The Smith-Green School Board appointed Adam Skiles as acting superintendent at their meeting Monday night.

Board president Tanya Young was appointed to assist Skiles as the second signatory for documents that must be signed while the board begins its search for a new superintendent. Carol Kaiser resigned as superintendent Nov. 1.

Adam Skiles

The board is in the process of trying to find an interim superintendent to serve during the search and interview process.

Skiles also was appointed as a voting member of SEBT, the school insurance trust that Smith-Green is a part of.

In other school board business:

* Set June 5, 2009 as the graduation date for the senior class.

* Appointed the following winter coaches:

Girls basketball (all lay coaches) - Head coach, Jeff Sheehan; varsity assistant, Jim Fry; JV coach, Denny Beucler; eighth grade, Kregg Jones and Greg Blake; seventh grade, pending; sixth grade, Amanda Dice and Heather Lortie.

Boys basketball (all lay coaches except Brackmann) - Head coach, Michael McBride; assistant, Jody Herendeen; JV coach, Aaron Cripe, JV assistant, Justin Snyder; eighth, Andy Norris; seventh, Tim Herendeen; sixth, Phillip Brackmann.

Wrestling (all lay coaches except Riesen) - Head coach, Sam Reisen, assistant, Randy Driebelbis; second assistant (a paid position if the team has more than 25 wrestlers), Rick Hamilton; volunteers, Jake Riesen and Larry Thompson; middle school head coach, Joel Barrett; middle school assistant, Brad Knapp and Daymon Schinbeckler.

Cheerleading (all lay coaches) - Co-head coaches, Dawn Norris and Ashton Amber; middle school, Toni Poynter.

* Agreed to spend $12,755 to replace tables and chairs in the Media Center.

* Accepted a donation of tires from Shermon Gayheart that will be used to replace the tires on the band/choir trailer.

* A total of $384,677 was approved in claims, including $242,537 in payroll.

Watch this site for a special Teacher of the Month award as well as students who were featured on the November Spotlight on Success.