Bowling Green has hired a former district employee as its new transportation director.
Carlton Schooley will take over the duties starting today at a base salary of $58,000.
He was among eight to 10 applicants for the job, and only one of two with previous experience as a director of transportation, said schools Superintendent Ann McVey.
The school board approved Schooley's hiring at a special meeting Wednesday.
He was given a two-year contract, through July 31, 2015.
From 1995 to 1998, Schooley served as principal at Bowling Green Middle School before retiring.
From 2004 to the present, he had been a receiving associate at the Home Depot store in town.
Prior to Home Depot, he was director of buildings, grounds and transportation at Mason Consolidated Schools, in Erie, Mich., for six years.
The timing of finding a new director was tough, McVey said.
Carlton Schooley will take over the duties starting today at a base salary of $58,000.
He was among eight to 10 applicants for the job, and only one of two with previous experience as a director of transportation, said schools Superintendent Ann McVey.
The school board approved Schooley's hiring at a special meeting Wednesday.
He was given a two-year contract, through July 31, 2015.
From 1995 to 1998, Schooley served as principal at Bowling Green Middle School before retiring.
From 2004 to the present, he had been a receiving associate at the Home Depot store in town.
Prior to Home Depot, he was director of buildings, grounds and transportation at Mason Consolidated Schools, in Erie, Mich., for six years.
The timing of finding a new director was tough, McVey said.