{"id":126690,"date":"2020-01-09T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=126690"},"modified":"2020-01-09T20:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T01:43:31","slug":"brunn-retiring-as-vwcs-superintendent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/01\/09\/brunn-retiring-as-vwcs-superintendent\/","title":{"rendered":"Brunn retiring as VWCS superintendent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The search will begin soon for a new Van Wert City Schools superintendent, after the Board of Education accepted the resignation of Vicki Brunn during Wednesday night’s monthly meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brunn, who was hired in 2018 from Central Local Schools (Fairview), plans to retire, effective July 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VWCS Superintendent Vicki Brunn reads from her report during Wednesday’s board of education meeting<\/strong>. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not what I planned, but I\u2019ve had several life changes, with one of those being the death of my mother,\u201d Brunn told the board. \u201cMy family is gone from this area and my children and grandchildren are in California, and I just think it’s important to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to spending more time with her two children and four grandchildren, Brunn said she\u2019ll work as an administrative substitute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are big districts out where I\u2019ll be living and when the principals are gone for day they put somebody in there,\u201d Brunn explained. \u201cI think it\u2019ll be a lot of fun, no responsibility and I\u2019ll get to walk the halls and keep a lid on things, and I can work when I want to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brunn also said she raises and shows dogs and has had dogs that have qualified for the Westminster Dog Show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been able to go, so now I\u2019ll be able,\u201d Brunn said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe was the right person for the district and we certainly understand her reasoning for leaving, but it doesn\u2019t make it any easier on this district,\u201d Board President Anthony Adams said. \u201cI\u2019m confident we will find another fabulous superintendent, but no one will replace Dr. Vicki Brunn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other business, board members approved a resolution opposing the Ohio EdChoice Scholarship (voucher) program, a move that mirrors what many other districts around the state are doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cPayments are deducted from the schools\u2019 state aid, and the other thing to note that the state aid they take is more than the state aid that we get per student,\u201d Brunn told the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brunn said the program will go into effect February 1 and she told the board she was told she couldn\u2019t meet with State Senator Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) until after that. She also said she\u2019s trying to set up a meeting with State Representative Craig Riedel (R-Defiance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board members recognized Van Wert High School Athletic Director Trent Temple, who recently was named as a certified athletic administrator, and with January being Board Recognition Month, the board saw a short video done by elementary students and a banner of thanks made by middle school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other business, the board approved $89,000 worth of repairs to the roof over the S.F. Goedde Building gymnasium, but board members tabled a motion to approve the Niswonger Performing Arts Center annex addition project. The board wants more information about the project, which includes cast dressing rooms, storage space, and a production office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of supplemental coaching contracts were approved, including Greg Steinecker, softball coach; Sean Kennedy, assistant softball coach; Alex Schmidt, boys tennis coach; Charlie Witten, head baseball coach; Eric Putman, assistant baseball coach; Jim Werts, junior varsity baseball coach; Cole Harting, freshman baseball coach; Jeremy Kitson, volunteer baseball coach; Mark Collins, varsity boys’ track and field coach; Nate Hoverman, girls’ varsity track and field coach; Rachel Dickman, volunteer assistant track coach; Hannah Phlipot, Ben Laudick, and Kim Laudick, assistant track coaches, and Kerry Koontz, Steve Sealscott, and Bob Spath, middle school track coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the board\u2019s organizational meeting, Adams was elected president and Scott Mull as vice president, and Debby Compton as the board\u2019s representative to the Vantage Career Center Board of Education. Board members agreed to meet at 5 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month, a change from 2019, when the board met on the third Wednesday of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next meeting of the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 12, in the First Federal Lecture Hall of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent writer The search will begin soon for a new Van Wert City Schools superintendent, after the Board of Education accepted the resignation of Vicki Brunn during Wednesday night’s monthly meeting. Brunn, who was hired in 2018 from Central Local Schools (Fairview), plans to retire, effective July 31. \u201cIt\u2019s not what I planned, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 17:22:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}