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Board hires dean of students
The Madison Board of Education approved the hiring of Darren Stevens as the new dean of students at a special meeting Monday night.
Stevens comes to Madison from Hamilton City Schools, where he was working as an elementary science teacher.
The relatively routine board meeting, which last only about 10 minutes, did include a bit of controversy, as board member Tim Young abstained from the vote on Stevens’ hiring.
Young abstained not because of any problems with Stevens’ qualifications, but because Young had not seen a job description for the dean of students position, and he did not believe someone could be evaluated with no job description.
“I just feel like we’re winging it and I don’t want to be somebody who just wings it,” Young said, noting he had requested the description two months ago.
The dean of students position was created last year, and the high school principal said he did not know of a job description for the position, and had evaluated the prior dean of students as an assistant principal.
Young asked his fellow board members if they understood his objection, but the question was met with silence. All other board members approved the hiring.
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