Waynesburg Central High School principal announces plans to retire
WAYNESBURG – A very familiar face will be gone next fall from the halls of Waynesburg Central High School. Longtime school principal John Barbero has notified the Central Greene School Board of his intention to retire in October 2003, and the board accepted his request.
Barbero has been with the district since 1976, when he was hired as assistant high school principal. He became principal in 1978.
The board also accepted a request from Kathy Georgi for a paid medical leave through March 21, 2003. Georgi will be using accumulated sick leave. Business manager Walt Stout said Georgi plans to retire after her leave is finished.
In other business, the board voted to accept the resignation of Deborah Iams from her current position as guidance counselor at Waynesburg Central Elementary School, effective Jan. 1, and to hire her as assistant principal, beginning Jan. 2.
Since the start of this school year, the duties of the assistant principal had been shared by Glenna McDougal, federal programs coordinator, and Ed Zelich, athletic director.
McDougal, however, has board approval to go on medical leave beginning in January, Bartley said, so the district opted to hire Iams full time.
Bartley said the guidance counselor position will be bid within the district, and if no one bids on the job, it will be advertised. He said the district will try to find a qualified substitute for the interim.
The board also conducted the following business:
Hired Lauren Kelly as a special education teacher at Waynesburg Central Elementary, effective Tuesday.
Hired Tara Corazzi as the mathematics/computer science teacher at the high school, pending her certification.
Hired Holly Evans as a long-term substitute teacher for a special education teacher at Waynesburg Central Elementary, effective Aug. 22, 2002, through March 21, 2003.
Renewed lease agreements between Community Action Southwest and the district for use of classrooms and office spaces at the former East Franklin School, effective Jan. 1, 2003, through May 15, 2003.
Bartley announced that make-up days for the two school cancellations will be Jan. 20 and Feb. 17.
Bartley also gave a report on the district’s PSSA scores. He said the district did not get an achievement award this year.
Even though the scores were higher, they did not reach the required additional 50 points necessary to be recognized.
Additionally, he said, the district did not meet the baseline requirement of 92.35 percent participation in the testing.
He said that out of 154 high school seniors, 139 completed the math portion of the test and 131 completed the reading portion, totaling 87.70 percent.
Bartley said he investigated the whereabouts of the students who were absent. He said five students had been dropped from the rolls, four were on a state-sanctioned field trip, three were homebound and two were on out-of-school suspension.
Next year, Bartley said, the administration will make sure that the rolls are up to date and that homebound and other students who are not in the building on the day of testing will be somehow included.