Dozens apply for position of dean at Chaney High School

STAFF REPORT

YOUNGSTOWN — There is no lack of candidates for a vacant dean’s post at Chaney High School.

Damon Dohar, assistant superintendent of human resources in the Youngstown city schools, said a total of 37 applications have been received for the post created by the resignation last December of Robert Spencer.

The plan is to have the post filled in early August in preparation for the fall start of classes, Dohar said.

Most of the applications came from outside the school district, he said, noting that seven came from current employees.

The candidates are being screened and the list will be narrowed to about a dozen who will be invited for interviews, Dohar said, adding that he hopes to have a recommendation to present to the school board Aug. 12.

“We have some pretty good candidates we want to talk to,” he said.

Spencer stepped down at mid-year, saying he was leaving for “personal reasons.” Dr. Wendy Webb, superintendent, assigned utility administrator Claude Bentley to the post for the remainder of the school year.

Both Bentley and Spencer were retired Youngstown school administrators who had returned to work for the district.

Bentley completed the year, working with two other deans at Chaney — Edna Douglas and Pete Lymber.

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