NEW CUMBERLAND – Additional leadership changes were among personnel decisions made Tuesday during a special meeting of the Hancock County Board of Education, including the naming of a new assistant superintendent and a new principal at Weir High School.

The agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, held at the John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center, featured a series of resignations, transfers and hirings as part of preparations for the upcoming school year.

Among those was the approval of Enich’s recommendations of Dave Smith as the county’s new assistant superintendent of schools and Ted Arneault as the new head principal of Weir High School.

“These are transfers,” explained Superintendent Dan Enich.

Smith will be moving to the central office from his current position as head principal at Oak Glen High School, while Arneault will shift from an assistant principal post at Weirton Elementary to the high school.

The two assignments were approved 4-1, with board member Larry Shaw voting against, along with six other assignments for certified positions. Those include moving Jody Findler from Weir Middle to Title 1 Reading teacher at New Manchester Elementary; Ron Anderson from Oak Glen Middle to Art Teacher at Oak Glen High; Sydney Dawson as Multi-Categorical/Autism at Allison Elementary; Savannah Weaver as Grade 2 Teacher at New Manchester Elementary; Morgan Tennant as school counselor at Weir Middle; and Kelsey Stewart as Multi-Categorical/Autism at Weirton Elementary.

One position not voted on Tuesday was for multi-categorical/autism at New Manchester Elementary.

“It’s going to be reposted,” Enich said.

Approved unanimously were the resignations of Gavin Koratich as Social Studies teacher at Weir High; Sarah Hill as Title 1 Reading teacher at New Manchester Elementary; Autumn Magnone as Grade 1 teacher at Allison Elementary; and Catherine Calissie as Grade 8 English/Language Arts teacher at Oak Glen Middle.

Jasmyne Hildreth was approved to transfer from countywide substitute teacher to Grade 2 teacher at Weirton Elementary, and Emily Farrell will transfer from Multi-Categorical/Autism at Weirton Elementary to Grade 4 teacher at Weirton Elementary.

Clayton Flowers was approved as assistant football coach at Oak Glen High, 5-0, with Dan Rovira approved 3-2 to transfer from assistant football at Oak Glen High to assistant football at Weir High. Shaw and board member Ed Fields, who participated by phone, voted against Rovira’s transfer.

Other personnel approvals were Trisha Barile as substitute aide; Erin Harvey as Secretary II at Weirton Elementary; Arthur L. Watson Jr. as supervisory aide/AM at Weirton Elementary; Laryssa Jankowski as supervisory aide/AM at Weirton Elementary; Thomas S. Buffington as supervisory aide/AM at Weirton Elementary; Melinda J. Gruda as supervisory aide/AM at Weirton Elementary; Ashley M. Boyce as supervisory aide/ECCAT/AM at Weirton Elementary; Debra J. Murphy as supervisory aide/ECCAT/AM at Weirton Elementary; Rabeka L. Rowland as supervisory aide/ECCAT/AM at Weirton Elementary; and the transfers of Linda Nicoles from supervisory aide II-IV/AM at Weirton Elementary to the same position at New Manchester Elementary; Rieko Takara from Cook III at Weirton Elementary to Cook III at the Central Kitchen; Bethany J. Cowart from supervisory aide II-IV/AM at Weirton Elementary to supervisory aide II-IV/ECCAT at New Manchester Elementary; and JoLynn Mark from the career center to executive secretary at the Board Office/Superintendent’s Office.