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Rainwater adds 2 to MMSD staff

The Capital Times  —  4/29/2008 3:54 pm

Superintendent Art Rainwater will add a longtime Madison-area educator and a staff member new to the district to his Madison Metropolitan School District staff, pending approval at next week's School Board meeting.

Ann Yehle will assume the post of executive director of educational services and Erik Kass will take over as assistant superintendent for business services. If these major positions are approved by the Board, Yehle and Kass are expected to be named to the jobs May 5 and will begin their jobs July 1.

Yehle, who currently works as an administrator in the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Division of Reading and Student Achievement, was the principal at Sherman Middle School for six years.

In her role with the district, she will spearhead the Special Education and English-as-a-Second-Language and Bilingual Education divisions. She takes over for Jack Jorgensen, who is retiring.

Kass, who worked in similar slots with the Waukesha School District as executive director of business services and comptroller, will be in charge of budget, food services, building operations and bussing, among other things. Kass replaces Howard Sampson, who has worked on an interim basis since August 2007.

The Capital Times  —  4/29/2008 3:54 pm