By Don Rutledge
FPS Associate Editor
May 20, 2008

In a surprise move, nine football coaching supplemental contracts were withheld from approval of 56 supplemental contracts at the May 13 meeting of the Carrollton Board of Education.

On a motion of Board President Rose Kienzle, the Board voted 3-2 to exclude the nine contracts from the supplemental list for the 2008-09 school year. Voting for the motion to exclude the football contracts were Board Members Kienzle, Bonnie Little and Cory Lutton while Board Members Dr. Keith Burgett and Doug Frampton voted against the motion.

Both Burgett and Frampton said they felt coaches are underpaid for as much time, effort and dedication they put into coaching. School Supt. Kevin Spears also added "our coaches are underpaid as compared to area school districts, noting Canton South is about $5,000 higher".

In her remarks, Mrs. Kienzle said she would like to discuss the of number of coaching positions further with the school district's Athletic Director Mark Spears. "It's costing the school district $8,400 for football coaching assistants and that's why I'm proposing pulling off these nine positions at this time," Kienzle added.

The nine football coaching positions withheld from the approved supplemental list included the following:

Cody Shockey, Eric C. McCort and Andrew J. Mangun, all football varsity assistant coaches; Steven Sutton, freshman head football coach; Christopher Hawk, football assistant freshman coach; Rodney A. Wood, Darin W. Abel, Gregory Platt and Richard A. Moyer, all football middle school assistant coaches.

Supplementals Approved

The following supplemental contracts were approved by the Board for the 2008-09 school year:
Lanny Peterson, boys basketball varsity assistant coach; Craig T. Brooks, boys basketball head reserve coach; Jodi L. Poole, girls basketball middle school coach grade 7; Rodney A. Wood, girls basketball middle school coach grade 8; Valorie Kirk, volleyball middle school coach grade 7; Lora Bryan, volleyball middle school coach grade 8; Daniel F. Shroyer, cross country varsity assistant coach; Christopher R. Barto, golf varsity assistant/middle school coach; Meghan Ray, cheerleading assistant football advisor and cheerleading assistant basketball advisor; Tabatha S. Ferren, cheerleading head freshman advisor; Stacy Barto, cheerleading middle school advisor; Patricia A. Wey, middle school yearbook advisor.

Kristopher D. Mallarnee and Shawn A. Neeley,  Bell-Herron Student Council (split); Vonda A. Barnhart, middle school play director; Richard Moyer, middle school Astronomy Club advisor; Karen L. Curry, middle school debate team (speech); Mary L. Lairson, CHS annual advisor and CHS Freshman class advisor; Wesley D. Frew, Academic Challenge and CHS Science Club advisor; Belinda K. Mach, CHS Foreign Language Club advisor (French), CHS National Honor Society advisor and CHS Club; Anna Guthrie, CHS Foreign Language Club advisor (Spanish); Daniel E. Kirk, CHS Future Farmers advisor; Diana L. Fairclough, CHS Special Olympics coordinator; Tara M. Marteney, CHS Student Council; Bradley J. Barker, CHS Students Against Destructive Decisions.

Randy J. Miller, CHS JROTC drill team advisor; J. Eric Hilty, CHS JROTC rifle team advisor; Beverly A. McAbier, CHS Close-up advisor; Angela Ruggieri, CHS sophomore class advisor; Kelli S. Pridemore and Kristin B. Bartlow, both CHS junior class advisors; Alice Poplin, CHS senior class advisor; David A. Dickerhoof, CHS head band director; E. Arthur Glenn III, CHS assistant band director and CHS Steel Drum director; Heather Cowie, CHS assistant band director; Mindy D. Domer, CHS head choir director; Cheryl Miller, CHS Show Stoppers director; Alzana R. Nuzzolillo, head speech/debate coach and fall play director; Ronald M. Nuzzolillo, assistant speech/debate coach and fall play assistant director.