Butler School District tabs new super
BUTLER TWP — Dale Lumley will be the next superintendent of the Butler School District.
Lumley, who has been superintendent of the South Butler School District since 2010, started his career in the Butler district, working at Butler High School for 25 years.
The Butler School Board unanimously approved Lumley on Monday to lead the district.
“Dale is a quality guy,” said Mike Strutt, Butler superintendent. “I think he’ll do a great job at the Butler School District.
“Time will tell that Dale is an excellent person for the job.”
Strutt said he has known Lumley since he worked at Butler High School, where he was an English teacher, an assistant principal and principal.
“It is a privilege and an honor to be the next superintendent for Butler Area School District,” Lumley said, in a statement.
“While the Butler district, like many others across the state, faces great challenges, I have faith in the dedicated teachers and administrators to meet those challenges. With the strong support of our parents, our community and the board of directors, I know we can continue to provide our students a quality education.”
Although board members were unanimous in his approval, they were split on the amount of his pay.
Lumley was approved for a five-year contract, making $162,000 next school year. Board members Jim Keffalas, Bill Halle and Neil Convery disagreed with the pay level and voted against his contract.
Strutt said with the current pay structure he would be paid $162,000 in the next school year. Strutt makes about $157,800.
He said Lumley’s pay is “within reason to what superintendents are paid in Butler County.”
After Lumley’s time at Butler High School from 1980 to 2005, he was the assistant superintendent at Gateway School District in Monroeville and began as an assistant superintendent at South Butler School District in 2009 before being promoted to superintendent there in December 2010.
He has a bachelor’s degree from Slippery Rock University, a master’s in English from Middlebury College in Vermont and a doctorate in Administration and Leadership Studies from Indiana (Pa.) University.
Lumley lives in Summit Township with his wife, Dreama. They have two sons, Nicholas and Calvin, who are Butler graduates.
