Certified contracts okayed for next school year
Several certified contracts were approved for next school year at the April 19 Bluffton board of education meeting. Contracts follow:
Certified contracts
Name Term Salary
Nicole Anderson 2 $34,531
Natalie Armstrong Cont. $41,302
Jared Byers 1 $35,750
Nancy Fultz 1 $22,144*
Julie Heckman 1 $36,681
Scott Hoff 1 $53,626
Karen Luginbuhl 3 $50,064
Kathleen Moser 1 $41,399
Paul Quint 1 $41,399
Gordon Shivley 1 $44,287
*Half-time
Vicki Kirkendall was issued a cafeteria worker contract at $11.96 an hour.
The following substitute teacher contracts were issued at $72 per day:
Gwendolyn Porter, Eric Dick, John Sarakaitis, Michael Liles, Meghan Mohr, Philip Schey, Tyler Walsh, Elizabeth Rhinehart, Rachel Massie, Karissa Wannemacher, John Runkle, Bethanie Kay Adams, Zachary Voll, Jodi Conley, Douglas Anthony, Sarah Orosz, Mandy Jenkins, Judith Hauenstein, Nicole Ann Morman, Michael Snyder, Lindsay Core.
Resignations were accepted from Barbara Nusbaum, effective June 4; Thomas Nusbaum, effective June 3; and Judy Bloom, effective Sept. 1.
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