Certified contracts okayed for next school year
Several certified contracts were approved for next school year at the April 19 Bluffton board of education meeting. Contracts follow:
Certified contracts
Name Term Salary
Nicole Anderson 2 $34,531
Natalie Armstrong Cont. $41,302
Jared Byers 1 $35,750
Nancy Fultz 1 $22,144*
Julie Heckman 1 $36,681
Scott Hoff 1 $53,626
Karen Luginbuhl 3 $50,064
Kathleen Moser 1 $41,399
Paul Quint 1 $41,399
Gordon Shivley 1 $44,287
*Half-time
Vicki Kirkendall was issued a cafeteria worker contract at $11.96 an hour.
The following substitute teacher contracts were issued at $72 per day:
Gwendolyn Porter, Eric Dick, John Sarakaitis, Michael Liles, Meghan Mohr, Philip Schey, Tyler Walsh, Elizabeth Rhinehart, Rachel Massie, Karissa Wannemacher, John Runkle, Bethanie Kay Adams, Zachary Voll, Jodi Conley, Douglas Anthony, Sarah Orosz, Mandy Jenkins, Judith Hauenstein, Nicole Ann Morman, Michael Snyder, Lindsay Core.
Resignations were accepted from Barbara Nusbaum, effective June 4; Thomas Nusbaum, effective June 3; and Judy Bloom, effective Sept. 1.
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, February 22, 2025
- Pirate Bowlus competes in state backstroke consolation finals
- James Arden Emmert was a kidney dialysis technician
- Pirate bowlers 13th at districts
- Pirate boys basketball win sectional vs. Wayne Trace
- Pirate Bowlus advances to OHSAA swim final, Downey swims in prelims
- Flu-related death of teen reported in Allen County
- Bluffton University public events for March 2025
- Weekend Doctor: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- January 2025 EMS by the numbers
- Lions Club inducts five new members, announces LEO Club charter night
Friday, February 21, 2025
- Obituary for Clifford Edwin Marsh
- Apollo Board of Education meets February 24
- Lions Club seeks Citizen of the Year nominations
- JAMPD newsletter looks forward to Spring 2025
- All will be quiet for the ACT testing environment, February 25
- Greatest Pirate basketball games were played in 1954-1955, part 2
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Bluffton Beavers sports roundup, Feb. 12-18
- Special meeting of Bluffton School Board includes land purchase
- Pirates Grandey, Donaldson and Sommers earn district hoop honors
- BAMA donates $700 in tissues to Bluffton Schools
- Village of Bluffton snow safety reminders
- Chamber update: Board representatives and 2025 Chocolate Walk
- Let it Go: Helping control viral infections
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- George N. Stultz was a business administrator
- Joyce Carolyn LaRue was a homemaker and seamstress
- Ticket information for section wrestling on February 22
- Tickets and livestream information for February 21 sectional boys basketball
- Bluffton businesses spotlighted at February chamber breakfast
- Tickets now on sale for March 21 Music Boosters Chicken BBQ
- Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference March 11-12
- Bluffton Forum speaker to focus on UF History
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Sandra "Sandy" Kay Palte worked for Beaverdam Elevator
- Bluffton in Bloom committee meets February 19
- Donaldson and Sommers named to All-NWC boys basketball teams
- Reminder: Senior Center Garage Sale is Feb. 27-28, Mar. 1
- Lunch & Learn speakers announced
- BHS wrestlers are NWC champions
- Clingerman finalist in 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program