It took just seven minutes for the school board to terminate three probationary teachers from their contracts with School District ISD 166. Under terms of their contracts, the teachers will be employed through the end of the school year.
The board held a special meeting on May 30 at the Jane Mianowski Conference Center at 11:00 a.m. to act on the probationary contracts of Sherry Nanoff, a math intervention instructor; Heather Kemp, a fourth grade instructor; and Eric Frost, an early childhood special education teacher.
Superintendent Beth Schwarz said that Frost didn’t have the appropriate licensure to retain his position and that Kemp and Nanoff were being released because of the financial condition of the school district and decrease in enrollment.
However, said Schwarz, due to several teachers retiring at the end of this year, teaching positions will open and be posted internally so that current staff can have first chance at those jobs. That will leave some openings later, and, said Schwarz, “They may [Kemp, Nanoff, Frost] be hired for those openings, but as of now we have to terminate their contracts.”
Voting yes on the notice of termination and non-renewal of the contracts was Mary Sanders, Jeanne Anderson, Terry Collins and Leonard Sobanja. Board member Deb White was absent.
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