GALLIPOLIS — A new contract for the treasurer of the Gallia County Local Schools topped a series of personnel actions taken by the board of education when it met Monday.

Under the provisions of House Bill 671, the board approved termination of Sandra Foster’s contract that ends on Dec. 31, and granted her a five-year contract effective Aug. 1 and ending July 31, 2012.

The action was approved unanimously. Board member Joyce Boothe was absent.

The board accepted the resignations of teachers Christine Dutta and Amy Shriver, both effective at the end of the 2006-07 contractural year.

Karen Waugh was granted a supplemental contract for 2007-08 as junior varsity cheerleader advisor at South Gallia High School.

The following individuals were employed as substitute personnel:

Teachers — Ilse Burris, Jay Carter, James Chestnut, Karen Cornell, Alicia Dickerson, Henry Dillon, Nichole Dodrill, Jane Dunn, Marlena Durst, Katie Evans, Gretchen Faudree, Tammy Ferguson, Bradley Fisher, Andrea Gannaway, Evelyn Garnes, Jessica Green, Holzer Gregory, Jada Hall, Margaret Ann Hall, M. Page Huck, Sharon Jacks, Amelia Johnson, Mary Kline, Courtney Lewis-Cummons, Erica Massie, Ryan McCarley, John Milhoan, Melissa Moles, Arlene Nelson, Jodi Newell, Lindsay Nida, James Oiler;

Kevin Plantz, Sarah Roush, Aaron Ruff, Glenda Sue Ruff, Dale Saunders, Meghan Shafer, Jane Ann Slagle, Demara Smith, Meredith Smith, Garren Snyder, John (Tom) Staten Jr., Paul Terre-Blanche, Opal Eleanor Thomas, Valerie Weaver, Cynthia Wilson, Tabitha Wilt, Jason Winters, Heather Howard, Jenny Walker, Katheryn O’Bryan, Matthew Randles, Kathy Nino, Sue Ellen Adkins, Randall Fulks, Erica Leffingwell, Kayla George, Misty Rossiter, John Shump, Dana Dupree and Kelsey Salisbury.

Aides — Elizabeth Davies, Pamela Davies, Sharon Griffith, Lawana Hammond, Nancy Higginbotham, Melinda Mullins, Kimberly Norman, Kelly Patrick, Mary Roark, Cami Smith and Sheila Watson.

Custodians — Elizabeth Caldwell, Terry Carter, Vera Clark, Alfred Cordell, Jessica Kirby, Peyton Materne, Kelly Patrick, Jeffrey Slone, Mike Wallace, Sheila Watson and Larry West.

Secretaries —Elizabeth Davies, Pamela Davies, Kimberly Gibbs, Sharon Griffith, Kimberly Norman, Kelly Patrick, Cami Smith and Sheila Watson.

Cooks — Barbara Barnett, Elizabeth Caldwell, Vera Clark, Elizabeth Davies, Pamela Davies, Kimberly Gibbs, Dolly Hager, Gypsy Hammond, Lawana Hammond, Nancy Higginbotham, Paula Hill, Kathy Hollanbaugh, Jessica Kirby, Stephanie Neal, Kelly Patrick, Cindi Salyers and Eleanor West.

Bus drivers — Margaret Adkins, Belinda Bates, Robert Bence, Barbara Bolyard, James Bush, Dionne Byer, Cristal Caldwell, Shirley Cremeans, Terry Cremeens, Jannette Drummond, Rebecca Ellis, Nila Hall, Brian Hoffman, Kathy Hollanbaugh, Miranda Johnson, Shad Johnson, Peyton Materne, James McCormick, Inez McGuire, Stephanie Neal, Brian Newell, Kim Nolan, Jennell Oiler, Steven Shoemaker, Pat Skidmore and Linda Watson.

Colin Woodall was employed as a volunteer on a supplemental contract as assistant football coach at River Valley High School.

The board also approved sending Mike Polcyn as delegate to the Ohio School Boards Association Capitol Conference in Columbus on Nov. 11-14, with Terry Halley as the alternate.

A contract with the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center Regional Gifted Consortium was approved at the rate of 63 cents per student, and a lease agreement was renewed with Merrill and Jane Ann Brucker for use of their property across from RVHS.