BEDFORD – North Lawrence Community Schools announced retirements of staff during their school board meeting Thursday evening.
- Kenneth Coy – retiring as Bedford North Lawrence instructor at the end of 2020-2021 school year after 33 years of service
- Cheryl Knight – retiring as BNL assistant principal effective June 30, 2021
- Maxine Shipwash – retiring as food service employee and custodian after 28.5 years of service with NLCS
Other personnel changes:
New hires:
- Jenifer Anderson – Director of Special Education
- Aaron Poole – Empire geography of course creator
- Shawn Kane – Empire government course creator
- Kimberly Kovacs – Parkview Campus K-2 Administrative assistant effective May 3. 2021
- Macy Nieman – Shawswick Elementary Resource Instructional assistant April 19, 2021
- Trenady Shaw – North Lawrence Learning Center Playful Pathways instructional assistant effective April 19, 2021
- Adisyn Staggs – North Lawrence Playful Pathways instructional assistant effective April 19, 2021
- James Pond – NLCS 28 hour custodian effective April 19, 2021
- Rexton Ward – NLCS 190-day custodian effective April 19, 2021
Transfers:
- Frieda Flinn – Transferring from NLCS sub bus monitor to 180-day bus monitor effective April 16, 2021
- Judith Montgomery – Transferring from the Administration building administrative assistant to Parkview Campus administrative assistant. effective April 19, 2021
- Rebecca Self – Transferring from Needmore cook to NLLC Kitchen manager effective April 19, 2021
- Aaric Smoot – Transferring from NLCS Bus monitor to NLCS sub bus monitor effective April 16, 2021
- Robert Barrett – Transferring from BMS 52-week day custodian to BMS 52 weeknight custodian effective April 19, 2021.
- Lisa Kennedy – transferring from BNL 52 seek custodian to BMS 52 week custodian effective April 19, 2021
- Terri Turner – Transferring from Shawswick Elementary 52 week custodian to Needmore 52 week custodian effective April 19, 2021
Extra-Curricular:
- Matthew Olson – BNL freshman baseball coach effective Spring
2020-21 - Eric Berger – Summer Band Director Assistant effective from April 2021 through July 2021
- Jimmie Jones – Summer Band Director
- Emma Alexander – Color Guard Instructor/Choreographer
- Jerry Carpenter – Head Percussion Instructor
- Phil Fleming – Head Color Guard Instructor
- Kevin Reberger – Music and Visual Instructor
- Alyssa Thatcher – Assistant Color Guard Instructor
Summer School Food Program:
- Jodi Godsey – Parkview Campus Summer School Food Service effective June 7 – July 23, 2021.
- Rebecca Harding – Parkview Campus Summer School Food Service effective June 7 – July 23, 2021.
Resignations:
- Emily Dykstra – Resigning as Joint Services Special Ed. Director effective June 30, 2021.
- Gibson Spaulding – Resigning as NLCC Computer Science Instructor effective end of the 2020-21 academic year
- Madelyn Voorhies – Resigning as Shawswick Elementary 6th Grade Instructor effective end of the 2020-21 academic year
- Kelsey Watrol – Resigning as NLCS School Language Pathologist effective April 14, 2021
- Emily Cummings – Resigning as BNL JV Cheer Coach effective March 30, 2021
- Ruby Curren – Resigning as NLCS Food Services effective April 16, 2021
- Traci Dalheim – Resigning as Parkview Administrative Assistant effective May 21, 2021.
- Cari Dodds – Resigning as Parkview Cook effective April 14, 2021
- Katelyn Gibbens – Resigning as BMS Instructional Assistant effective April 9, 2021.
- Alexandrea Hudelson – Resigning as BNL JV Cheer Coach effective March 30, 2021
- Natalie Pemberton – Resigned as Shawswick Elementary Instructional Assistant February 5, 2021
- Brandi Speer – Resigning as NLCS Food Service effective April 14, 2021
