From staff reports
Union School District has a new superintendent.
John Kimmel, the high school principal at Clarion High School, was hired last week by the district to replace Jean McCleary.
Kimmel, a Clarion native, has been the principal at Clarion for the past five years. He graduated from Clarion Area High School in 1997 and received a bachelor’s degree from Clarion University in 2002.
In 2008, Kimmel was hired as principal at Jeff Tech in Jefferson County. He was hired as principal at Clarion Area High School in March of 2014.
Union School Board also approved memorandums of understanding last week between Union School District and the Union Education Support Personnel Association and between the school district and the Union Education Association.