ThisWeek CW 07/30/2015

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Just one year after joining the staff of the Groveport Madison Local School District, public relations officer Mary Guiher has resigned, with her last day set Friday, July 31.

School board President Nathan Slonaker said Guiher’s decision to leave was motivated by personal and family reasons.

In an email, Guiher expressed appreciation for the time she spent in the district said she is looking forward to having needed time with her family.

“Mary did a tremendous job for us in her one year of service,” Slonaker said. “She was able to achieve significant gains in terms of our online presence and overall communications work. She was a professional in every sense of the word. She will be missed.”

Under Guiher, the district effectively used online tools to gather public input on what residents would like to see in the new high school facility project. The response was more than double the number of people who turned out to vote during the original levy campaign to fund the project.

Guiher joined the district after leaving a position with the Granville Exempted Village School District, where she had served in a similar role for several years. She replaced Dee Copas, whose position of director of communications was eliminated at that time.

Copas assumed a new role as a federal programs director with expanded responsibilities for early-learning program development.

Slonaker said the district is eager to fill the public relations officer position as soon as possible and expects a new job posting to be made immediately.

At the time Guiher was hired, Slonaker said, “This was a needed void to fill in our administration.”

The base salary for the position is $66,000, with additional compensation in benefits.