Dean changes administration roles, responsibilities

Justice LaMaster | Staff Writer

Scottsburg High School added a new role to its administration team this year: dean of students. To fill this new role for SHS, the Scott County School District 2 Board of Education hired Andy Firth, who has served as Southwestern High School’s dean of students for more than 10 years.

“Most of my job is the disciplinary for the school. However, I am also in charge of helping to improve attendance at SHS and to monitor the virtual classrooms,” Firth said.

Firth took this job at Scottsburg High School because his family and him were trying to navigate their way towards the Scottsburg area. They already participate in a local church, send their children to Scottsburg Elementary, and do all their grocery shopping in the Scottsburg area.

“[Firth] is really experienced so it should be very helpful to have him here. Since he already used the same programs and had the same type of job, he should hit the ground running,” Assistant Principal Jeff Cox said.

According to Cox, his job has not changed. Cox still focuses on discipline of students, however, there is more to his job. The addition of the dean of students position has opened up more time for Principal Chris Routt and Cox to focus on other educational needs.

“[I] took on discipline, so Routt would have free time to do more education rather than just discipline. Firth taking this job should free up time, so we can prepare for next year,” Cox said.

Firth hopes to provide a way that students will be able to progress their learning and teachers will be able to teach facilitate. Along with Firth, Cox hopes that Firth receiving this job will help the school become a better and safer environment for the students of Scottsburg High School.