Springfield schools begins to approve reductions Carolynn Mostyn Suburbanite correspondent SPRINGFIELD TWP. The Springfield Local Schools Board of Education has begun approving reduction of force due to financial issues. During the Dec. 15 virtual meeting, the board first accepted the retirement resignations of teachers Cathy Berlo, Kathy Zehner and Classified Employee Sue Hennigin, all effective June 1. It also accepted the resignation of classified employee Cheryl Wagner, effective Jan. 4. Positions eliminated included an eight-hour custodian at the junior/senior high school, a six-hour custodian at Schrop Elementary, a two-hour administration building, a six-hour custodian at Spring Hill Elementary, a student activities clerk, a teaching assistant, an elementary assistant, a Schrop Intermediate library, a library clerk and a bus driver.