Indian Valley superintendent suspended

By T-R Staff Report
The Times-Reporter
Posted Apr 17, 2009 @ 11:56 AM
Last update Apr 17, 2009 @ 11:59 AM


Randy Cadle, Indian Valley Local Schools superintendent at Gnadenhutten, was suspended Thursday night by the Board of Education in a unanimous vote.

In a release issued Friday, the board said it is reviewing the contracted status of the superintendent in view of a number of concerns that have come to its attention.

“The board hopes to resolve this matter in the near future, and in the best interest of the students and the community. The Board of Education has no further comment at this time,” the news release stated.

Member Todd Herman moved and Kathy Roth seconded the motion for Cadle’s suspension from all duties until further notice. The action followed an executive session in a special meeting that had been announced in advance.

Attempts to contact Cadle for comment were unsuccessful.

In June 2007, the board rehired Cadle as superintendent after he retired, and at that time his salary was set at $86,795 a year, plus his pension from the state teachers retirement system. He previously was paid $90,266.

In December 2006, district teachers gave him a no-confidence vote in December after a personal e-mail by Cadle was forwarded to teachers, in which he talked about how he wanted to “smack every one of them.”

In April 2008 a teacher resigned in connection with that incident.

A regular board meeting will be held Monday at 7 in the high school multipurpose room at Gnadenhutten.