In a special meeting of the Community Schools of Frankfort School Board held Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the School Board accepted a letter of retirement from Superintendent Don DeWeese Effective Friday, October 2, 2020.
The Board then approved a separation agreement between The Community Schools of Frankfort and Superintendent Don DeWeese. The specifics of the separation agreement has yet to be released.
DeWeese previously submitted his letter of retirement at the July 14, 2020, School Board meeting and the Board accepted with an effective date of January 11, 2021.
During the same July 14 meeting, the Board named current CSF Assistant Superintendent Joel McKinney to replace DeWeese as new Superintendent beginning January 12, 2021.
McKinney will begin serving as Interim Superintendent on October 3 until his official start as the next Superintendent of CSF on January 12, 2021.
In other business conducted during the special meeting, the School Board approved the creation of a new position and job description for a COVID-19 Assistant. This new position will be advertised to seek applicants. Currently, the task of tracking and performing contact tracing related to the pandemic within CSF falls on McKinney.
