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PAGE 8 - GROVEPORT MESSENGER - <strong>February</strong> 26, <strong>2023</strong><br />
Cruisers win OCC<br />
Photo courtesy of <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Schools<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison High School Competition Cheerleading Team won the Ohio Capital Conference<br />
Buckeye Division varsity championship this season. “The strength of our squad is the girls’ perseverance<br />
through many set backs,” said Head Coach Krena Kouns-Hubner.” She praised the team for working hard<br />
as well as the work of the assistant coaches. “Lexi and Logan bring a fresh perspective to our team like<br />
a calm before a storm for all of us,” she said. “Roni adds love and nurturing to us all as well. We have found<br />
who we surround ourselves with brings us the biggest benefits from tumbling to practice to choreography.<br />
It all plays a huge role in the grand scheme of things.” She said the support from families, the athletics<br />
department, school, school board, and community were positive factors. “Nothing pushes you harder<br />
than knowing you have so much support and love from everyone,” she said. The squad’s coaches are:<br />
Krena Kouns-Hubner, Lexi Lindic, Roni Leport, and Logan Hubner. Team members are: Braylan James,<br />
Rayanna Thierry, Saniya Buck, Jada Hubbard, Modesty Cunningham, Olivia Williams, Dalajia Lindsey,<br />
Anazha Bell, My’Ana Yancey, Tiera Jones, Nylaya Miller, and Mi’Angel Cochran.<br />
Sweetheart Concert<br />
Photo courtesy of <strong>Groveport</strong> Town Hall<br />
Prior to Valentine’s Day, <strong>Groveport</strong> Town Hall, 648 Main St., hosted the Sweetheart Concert on Feb. 11 featuring<br />
music by the band HangTime, dancing, and tasty refreshments. For information about events at<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Town Hall, call 614-836-3333.<br />
www.columbusmessenger.com<br />
Eastland-Fairfield superintendent retires<br />
After a 30-plus year<br />
career in public education,<br />
Eastland-Fairfield Career<br />
& Technical Schools<br />
Superintendent and CEO,<br />
Dr. Kimberly Pietsch<br />
Miller, announced her<br />
intent to retire effective<br />
July 31, <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
The Eastland-Fairfield<br />
Board of Education accepted<br />
her resignation for the<br />
purpose of retirement at<br />
the district’s Board meeting<br />
held on Jan. 11. She<br />
will continue to serve in<br />
her role as superintendent<br />
and CEO through the<br />
duration of her contract,<br />
which expires at the end of<br />
July.<br />
“I am so grateful to have<br />
had the opportunity to<br />
Photo courtesy of Eastland-Fairfield<br />
KIMBERLY PIETSCH MILLER<br />
work with the students, staff, and families of Eastland-Fairfield as<br />
well as our partner school districts and business partners,” said<br />
Miller. “The accomplishments of our district over the past three<br />
years are many, and I am thankful to the board of education for<br />
their support, their visionary leadership, and their partnership.<br />
The work of our public schools is paramount to our success as a<br />
nation, state, and in our communities. It has been my honor to<br />
serve students, staff, and communities in Ohio for more than 30<br />
years.”<br />
Miller said events in her personal life have led her and her my<br />
husband to determine it is time to return to their family in<br />
Cincinnati.<br />
“Columbus has provided both professional and personal successes<br />
over the past nine years, but I miss my family,” said Miller.<br />
“I look forward to continuing to serve our district and communities<br />
through the remainder of my contract.”<br />
Miller was hired to lead Eastland-Fairfield in September 2020<br />
and took the reins on Jan. 1, 2021. Under her leadership,<br />
Eastland-Fairfield built and instituted a new five-year strategic<br />
plan that will continue to guide the district’s work. More programming<br />
has been made available to high school students through the<br />
introduction of Robotics & Automation, Firefighting, STNA, and<br />
Sports Medicine programs. Multiple programs have experienced<br />
expansion with the creation of additional sections including<br />
Teaching Professions, Employability Prep, and Pre-Nursing.<br />
Beyond the student lab experience, the EFCTS academic curriculum<br />
has been reimagined to tap into students’ interests by<br />
including more inquiry-based learning opportunities. This work<br />
plus an effort to improve the EFCTS student experience has led to<br />
more high school students being presented with an opportunity to<br />
receive a career-technical education experience, as seen through<br />
the district’s record enrollment numbers entering the 2022 school<br />
year.<br />
Adult Workforce Development programming also experienced<br />
growth with the addition of two new opportunities in the trades,<br />
Plumbing and Facilities Maintenance. The vision has been set to<br />
offer State Tested Nursing Assistant and Licensed Practical<br />
Nursing programs in Fall <strong>2023</strong> as part of an adult medical pathway,<br />
as well as an Industrial Automation program in 2024.<br />
Miller’s focus on community engagement has resulted in a dramatic<br />
increase in business partnerships, work-based learning<br />
opportunities for students, and an elevation in the school’s profile<br />
around Ohio.<br />
In addition, Eastland-Fairfield successfully completed a district-wide<br />
rebranding effort that highlights its strategic plan, new<br />
logo, colors, and image.<br />
At the Feb. 9 board of education meeting, the board voted to<br />
retain the services of the Ohio School Board Association to help<br />
conduct the search for the next superintendent/CEO of Eastland-<br />
Fairfield Career & Technical Schools.
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