Thursday, July 08, 1999
Lakota finds principal within
Woodland administrator to take over at Liberty
BY SUE KIESEWETTER
Enquirer Contributor
UNION TOWNSHIP — An 18-year veteran of the Lakota Schools will become the new principal at Liberty Elementary School.
Clayton Ash was selected from a field of seven finalists. He was recently hired by the Lakota Board of Education to replace Nancy Follmer, who retires later this month. Mr. Clayton will earn $62,628 annually.
“It's always been my goal to be a principal,” said Mr. Ash, who has served as assistant principal at Woodland Elementary School the past seven years. “My first choice was always to stay at the Lakota Schools. This is a great place, and I'll be doing exactly what I want to be doing.”
Top priority, Mr. Ash said, will be getting to know his staff, parents, students and parent-teacher group leaders. Already, he has met with Mrs. Follmer and Assistant Principal Julie Miller to begin the transition before Mrs. Follmer leaves.
“I want to be a good listener and an effective leader,” Mr. Ash said.
Mr. Ash, 40, began his career in the Lakota Schools in 1981 when he was hired to teach sixth grade. He stayed in the classroom 11 years before his appointment at Woodland. At Woodland he coordinated testing activities, supervised teachers, led the school's special education team and created master schedules.
On the district level, he worked on the Strategic Planning Committee, the Lakota Curriculum Council and the Labor-Management Committee. Mr. Ash holds a bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and master's from Miami University.
He and his wife, Susan, a teacher at the Lakota Early Childhood Center, live in Deerfield Township with daughter Jenny, 11, and son, Andy, 7.
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