3 Mahoning districts to have new superintendents this fall

YOUNGSTOWN

Three Mahoning County school districts will have new people in charge this fall.

The school boards at both Springfield and West Branch have already selected replacements for their respective retiring superintendents, Debra Mettee and Scott Weingart. Tom Yazvac, principal of Springfield Elementary School, begins as superintendent Aug. 1.

Doug Phillips, a principal at a Tennessee high school, begins as West Branch superintendent that same date.

Youngstown, the third district, has selected Douglas Hiscox, deputy superintendent for academic affairs, to be superintendent pro tempore when Superintendent Connie Hathorn leaves.

Hathorn has resigned to become superintendent of Watson Chapel Schools in Pine Bluff, Ark.

A search is underway for an interim superintendent expected to serve for six months.

No plans have been announced for a permanent replacement.

Read more about the departures in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.