Wednesday, April 12, 2000
New Monroe district gets its first board
BY Sue Kiesewetter
Enquirer Contributor
MONROE — The first board of education for Ohio's newest school district was named Tuesday.
The Ohio State Board of Education chose five leaders of the successful drive to split Monroe into its own district to serve as the first board for Monroe Local Schools, which begins July 1.
The new board will be sworn in by Monroe Mayor Elbert Tannreuther at its 7 p.m. organizational meeting Thursday.
Appointed were:
• Suzi Rubin, Executive Committee (the group planning for the new district); founding member and spokes woman for the Committee on Reviewing Education.
• John F. Birch, Executive Committee; adjunct professor at Miami University's Middletown Campus.
• James Pierce, Executive Committee; software development manager for the NCR Corp.
• Carol Brotherton, Executive Committee; resigned last month from Middletown/Monroe School Board.
• Tom Birdwell, Transition Team and Finance Committee; manager, X-Ray technician for General Electric Aircraft Engines.
“Now we can do what we need to do to get this district going,” Mrs. Rubin said. “We can set open enrollment, work out something with the union for staffing, and hire a superintendent and treasurer. It will make it easier because we've been working on these issues as a group since October.”
Middletown Superintendent Wayne Driscoll said the appointment of a Monroe board will allow both districts to move forward.
“It's going to help ” Mr. Driscoll said. “We'll get a better idea of the makeup of the district, we can clarify open enrollment and the numbers will help us determine staffing.”
Members of the Monroe board will serve through the end of 2001. A permanent board — elected by voters in November 2001 — will take office Jan. 1, 2002.
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