It has been discussed for the past two years but now Hennessey will start a wrestling program. That’s according to the list of coaching assignments made by the school board after a two hour executive session during their Monday, July 12 meeting.

Coach Korey Walker will be the head coach for both the high school and middle school boys and girls wrestlers, and Evan Sprayberry will be the assistant coach. Walker also works with the wrestlers and football players this summer.

Patrons who are supporters of the program have attended previous meetings in support of a wrestling program.

Girls’ basketball job open

Although not all extra duty athletic assignments were filled at that meeting, including the high school girls basketball coach and assistant coach, the stipends for all assignments were included on an approved list. This year’s athletic stipends total $141,150, and includes Coach Paul Hix’s $9,000 stipend as athletic director. The initial athletic stipends last year totaled $145,850, and the year before were $145,650.

21-22 coaching assignments

Baseball – HS head Matthew Fuksa; HS assistant, TBA; MS head Brady Johnson; MS assistant, TBA; Summer-Head, Fuksa.

Basketball – Boys: HS head, Brady Page; HS assistant, Brady Johnson; JH head, Johnson; JH assistant, TBA; Summer head, Page; assistant, Johnson. Girls: HS head, TBA; HS assistant, TBA; JH head, Frances Streck; JH assistant, TBA; Summer, TBA.

Cheerleading –HS coach, Beth Curran; MS coach, Sadye Cabral; Summer, Curran.

Cross Country – HS Boys & Girls, Cheyenne Baxter; JH Boys & Girls, Baxter.

Football – HS head, Hix; HS assistants, Hix, Evan Sprayberry, Korey Walker, Chris Rapp, TBA; JH head, Sprayberry; JH assistants, Hix and Walker. Summer, Hix.

Golf – Boys & Girls, Patrick Courtney.

Softball – HS FP/SP head, Lee Linsenmeyer, HS FP assistant, Fuksa; HS FP JV assistant, Lisa Bossa; JH FP head, Bossa; JH FP assistant, Linsenmeyer; HS SP assistant, TBA; Summer, Lisenmeyer and Bossa.

Track – Boys: HS head, Sprayberry; HS assistant, Walker; JH head, Sprayberry. Girls: HS head, Baxter; HS assistant, TBA; JH head, Baxter. Summer/track and football, Sprayberry, and summer track and cross country, Baxter.

Volleyball – HS head, Jenna Matousek; HS assistant, Casandra Tellez; JH head, Matt Means. Summer, Matousek.

Wrestling – HS Boys & Girls, head, Walker; HS assistant, Sprayberry. JH Boys & Girls, head, Walker. Summer football/wrestling, Walker.

Extra duty stipends

Gary Beaman –Transportation director, groundskeeper, maintenance director; Flo Conway – Special education director, 504 coordinator; Ginger Cox – Treasurer, activity fund custodian, payroll clerk; Patrick Courtney – Audio visual; Beth Curran – Prom coordinator, senior and junior class sponsor, high and middle school student councils; Randi Franklin – Assistant treasurer, assistant activity fund custodian; Riley Faulkner – High and middle school chorus, senior class sponsor; Raeanna Fuksa – Yearbook; Basilia Holguin – Head cook; Timberly Jech – Board minutes clerk, grant claims; Jill Moery – Senior coordinator, site test coordinator, National Honor Society; Nate Parker – 5th/6th grade quiz bowl, speech and debate; Amy Rawlings – National Honor Society, senior class sponsor; Adam Ray – High and middle school bands; David Redus – Driver’s ed (after school/summer); Amy Shelite – ELL site coordinator; Lissette Sosa – ELL site coordinator, district ELL coordinator; Craig Ullery – 7th/8th Quiz Bowl; Jennifer Ullery – High school Quiz Bowl; Rosa Rios Velazquez –Translating; Carolina Villalobos – Translating, after school detention, Saturday School, and TBA – Five junior class sponsors.

Hirings

Frances Streck was hired as a junior high girls basketball head coach and child nutrition employee, and Stacy Cline was hired on a $20 an hour contract for audio visual assistance. Streck taught in the middle school last year, and also coached. Cline retired two years ago as the elementary-middle school counselor.

Personnel stipends

Hennessey’s certified teachers and support staffers returning to their jobs next month will again be given retention/signing stipends of $1,000 for certified staff and $500 for non-certified.

All certified and non-certified staff were also approved to be paid an hourly rate for attending approved professional development sessions held during non-contractual time during the upcoming school year. Certified staffers will be paid $40 an hour, and non-certified $15 an hour.

Hennessey Board of Education members approved those actions, along with hirings and coaching/extra duty assignments/pay during their regular monthly meeting Monday, July 12.

At the meeting

All board members were present for the meeting: President Dr. James Matthew Matousek, Vice President Luke Lough, Clerk Patrick Griffin, Cristopher Choate and David Tillman.

Also at the board table were Jason Sternberger, superintendent, and Timberly Jech, office manager and minutes clerk.

Staff in the audience after the executive session were Todd Cameron, technology director, and Rae Fuksa, tech assistant.

Audience members Chandra Seiger and Amber Koehn also stayed until the 9:23 p.m. adjournment.