CLEARFIELD – A short committee meeting was held by the Clearfield Area School District board of directors on Monday night.
Several resignations were noted by Superintendent Terry Struble, as well as the possibility of an expansion at the Clearfield Area Elementary School and joining a new athletic conference.
Under resignations, Struble noted the retirement of three, long-time employees with the district.
The first is Jacquelyn Morrison who has worked for the district for 33 years as a physical education/health teacher and also swim coach.
Morrison has only submitted resignation for retirement for her teaching position, Struble said, effective June 3, or at the conclusion of the school year.
The second is Debra Bush, a full-time cleaner at the elementary school who has worked for the district almost 28 years, he said, and her retirement is effective Aug. 1.
Finally, Nancy Hoover is retiring from her position as secondary business teacher at the Clearfield Area Junior-Senior High School, effective June 3, or the conclusion of the school year.
Hoover has served in her position for 38 years, and Struble noted she is the most senior teacher in the business department.
Struble added that it will be a great loss to the district to lose nearly 100 years of experience from the three retirees.
A fourth resignation announced was from Lewis Duttry as secondary physics teacher at the close of business May 6.
Under new business, Struble noted item number one, which is the request for approval of the architect agreement with HHSDR Inc. in regards to possibly expanding or altering the elementary school.
He said they are looking at space issues for the school and need the agreement in place before the firm can begin looking at options.
Secondly, under new business is the request for approval to join the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, beginning with the 2023-24 academic calendar.
Struble explained that the Mountain League, which the district currently belongs to, is losing schools. The Laurel Highlands conference is new with 24 schools and plans to expand into music and academic realms in the future.
Some of the schools are at a further distance than the district normally travels, but Struble said there will be regionalization of the match-ups and also room in the schedules to include local match-ups that the school has traditionally been part of, such as DuBois and Curwensville or other “neighborhood rivalries.”
Each of the above items will be voted on at next week’s regular meeting.