Clarendon College Regents approved the hiring of six new employees during their July meeting as CC gets ready for its fall session.
The new personnel are expected to bring great individual qualities to CC, President Phil Shirley said.
“I feel like we made great gains in these new hires,” he said. “We’ve strengthened our coaching staff and personnel. These are quality people who fit into our Clarendon College family.”
The new hires are cross country coach Zachary Leggett, baseball coach Devin McIntosh, enrollment services counselor/recruiter Becky Green, vocational nursing instructor Daniel Trejo, women’s basketball coach Brad Vanden-Boogaard, and assistant softball coach / Knorpp Hall director Aljandra Rodriquez. Additionally, the board approved reassigning Kory Dunn to be director of the vocational nursing program and making Kim Layton the cheerleading coach.
Regents Vice-Chair Jerry Woodard, who was presiding, raised the issue of personnel living outside of the college district, and a discussion followed, particularly regarding Athletic Director John Green and new enrollment services counselor Becky Green. The couple is continuing to reside in Borger because they have a daughter in high school there, but the athletic director does reside in and oversee a college dorm.
The board discussed encouraging department heads and senior staff to reside in Clarendon or Donley County as a requirement of their employment, but no action was taken.
“The board prefers employees live in the district,” Shirley said, “but they stopped short of requiring it.”
In other college news, the board set August 16 as the date of its budget workshop. Regents also approved purchasing a new Toyota sedan for the president at a cost of $36,600, and discussed studying the Stanley Automotive property on the east side of Clarendon for use by the college.
The board also approved renewing insurance coverage and workers’ compensation coverage through the Texas Association of School Boards, approved an RFP to purchase athletic insurance, and authorized a letter of engagement for the 2011-2012 audit.
Regents approved a 2012-2013 agreement with K-9 Detection Services.
By Roger Estlack & Fred Gray
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