Stacey Buhro is new principal at Belleville High School

Stacey Buhro, who has been with the Van Buren Public Schools for 26 years, at a special school board meeting on Monday was given a one-year contract as the new principal of Belleville High School.
She replaces Abdul Madyun who recently was promoted to the district’s Human Resources Director.
Madyun announced his recommendation of Buhro, saying it was fun for him since he knew her so well. He said of her 26 years she served for nine years as a teacher, 13 as a counselor, and five as assistant principal of BHS.
She is a graduate of BHS and earned her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University and her two masters’ degrees at EMU and Marygrove.
Buhro’s son is a senior at BHS and her husband, George Buhro, is a teacher of media productions at BHS.
School Supt. Pete Kudlak said a plan is being worked out to make sure there is no conflict of interest for her with her son and husband and they will discuss the situation with the staff.
There were 60 candidates for the position and Buhro “shined above the others,” Kudlak said.
Trustee Sherry Frazier said Buhro is a product of the Belleville schools and has lived in the community for years.
“It’s a great thing to know we had a candidate that stood up against the others,” she said. “We got 60 applicants and it was a rigorous process with more than one interview. The committee chose her.”
Board secretary Kevin English said she was very qualified and the students are coming back to classes in a few weeks and continuity is important.
Buhro’s now-vacant position of assistant principal was to be posted on Tuesday.
Supt. Kudlak said they don’t want to rush in the selection, but Madyun said it would be his goal to have someone in by the beginning of the school year.
Vice president Martha Toth said every year Buhro has done a higher level job for the district, whether people noticed or not, and, “She really has served us well.”
Following the unanimous vote on the principal selection, the board participated in a 90-minute class on the roles and relationships of the board and superintendent, as taught by Michigan Association of School Boards’ representative Dr. Rodney Green.
Dr. Green, who supervised the selection process for a new superintendent for the district, pointed out the board makes the policies and the superintendent puts them into practice.
Members of the audience voiced their concerns about various operations of the board, including allowing discussion from the audience on issues on the agenda before the board discusses the issues and votes on them. Members of the audience said they would like to give comments after they learned the details of the issues instead of before they knew much about the details.