District hires assistant superintendents of elementary and secondary education

Two new posts to oversee curriculum

Matthew Patterson is the new assistant superintendent of elementary education in the West Jefferson Hills School District, and Scott Milburn is assistant superintendentof secondary education.

The board on May 10 approved the appointments to the newly created positions for three-year terms, effective July 1, pending receipt of all required documents.

Mr. Patterson’s annual salary will be $111,700. Mr. Milburn’s salary will be $128,300.

The votes were 7-0, with board members Dave Dominick and John Hosmer absent.

Mr. Patterson is director of elementary education in the Corry Area School District in Erie County.

Mr. Milburn is the director of curriculum and instruction in the Montour School District. He worked with the West Jefferson Hills School District’s new superintendent, Michael Ghilani, for the past two years while both were at Montour.

“Everything in the district begins with curriculum. This is making a very dedicated decision about the future of our curriculum,” board president Brian Fernandes said.

“I’m really thrilled that these two gentlemen are coming on board to fill out our leadership team.”

In addition to overseeing the curriculum, the assistant superintendents will be responsibile in their respective grade levels for assessment, supervising principals, professional development, data mining, grant writing, policy development and more.

“We are aiming to ensure true communication, articulation and alignment so everyone is speaking the same language and not being redundant but being efficient and meeting all individual students’ needs,” Mr. Ghilani said.