Youngstown schools hires principal, assistant

YOUNGSTOWN

The city school board hired one high-school principal and an assistant, each on a two-year contract.

Joseph J. Krumpak Jr. will earn $83,446 annually as a high-school principal, while Stanley M. Koterba III will get $73,456 annually as an assistant principal.

Krumpak, who was working in the district this past school year as a curriculum supervisor from the Mahoning County Educational Service Center, was hired for the last few weeks of the 2013-14 year as an assistant principal at Chaney when the former principal was placed on leave and the assistant principal became the acting principal.

Superintendent Connie Hathorn said after Tuesday’s board meeting that Koterba, a Mahoning Valley native, has been working at a school in Georgia.

The two men haven’t been assigned to specific buildings, but Hathorn said he hopes to hire another high-school principal, two high-school assistant principals and an elementary-school principal before the start of school in the fall because of nonrenewals, retirements and personnel reassignments.

The hiring follows a disagreement between the board and the Youngstown City Schools Academic Distress Commission regarding high-school principal salaries.

Read more about the hirings in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.