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2022 IASA Superin Dr. SteveWebb

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School in 1987. He later married his high school sweetheart, Angie, and together they have four children. Growing up, Dr. Webb excelled in athletics and went on to play collegiate basketball, first at John A. Logan College and then at McKendree University. However, becoming an educator and coach was always in the back of his mind. After college, he worked at Joppa High School as the athletic director, principal and boy’s basketball coach from 1992–1999. In 1999, at age 29, he became one of the youngest superintendents in the state when he was selected to lead Thompsonville CUSD #112 and #62—a dual district. But an opportunity to return home opened up in 2002 that he couldn’t

pass up, even though he recognized the transition wouldn’t be easy because many of the teachers in the district were his teachers when he was in school. “When I came back, they welcomed me with open arms, and it was very special,” Dr. Webb said. “I recognized very quickly this was still my home and where I had always wanted to raise my family.” “BleedBackandGold” On a Monday morning in mid October, Dr. Webb is dressed in a black athletic zip-up sweater emblazoned with a Goreville CUSD #1 logo. Across town,

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