The Pleasant Valley School Board approved a bump in pay and contract Thursday night for the head of the Human Resources Department.

Lori Fulmer was hired in June 2022 as the supervisor of the Human Resources Department at a salary of $80,000, but her predecessor, Jessica Tomon, had the title of director of Human Resources, which is an Act 93 position, with a salary of $100,000. Tomon left two years into a three-year contract.

Fulmer’s contract changes her title to director of Human Resources and bumps her pay up to $100,000. Her contract is for five years and runs from Nov. 16 to June 30, 2029.

In other personnel news, The Bear Facts at Pleasant Valley High School now has an adviser.

The school board approved hiring Danielle Brandes to be an after-school adviser on Thursdays for the school’s newspaper.

The newspaper is part of a journalism class at the high school that is taught by an English teacher who is new to the district this year. The first edition of the newspaper this year was uploaded to the district’s website on Nov. 10. Brandes will be paid $2,000 for her work as the adviser.

Other personnel actions

The school board also approved the following personnel items:

• Hiring of paraprofessional associates for Learning Recovery Opportunity - India Johnson, PVES, $23 per hour.

• Hiring of teachers for Learning Recovery Opportunity - Joan Bumbulsky, PVES, $58 per hour.

• Intramural advisers - softball adviser, Steve Caffrey, volunteers, Drew Dymond and Maria Lacatenia, PVHS; football weightlifting adviser, Blaec Saeger, PVHS; indoor track adviser: Drew Davis, PVHS; boys lacrosse adviser, John Smith,: PVHS and PVMS; Volleyball (varsity) co-advisers, Kathleen Gesiskie and Arianna Weaver, volunteers, Drew Dymond, Joseph Akob, Katie Frankunas, Kristen Ferris, PVMS; Volleyball (junior high) adviser: Kristen Ferris, volunteers, Drew Dymond, Arianna Weaver, Kathleen Gesiskie and Joseph Akob, PVMS; Golf adviser, Steve Krechel, PVHS;

• Supplemental contracts: athletic non-coaching - Brigid Rosendale, boys/girls basketball, varsity score book, $40 (per event), junior varsity score book, $30 (per event), Freshman and junior high score book, $25 (per event); Hillary Hahn, boys basketball, varsity score book, $40 (per event), junior varsity score book, $30 (per event); and Mike Wassuta, girls basketball, junior varsity score book, $30 (per event), boys/girls basketball Freshman and junior high score book, $25 (per event).

• Supplemental contracts: nonathletic - Advanced Placement coordinator, Payton Gregory, PVHS, $700; PVMS musical director, Rhonda Sawyer, $2,310, and assistant director, Aubrey Sawyer, $1,617.