BUTLER TWP — The Butler School Board Monday night ratified the resignation of maintenance director Glenn Terwilliger, which was submitted to the district on Feb. 6.

Terwilliger in January was suspended with pay pending a Loudermill hearing. He was the district’s licensed water operator who was responsible for testing the water at Summit Township Elementary School, where water quality raised enough of a concern that it led to the retirement of the district’s superintendent and the resignation of Terwilliger.

The board voted to allow the administration to advertise and seek candidates for a replacement maintenance director. Assistant Superintendent Brian Slamecka has been filling in for Terwilliger since his suspension.

School board President Nina Teff said that the board plans to appoint a committee to be in charge of the search for a new superintendent. The board also plans to hire an outside company that will conduct a search and hopes to have a new person selected in time for the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, she said.