On the evening of July 11, the Valparaiso Community School Board reorganized and held a public hearing to renew the position of Superintendent Mike Berta.
Each year, at the first School Board meeting, the board organizes itself, meaning that officials are elected. School Board members are appointed to the board in June.
“This [process] allows the newly appointed member a voice and vote in deciding the President, Vice President and Secretary of the Board,” said recently reelected President of the VCS School Board Mark Maassel said.
For the 2013-2014 school year, the board unanimously elected their officers: Mark Maassel as President, Jim Jorgensen as Vice President and Karl Cender as Secretary. All three officials were reelected and will hold as same positions as during the 2012-2013 school year.
After organizing itself, the Board immediately got down to work.
“The Board conducted a Public Hearing on the compensation package which will be offered to the Superintendent of the Valparaiso Community Schools for the July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014 school year,” Maassel said.
The hearing was conducted according to Indiana State Law, and the Board (with community input) decided to keep the compensation package for the Superintendent unchanged.
The Board then officially agreed that Berta will continue his service as Superintendent of Valparaiso Community Schools.
“The School Board is extremely pleased that Mr. Berta has agreed to serve as the Superintendent and looks forward to working with him to support all Valparaiso Community School students and to allow them to succeed in their time within the Schools,” Maassel said.
In short, the administration of Valparaiso Community Schools will continue to work with students, faculty and staff to maintain VCS’s longstanding tradition of academic excellence.
“All members of the Board feel privileged to join with the over 800 employees of the Valparaiso Community Schools in supporting over 6,400 students within our schools in reaching the highest level of academic success they can achieve,” Maassel concluded.