School board makes personnel decisions in closed session

Members of the Houston board of education handled personnel matters during a closed session Monday, May 20.

The board:

• Unanimously accepted the following resignations:
  • Sarah Williams, elementary teacher, at the end of the 2023-’24 school year.
  • Alexis Hunter, paraprofessional, at the end of the 2023-’24 school year.
  • Rebekah Wann, elementary teacher, at the end of the 2023-’24 school year.
  • Melanie Foreman, middle school social studies teacher, assistant cross country coach and middle school softball coach, at the end of the 2023-’24 school year.
  • Jeff Richardson, middle school physical education teacher and Tiger Development Academy (TDA) director, at the end of the 2023-’24 school year.
  • Adam Vandiver, as assistant scholar bowl sponsor, at the end of the 2023-’24 school year.
  • Chellsi Hicks, preschool teacher, at the end of the 2023-’24 school year.
  • Alexander Carpenter, custodian, after June 30.
  • Rebecca Helm, high school English teacher and National Honor Society sponsor, at the end of the 2023-’24 school year.
• Unanimously accepted the following employments:
  • Brett Rawlings, as middle school head football coach, for the 2024-’25 school year.
  • Rodney Preheim, as middle school assistant football coach, for the 2024-’25 school year.
  • Todd McKinney, as high school football assistant coach, for the 2024-’25 school year.
  • Jessica Meier, as elementary yearbook sponsor, for the 2024-’25 school year.
  • Sarah Shelton, custodian, effective immediately pending a background check.
  • Eric Brown, custodian, effective immediately pending a background check.
  • Anita Ellis, CRT trainer at the Exceptional Child Cooperative, for the 2024-’25 school year.
  • Greg Huffman, high school part-time mathematics teacher, for the 2024-’25 school year.
  • Jason Pounds, as high school pep club sponsor, for the 2024-’25 school year.
  • Zachary Venn, custodian, for the 2024-’25 school year pending a background check.
  • Kirsten Romines, middle school career/technology teacher, for the 2024-’25 school year.
  • Kailie Kinder, SLP-A at the Exceptional Child Cooperative, for the 2024-’25 school year.
• The board approved the employment of Michael Tottingham, as high school football assistant coach, for the 2024-’25 school year on a 6-0-1 vote. Jeff Gettys abstained.
• The board approved the employment of John Jordan, as diagnostician at the Exceptional Child Cooperative, for the 2024-’25 school year on a 6-1 vote. Marty Merckling voted no.
• The board approved an increase to Sarah Mead’s full-time equivalent from 0.4 to 0.6 as a certified occupational therapy assistant at the Exceptional Child Cooperative for the 2024-’25 school year.

The meeting convened at 7:55 p.m. and adjourned at 9:18 p.m.

The full minutes can be read here:

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