Amanda McKinney was named Assistant Principal of Oak Glen Middle School at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. a 17-year veteran of the Hancock County School System, McKinney previously served as a Math Teacher at Oak Glen High. The Board accepted the resignation of former OGMS Asst. Principal Ryan Wells who has accepted a position as Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at East Palestine High School in Ohio. Wells’ resignation as Asst. Girls’ Tract Coach was also accepted.
In other personnel matters, the Board:
**Transferred Chris Hill from Asst. Principal, Weir High to Asst. Principal, Weirton Elementary;
**Accepted the resignation of Karen Pitchok, Multi-Categorical/Autism, Weir Middle;
**Accepted the resignations of countywide substitute teachers Fran Crow, Mary Kimberland, Joyce Znoy and Mary Lyons;
**Approved the following assignments: Danielle Spratling – Art, Oak Glen Middle; Gregory Geis, Multi-Categorical/Autism, Oak Glen High; Eden Hertig, Grade 1, Weir High; Kasey Nicholas, School Nurse, Weir Middle; Sharon Riffee, countywide substitute; Karen Pitchok, countywide substitute;
**Accepted the resignation of Chris Pugh, Assistant Football Coach, Oak Glen;
**Approved the assignments of McClellan “Troy” Fetty, III as Assistant Football Coach, Weir High and Scott Montgomery as Head Bowling Coach, Weir High;
**Approved the assignment of Audra Pernell as Head Cheerleading Coach, Weir Middle;
**Approved extra-curricular assignments for Anthony Santangelo, Freshman Sponsor, Oak Glen High; Gavin Shaffer, Band Sponsor and Chorus Sponsor, Weir High;
**Approved the transfer of Angela Chaffin from Sophomore Sponsor to Senior Sponsor at Oak Glen High;
**Assigned Casie Hebrock as Supervisory Aide/AM, Weirton Elementary, and Darcie Johnson as Supervisory Aide/AM, Weirton Elementary;
**Approved the following transfers: Keisha Shimon from Bus Operator #208 to Bus Operator #229; Lori A. Sokac from LPN/Supervisory Aide, Weirton Elementary, to LPN/Supervisory Position, Itinerant Position; Brenda Evans, Supervisory Aide/AM, Weir High, to Supervisory Aide/AM, Weirton Elementary; Casey Kell, Supervisory Aide/AM, Allison Elementary to Supervisory Aide/ECCAT, 2nd Grade Allison Elementary; Laura Palmer, Supervisory Aide/AM, Weirton Elementary to Supervisory Aide/AM, Weir High; John McCombs, subsitute custodian, Countywide to Custodian II, Allison Elementary.
**Denise Hayes will serve as Sec. III, Rockefeller Career Center;
**The resignation of Roger Stewart, bus operator, and Lee Ann Bryan, Supervisory Aide, New Manchester;
The Board will meet again in a Regular Meeting August 12, 2024 at 5:30 at the JDRIV Career Center.
