Admin Team

Christopher A. Smith, 59 was appointed Superintendent of Taylor Community Schools in Kokomo, Indiana November of 2013 and his official start was January 1, 2014.

Mr. Smith is revealing and initiating Professional Learning Communities and interventions to support all types’ of student learners, and establishing collaborative teacher teams (Professional Learning Communities) to support success for Climate and Culture and to improve instruction and assessment district wide. Mr. Smith’s number one goal and focus has been student learning and achievement, student and staff safety, and developing a proficient budget for the district.
Under Mr. Smith’s leadership the elementary, middle school, and high school will strive to meet mandates and testing such as: ESSA, NWEA, ISTEP, ECA, SAT, and ACT scores, and will display improvements at all levels.


Mr. Smith is a member of the Indiana Association of School Superintendents Association, Kokomo Area Special Education Coop, Kokomo Area Career Center Vocation School,Partners in Education Committee, Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI), and Wabash Valley Educational Center Superintendents, Howard County Local Coordinator (LCC), North Central Indiana School Study Council, Indiana Small Rural Schools, Indiana School Board Association, Indiana Association of Business Officials, Ivy Tech Advisory Board, United Way of Howard County Board.  He also have become a School Improvement Specialist trained by the Indiana Department of Education in 2018.            
          
Mr. Smith was also nominated as Superintendent of the Year in 2012 by another superintendent’s in region one.

 Mr. Smith was the superintendent at South Central Community Schools, Union Mills, Indiana, where he finished seven year as the superintendent. Previously, he was the principal for five years and assistant principal for two years at Lakeland Middle School in LaGrange, Indiana.  Mr. Smith taught Physical Education at all levels between kindergarten through twelfth grade and Health Education sixth through eighth grades at M.S.D. of Steuben County in Angola, Indiana, student taught at Muncie North in Muncie, Indiana, and coached at Yorktown High School, in Yorktown, Indiana.  Mr. Smith coached:  Tennis, football, cross-country, basketball, wrestling, track, and directed a successful Tennis Camp for fourteen years.

Mr. Smith ‘s educational background includes an Educational Specialist degree from Indiana State University with concentration in Leadership in School Business Affairs, Master of Science in Secondary Administration from Indiana State University,  Masters of Science degree from Indiana University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University.  He is licensed in superintendence, secondary administration and supervision, and has a life license in teaching content areas of Physical Education and Health.

Mr. Smith will be completing his (36^th) years in public education (K-12).  His strengths include, but are not limited to:  Leadership, instructional leadership, finance, organizational leadership, (27M) in building projects, technology as a learning tool, decision making skills, and experiences as a leader in many phases of education, and willingness to implement and adjust to educational changes that are deemed to benefit student learning and achievement.  He is enthusiastic, and able to dedicate his energies and time to being a positive and proficient superintendent for his community. 

Mr. Smith has been married for (27) years and has two children.  His daughter is (24) and his son is (20).  Family is and always will come first in his life. He wants his legacy to be known as a loving, caring, and great husband and father.

Mr. Smith is a working superintendent of schools who sincerely likes to work with others to develop good programs for students, who is able to meet the unique needs of the diverse populations, who has successfully met the challenge of today’s educational challenges, and who would like to increase staff morale and professionalism at Taylor Community Schools.

Steve Dishon, 49, became a Titan in 2003. Since that time, Mr. Dishon has taught English Literature, Speech, Composition, WTHS News Station and New Tech Digi-Com. During his tenure as a teacher, Mr. Dishon also served as the Academic SuperBowl English Coach, where his team won the State Championship in 2012. During this time, Mr. Dishon also coached varsity football and freshman basketball. 

In January 2014, Mr. Dishon took over as the high school and middle school athletic director. During that time, Dishon oversaw the construction of Taylor Memorial Stadium’s artificial turf project.  In 2018, Mr. Dishon became the high school assistant principal overseeing discipline and the implementation of a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports program. In the fall of 2020, Mr. Dishon became the Principal of Taylor High School. Mr. Dishon is a 1989 graduate of Kokomo High School. From there he went to Indiana University Bloomington where he majored in English Literature and minored in Tele-Communications. Finally, Mr. Dishon earned his masters in educational leadership from WGU. As the principal of Taylor High School, Mr. Dishon plans to increase student achievement through the aforementioned PBIS program and through implementation of Professional Learning Communities  throughout the high school. A PLC program ran with fidelity to the model will support our teachers and target instruction for our students.Mr. Dishon married his 8th grade Math pal, Taylor High School Art Teacher MaryAnne Dishon, in 1996.They love traveling and attending Colts, Blackhawks, and Fuel games. When they retire they plan to live in the hills of Italy. Steve and MaryAnne have two children, Clay and Sistine. Clay will be graduating from Purdue University with a degree in Engineering. Sistine will graduate this year with a degree in Psychology. She plans to go to graduate school and become a school guidance counselor. In his free time, Mr. Dishon hosts a weekly music podcast called Wanderings and Woolgathering. He is also a “Wednesday Warrior,” going to the comic shop every Wednesday to pick up the latest comics. His comics live in the “Nerd Cave.”

Personal Mission
:My personal mission is to support and engage our teachers through creating a building wide professional learning community that uses best practice, curricular alignment and data driven decisions to guide our daily instruction. We will use instructional interventions and behavioral supports to ensure that every child learns to the best of his or her ability. 

My daily mission in life is to find the end of my comfort zone where life truly begins.

I was born and raised in Indianapolis on the SouthEast side. I attended University of Indianapolis and received my Bachelors in Elementary Education and my Masters in Educational Leadership. I have worked in education for 14 years. I have held every position in a school minus a school bus driver. I taught Elementary at Hawthorne Elementary until moving to re-open a school on the far East side of Indy. I was a proud member of a team that took Indianapolis Lighthouse East from a closed school to a two year A rated school. I served as Assistant Principal of Culture.


I am married to Faith Nuttall as of december 2017. She and my three rescue dogs are my loving family. In my recreational time I’m an avid outdoorsman and play Racquetball all over the country. My family and my work make up the best parts of my life.

My mission in life is to help others expand their potential for success as I maximize my own. Through dedication, compassion, and positivity, I aspire to learn from life experiences and apply that knowledge to make tomorrow even better than today.

Paula Bolin was appointed as the food service director of Taylor Community Schools in 2016



Mrs. Bolin has been a part of the Taylor family most of her life.

She is a 1985 Titan Alumni.

She began working in the food service department in 1999.

After working many different positions within the department, she was named Food Service Director in 2016.

Mrs.Bolin is married and has 3 children and 4 beautiful grandchildren.

She is very passionate about Taylor Schools and the growth and well being of our students..

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Paula Bolin's Personal Mission Statement:

Patrick H.Bernotas is the Technology Director of Taylor Community Schools in Kokomo, Indiana

Mr. Bernotas came to Taylor as the School Corporation’s first Technology Director. His main job was to develop a 5 year Technology Plan and start Taylor Schools down a dynamic High Tech future. A strong foundation of highly trained staff, cutting edge infrastructure and robust technology hardware got the school operating in a digital rich environment. Mr. Bernotas’ current responsibilities have been expanded to manage Federal and State reporting, network services such as telephone, computer, projectors, security systems as well as a competent Tech Team.

Mr. Bernotas is a retired Federal Firefighter of thirty years. This experience has given him the management skills needed to lead and develop the Technology Team and Plan for the Taylor Community School Corporation. He worked part time as Technology Director until retiring from Federal service in 2010. Mr. Bernotas is happily married with 3 children and 5 grand children.

Mr. Bernotas’ educational background includes degree in Emergency Management from Community College of the Air Force and Federal Management studies at Texas A&M. Mr. Bernotas served as board member of Air Force Training Committee. He is certified as Homeland Security/FEMA instructor for National Incident Management System (NIMS) as well as adjunct instructor for Ivy Tech. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and a Certified Apple Developer.

Mr. Bernotas has a total of 23 years’ experience in public education (K-12). His strengths include, but are not limited to: skilled manager of programs and personnel, integration of technology in a learning setting, decision making skills based on best practices , and willingness to listen and implement team decisions.

Mr. Bernotas is a loyal employee, dedicated to advancement of the Taylor Community School Corporation’s mission and goals. He believes in student life long learning and individual character development and is proud be a part of this process.