Troy’s Board of Education hired Jeremy A. Miller of Beavercreek as the new district assistant superintendent and Katherine “Katy” Weaver as the new Troy High School principal during a special meeting June 30.

Superintendent Eric Herman told the board before its votes that the hiring would fill “two key positions” in the district.

Miller was awarded a two-year contract with annual salary of $127,000.

He currently is the director of curriculum, instruction and assessment at Centerville City Schools.

Weaver was awarded a two-year contract with annual pay of $117,000. She has served as the assistant high school principal the past two years. She fills the position vacated with the resignation of William “Bill” Overla, who resigned to take a position with the Miami Valley Career Technology Center.

The assistant superintendent position has been vacant the past few years.

Board President Doug Trostle said the hiring of Weaver and a few other new employees during the meeting resulted from “unexpected movement in some positions.”

He said he was “ecstatic” about the hiring of Miller and Weaver, adding, “It seems like they will a perfect fit for the administration.”

Also during the meeting, the board approved the resignation of Brian Wissman as a music teacher and hired for five teaching and two classified positions.

Miller previously served as principal at a Centerville elementary school, as principal of two Springfield elementary schools and was an assistant principal at a Springfield Middle School.

Miller taught third grade in the Dayton Public Schools for one year and fourth and fifth grades in Kettering before moving into administration. He is a graduate of Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and the University of Dayton with a master’s degree in educational leadership.

Weaver taught one year with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati before joining the Troy schools in 2005 to teach sixth grade social studies and language arts first at Heywood and then at Van Cleve. She taught English at Troy Junior High for three years before taking over as Kyle School principal in 2011 and assistant high school principal in 2014.

In other business, the board approved an application to the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Classroom Facilities Assistance Program.

Herman said the application would be followed by an OSFC assessment of district buildings this summer. The assessment is part of the district preparation for a review of facilities and possible request to district residents for a construction project in fall 2017.

Before any facilities proposals are made the district also will be meeting with the community to discuss facilities and options.