The Operating Committee of the Carbon County Vocational-Technical School named John Kauffman as the school's new director.

The 48-year-old western Pennsylvania resident has been serving as director of the Lawrence County Area Vocational-Technical School.He succeeds William Swinesburg, 57, of Weatherly R.1, who submitted his resignation recently. He has had 33 years of experience in the field of education and has compiled a long and enviable record of achievement at the Carbon County school.Kauffman was the unanimous choice of the committee from a field of 33 candidates.