SOUTH WAYNE - The Black Hawk school board Monday formally approved hiring a Freeport principal as its next superintendent.
The board voted in March to hire Charles McNulty, principal at Carl Sandburg Middle School in Freeport. McNulty accepted the position after it was offered to him and Monday's action merely made the hiring official, Black Hawk school board president Jason Rupnow said.
McNulty is being offered a one-year contract at the suggestion of current interim superintendent Peter Etter, Rupnow said. While superintendents' contracts generally are two years, having a one-year contract will make sure both McNulty and the board are happy with each other.
McNulty, who lives in New Glarus, will be paid $90,000 plus benefits. His contract begins July 1.
The board also heard a report that the school facility in South Wayne does not have a problem with mold, Rupnow said. EMC, the company the district hires to conduct annual visual tests for mold, reported there are no apparent problems.
Rupnow said EMC does not conduct an air quality test unless it finds visual evidence of mold. The last air quality test was in 2005, and at this time, it does not see a need for further tests.
However, Rupnow said, because several parents are concerned about mold at the school, the district is getting proposals on what it can do differently, such as upgrading ventilation, to prevent future mold problems.
The school had a problem with mold several years ago, but those problems were remediated, Etter said last week. Winter weather conditions this year caused the roof to leak in spots, creating standing water in the school, but those spots were repaired recently.
Rupnow said there still is one leak that needs to be repaired.
The board voted in March to hire Charles McNulty, principal at Carl Sandburg Middle School in Freeport. McNulty accepted the position after it was offered to him and Monday's action merely made the hiring official, Black Hawk school board president Jason Rupnow said.
McNulty is being offered a one-year contract at the suggestion of current interim superintendent Peter Etter, Rupnow said. While superintendents' contracts generally are two years, having a one-year contract will make sure both McNulty and the board are happy with each other.
McNulty, who lives in New Glarus, will be paid $90,000 plus benefits. His contract begins July 1.
The board also heard a report that the school facility in South Wayne does not have a problem with mold, Rupnow said. EMC, the company the district hires to conduct annual visual tests for mold, reported there are no apparent problems.
Rupnow said EMC does not conduct an air quality test unless it finds visual evidence of mold. The last air quality test was in 2005, and at this time, it does not see a need for further tests.
However, Rupnow said, because several parents are concerned about mold at the school, the district is getting proposals on what it can do differently, such as upgrading ventilation, to prevent future mold problems.
The school had a problem with mold several years ago, but those problems were remediated, Etter said last week. Winter weather conditions this year caused the roof to leak in spots, creating standing water in the school, but those spots were repaired recently.
Rupnow said there still is one leak that needs to be repaired.