PEMBERVILLE — Eastwood Schools voters had just trounced a tax levy by 63 percent in August, 2006, and new Superintendent Brent Welker was only 48 hours into the new job. He was immediately tasked with getting a new — even higher income tax— passed that November.
“I just had a board that believed in me and believed that I was the right person to take over at that time,” said Mr. Welker, who had been promoted from high school principal to superintendent.
“That time” was one of the most tempestuous in Eastwood…