Centerville seeks junior high principal

Centerville-Abington Community Schools is beginning its search for a junior high principal.

Tiffani Thornburg’s request to transfer from junior high leadership to teach seventh grade English was approved during the board’s June 18 meeting.

Superintendent Mike McCoy said Thornburg initiated the request, citing the time needed for administrative duties and other reasons.

McCoy said the opportunity is being offered internally at first, but external candidates will be sought if needed.

All other administrators’ contracts were renewed.

Personnel

• Departures: Alyssa Kish, sixth-grade teacher; Sarah Wells, seventh-grade English teacher
• Rehire: Shannon Nevels, Rose Hamilton math lab teaching assistant
• Transfers: Tiffany Leger, fourth grade Excel to eighth grade math; MacKenzie Blaase, eighth grade math to high school computer science
• Pending hires: Christopher Glover, band director for high school/junior high; Lily Kemp, substitute teacher at Rose Hamilton and Centerville-Abington Elementary

In other business

• The board approved extending the loan for its cafeteria to December 2025. After following requirements to spend down its cafeteria fund, which was used for kitchen equipment, CACS’ fund went below the target amount for general operations. They made a $100,000 loan to the cafeteria from its rainy day fund, but funds haven’t yet built up enough to pay it back. McCoy said he doesn’t foresee it being an issue.
• The board approved revised puberty/sexual education curriculum that will continue to be provided at no cost by Girls Inc. of Wayne County. The curriculum has been updated to meet changing state requirements. McCoy said Girls Inc. staff have done a good job previously in presenting the material.
• Environmental tests are showing good results where the annex building was demolished earlier this year. Final cleanup and reseeding could be complete by July 1, depending on weather.
• An auction of surplus items will take place at 5 p.m. July 2 behind the high school. Potential bidders should enter off South Morton Avenue. Many file cabinets will be available along with an old bus and other equipment.