School and community members came out Monday evening for an open house to wish Lima City Schools Superintendent Jill Ackerman well as she nears retirement.
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Lima Central Catholic has named its new principal, Katie Krieg ‘05, following the announcement that current Principal/CEO Stephanie Williams ‘98 will be moving into a new role as Head of School.
May 23, 2024, Press Release from Lima Central Catholic: The Lima Central Catholic High School Board of Governors voted unanimously this week to renew the ministerial contract for Principal/CEO Stephanie Williams. Ms. Williams continues to be instrumental in fully realizing Lima Central Catholic’s Strategic Plan adopted by the board two years ago. Emphasizing individual student well-being among other pillars, her work has led to the development of new programs and services addressing a student population with a variety of spiritual, academic, and social/emotional needs.
May 22, 2024, Press Release from Spencerville Local Schools: The Spencerville Board of Education has approved John Zerbe as its new Middle School Principal. Zerbe will replace John Edinger, who is leaving after six years as principal to become a teacher and assistant principal at the West Central Learning Academy. Zerbe had previously served the Spencerville district for 12 years as a teacher, coach, and athletic director before leaving in 2021-22 to become the assistant principal at St. Marys Memorial High School. He returned to Spencerville as a fourth-grade teacher in 2022-23 before heading to Elida to be an assistant elementary principal this past school year. Zerbe also has teaching experience at Elida, Delphos Jefferson, and Lima Temple Christian.
Lima Senior assistant principal Tyler Turner, was hired to take the job effective on July 1st. He will replace the current principal Fran Mort, who is retiring. Turner graduated from Waynesfield-Goshen and Miami University, and then went on to get his master's degree.
High school principal Chad Brinkman and staff members Maureen Rentz and Karissa Hoersten were arraigned on the child endangering charges. The charge stems from an incident that occurred on May 4th, 2021, when an alleged incident of neglect of a student took place. The charges were filed this year and come from the Van Wert City Law Director's Office.