Matthew Crispin, the district’s superintendent from January 2023 to this past school year, left to take a job in Florida.
Nutter is a prior superintendent of Mechanicsburg City Schools in Champaign County. He left in 2009 to take a job in another district, according to Springfield News-Sun reporting at the time.
Nutter was an educational consultant after he left Mechanicsburg and also worked as an interim superintendent in West Geauga schools in northeast Ohio. Nutter is originally from a small town in northeast Ohio near Kent.
Nutter’s salary for the first year in Bethel is set at $140,000 and will go up to $144,200 beginning next August. The salary will increase by an additional 3% each year.
“Mr. Nutter is proactive, goal oriented, and committed to excellence,” said Jackie Leskowich, board president for Bethel schools. “In addition, his leadership experience and success in managing construction projects are invaluable resources as our district continues to grow.”
The contract between Nutter and the school board agrees that the district will pay his share of the State Teachers’ Retirement System funds, a common contract stipulation among superintendents.
He also has 30 days for consulting, a more uncommon stipulation in a superintendent’s contract. Nutter said he already had some consulting days set up
Nutter said he was contacted by the board this past summer and offered the job. He said he liked the community.
“The kids and the community are awesome,” Nutter said of Bethel. “Great staff, people are super nice.”
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