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53 °F Forecast | Road Cams Thursday, April 21, 2005 Today's News | Shop Our Valley | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery | Contact Us SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA Ashland News NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend April 20, 2005 Medford schools fill 2 key academic positions By ANITA BURKE Mail Tribune As part of a plan to beef up the Medford school district’s main office, the school board has hired two former Medford teachers to serve as directors of curriculum and secondary education, but is still seeking a director of elementary education. Tuesday evening, the board approved hiring Todd Bloomquist as curriculum director and Doug Jantzi as director of secondary education. Contracts for all the new directors are still in the works. Each will earn an annual salary of around $100,000. Bloomquist is principal of Central Point Elementary School and served as assistant principal of Crater High School for four years. Prior to that he was an English teacher and division leader at South Medford High School from 1994 to 2000. "He brings much enthusiasm, energy and experience to our district," said curriculum and elementary education director Phil Long, who oversaw the hiring process as incoming superintendent. Advertisement Jantzi taught marketing and business at North Medford High School through 1990, then went on to work at a community college in Ontario, Ore., the Oregon Department of Education, and at school districts in Albany and Central Point, where he was director of curriculum and secondary education from 1999 through 2003. He is principal at Thurston High School in Springfield. "He brings a breadth of experience," Long said. Long praised both men for their strong experience as principals. "We need people who know how schools work," he said. At Long’s request, the board reopened the elementary education director position because one finalist declined to move here because of high housing costs and the other had an opportunity in another district. In all, 19 people applied for the three open director’s positions and eight were interviewed before the finalists were chosen, Long said. Long also asked for and the board approved a title change for Julie York, a district administrator who supervises special services and federal programs. She will become director of student services, a cabinet-level position like the other directors. The change more accurately reflects the level of responsibility she already has and won’t significantly change the salary and other compensation she receives, Long said. Call Anita Burke at 776-4485; e-mail [email protected] . Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Free Music Downloads Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Distance Education Diamonds Online Poker Slippers Student Loans tcg student loan consolidation teleconferencing Memory Foam Mattress w2 forms Tatoo Tatoos Advertisement s