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Beavercreek rescinds superintendent’s contract

Mark North, the Lebanon administrator who was to be Beavercreek’s next superintendent, has left the district without leadership — two months before school starts.

File Mark North, the Lebanon administrator who was to be Beavercreek’s next superintendent, has left the district without leadership — two months before school starts.

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By Christopher Magan, Staff Writer Updated 9:20 AM Friday, July 10, 2009

BEAVERCREEK — School board members meeting Thursday, July 9, followed the advice of legal council and rescinded the employment contract with Mark North, who was to be the district’s next top administrator.

The Lebanon schools superintendent the past three years signed a four-year contract with the Beavercreek district July 2, but changed his mind and resigned July 7 for what he called personal reasons.

He said he plans to stay in Lebanon.

“I shook Mark North’s hand. I thought we had a deal. I was very disappointed when he called me a few days later and said he was not going to honor the contract,” board President Richard Eckhardt said.

Superintendent Dennis Morrison will leave the district July 31 for a lower profile assistant principal post in Fairborn.

Larry Hook, an assistant superintendent in Springboro, was the other finalist. Eckhardt said Hook left word Thursday that he was still interested in the job.

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