Bob Bier is the new principal at Cambridge High School

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CAMBRIDGE − The Cambridge City School District Board of Education recently approved the filling of three administrative positions at Cambridge High School and several other positions in the district.

One of those positions was that of principal at Cambridge High School. Bob Baier was selected to fill that role. The previous principal, Jason Bunting, resigned.

Bob Baier
Bob Baier

Baier has been the assistant principal at Cambridge Middle School since January 2022 and has more than 40 years of service in education. Baier previously served as the assistant principal at Cambridge High School for the 2015-16 school year and into the 2016-17 school year before becoming principal in January 2017. Baier left as high school principal due to health issues that have been reconciled.

Baier also served as principal at East Muskingum Middle School (2007-2015), assistant principal at East Muskingum Middle School (2005-2007) and Tri-Valley High School (2001-2005). He was also a teacher at the Muskingum-Perry Career Center for 12 years.

The board also approved the hiring of Jeffrey Wheeler as Cambridge High School assistant principal and athletic director.

Jeff Wheeler
Jeff Wheeler

Wheeler recently served in a similar position at Meadowbrook High School and middle school. Wheeler was the athletic director for Meadowbrook Middle School from April 2013 and served as middle school principal (2017-2018) and Meadowbrook High School assistant principal (2018-2024).

At Rolling Hills, he worked as facility usage coordinator, home school coordinator, and district test coordinator. He previously taught math and science at Foxfire High School and was a substitute teacher.

As an athletic director, Wheeler has been involved on several state and district boards and committees.

Robert Mascolino will fill the position of as academic student support specialist at the CHS, Alyssa Betts as a middle school ELA teacher and Khloe Taylor as a high school math teacher.

The next board meeting will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 28 at the Garfield Administrative Center.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Bob Bier will be the new principal at Cambridge High School