New Administrators for Waukesha School District, Principals for South and Butler

With the end of the school year, a number of staff are changing positions or leaving the district.

The Waukesha School Board this week approved the following administrative positions:

• Principal Ryan Krohn was approved as assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and educational accountability, as assistant superintendent for educational services.
• Deirdre Garcia was named director of bilingual education and world language, a new position within the school district. Garcia is new to the district, coming from Milwaukee Public Schools.
• Sharon Thiede, an assistant principal at , was named director of student services.
• Timothy Joynt, assistant principal at , was approved as principal at South, replacing Mike Nowak who will be taking a position in Franklin.
• Jason Sadowski , currently a coach in the district and assistant principal at West Allis Central High School, will replace Tony DeRosa as principal of .

The school board also approved the following resignations and new appointments.

Resignations were accepted for:

• Sarah Ottow, gifted and talented coordinator;
• Todd Hencsik, assistant principal at West High School, (pending contract approval at with another district);
• Jessica Novitzke, physical educaiton teacher at West;
• Maria Miller, elementary teacher at Bethesda Elementary;
• Rhonda Augustiniak, art teacher at Hawthorne Elementary;
• Kristin Canfield, 7th grade reading and writing teacher at Central Middle School;
• Lisa Hughes, 5th grade teacher at Hadfield Elementary;
• Kim Crosby, math teacher at STEM Saratoga;
• Ana Bell, bilingual coordinator; and
• Rachel Clark-Sindler, music teacher at STEM Saratoga;

New contracts or contract modifications were approved for 15 teachers and one school psychologist.