Leadership Matters - February 2013

Member News from the Regions

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Jim Greenwald will become Superintendent of Granite City School District 9 on July 1. Greenwald currently

Kerry Cox will become Superintendent of Carrollton School District 1 on July 1. Ms. Cox currently is principal at Glenwood Middle School. She will replace Dr. Elizabeth Pressler , who is retiring. Superintendent Kim Hanks of Pleasant Hill Abe Lincoln November 2012 issue of School Administrator, the national monthly magazine published by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). The story, headlined “Personal Priorities: When Crisis Hits Home,” talks about how her staff and the community bonded together with Hanks to help her continue to lead her school district even while she battled to overcome breast cancer. Hanks also was voted to an at- large position on the Executive Central Illinois Valley Elementary District 69 was featured in a story in the

Berwyn South School District 100 has been named an Apple Distinguished Program for the 2012-2013 school

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year for its 1:1 Wireless Device program. Click here to view the press release. Anthony G. Scariano , IASA School Service Member and Partner at Scariano, Himes & Petrarca, passed away on December 26, 2012.

serves as principal at the school district. He will replace Dr. Harry Briggs, who is retiring. Mr. Arden Wills passed away on January 2, 2013. Before his retirement in 1998, Mr. Wills was the superintendent of South Wilmington District 74. Dr. Kate Sievers became the new superintendent of Calhoun District 40 on January 1, 2013. She was previously the principal of this district. Kathy Dinger will become superintendent of 1. Ms. Dinger currently is director of curriculum and instruction for the Libertyville Elementary School District 70. David Messersmith , IASA Past-President retired from Bushnell-Prairie June 30, 2012, and Bill Mattingly and Mick Nickson have been serving as interim co-superintendents this year. Three Rivers Western Two Rivers Bushnell-Prairie City District 170 on July

Olympia District 16 has been recognized as an AP Honor Roll School. This recognition comes from the College

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Board for opening AP classroom doors to a significantly broader pool of students, while maintaining or improving the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher. Click here to view the full article. Josh Olsen will become Assistant Superintendent of Schools for Olympia Community District 16 on July 1. Mr. Olsen currently serves as superintendent for Fieldcrest District 6 in Minonk. Mr. Olsen will replace Andrew Wise , who will replace current superintendent Brad Hutchison when he retires July 1.

Board of Illinois Women in Educational Leadership. Gary DePatis will become superintendent of Pekin

Community High School District 303, on July 1. He will be replacing Paula Davis, who is retiring.

IASA Superintendent of the Year honored with billboard Dr. Jane L. Westerhold, superintendent of Des Plaines District 62 in Cook North, was recently recognized for being named the 2013 Illinois Superintendent of the Year with her likeness being placed on a billboard on the side of a Des Plaines highway.

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