The Keystone School Board earlier this week hired Teresa L. Young as the district’s superintendent.
Young, whose salary was set at $123,000, will begin her initial four-year term Nov. 8.
Young’s hiring was approved by a unanimous 7-0 vote; board members John Slagle and Trisha Dixon were absent from the board’s special meeting on Monday.
Young said she is committed to providing all students with an exceptional educational experience, enabling them to become productive members of an ever-changing global society.
Young comes to the district from Weatherly Area School District in Carbon County in eastern Pennsylvania, where she served as that district’s superintendent.
Prior to her term at Weatherly, Young served as acting superintendent at Harmony Area School District in Indiana and Clearfield counties.
Over her 19 years at Harmony, she also served as an instructor, the district’s grant writer, its Keystones to Opportunity project director, special education coordinator, and as part of the administration for 13 years, serving as both elementary and junior-senior high school principals.
According to its website, Weatherly has about 640 students. Keystone’s enrollment is about 900.
The two school districts are similar in budgets, with Weatherly’s 2021-22 budget coming in at approximately $15.8 million; Keystone’s 2021-22 budget comes in at $17.3 million.
Young, who earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, becomes Keystone’s regular full-time superintendent after the Feb. 1 resignation of Shawn Algoe, who left the district to pursue employment in the private sector.
Former Oil City School District Superintendent Pat Gavin had served as Keystone’s interim superintendent until April when the school appointed elementary school principal Michael McCormick as acting superintendent until a search and interviews led to Young’s hiring.