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By Megan Gildow, Staff Writer Updated 5:32 PM Friday, June 12, 2009

SPRINGFIELD - Springfield board members approved the hiring of four new principals Thursday, June 11.

This makes five building administrators hired for the 2009-10 school year in recent weeks.

Luke Everhart, interim principal at Lagonda Elementary, has been tapped as a principal. Everhart has five years administrative experience with Greenon Local Schools, according to his resume. The board also approved a one-year contract for Michael Wilson, assistant principal at Roosevelt Elementary last school year. Wilson, who has 30 years experience, will become a principal. One-year contracts for principal positions also were approved for Springfield-newcomers Cynthia Dillard and Roy Swanson. Dillard comes to the district from the Hamilton County Educational Services Center and taught at Cincinnati Public Schools. Swanson, a former Dayton Public Schools teacher, is a principal at Imagine charter schools in Dayton.

The board also approved appointing Jeff Thompson as secondary education director of academic and student services.

In his new position, Thompson would handle curriculum and instruction and student services for the middle and high schools. Dona Starett will handle the same duties for the lower grades.

Board member Don Reed cast the lone dissenting vote for the recommendations, which included Jeff Thomspson’s appointment and the four new principals.

Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0373 or mgildow@coxohio.com.

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The press is not at fault for missing information. Even those principals hired do not know the building they will be in charge of. Employees are often kept in the dark about issues until the very last minute. It's often at the same time the community finds out.

springfield teacher
6:50 PM, 6/13/2009

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Your hiring all these new principles then why are you getting rid of the ones we have?Makes no sence. The principle of Simon Kenton will not be there next year they are getting a new one. Why? Mrs Leach is the best! She really loves the kids and cares what happens to them.She needs to be reinstated. She will be sadly missed!

km
1:03 PM, 6/13/2009

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Not all of the new principals are named. Trying to get actual details out of the education articles requires psychic ability.

I'm assuming this is the fault of editors who do not value education and decide the readers won't care about the details. We do!

Please start including the relevant information in the education articles! This is crazy.

Missing Information
10:05 PM, 6/12/2009

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so I've read this a couple of times, but perhaps I'm missing something : what schools will the 2 "new comers to the district" be at?

earlymorning reader
7:33 AM, 6/12/2009

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Hiring a new position.....secondary director of academic and student services? Let the middle school staff direct their own curriculum and student services by reinstating the assistant principals. The problem with central office administrators is that they are NEVER seen in the buildings!

disgusted middle school staff
7:06 AM, 6/12/2009

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