New principal hired

The Odessa School Board held a budget workshop prior to the regular monthly meeting on July 23.

The regular meeting opened with a budget hearing which produced no public comment.

Under old business, the board approved Ken Schutz’s resignation as K-12 principal, three additional days for the superintendent for 2013-2014 and hired Jamie Nelson as the new P-12 principal for Odessa Schools, the salary schedule for the union-exempt employees.

The board also hired Tim Hauge as the new bus driver, Jeff Nelson as the high-school assistant football coach, Justin Ikehara as the junior-high head volleyba...