Heyburn Elementary Principal
Please join with me in congratulating John Fennell on his appointment as Interim Principal at Heyburn Elementary for the 2013-2014 school year. Mr. Fennell will retain the title and continue to serve as the District's Assistant Superintendent on a 260 day contract, but will be housed out of Heyburn Elementary and function as the full-time principal of that building for the 2013-2014 school year. This was part of cost cutting efforts to help balance the budget cutbacks for the next year. I am confident that any one of our district administrators could have stepped up and would do a great job in this assignment. We will revisit the possible advertisement and hiring of a permanent principal again next year.
During this assignment, the following duties will be shifted for coverage purposes:
Maintenance, Energy Conservation, New Employee Orientation - Scott Rogers
Food Services, Substitutes, Classified Voice- Sandra Miller
Transportation, Personnel Evaluation Surveys, Sick Leave Banks- Marlane Garner
Safety Team/Safe Schools- Teresa Lowder
John will continue to supervise the Instructional Technology Department and Chair the IT (21st Century Classrooms) Committee.
Mr. Fennell is truly a team player and gifted instructional leader. He is well-respected and very capable, as are all of our fine administrators. Please understand that we will be running a bit thin at DSC next year (down 1 administrator). We feel, however, that we need to do this in order to pitch in and make things work for the entire district. As always, we will continue to serve and support our schools and students from the DSC. These changes will start effective July 1, 2013.
Scott A. Rogers, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Minidoka County Joint School District #331
