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Millhouse spent the past 10 years at Wright State University, working most recently as human resource business partner at WSU. Prior to that, she was the HR director at the Community Action Partnership and an employee relations coordinator at ABX Air.
Judy Spurlock had been Dayton Public Schools’ HR director for the past two years but returned to a school principal role this fall at Eastmont Elementary. At the same time, the district beefed up its recruiting staff to try to solve some of its years-long staffing issues.
At Roosevelt Elementary, Principal Yolanda Clark resigned in late November. Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli did not comment on the reason for her departure. Clark, a former principal at Richard Allen charter schools, could not be reached for comment.
Therman Sampson, who is in his first year as DPS’ director of diversity and inclusion, will serve as Roosevelt principal for the rest of the school year according to Lolli, while a hiring search for next fall begins.
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Sampson was principal of that same building on West Third Street last year, when the school was called Boys Prep. The school was renamed this year when it absorbed students from the closed World of Wonder elementary school two miles to its west.
Mitzi Sanders, a DPS administrator who recently served as assistant principal at River’s Edge Montessori, will be added to the Roosevelt staff as a dean of students.
“Because we were changing principals in the middle of the year, we wanted to give some extra support,” Lolli said. “Anytime you change, there are going to be some bumps in the road.”
Lolli said Sampson will return to the diversity/inclusion role next fall. For the rest of this year, Associate Superintendent Michael Sullivan will lead a committee to ensure diversity activities continue.
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• DPS continues to plan for the early 2020 opening of a Five Rivers Health Center in the Roosevelt school. Next week, the school board will approve a $180,000 purchase order for equipment and supplies for the center, using new “wellness funds” allocated in the state budget.
• Lolli said a new “program of studies” for 2020-21 will be presented to the board next week. She said the district is adding more elective classes and career tech classes, including an advanced manufacturing program.
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