Interim chief hired by Bellevue schools

7/18/2006

BELLEVUE, Ohio - The Bellevue City School District yesterday hired an interim superintendent to guide the district through the next school year.

The board of education, meeting in a special session, voted to give Stephen Schumm a one-year contract at a salary of $92,000.

He is a retired principal from St. Paul Elementary School in Norwalk and had served as superintendent in the New London school district.

He replaces James Lahoski, who resigned to accept a post as superintendent of the North Central Education Service Center in Tiffin.