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Becca Flowers, the Skyline School counselor, is taking on additional duties for the district. Flowers will be the new K-6 Principal starting Jan. 3.
The Skyline Board of Education approved the action following an executive session Monday night during their regular monthly meeting.
Flowers will continue her counseling duties as well as her new duties as principal, said Skyline Superintendent Mike Sanders.
Sanders, who has been acting principal for K-8, will continue those duties until the end of the fall semester. Then he will continue as principal for grades 7-8 starting Jan. 3, Sanders said.
For the time being, the plan is for Flowers to continue as principal for K-6 for the foreseeable future. The district will continue to evaluate funding changes and if adequate funding can be restored, the district could look at increasing those duties, Sanders said.
The district is happy to have Flowers in the position and is confident she will be a good administrator.
“Becca will do a great job,” Sanders said.
While the district welcomes Flowers to her new position, it is saying goodbye to middle school teacher Eric Bronson who is leaving Skyline effective Dec. 16 for a new position as a trust officer at the Peoples Bank.
Bronson has been a very dedicated T-Bird attending school at Skyline in grades K-12 then returning to Skyline to teach after college. He taught at Skyline for eight and a half years, Sanders said.
“We will Eric,” Sanders said. “He has been a good teacher and a better person.”
Since Bronson’s position will be vacant as of the end of the week, the district is planning on filling his position from within the existing staff or with a new hire depending on availability.
“We’ll have to see,” Sanders said. “We’ve got staff willing to do it or we may use a long term sub to do it,” Sanders said. “I just want to assure the parents that we will have competent person in the classroom.”
Sanders said a letter would be sent to the parents in the district before the students come back to school after Christmas break explaining how the district plans on handling his teaching assignments and how they will handle the open position.
“We have several different options. We just need to find the best one for the kids,” Sanders said.
The district has contacted the state universities looking for a possible December graduate but the district will know a lot more in the next three weeks exactly how Bronson’s classes will be filled.
Along with Bronson leaving, the Board accepted an early retirement request for Deb Withers who teaches Spanish and English. Withers will take retirement in May at the end of the current school year. Like Bronson, the district will miss her as well.
“We appreciate her dedication during her tenure at Skyline,” Sanders said. “She has been a special teacher for our kids. She has touched a lot of kids lives.”
In other board action:
• The Board accepted the resignation of Cindy Mehlhorn from the custodial staff.
• The Board terminated the contract of Nathan Hamilton as night custodian.
Becca Flowers, the Skyline School counselor, is taking on additional duties for the district. Flowers will be the new K-6 Principal starting Jan. 3.
The Skyline Board of Education approved the action following an executive session Monday night during their regular monthly meeting.
Flowers will continue her counseling duties as well as her new duties as principal, said Skyline Superintendent Mike Sanders.
Sanders, who has been acting principal for K-8, will continue those duties until the end of the fall semester. Then he will continue as principal for grades 7-8 starting Jan. 3, Sanders said.
For the time being, the plan is for Flowers to continue as principal for K-6 for the foreseeable future. The district will continue to evaluate funding changes and if adequate funding can be restored, the district could look at increasing those duties, Sanders said.
The district is happy to have Flowers in the position and is confident she will be a good administrator.
“Becca will do a great job,” Sanders said.
While the district welcomes Flowers to her new position, it is saying goodbye to middle school teacher Eric Bronson who is leaving Skyline effective Dec. 16 for a new position as a trust officer at the Peoples Bank.
Bronson has been a very dedicated T-Bird attending school at Skyline in grades K-12 then returning to Skyline to teach after college. He taught at Skyline for eight and a half years, Sanders said.
“We will Eric,” Sanders said. “He has been a good teacher and a better person.”
Since Bronson’s position will be vacant as of the end of the week, the district is planning on filling his position from within the existing staff or with a new hire depending on availability.
“We’ll have to see,” Sanders said. “We’ve got staff willing to do it or we may use a long term sub to do it,” Sanders said. “I just want to assure the parents that we will have competent person in the classroom.”
Sanders said a letter would be sent to the parents in the district before the students come back to school after Christmas break explaining how the district plans on handling his teaching assignments and how they will handle the open position.
“We have several different options. We just need to find the best one for the kids,” Sanders said.
The district has contacted the state universities looking for a possible December graduate but the district will know a lot more in the next three weeks exactly how Bronson’s classes will be filled.
Along with Bronson leaving, the Board accepted an early retirement request for Deb Withers who teaches Spanish and English. Withers will take retirement in May at the end of the current school year. Like Bronson, the district will miss her as well.
“We appreciate her dedication during her tenure at Skyline,” Sanders said. “She has been a special teacher for our kids. She has touched a lot of kids lives.”
In other board action:
• The Board accepted the resignation of Cindy Mehlhorn from the custodial staff.
• The Board terminated the contract of Nathan Hamilton as night custodian.
