Gail Allshouse. Photo provided.
The Lakota Board of Education approved the appointment of Allshouse Monday night. Her salary in her new role, which begins next school year, will be $89,500.
“Gail is an outstanding leader and educator,” said Karen Mantia, Lakota superintendent. “She is the right person to carry on the strong leadership that Clayton has provided at VanGorden.”
Allshouse graduated from Saint Leo University with a bachelor of arts in elementary education. She earned a master of education in reading in 1999 and a master of education in educational administration in 2005, both from Miami University.
She started her career in education as a fifth grade teacher at Donovan Intermediate School in Lebanon. At Lakota schools, Allshouse served as a reading specialist at Adena Elementary School from 1999 to 2007. Since then, Allshouse has been an assistant principal at Freedom, Adena and Endeavor elementary schools.
Clayton Ash, who is retiring as principal of VanGorden Elementary School, started his career in education at Lakota in 1981 as a sixth grade teacher at Liberty Junior School. He taught for 11 years at both Liberty and Woodland Elementary School before becoming assistant principal at Woodland in 1992. He was named principal at Liberty Elementary in 1999 and became principal at VanGorden in 2007.
Ash graduated from Bowling Green State University with a bachelor of science in elementary education. He also earned a master of education and administration from Miami University.