Saturday, June 6th, 2015
Steiner takes job near Springfield
Changes come to local school chief posts
By Jared Mauch
CELINA - Celina City Schools Superintendent Jesse Steiner, 43, Thursday accepted the same position at Northwestern Local Schools District.
Steiner's hiring will be formally announced at the June 17 Northwestern board meeting, according a news release on the district's website.
Steiner will become superintendent effective Aug. 1, the release said.
"I will do what I can do to help the school district," Steiner said Friday evening about starting at Northwestern.
Steiner said he had been contacted by a recruiter to apply for the position.
Steiner reportedly will receive a three-year contract with the school district.
His salary has not been determined, Steiner said. His salary at Celina for 2015 was $98,800.
The Northwestern school board began its search April 8.
Celina school board president Connie Paulus said Steiner told her and other board members of his decision Friday.
"I discussed his decision with most of the other board members," she said.
She said board members will meet to develop a plan for hiring a new superintendent.
"We will take our time and not rush the process," Paulus said.
An interim superintendent may be hired, she said.
Paulus was not certain when Steiner will give a formal resignation to the school board.
Steiner had been the superintendent in Celina for nearly three years.
Northwestern's current superintendent, Tony Orr, served the district for seven years. In April, he tendered his resignation. He will officially leave July 31 to become superintendent at Hamilton City Schools, school board president Richard Birt has said.
Northwestern schools enroll 1,850 students, compared with Celina's 2,789 students. It boasts a new campus. Elementary, junior high and senior high buildings were constructed in 2013.
Steiner was hired in Celina in October 2012 to replace interim superintendent Steve Keller, who filled the spot after Matt Miller left to take a position at Mentor Public Schools near Cleveland.
Northwestern board president Richard Birt did not respond Friday evening to newspaper phone calls.
