Milton School District’s communication supervisor will focus on community connection
By Andrea Behling, The Janesville Gazette, Wis. | |
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District officials even considered partnering with the city and with the
"The school district, the businesses, the city, we're all one. We need to find a way to market
Talks and "passing conversations" took place, but such a position wasn't created, Schigur said.
Over the course of the last school year, the school district decided it was time to act on the idea, he said.
City Administrator
"When I saw the job posting, it sounded like the board was willing to act much more quickly," Schuetz said.
"We were able to finally say, 'Let's just commit to it,'" Schigur said.
Schuetz and Schigur said they didn't talk about Schuetz being a candidate for the job before it was posted.
Schuetz applied for the job and the district conditionally hired him as the communications supervisor
On Friday, Schuetz resigned as
The communications supervisor will coordinate communication with the district's internal and external stakeholders, develop marketing strategies and oversee the district's website among other duties, according to the job posting made public on
The posting garnered 23 applicants and seven finalists who were interviewed, Schigur said. It came down to two people, who were called back for a second interview, he said.
Schuetz edged out his "highly qualified" competition because of his positive reputation in the community and his ability to set up a structure for communication, Schigur said.
"He's very good at communicating, and he understands his audience. His combination of experiences obviously running a police department and a city, that's what we need," Schigur said.
Schuetz's salary was set at
That makes Schuetz's total compensation the lowest among administrative staff with 365-day contracts for 2014-15, according to the figures.
The salary is less than the
The
The two public relations positions might not be completely comparable, Pennington wrote.
Leavy might only be responsible for a portion of what Schuetz will do based on the number of staff performing similar duties at a larger district, Pennington wrote.
While
"Everyone benefits," he said.</p>
Schuetz said he sees opportunities to celebrate the successes of education tied to the city.
"The district is such an integral part of
He called it an evolving and developing position.
Schuetz starts at the school district
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