There’s going to be a few changes next year at the Camp Verde Unified School District.
The school board last Tuesday approved an administration restructuring plan that, among other things, will see a new principal at Camp Verde High School.
Bob Weir, a current wrestling coach, teacher and Career Technology Education director, will take over chief administrative duties at the high school. Weir will replace Principal Chris Shultz, who is taking on a new job in the district as director of operations.
In this job, Shultz will be responsible for working with budgets and finances, business and food services, enrollment, technology, the physical plant and other important duties. The job will also share some of the duties of the district’s business manager, a position that will be eliminated when current manager Montie Morris retires in August.
The district will also be creating a part-time position called “Finance Coordinator,” to be filled by Amy Romero, a community liaison.
The job, as the name implies, will involve working with numbers.
There’s also a new principal at Camp Verde Middle School, to replace Dan Brown after he was given the job as the new superintendent for the district.
Russ Snider, the former principal at Sedona Red Rock High School, will hopefully be coming out of retirement to take the job, Brown said. The middle school will still continue to benefit from the leadership of Danny Howe, Brown said, who has worked for the district for years.
Brown said that the restructuring, approved 5-0 by the board, was part of a plan to use people where they have the greatest strengths.
“Some have inquired about the wisdom of placing individuals in positions rather than utilizing the interview process,” Brown wrote in a letter to the district’s employees. “I believe we are at a tipping point. We have the right people. I don’t believe that they were necessarily in the right seats on our bus. Are they now? I believe time will tell.”
The plan also provides some financial savings in a cash strapped budget, more than an estimated $17,000 over the course of the 2009-10 school year.
