DIXON – The Dixon Public Schools District 170 Board accepted a slate of personnel items Wednesday, March 19. Those actions include:
New hires
- Lauran Frye, 35-hour paraprofessional at Washington School, effective March 10
- Jared Shroyer, 35-hour paraprofessional at Reagan Middle School, effective March 20
- Alexa Reeder, Title I reading and math specialist at Madison School, effective for the 2025-26 school year
Change in status
- Margo Goff, from fifth-grade resource special education teacher to fourth/fifth-grade special education teacher self-contained at Madison School, effective for the 2025-26 school year
- Debbie Sneek, from office assistant at Reagan Middle School to paraprofessional at Thomas J. Dempsey School, effective April 10
- Kris Baker, from assistant principal to seventh-grade social studies teacher at Reagan Middle School, effective for the 2025-26 school year
- Cynthia Paul, from lunchroom attendant at Jefferson School to attendance secretary at Dixon High School, effective for the 2025-26 school year
- Jennifer Kuehl, third-grade teacher to third-grade accelerated teacher at Jefferson School, effective for the 2025-26 school year
Resignations
- Zina McCoy, paraprofessional at Washington School, effective Feb. 25
- Ereka Harshman, paraprofessional at Washington School, effective March 10
- Allison Johnston, special education teacher at Dixon High School, effective at the end of the 2024-25 school year
- Dakota Shuck, special education teacher at Madison School, effective at the end of the 2024-25 school year
- Britney Pitzer, third-grade teacher at Jefferson School, effective at the end of the 2024-25 school year
- Kim Bork, fourth-grade facilitator at Madison School, effective at the end of the 2024-25 school year
- Stacie McCullough, pre-kindergarten teacher at Washington School, effective at the end of the 2024-25 school year
Retirements
- Eric Ferguson, social studies teacher at Reagan Middle School, effective at the end of the 2028-29 school year
Reagan Middle School coaches for 2024-25
- Evan Thorpe: head track
- Alicia McPhillips: assistant track
- Don Randick: assistant track
- Mandy Dallas: assistant track
- Kolten Dorty: assistant track
Coaching/activities resignations
- Alicia Willey, JV volleyball coach at Dixon High School, effective Feb. 19
- Jake Gaither, basketball coach at Reagan Middle School, effective Jan. 30