Board approves VanderPol early retirement request

    GRUNDY CENTER — Steve VanderPol’s long reign as Grundy Center Secondary Principal is coming to an end. Last Wednesday the Grundy Center Community School District Board of Directors approved VanderPol’s request for early retirement during a special meeting.
    VanderPol is in his 19th year as principal at the building. In his letter requesting early retirement, he called his position a “dream job.”
    “(My wife) Barb and I were blessed to raise our three girls in Grundy Center, the place they still call home,” he wrote.
    VanderPol will receive a $22,674.53 payout as part of the early retirement program.
    
    IN OTHER BUSINESS, the Board approved Budget Option 1 of its application for Modified Allowable Growth Dropout Prevention for the 2014-15 school year.

For more of this story, see the Dec. 12 Grundy Register.