(BEDFORD) – There are a total of 14 employees with the North Lawrence Community Schools who are retiring at the end of this school year.
Superintendent Dr. Ty Mungle acknowledged all of their hard work and dedication over the years with NLCS.
The 14 received accolades from School Board Members President Trent Todd and Larry Arnold thanking them for all their years of services.
Normally, there would be a retirement party given to the retirees, however, with the COVID-19 pandemic that celebration was not able to be held. Each will receive a gift from the school corporation.
This year’s retirees include:
- Bonette Boyer – 23.5 years of service and 21 years of service as a school teacher.
- Brenda Nolan – 31 years of service with the North Lawrence Community Schools as a science teacher.
- Lynette Price – 23 years of service as a Heltonville Elementary School teacher.
- Rhonda Sauerheber – 47 years of service, Shawswick grades 1-3, 25 years of service. Needmore grades 1-2, with 22 years of service.
- Angela Timan – 32 years of service retiring for BNL High School.
- Lisa Webb – 36 years of service first grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.
- Roger Allen – 6 years North Lawrence Community Schools maintenance.
- Debra Brown – 24 years of service North Lawrence Community Schools Food Services.
- Connie Cummings – 34 years of service Bedford North Lawrence High School.
- Claude Davis – 15 years of service North Lawrence Community Schools custodian.
- Debra Donica – 5 years North Lawrence Community Schools custodian
- Tony Fleetwood – 31 years North Lawrence Community Schools custodian.
- Lilia Pena – 18 years North Lawrence Community Schools Food Services.
- Pamela Younger – 31 years of service at Fayetteville Elementary School.
In other personnel matters the school board approved the following personnel changes.
New Hires:
- Certified: Nicholas Boyd – BNLHS Science Instructor effective August 7, 2020, for the 2020-21 academic year. Pending background check.
- Allison Brown – Lincoln Reading Specialist effective August 7, 2020, for the 2020-21 academic year. Pending background check
- Jason Filer – BNLHS Science Instructor effective August 7, 2020, for the 2020-21 academic year.
- Laura Heavner-Walton – BNLHS Director of Guidance effective July 30, 2020.
- BNL HS Summer Office Staff: Tammy Byrer – BNL Registrar Requesting extra working days to complete grade finalization, rollover, registration, and this year’s graduation.
Transportation:
- Elizabeth McKillip – NLCS Corporation Driver/Router effective May 26, 2020.
Summer School Courses and Instruction:
- Rebecca Armbruster – Government, Economics, US History Matthew Canada Summer School Administrator
- Janelle Davison – English 9, 10, 11, 12
- Tim Day – Biology & Earth Science
- DJ Horton – PE & Heath
- Joachim Ladwig – Biology & Earth Science
- JD McCombs – Government, Economics, US History
- Annelise Schunk – Government, Economics, US History Heather Stafford – Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Business Math
- Bryan Vance – Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Business Math
- Jason Webb – PE & Health
- Laura Williams – English 9, 10, 11, 12
Summer school positions are contingent on summer school enrollment. Summer school classes this year, will be done virtually.
BMS Summer Food Services Support Staff:
- Rebecca Harding – Kitchen Manager
- Jamie Hayes – Cook Alicia Price – Cook
Transfers Certified:
- Sarah Conover – Transferring from Reading Ready Instructional Asst. to Halftime Reading Specialist Teacher effective August 7, 2020, for the 2020-21 academic year.
- Support Staff: Susanna Brock – Transferring from Fayetteville Cook to BMS Cook effective August 7, 2020.
- Christie Cook – Transferring from BMS Instructional Asst. to BNL Music Department Assistant effective with the 2020-21 academic year.
- Lynn Davison – Transferring from Stalker Cook to Lincoln Cook effective August 7, 2020.
- Linda Eagans – Transferring from Fayetteville Kitchen Manager to Lincoln Kitchen Manager effective August 7, 2020.
- Jodi Godsey – Transferring from Springville Kitchen Manager to PVI Kitchen Manager effective August 7, 2020.
- Rebecca Harding – Transferring from PVI Kitchen Manager to BMS Kitchen Manager effective August 7, 2020.
- Karla Hudson – Transferring from Stalker Kitchen Manager to Dollens/OMS K8 Campus Cook effective August 7, 2020.
- Beverly (Debbie) Neely – Transferring from PVI Cook to BMS Cook effective August 7, 2020.
- Stacy New – Transferring from Dollens/OMS Cook to BNLHS Cook effective August 7, 2020.
- Noel Ramey – Transferring from BMS Cook to Shawswick Cook effective August 7, 2020.
- Rebecca Self – Transferring from Springville Cook to Needmore Cook effective August 7, 2020.
- Sandra Spears – Transferring from Stalker Cook to Parkview Intermediate Cook.
Support Staff:
- Tammy Byrer – BNL Registrar
- Food Services: Jacque Jones – Needmore Cook effective August 7, 2020.
Extra-Curricular:
- Josie Barnes-Bartlett – BNLHS Assistant Volleyball Coach effective May 22, 2020, for the 2020-21 academic year. Pending background check.
- Kaylee Rynders – BNLHS Head Cheer Coach effective May 22, 2020, for the 2020-21 academic year. Pending background check
Resignation Certified:
- Abigail Brim – Resigning as BMS Resource Instructor effective May 26, 2020.
- Terrington Briscoe – Resigning as NLCC Health Science Instructor effective the end of 2019-20 academic year.
At the end of the school board meeting, Karla Hudson addressed the school board in regards to being demoted from Stalker Kitchen Manager to Dollens/Oolitic Middle School starting in August of this year.
“I was promised the position at Stalker would remain. I was told my pay would also remain the same. However this week I was told I was being moved as a cook and reduction in pay,” Hudson told the board members.
Prior to the conclusion of the board meeting, Kirsten Collier addressed the other members stating that she would not have voted on these personnel changes had she known the facts in regards to Mrs. Hudson.
“We need to find a way to fix this. A transfer means that the position and pay go with the position. Not a reduction in pay, or demotion from the position,” said Collier.
