Trotwood schools pick new interim superintendent as takeover looms

Trotwood-Madison City Schools are at a crucial juncture this year.

Trotwood-Madison City Schools are at a crucial juncture this year.
Trotwood
By
April 11, 2018
X

Trotwood-Madison City Schools announced today that its board of education will vote Thursday to hire Tyrone Olverson as interim superintendent of schools, effective next Monday.

Current Superintendent Kevin Bell told district leaders last year that he planned to retire, and the board has been searching for a superintendent since then.

RELATED: State test results key factor in Trotwood schools’ future

Olverson is currently the Chief Academic and Operations Officer of the Youngstown City School District, which was taken over several years ago by a state Academic Distress Commission.

Trotwood schools are at risk of the same process if student scores from this spring’s ongoing state tests do not improve enough to move the needle on the district’s state report card this summer.

RELATED: Trotwood swears in new school board member

Olverson’s contract will run only through Dec. 31, according to a district press release, because of the uncertainty of a possible state takeover process later this year.

Stay with DaytonDailyNews.com for more on this developing story.

PREVIOUS: Trotwood superintendent will retire

In Other News
1
‘Tornado-safe’ home in Trotwood designed to withstand elements
2
UPDATE: 15-year-old boy shot, killed at Trotwood apartment complex
3
Trotwood lifts boil advisory for Nona Drive residents
4
Trotwood boil advisory lifted
5
Boil Advisory issued in Trotwood due to water main repair

About the Author

Follow Jeremy P. Kelley on facebookFollow Jeremy P. Kelley on twitter

Jeremy Kelley is the assistant news editor for the Dayton Daily News. Jeremy is a Cincinnati native and has lived in the Dayton area for 30-plus years.