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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
What’s in a name? Springfield preschool edition
As of Tuesday night, Springfield City Schools officials still haven’t settled on a name for the former Clark Middle School building.
The district’s central offices and preschool programs will be housed at Clark beginning this year. From the suggestions I’ve heard so far, Clark will most likely remain in the name.
Clark Early Learning Center is one of the proposed names. Typically buildings that house pre-kindergarten programs end up with some variation of pre-school, early learning or early childhood in the title.
The double-purpose of the building seems to be the wrinkle here. Early Learning Center really only reflects half of the use, ignoring the administrative office part. Those buildings typically become some variation of board offices, administrative offices or central offices.
What do you think the building should be called in its new use?
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Springfield names pre-school, technology administrators; principal resigns
Springfield City Schools board members approved two appointments Tuesday, July 28, for a director of technology and an interim administrator for pre-school programs at the former Clark Middle School.
Stacy Keplinger will oversee the district’s technology department at a salary of $76,000 a year, according to documents from Tuesday’s meeting.
Retiree Steve Whitacre will serve as the interim supervisor for pre-school programs at Clark at a salary of $70,000, according to records.
And Luke Everhart, interim principal at Lagonda Elementary School last year, has resigned from his appointment as principal of Schaefer Middle School. The district will begin looking for a replacement, but it’s unclear if that would be an interim or permanent hire, said Human Resources Director Wendy Ford.
Also on Tuesday’s agenda, former Hayward Assistant Principal Timothy Lockwood was awarded a continuing contract as a teacher. Several Hayward employees spoke out in support of Lockwood when the middle school assistant principal positions were part of the cuts made to get the district out of fiscal oversight this spring.
See the full list of next year’s Springfield principals here.
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