Central Lee to vote on hiring Madsen Friday

BY CHUCK VANDENBERG
PCC EDITOR

DONNELLSON - Central Lee's school board is holding a special session on Friday at noon, to vote on a contract approval that would install current Fort Madison High School Band director Tracy Madsen as the district's new vocal music director.

The agenda was sent out on Thursday morning announcing the special sessions. There are no other agenda items listed on the notice other than to also accept the resignation of Jason Woodley as the Vocal Music Director/District Social Media Coordinator.

Central Lee Superintendent Dr. Andy Crozier, said the special meeting was set due to the late nature of the hire.

"If this was April we'd wait until the board meeting. But since it's June we wanted to give him time to resign his current contract and the Fort Madison district time to post the position," Crozier said. "And most teachers won't resign positions until they have a new contract, so because it's already June we moved more quickly."

Madsen was hired as the Fort Madison school's band director in 2009. Several attempts to contact Fort Madison school officials for comment Thursday morning were unsuccessful.

Madsen declined to comment on the hiring when contacted Thursday morning.

Crozier said the move helps bring some stability to the department at Central Lee.

"We are extremely excited to bring a talented individual like Tracy Madsen to Central Lee," Crozier said.

"We've had three vocal directors in three years and this provides stability in our program and provides us with an extremely talented person. This is a home run hire."