Brenda Hurst to retire as treasurer of Dover City Schools
Jon Baker TimesReporter.com staff writer Staff Reporter
The Dover Board of Education will be looking for a new district treasurer with the retirement of Brenda Hurst, who will be leaving her post on Jan. 1.
DOVER The Dover Board of Education will be looking for a new district treasurer with the retirement of Brenda Hurst, who will be leaving her post on Jan. 1.
The board accepted her retirement resignation at a special meeting on Tuesday.
"She has devoted her time and her talents to serving the children and families in this community, and I respect the work that she's done," said Superintendent Carla Birney. "I will personally miss working with her, and I wish her the best in her retirement."
Hurst, a Kent State University graduate, has been treasurer for the past 18 years. Before that, she worked for 20 years at Buckeye Career Center, first as assistant treasurer and then as treasurer for 10 years. She has a total of 40 years of service as a treasurer.
"I loved it here at Dover and I loved it at the vocational school," she said. "I liked who I worked with and I liked who I worked for. That's important, so I've been very fortunate."
She had praise for Dover City Schools.
"The biggest thing about Dover is they always do what's best for the kids," Hurst said. "It's a place where people work really hard and try to do their best working for the education of the kids, and it shows. I really believe that."
In retirement, she said she plans on spending more time with her family and traveling.
Hurst is leaving as the district begins work on building a new high school.
"She's done a great job of laying the foundation, not just for the new high school but I think her work here has been outstanding," Birney said. "She has laid a good foundation for the next treasurer."
The district will start looking for a new treasurer as soon as possible, the superintendent said.
In other action, the board:
n Accepted the resignation of Kim Boughner as mentor teacher.
n Approved a shared services agreement with the East Holmes Local School District's hearing impaired unit for the 2017-2018 school year.
n Accepted a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio for Project Lead the Way in the elementary schools.
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