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Marilyn Bayley Retiring
Marilyn Bayley is retiring this after 20 yrs of service to our community. Ms. Bayley started in January of 1987 and then moved to the Elementary Principal in 1990. After completing her superintendent's certification she was appointed as the Superintendent of Bethany Schools in 1994. She has led the district through many highs and lows during her superintendency such as a consolidation bid with Sullivan and a subsequent tax increase to keep Bethany competitive with other schools offerings. In 2000 she help lead the consolidation of Bethany and Findlay school districts to form the present Okaw Valley school district.
Ms. Bayley has always championed for the students and teachers in her charge. A supporter of the arts she also seemed to make sure that they were represented both in attendance of events but also in the budget. Ms. Bayley also has been a force behind to advance techonlogy in our schools. She wanted to be on the cutting edge if it made an educational difference and we could justify the budget.
Ms. Bayley could squeeze the yellow off a lemon when it came to making dollars stretch within a budget. She is responsible, along with the school board, for keeping both Bethany and Okaw Valley financially secure for so many years, and will leave in June with a comfortable amount of money in the bank for the Joel Hackney, the next superintendent.
Our district and communities are saying goodbye to a very good friend of education and our children. It is this authors hope that both remember just how important and what a great job she did both in promoting and securing the future of our schools.
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