As part of Pleasant Valley School District’s realignment of grades, the school board approved the transfers of 52 teachers to different school buildings during their meeting on Thursday night.

The realignment is moving the third grade to the intermediate school, and the sixth grade to the middle school.

Among the transfers is Lorelle Battle, a school counselor at Pleasant Valley Elementary School, to the high school, but that actually isn’t going to happen, because her resignation was also on the agenda for the evening and was approved.

As for the other teachers whose assignments are changing, the agenda only listed the school building changes. It did not list what the teachers taught last school year, but that information was available for most of them on their former school’s websites.

Superintendent James Konrad said in an interview that the changes are based on the realignment of grades, but also on the teachers’ certifications.

“We want to make sure people are comfortable,” he said.

As far as hiring middle school music teachers to replace the two that left, Konrad said they are working on it, but are currently interviewing candidates for the assistant principal position at the intermediate school.

The teachers moving from PVES to the intermediate school and their assignments include: Jody Berube, educational consultant K-12 and special education; Colleen Clauson, third-grade math, science and social studies; Diana Davenport, special education; Kelsey DeLuise, third-grade teacher; Donna Cimino, third-grade math, science and social studies; April Evans, third-grade teacher; Nick Farkas, third-grade teacher; Adrianne Keefer; Catrina Lemoine, third-grade math, science and social studies; Tara Liddy, third-grade teacher; Danielle Lukashewski, third-grade science; Kelley McElmoyle, third-grade reading teacher; Laura Mogerly, art and STREAM; Kim Smith, third-grade reading specialist; Kelly Williams, third-grade English language arts; and Kristin Wolf, third-grade teacher.

Two PVES teachers are moving to the secondary schools. Christina Shoemaker, who was the choir director for both elementary and high schools, will now be at the middle and high schools. Kelsey Tompkins, who was a health and physical education at the elementary and high schools, will now be only at the high school.

PVIS is also shifting teachers. Gina Birnbaum, a fifth-grade special education teacher, is being moved to the high school.

Five PVIS teachers are headed to the elementary school. They include Noreen Ciarleglio, a fifth-grade reading specialist and English language arts; Kristen Gschwend, fourth- and fifth-grade learning support; Rebecca Handelong, fourth through sixth-grade literacy coach and reading specialist; Vivien Raube, sixth-grade science and social studies teacher; and Todd Urland, sixth-grade math teacher.

The rest of the PVIS teachers who are moving to a new school building are going to the middle school. They are Michael Birnbaum, sixth-grade learning support teacher; Kristina Bowerman, sixth-grade math and social studies teacher; Angela Chandler; sixth-grade special education; Christopher Chandler, sixth-grade English language arts; Jeff Clauson, sixth-grade math; Brent Dorshimer, sixth-grade math; Tom Dudley, dean of students; Nadia Gauronsky, sixth-grade English language arts and social studies; Susan Geiger, sixth-grade science and social studies; Heather Kleinle; Sara Markowski, sixth-grade math and science; Roberta McMaster, sixth-grade reading specialist; Jon Pavuk, sixth-grade science and social studies teacher; Janet Santore, sixth-grade English language arts; Michael Wertman, sixth-grade math specialist; and Tanya Witmer, sixth-grade English language arts.

Pleasant Valley Middle School is also shifting some teachers. Roxanne Scott is headed for the elementary school. According to the school’s website, she was a seventh-grade pre-algebra teacher last year.

Amanda Altemose, a seventh- and eighth-grade English to Speakers of Other Languages teacher, will work with students at both the middle and high schools.

And three PVIS teachers are moving to the high school. They are Tim Hinton, seventh-grade learning support; Cindy Siekonic, seventh- and eighth-grade German teacher; and Loretta Snyder, eighth-grade English.

One teacher, Jennifer Cirba, a learning support teacher at the high school, is moving to the elementary school. Laurie Hoffman, whose assignment last school year at the high school was not available, will be working at both the elementary and intermediate schools.

Three PVHS teachers are moving to the middle school. They include Greg Bowman, physical education teacher; Emily Murphy; and Christine Preston, family and consumer science.

James DeVivo, the band program director, will handle both the middle and high school programs.

Other changes employment changes that were approved include:

• Retirement: Alison Jochen, school nurse, PVES;

• Hiring of teachers for kindergarten screenings: Daniel Costenbader, $257.43 per diem; Jessica Martin, $413.41 per diem; and Renee Moore, $432.97 per diem;

• Tenure: Robert Hahn, Drew Meckes, Brooke Moatz, Ashley Thompson and Samantha Ziemba;

• Supplemental contracts, athletic: Isaac Blagogee, soccer, head coach, $6,100;

• Supplemental contracts, athletic non-coaching: Carol Priebe, cross-country, varsity and junior high timer, $35 per event, girls soccer, junior varsity scorekeeper, $30 per event; Holli Capricuso-Register, field hockey, varsity announcer, and varsity and junior varsity scoreboard operator, $40 and $35 per event, football, varsity, junior varsity, freshman and junior high chain crew, $30 per event; Dana West, girls soccer, varsity announcer, and varsity and junior varsity scoreboard operator; Timothy Hinton, all sports, event supervisor, $5,400; Arianna Weaver, volleyball, varsity line judge, $35 per event; Augie Kresge, volleyball, varsity message board operator, $40 per event, all sports fall event manager, $610.41; Lorrie Anderson, volleyball, varsity and junior varsity scoreboard operator, $40 per event; and Melissa Bruckman, volleyball, varsity and junior varsity scorekeeper, $35 and $40 per event;

• Supplemental contracts, nonathletic: summer schoolteachers, Joseph Agolino, Social Studies; Danielle Brandes, English; Jamile Ferrara, Special Education; and Sean Kline, math, all get $3,375 each; and

• Club/Activity adviser: Woodwind Ensemble, James DeVivo, PVHS.