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Waynesburg principal’s status unknown

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WAYNESBURG – Assistant Principal Bob Stephenson is the administrator in charge of Waynesburg Central High School while Principal Dave Mason’s job status with the district remains cloaked in secrecy.

Without elaborating on Mason’s absence, Central Greene School Board President Andrew Corfont acknowledged Stephenson is leading the high school at this time.

“He’s the administrator that’s there at this point,” Corfont said of Stephenson’s role in the high school.

However, Corfont said Thursday “there’s been no change of positions” within the school administration. No action was taken at Tuesday night’s school board meeting, and Mason’s profile listing him as the high school principal remains on the school district’s website.

“Everyone is in the positions that they were in before,” Corfont said.

Questions have been swirling about Mason’s job status since the beginning of the school year. A school district receptionist said Mason was not available Thursday and directed questions about the daily high school operations to Stephenson, who did not return a phone message seeking comment.

A woman who answered the phone at Mason’s home said he would not be commenting on his employment status with the school district.

Central Greene Superintendent Brian Uplinger and district solicitor Kirk King both said it was a personnel matter that did not permit them to comment. Uplinger said parents have not received a letter from the district explaining the situation.

School board Director Sharon Bennett said she could not answer questions about Mason or who is leading the high school. She gave no timeline when asked whether parents and students would be formally notified about the situation.

“They’re just going to have to keep on waiting,” she said.

It was not know if the situation would be discussed at the school board’s voting meeting Tuesday night.

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