Negotiations begin with only internal superintendent candidate

by Peter Jakey, Managing Editor

It is no secret. The chips are all on the table in regard to who the next superintendent of the Rogers City Area Schools is going to be. Jamie Huber who is handling the K-12 principal duties in the district, is the only internal candidate being considered and has had the inside track since turning in the only application for the job a couple of months ago.

?We have no objections to hiring Mr. Huber as our superintendent,? said board member Armand Loiselle at Monday?s regular board meeting, ?and whatever principalship he?s happy with.?

It seems to be only a matter of time before he?s got the job, and during last month?s interview before the board of education, Huber said he would be more comfortable with the superintendent/6-12 principal job.

SOME DISTRICTS have gone to a superintendent/K-12 principal role, as they?ve done in Atlanta, Huber?s last place of employment before coming to Rogers City. The dust still hasn?t settled regarding that situation, as federal money from the stimulus package could be available to hire Title One and special education staff and president Mike Marx is looking at possibly tying in a position with the K-5 principal?s job.

Last month, the board decided to check Huber?s references, which they are satisfied with, and now a motion has been made authorizing Marx to begin negotiating a new contract for the superintendent?s position with a principalship to be decided at a later time.

Marx is looking at an official start up date of July 1. IN OTHER business:

? The board approved the hiring of spring coaches and volunteers. They are

as follows: Amanda Munger, track head coach; Rob Kortman, track assistant; Michael Brege, track junior high; David Nowak and Matthew Wozniak, track volunteer; Howard Madsen, baseball head coach; Wayne Karsten, baseball junior varsity; Matt Bredow and David Quaine, baseball volunteers; Karl Grambau, softball head coach; Gary Bisson, softball junior varsity; Gary Pietsch, Emily McLean and Angie Asam, softball volunteers; David Haselhuhn, golf head coach; John Eusek, golf volunteer.

? The board approved the lottery calendar fundraising project for the Rogers City High School softball and baseball programs.

? The travel requests for the eighth-grade trip to Mackinac Island June 1, the jazz band?s trip to Marquette April 17 and the seniors trip to Detroit and Sandusky, Ohio during the second of week of June were all approved.