{"id":132453,"date":"2020-06-24T23:15:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T04:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=132453"},"modified":"2020-06-25T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T02:56:22","slug":"vwcs-board-says-goodbye-to-brunn-welcomes-bagley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/06\/24\/vwcs-board-says-goodbye-to-brunn-welcomes-bagley\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCS: Good-bye to Brunn, hello to Bagley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Wednesday\u2019s Van Wert City Board of Education meeting was the final one for Superintendent Vicki Brunn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert City Board of Education members welcomed incoming Superintendent Mark Bagley (left) said farewell to retiring Superintendent Vicki Brunn during its June meeting on Wednesday. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Brunn, who was hired in February 2018, announced her retirement in January and said she\u2019s relocating to California to be closer to her children and grandchildren. She\u2019s being replaced by Van Wert Middle School Principal Mark Bagley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo end here at Van Wert is an incredible joy for me,\u201d Brunn told the board. \u201cIt was a wonderful experience from the beginning, until now even with COVID, but I\u2019m looking forward to getting out with my grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet because I\u2019m going to miss everyone here,\u201d she added. \u201cMark has moved into the office and he\u2019s doing a great job getting acclimated and getting things rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to have Vicki work with me these last few months,\u201d Bagley said. \u201cShe\u2019s shared her wisdom with me a lot and next week we\u2019re going to meet again one final time and go over a lot of things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board President Anthony Adams also thanked Brunn and offered praise to the outgoing superintendent and said he\u2019s looking forward to working with Bagley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen she came in she provided strong focused leadership,\u201d Adams stated. \u201cShe worked to continue our strategic plan and this year she dealt with negotiations with our contracts and, from all accounts, those went as smooth as they ever have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe provides this leadership that our district needed, but at the same time she empowered the administrators and teachers to do what they do best,\u201d Adams added. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have Mr. Bagley aboard as our new superintendent and he\u2019ll continue with that strong leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bagley later noted that he\u2019s waiting for guidelines from Governor Mike DeWine on reopening schools in August and he said once he has more information from Columbus, surveys will be sent to staff and parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cHopefully, by July 15 we\u2019ll have a lot more information we can give to people,\u201d Bagley explained. \u201cIt\u2019s about what\u2019s best safely for us to reopen — we have to have all the information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKids and teachers together is the best option,\u201d he added. \u201cAre there other ways? Yes, and if we have to we have to be ready to go that way, but the best way is teachers and kids together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bagley also said he plans on meeting with Crestview Superintendent Kathy Mollenkopf and Lincolnview Superintendent Jeff Snyder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his report to the board, Assistant Superintendent Bill Clifton said 10 of the district\u2019s 15 buses are now equipped with stop arm cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHopefully that will help, as we continue to have problems with people who either intentionally or unintentionally pass our buses while they\u2019re stopped,\u201d Clifton said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clifton also noted three areas of the high school parking lot will be repaved and he thanked the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce for a $1,000 donation to the district\u2019s \u201cgrab-and-go\u201d meal program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other business, the board set cafeteria prices for the upcoming school year, and approved agreements with Van Wert Health for athletic training services and with New Tech Network, plus a revised lease agreement with the Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board members agreed to appoint Bagley, Rachel Dickman, and Mary Ann Falk to the Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation Board of Directors. Bagley will replace Brunn and Dickman will succeed Scott Mull. Falk is filling a new position on the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mull told the board the foundation received state funding and will move forward with a lighting and sound system project to enhance performances and patron experiences at the NPAC, once shows are able to resume. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board also accepted the resignation of third grade teacher Tabitha Williams and board members learned that the results of a feasibility study regarding Eggerss Stadium renovations and the athletic complex at Van Wert High School will likely be shared at next month\u2019s meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next meeting of the Van Wert City Board of Education will be held a week earlier than normally scheduled, at 5 p.m. Monday, July 15, in the First Federal Lecture Hall of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent writer Wednesday\u2019s Van Wert City Board of Education meeting was the final one for Superintendent Vicki Brunn. Brunn, who was hired in February 2018, announced her retirement in January and said she\u2019s relocating to California to be closer to her children and grandchildren. She\u2019s being replaced by Van Wert Middle School Principal Mark […]<\/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-132453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 14:21:57","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\/132453","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=132453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}