By Robert Perea
Lyon County School District Superintendent Tim Logan received a satisfactory evaluation for his first year on the job from the District’s Board of Trustees.
Logan received a composite score of 3.66 on a scale of 1-5. A score of 3.67 would have fallen in the “exceptional” category.
While Logan has only been in his position for a year, after being hired to replace Wayne Workman, who resigned after the 2023-24 school year, three of the seven trustees have only been in office since January, and several of them said that made the evaluation process tricky.
“Our superintendent has only had one year, and he hasn’t had any direction from the current board during that time,” Board President Tom Hendrix said. “We did come up with a new District Performance Plan that gives him guidance as to what this board is looking for and I look forward to his implementation of that over the next year.”
Trustees Elmer Bull and Whisler, who along with Dawn Carson were just elected last November, each said they didn’t have a lot to go on in filling out the evaluation. Bull, in particular, called it “perplexing.”
“I certainly had nothing to say negative about the superintendent,” Bull said. “I had a few positives for sure, but I can tell you overall, I feel that he’s doing a fine job, and I am really encouraged by some of the developments.”
Bull and Trustee Sherry Parsons each said they are encouraged by the improved communication that seems to have resulted from a recent board workshop. Bull said he is concerned about how the district is going to address things like poor behavior by students, poor teacher retention and recruitment.
“But I do believe we’re taking a shot at trying to address that and trying to figure out how to move forward on those and kind of move the dial a little bit on that,” he said.
Trustee James Whisler agreed with Bull that it’s tough to evaluate someone you’ve only worked with for five or six months.
“I definitely wanted a lot of positives in there, because I think Superintendent Logan’s got a great future here and can be one of the best superintendents this district’s had,” Whisler said.
Each trustee rated Logan on a scale of 1-5 in 32 total categories. The average score of all the categories added up to 3.66.
An overall average between 1 to 2.32 signifies an unsatisfactory evaluation, 2.33 to 3.66 points signifies a satisfactory evaluation, and 3.67 to 5 points signifies an exceptional evaluation.
Logan credited district staff for many of the things he was credited for in the evaluation.
“A lot of the stuff in the evaluation comes from their work and I do definitely appreciate them,” Logan said. “Some things are quick and easy to fix, and other things are going to take some time.”
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