{"id":100559,"date":"2018-04-04T07:58:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T12:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=100559"},"modified":"2018-04-04T08:01:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:01:20","slug":"crestview-hires-new-elementary-principal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/04\/04\/crestview-hires-new-elementary-principal\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestview hires new elementary principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CONVOY &#8212; The Crestview Local Board of Education hired a new elementary principal during a special meeting held Tuesday evening, while contract negotiations were also on the meeting&#8217;s agenda.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100560\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Crestview-board-special-mtg-4-3-18-Schuette-Mollenkopf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"304\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Crestview Elementary Principal Kathy Mollenkopf (right), who will be leaving that position in August to become the new Crestview superintendent, welcomes her replacement, Jessica Schuette, after the Crestview Local Board of Education approved a two-year administrative contract for Schuette on Tuesday evening.<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Board members unanimously approved a two-year limited administrative contract for Jessica Schuette as the district\u2019s new elementary principal. Schuette, who will replace Kathy Mollenkopf, who becomes the new Crestview superintendent in August, is currently an elementary intervention specialist at Wauseon Elementary School, where she has spent a decade as an elementary teacher and nine years as the varsity cheerleading coach.<\/p>\n<p>Schuette has a bachelor\u2019s degree in early childhood education from Southern Illinois University, a master\u2019s degree from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and her principal\u2019s certification from Bowling Green State University.<\/p>\n<p>Schuette, who attended Tuesday\u2019s board meeting with her husband, Mike, and their two young children, said she was looking forward to becoming the new elementary principal at Crestview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel really honors and blessed to be chosen for this,\u201d Schuette said, noting that the search process to replace Mollenkopf was a very extensive process, but one that allowed her to get acquainted with school staff members and administrators. \u201cI just want to continue the excellence here at Crestview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schuette\u2019s two-year contract will be effective August 1.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to hiring a new elementary principal, the board met with members of the Crestview Education Association in executive session to discuss contract negotiations, with no action taken following the session. The board also met with Ken Moyer, a federal mediation and conciliation service representative, for a training session on the mediation process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor CONVOY &#8212; The Crestview Local Board of Education hired a new elementary principal during a special meeting held Tuesday evening, while contract negotiations were also on the meeting&#8217;s agenda. Board members unanimously approved a two-year limited administrative contract for Jessica Schuette as the district\u2019s new elementary principal. 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