In a formal statement by the President of the Board of Education, Tony Gibson, Chippewa Hills School District announced a mutual agreement with Bob Grover to part ways.

According to Gibson, Grover decided to resign for personal reasons. 

“The decision of agreeing to the separation agreement was not an easy one to make,” Gibson said. “I am thankful for the years of service Dr. Grover provided the district and wish him the best of luck on his future endeavors. Moving forward, the board will continue to advocate for its students, and staff.”

Grover was the superintendent for nearly nine years, replacing Shirley Howard back on May 1, 2015. According to the release, the board felt the move was the “best outcome for the district and its students.”

The district had recently gone through disciplinary hearings with the board, but Gibson said there was no correlation to those events.

Grover will be replaced by Chippewa Hills High School principal Michelle Newman but will serve as a consultant for the remainder of the school fiscal year to help smoothen the transition.

“We wanted to keep this interim roll internally in hopes to have little to no slow down finishing the school year. We are lucky enough to have multiple leaders in our district that would have stepped in to fill the role if needed.”

A special board meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 6, at 6:00 P.M. in the High School Media Center to review the superintendent search timeline.