All board members were present during a closed session meeting of the Salem R-80 Board of Education Thursday night. The board voted to reassign Marty Anderson to the position of Special Programs Director for the 2022-2023 school year. The motion was made by Andrew Wynn; seconded by Steven Patterson. The motion passed 6-1, with Bernie Sirois voting against.
The board voted to reassign Tori Snitker to the position of high school principal. The motion passed 6-1, with Sirois against.
Branden Piatt will be reassigned to the position of Assistant High School Principal for the 2022-2023 school year. The motion passed 7-0.
In closed session, the board voted:
• unopposed to hire Salem Upper Elementary probationary teacher Ashlyn Patterson. The motion passed 6-0-1, with Steven Patterson abstaining.
• unopposed to hire high school probationary teacher Jared Patterson, with Steven Patterson abstaining. Patterson also abstained when the board voted 6-0-1 to hire Jared Patterson as middle school football coach.
• 5-2 to hire Bryan Carty as Tiger basketball head coach, with Wynn and Patterson voting against.
The board unanimously passed the following hires:
• William Lynch Elementary probationary teachers, Julie Harris, Destiny Hill, Meghan Lawrence, Melissa Lettman, Amanda Oppelt, Emily Parker, Shannon Phelps, Katie Sapp, and Raylene Wilson.
• Upper Elementary probationary teachers Alivia Elliott, Amanda Hanger, and Melanie Smith.
• Middle School probationary teachers Kathleen Cole, Cayde Jackson, Chris Jessen, Amy Sanders, and Melinda Tucker.
• High School probationary teachers Lisa Baker, Bryson Barnes, Kristen Barnes, Bryan Carty, Andy Felkerson, Derek Freeman, Martin Gray, Mark Howard, Tyler McConnell, Charles Mosley, Zachary Miller, Eric Myers, Brooke Rogers, Makayla Schafer, Janelle Wesson, Cody Woody, and AJ Tinker.
• Katlyn Swyers, UE teacher; and Melynda Dillon, UE Special Education teacher
• Bryson Barnes, head football; Kristen Barnes, head volleyball; Derek Freeman, head track; Tony Edwards, head baseball; Will Hubbs, head tennis; Travis Sampson, cross country; and Kyle Anderson, golf; Bryan Carty, assistant football; Tony Edwards, assistant football coach; Kyle Anderson, assistant football; Dustin Bell, assistant football; and Mark Howard, middle school football; Elizabeth Hogan, fall cheerleading; Courtney Smith, middle school cheerleading; Kristen Barnes, middle school volleyball; Andy Felkerson, assistant boys basketball; Chris Kamprath, eighth grade boys basketball; Calvin Malone, seventh grade boys basketball; Travis Sampson, assistant track; and Chris Kamprath, assistant track.
For more coverage of Thursday’s meeting see the R-80 Board article in the March 22 edition of The Salem News and at thesalemnewsonline.com
