fi i Major changes taking place P t By DUSTIN QUEZADA - /THE TOP of _ the | administrative structure for - ? the Coast Mountains School + District i is changing, with up - j to two new people expected _ : ‘to be hired in the coming ; months. | . What is known is that’ ' Rob Greenwood, for three — i ‘years the assistant superin-— ‘tendent of schools here, has been: appointed as superin- “ tendent effective Aug. 1... . He replaces Randy Smal- i . brugge, who is taking an . « indefinite medical leave of... » absence. no 8 ‘School board chair Lor- ‘tie Gowen says Smalbrugge will retum. as an executive © © officer within the school dis- ‘ trict when his health allows. 7 ‘Gowen says Smalbrugge, ' superintendent since 2001 _ and a district employee for 30. years, urged the board to make the move to appoint ~ _ Greenwood rather than nam- : ing an interim“ superinten- dent until he could return. “This (appointment) “wasn’t the board asking for this,’ Gowen said of the . Greenwood appointment. ’ After a lengthy discus-. sion on whether to post the -vacancy, the board decided — to fill the position internally. “We felt Rob (Green- _“wood) met all the require- ments we were looking for,” said Gowen, adding assistant: Randy Smalbrugge superintendents end up as superintendents. Greenwood was at Skee- na Junior before moving to the district office. The assistant superinten- dent position vacancy, will be addressed by the board in June, however Gowen said it could remain open until September. The job is typically filled , by a director of instruction | and the district’s lone such person is Christine Foster. The district also disclosed last week that secretary trea- - . .Surer Marcel Georges will retire effective Oct. 1. He has held the post for seven years and has been a ‘treasurer and assistant trea- surer for a number of school districts for 25 years. a a The Rock Christian Community Church GARAGE SALE ius KIDS SWAP MEET .-. 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However, Georges says at school district office © Rob Greenwood | he’s proud of the district’s accomplishments. - espe- cially in’ addressing. class - sizes and composition. to complete for: °- ° Still Georges is tabling a prelimi- nary budget for the 2006-07 _ school year, having the dis- _ trict’s . financial: statements © audited and easing the tran- : sition of his replacement. The district has posted the “vacancy nationally: and as of last week had received” approximately 60 hits on.a Web site where it is listed. -Gowen says treasurers’ are required to to current employers so the board expects to have somie- ‘one hired by July in order to take over from Georges in October. - ° The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - AQ secretary”. Fore all your golf 1 needs, a guide to all golf has to offer i in B.C. . 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