Brent Borzak, administrative director of Carbon Career and Technical Institute, submitted his letter of resignation to the joint operating committee Thursday night.

The resignation is effective Aug. 17.

Committee member Gerry Strubinger made a motion to table the acceptance of Borzak’s resignation, but that motion died for lack of a second. The committee voted 4 to 1 to accept Borzak’s resignation, albeit with regret.

Council Chairwoman Renee DeMelfi commented. “I’d like to thank Mr. Borzak for all he has done over the many years he has served.”

Borzak took the reigns last year when longtime director David Reinbold retired.

Borzak was unable to attend the meeting for personal reasons. He did return a request for comment.

The committee also voted to accept the letter of resignation of Mackenzie McVicker, science teacher, effective June 22. Jacob Kunkel was appointed by vote to take her place, with Phillip Strubinger to serve as teacher mentor for Kunkel.

The committee also accepted a letter of resignation from Thomas Bartholomew, welding instructor, effective June 26.

Anna Leigh Conway, a science teacher and CCTI Education Association President, commented on the turnover. “I am reaching out to you tonight to express my concerns about teacher retention,” Conway said. “This year alone we have lost seven professional staff members, nearly 1/4 of our teachers have moved on. We have been steadily losing teachers year after year and not replacing many of them. This becomes and continues to be more of an issue as we continue to increase the number of students we accept without increasing our budget.”