Despite teacher shortages and resignations, Superintendent Dr. Ty Mungle ensures NLCS to be ready for school year

BEDFORD – NLCS Superintendent Dr. Ty Mungle, told school board members during their meeting Thursday night that each school should be ready for the start of the school year with proper staffing levels.

NLCS Superintendent Dr. Ty Mungle

An issue with available teachers has been an ongoing problem for many other school corporations throughout Indiana, and NLCS is no different according to Dr. Mungle.

“A few years ago, there used to be close to 500 education graduates from local schools, now its closer to 300, and each school corporation is dealing with this shortage in different ways,” said Dr. Mungle. “We are in a better situation than most schools, and we will be ready for the start of the school year.”

The school board voted to allow Dr. Ty Mungle to hire necessary staff to get the schools fully staffed at the opening of the school year, as he works with Assistant Superintendent Chris Tanner, Director of Learning Maggie Dainton, and the principals of each school.

Personnel changes announced during the school board meeting include:

Resignations

  • Anna Blackwell – Resigning as Oolitic Campus Social Studies Teacher – effective 2021-2022 school year
  • Pam Canada – Oolitic Campus Inclusion – effective end of the 2021-2022 school year
  • Kaelyn Cole – Resigning as Gateway Academy Instructor – effective end of the 2021-2022 school year
  • Maleaha Evans – Resigning as Gateway Academy Instructor – effective end of the 2021-2022 school year
  • Phillip Feutz – Resigning as BNL Math Teacher effective end of 2021-2022 school year
  • Julia Gullotti – Resigning as North Lawrence Community School Art Teacher effective end of 2021-2022 school year
  • Stacey Hawkins – Resigning as Oolitic Campus Resource Instructor effective end of 2021-2022 school year
  • Christy Lee – Resigning as North Lawrence Career Center FACS teacher effective end of 2021-2022 School year
  • Anita Parsch – Resigning as Bedford North Lawrence English Teacher – effective end of the 2021-2022 school year
  • Julie Prichett – Resigning as North Lawrence Community Schools Math Teacher – effective the end of the 2021-2022 school year
  • Marcey Simmerman – Resigning as Lincoln Elementary Teacher – effective end of the 2021-2022 school year
  • Heath Snider – Resigning as Shawswick Elementary School – effective end of the 2021-2022 School year
  • Amy Spence – Resigning as Lincoln teacher – effective end of the 2021-2022 school year
  • Jenifer Thomas – Resigning as BNL Social Worker – effective end of the 2021-2022 School year
  • Danielle Underwood – Resigning as Oolitic teacher – effective 2021-2022 school year
  • Mackenzi Wilkinson – Oolitic Campus Inclusion – effective 2021-2022 school year
  • Christopher Austin – Resigning as BNL Instructional Aide – effective July 14, 2022
  • Heather dela Cruz – Resigning as Parkview Instructional Aide – effective July 10, 2022
  • Tammy Davis – Resigning as Technology Coordinator – effective July 14, 2022
  • Julie Keith – Resigning as North Community Schools Custodian – effective August 2, 2022
  • Kara Matthews – Resigning as Shawswick Instructional Aide – effective August 2, 2022
  • Terry Summitt – resigning as Playful Pathways LPN – effective August 1, 2022

New Hires

  • Cindy Crump – Needmore Inclusion Teacher – effective 2022- 2023 school year
  • Hannah Frash – Bedford Middle School Band Director – effective 2022 – 2023 school year
  • Montanna Kocher – Lincoln Elementary School teacher – effective 2022 -2023 school year
  • Corey Lagle – Oolitic Campus Social Studies Teacher – effective 2022 – 2023 school year
  • Rachael Lowe – North Lawrence Community School Art Teacher – effective 2022 -2023 school year
  • Emma Voyles – Shawswick Elementary School teacher – effective 2022-2023 school year
  • Jessi Rogers – North Lawrence Community School Benefits Administration assistant – effective July 25, 2022
  • Ryan Davis – North Lawrence Community Schools mechanic – effective July 25, 2022
  • Kayla Kaiser – North Lawrence Community School custodian part-time – effective August 2, 2022
  • Joshua Powell – North Lawrence Community School custodian full-time – effective August 2, 2022

Retirements

  • Sharon Neuman – Retiring as Instructional Aide – effective September 30, 2022 after 22 years of service
  • RoChelle Sowders – Retiring as North Lawrence Career Center Treasurer – effective August 1, 2022 after 20 years of service

Transfers

  • Jeannie Barnes – Transferring from Oolitic to Shawswick Student Support Specialist – effective 2022-2023 school year
  • Jackie Eichem – Transferring from Playful Pathways to Bedford North Lawrence High School Multi categorical – effective 2022 -2023 school year
  • Susan Fry – Transferring from BNL Inclusion to Oolitic Campus Inclusion teacher – effective 2022-2023 school year
  • Laura Montgomery – Transferring from Oolitic FACS to North Lawrence Community School Middle School Math teacher – effective 2022 -2023 school year.
  • Samantha Overton – Transferring from Shawswick Elementary Super Sub to Computer Aide – effective August 3, 2022