Superintendent Don Diglia, back left, and Board of Education President Dennis Fricke, back right, stand with the students of the month who were present at the meeting. Front, from left: Maggie Little, Megan Bible and Brook Reese. Back from left: Taylor Kesler and Molly Burkholder. Students of the month not present were: Addison Miller, Caitlyn Rahrig, Clay Burkholder, Katelyn Hesseling, Erica Hughes and Tyler Smith.

Some of the staff reduction will come from positions not being re-filled after retirements but two will come from restructuring central office positions, including the business manager.

“We’ve gone over the position and everything it entails, all of the responsibilities included and asked ourselves if it could be split up. The answer is, it can’t,” Superintendent Don Diglia said. “A lot of the position is safety-related, which is very important. We can’t arbitrarily reduce salaries, so I’m recommending that we eliminate that position and create a new position titled ‘Safety and Facilities Manager,’ which will pay less than the current position.”

Current Business Manager Mark Miller will fill the new position.