The Pleasant Valley School Board approved hiring a new emotional support teacher for the middle school.

Lisa Bell will be replacing Michael McMullen, who resigned in early August 2023. She has a doctoral degree and will begin at Step 3 with a salary of $78,457.

“We are thrilled,” Superintendent James Konrad said about Bell joining the staff. “I’m excited that we continue to attract high caliber individuals to our school district.”

Bell will begin her new job with the PVMS about May 13, because she is currently working at another school district.

The school district also is saying goodbye to a few people.

Two people have decided to retire. Reading supervisor Lori Hagerman will officially be retired effective June 30. She has been with the school district for nearly 24 years. And administrative secretary Augie Kresge’s retirement was effective on March 1. Kresge also has been with the school district a number of years. In addition to her secretarial work, she was involved in athletics over the years as a winter event manager and announcer for track and field.

The school board also acknowledged the resignations of Erin Steiner, a school counselor at the high school; Bonita White, as the Honor Society adviser - Junior at PVMS; Dawn Hahn, the cheerleading head coach; and Darlene Arfken, a monitor at the high school.

Steiner was hired in July 2023, and Hahn had been the head coach of cheerleading since 2022.

Personnel

Additional personnel items include:

• Athletic volunteers - Mark Allison, boys tennis;

• Building volunteers - Arisena Guerrero, Jonathan Guerrero, Kimberly Meloy, Sonja Serfass, Ambrosia Sprintz and Maria Twarogowski;

• Hiring of support staff - Dana Varone, monitor, PVMS, $11.53 per hour;

• Intramural advisers - If the intramural runs at least nine weeks and a total of 54 hours, then the stipend is $1,240. If it is less than 54 hours, then advisers get $21 per hour. Advisers: football, Elvin Charles, PVMS; Youth Girls Basketball Camp, Corinne Morris and Kelly Williams, June 11 to 13, PVMS; postseason basketball, Corinne Morris and Kelly Williams, June 10 to July 31, PVHS; preseason girls basketball workouts, Corinne Morris and Kelly Williams, Sept. 9 to Nov. 6, PVHS; and high school wrestling, Robert Kays III and Kristofer Gratalo, March 18 to 17, PVHS;

• Supplemental contracts: athletic - Kaitlyn McConville, track and field, junior high assistant, $3,400; and Michael Borger, baseball, varsity assistant, $2,275, split stipend;

• Supplemental contracts: athletic non-coaching - Diane Dudak and Diane Debarry, track and field, both varsity/junior high judge, $35 per event, and substitute worker spring sports season per event pay; Drew Davis, track and field, junior high judge/timer, $35 per event; Danielle Henry, Hope Christman and Daniel Bradley, track and field, junior high judge/timer, $35 per event; Lauren Black, Kaitlyn McConville and Allison Hoak, track and field, varsity judge/timer, $35 per event; Paul Nembhard, track and field varsity/junior high judge/timer $35 per event, announcer $40 per event, and substitute worker, spring sports season, per event pay, and;

• Supplemental contracts: nonathletic - club/activity: spring remediation: social studies adviser, Joseph Agolino; English adviser, Danielle Brandes; special education adviser, Jamile Ferrara; science adviser, Talitha Graham; health and physical education adviser, Kelsey Tompkins; math adviser, Arianna Weaver; all PVHS, $1,687.50; Debate Club - judges: Drew Dymond, Elizabeth Negron, Rachel Borger, James Ward, Payton Gregory, Jamie Hyde and Robert Mahady; PVHS, $21 per hour, not to exceed two hours per event.