oversee buildings and grounds.
Chuck Martin resigned as director of buildings and grounds effective May 4 and Jim Witt will fill the position in October.
In other personnel matters, the board:
• Employed Christian Caple for physical education at Crim Elementary, Sarah Sutherland as an intervention specialist at Crim, Deneika Miller as an art teacher at Crim, Hannah Smoyer as a fourth-grade teacher at Crim, and Mandy Hemming as an intervention specialist at Kenwood Elementary.
• Approved a $10,000 stipend for Laura Weaver for gifted coordinator duties for the 2024-25 school year.
• Approved the transfer of Debra Ondrus from coordinator of Community Outreach and Student Wellness to middle school guidance counselor.
• Non-renewed the contract for Molly Barnhart, guidance counselor at the middle school, effective at the end of the contract year.
• Hired Danya Claes as coordinator of Community Outreach and Student Wellness, effective Aug. 1 with a base salary of $65,000. From June 1 to July 31, she will be paid a per diem rate of $288.89 for up to 10 days.
• Accepted the resignations of Lisa Howard, fourth-grade teacher at Conneaut Elementary, effective Aug. 2; Claire Westrick, preschool teacher, effective July 30; Emily Mennitt, elementary special education coordinator, effective Aug. 1; and Esther Moosbrugger, EMIS coordinator, effective July 2.
