Student Services Student Services News and Documents   Eugene Kotulka Director of Student Services ekotulka@ocss-va.org 540-661-4550 Extension 1658 Mr. Eugene Kotulka was named principal of Orange County High School in July, 2006.  His previous administrative experienced included an internship at Courtland High School, assistant principal at Spotsylvania High School and principal at Magna Vista High School in Henry County. He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Indiana University, Pennsylvania and master’s degree in school administration and supervision from Virginia Commonwealth University.  His educational experience includes 20 years of teaching social studies and mathematics for Chesterfield County Public Schools, Hopewell City Public Schools, King George Public Schools and Spotsylvania County Public Schools. Kotulka’s most direct responsibility will be oversight of the alternative education program housed at the Taylor Education Complex.  He also will be responsible for broader division-wide management of student health and welfare, including attendance and truancy enforcement, guidance counseling, discipline appeals, and all matters associated with student safety.  In addition, Kotulka will serve as the school division’s primary liaison with parents and parent organizations, as well as all community agencies that deal with the health, safety and welfare of children and youth. “The new position will give me the opportunity to focus my attention and abilities more closely on students in need of special services and alternate education,” Kotulka said.  “This is the population of students that provide the greatest challenge as the division seeks to achieve the 100% graduation rate.  My goals are to assist these students to be more academically focused, reduce the time principals spend on student-services related issues, and to increase the time principals spend on academic issues and student achievement.”