Copied from Peoria Journal Star 7-1-1973
Sturm Named District 323 Schools Chief
Dunlap - Robert Sturm, acting superintendent of Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 since Dec. 11, Monday night was named by the School board to be superintendent for the 1973-74 term.
The action was taken by the board convening after a closed meeting that followed a brief special session.
Sturm said yesterday that no salary arrangements were discussed, that this is to be determined by the board at a later date.
Two other staff changes were made by the following the closed-door session. Frank Hutt, who has been serving as Dunlap High School principal, was named principal of Wilder-Waite School, with the additional duty of developing a proposed junior high school curriculum, and Charles Crider, a teacher at the high school, was named high school principal for the remainder of the school year.
Sturm will be the fifth superintendent of the Dunlap district since it was formed about four years ago, although one who was hired later changed his mind and decided not to take the job.
Sturm, who had been principal of Wilder-Waite School eight years, was named acting superintendent Dec. 11 to replace Supt. William Spalding, who was fired by the board after a dispute over his contract. Litigation still is pending in that dispute.
Since December, Sturm also has continued his duties as principal of Wilder-Waite but now will relinquish hat post to Hutt.
Sturm said the board also directed Hutt to develop a proposed junior high school curriculum for the district. If a bond issue for a new high school is put before voters and approved, the board has been considering converting the old high school building to a junior high.
Crider, of Dunlap, who will succeed Hutt as high school principal, has been chairman of the business department at the high school.
