Science teacher found; athletic director resigns

The hiring of a new science teacher for Odessa High School was approved at the July 25 meeting of the Odessa School Board.

Seth Hodges comes to Odessa from St. Michael’s, a private Catholic high school on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. The school there is about the same size as Odessa’s school. Hodges is originally from Washington and his elderly mother still lives in the state, so he was looking for a way to move back “home.”

The board also accepted the resignation of Darin Reppe as the athletic director for the Odessa-Harrington Athletic Cooperative. Reppe continues to teach in Harringto...