SCHOOL BOARD MEETS
"The Bail Outs Begin"
June 13

County Clay's
Board of Edumacation held a public meeting, mostly public
anyway, on June 13th in the Pentagon. More than a dozen
taxpayers were in the peanut gallery to watch the free
entertainment.
With nearly 30 years watching those rascals, we have
never seen a meeting agenda with over 40 items listed.
Including 16 minutes behind closed doors, everything was
covered in a little over 60 minutes.
Boy Oh Boy the bail outs are already in progress. There
was no mention of the layoffs at Big Odor Elem and H E White
Elem. Not a peep.
Here's what we saw on the 13th
Science teacher Carrie Huffman resigned from Clay
County High School (CCHS)
Science teacher Daniel Proctor also bailed out at CCHS
Long time Vo Ag teacher Brian Holcomb walked into
retirement time but plans to be a sub teacher in the future
Long time Big Otter teacher Susan Hundley bailed out
Clay Middle School cheer coach Sabrina Corwell left
After working 5000 years, Pentagon secretary Mary
Holcomb is going to the barn, she's retiring. Ditto for her
husband, Jimmy the bus driver
Clay Elem's resource teacher Brett Oates, he's gone
Sheran Helmick is leaving Big Otter Elem and
heading to H E White Elem
Big Otter's resource teacher Megan Boggs had to switch
to 2nd grade teacher
Kindergarten teacher Jaycee Huffman ain't no more, she
will still have a job at Big Otter but will work in the 4th
grade
Cory Stricker had the rug pulled out from under
him at H E White and will work at Clay Elem
Luella Dancy was hired as a math teacher at CCHS
Sabrina Corwell will be a new counselor at CCHS
if she gets certified
Wendy Skidmore was hired as the new Clay Middle social
studies teacher
Crystal Black is leaving H E White and heading over to
Clay Middle
Stephanie Grauding was hired as a 5th grade teacher at
Lizemore Elem
Bus driver Norman Ramsey was moved over to bus 89.

Jennifer
Truman was hired to run the CCHS cafeteria there.
Christina Belt is moving to H E White Elem as a
3rd and 4th grade split class teacher
Clay Middle will have a new asst volleyball
coach, Kacie Munger
Beth Hubbard was selected to be a new science
teacher at CHS
Cathy Turley is the new asst girls'
basketball coach at Clay Middle
Chastity Morris is the new kindergarten teacher
at H E White
McKenzie Lewis is the new cheer coach at Clay
Middle
Sherri Markle Ramsey (Boardster Susan Bodkins
sister) was hired as a resource teacher at Clay Elem. Ms
Bodkins did not leave the room nor abstain from the vote.
Dustin Vaughan is the new 5th grade teacher
at Big Otter
and and and.
It was time to go secret to decide the fate of a
high school student. After 16 minutes behind closed doors, the
kid was tossed from CHS for 365 days and be on virtual
learning to graduation next year.

The only item
that raised any eyebrows was the upcoming Superintendent
evaluation which will come during the last meeting of the setting
Board, on June 27th.
Superintendents get the evaluation ritual every year.
Normally that doesn't amount to much and life goes on.
For 2022 and the crapola that has been unfolding
this year, including the loss of the Excess Levy, this
evaluation may shed some light on our own Orville, Joe, Pretty
Boy, Mercedes, Paxton's, future.
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