Genoa schools: Assistant superintendent to be promoted

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The Genoa school board is promoting from within the district administration to fill the superintendent position that will become vacant this summer.
The board last week approved a three-year contract for Cody McPherson, the assistant superintendent, that will take effect Aug. 1, 2025.
As assistant superintendent, McPherson is the district’s curriculum director, transportation director, and testing coordinator.
He will be replacing Dennis Mock, who was the district’s interim superintendent following the departure of former superintendent Mike Ferguson in 2023.

Levy discussed
The board last week also tabled a resolution of necessity for placing a levy on the May 2025 ballot.
Bill Nye, district treasurer, said board members will consider the resolution again during their Dec. 17 meeting.
“It’s the board’s intention to go on the ballot in May,” he said. “We’re kicking around a few things.”
Nye said he intends to confer with the district’s legal counsel and review data from the Ottawa County auditor’s office prior to the board meeting next month.
The deadline for placing a levy on the May ballot is Feb. 5, he said. The board will also have to approve a resolution to proceed to have a levy issue on the ballot.
District voters earlier this month turned down a levy renewal issue: 2,049-for to 2,471- against, according to official results of the Ottawa County board of elections.
The emergency levy property tax was originally approved in 2015.
It is designed to generate a specific amount of revenue – about $1.2 million annually – rather than collect a specific millage amount.
Nye said that revenue stream is about 8 percent of the district’s general fund.