N. Baltimore Superintendent to retire

NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio - Amid a flurry of good news about financing for the district’s new school building and its cutting-edge design, members of the North Baltimore School Board were faced Tuesday with accepting the unexpected resignation of Superintendent Kyle Clark.

"That’s due to my retirement effective Jan. 1," he explained. "Retirement laws are out there. This is the right time for us as a group. It’s bittersweet. It’s the right time for me to retire."

Clark listed a number of items which are coming together as he prepares to step down. "The building will be designed. The land is going to be there. Funding for it ... is there. The academic performance of our students is out there, (rated) Excellent. It’s a good time, and we’re got some transition time for spring."

"I couldn’t be happier for the district, the kids in this community, what they’ll be moving into. We’re opening up the eyes of educational delivery systems. It’s really going to be a facility second-to-none in Northwest Ohio. There aren’t any other buildings designed quite like this. We’re bringing the 21st Century to North Baltimore."

Board President Jake Trevino said when he first came to the school board there were some things he didn’t agree with, but in serving on it he had grown to respect Clark. During the vote to accept the resignation, Trevino’s response was "reluctantly yes."

(Information from the Sentinel-Tribune , a FOX Toledo News media partner)