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Superintendent turnover: 3 big districts make important changes

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Superintendent turnover continued its rapid clip over the last week with major changes in three larger districts.

Keith Posley resigned as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools after having led the district since 2018. Posley stepped down just days after state and federal officials expressed concerns about delayed financial reporting, according to . A district regional superintendent, Eduardo Galvan, was immediately named interim leader.

Kimberlee Armstrong
Kimberlee Armstrong

On the hiring front, was named superintendent of Portland Public Schools in Oregon. Armstrong is currently deputy superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools in Vancouver, Washington. Armstrong previously served as chief academic officer in Portland and as an administrator in Santa Rosa City Schools and the Tamalpais Union High School District in California.

Springfield Public Schools in Massachusetts has picked former employee as its first female superintendent. Dinnalla lifelong resident of the city and graduate of the districtis now chief of family and community engagement for the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership and previously served as a principal in Springfield Public Schools and an administrator in Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut.

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Iton-Etok O Udosenata

Also in Oregon, the Tigard-Tualatin School District chose its next superintendent, , now a deputy superintendent with the Salem-Keizer School District. In Ohio, the Stow-Munroe Falls City School District appointed as its next superintendent. Gould is currently an assistant superintendent at Cleveland Heights-University Heights City Schools.

The North Shore School District 112 in Illinois has picked its first Latina superintendent, , who has worked for the Chicago-area school system for nearly two decades. , formerly an administrator in Prince George’s County Public Schools, has been chosen to leadSomerset County Public Schools in the same state.

Matthew McCorkle
Matthew McCorkle

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In New York’s Greece Central School District, no sooner did longtime Superintendent Kathleen Graupman announce she would resign on Jan. 1 than the district looked within to hire her replacement, Deputy Superintendent , who has been with the district since 2005. And in Ohio’s Portsmouth City School District has hired its next leader,, a longtime administrator and former superintendent of Washington Court House City Schools.

More new hires

  • , South Orange & Maplewood School District (New Jersey)
  • , Fall River Public Schools (Massachusetts)
  • , Bedford County Schools (Virginia)
  • , Chattooga County School District (Georgia)
  • , Barren County Schools (Kentucky)
  • , Cold Spring Harbor Central School District (New York)
  • , Littlestown Area School District (Pennsylvania)
  • , South Kingstown School District (Rhode Island)
  • , East Palestine City Schools (Ohio)
  • , Addison Community Schools (Michigan)
  • , Holley Central School District (New York)
  • , Auburn Enlarged City School District (New York)
  • , West Bonner School District (Idaho)

Superintendent turnover: Departures

The following superintendents are leaving their districts:

  • The East Stroudsburg Area School District (Pennsylvania) is parting ways with Superintendent , thePocono Recordreported.
  • Superintendent has announced her retirement from Floyd County Schools (Kentucky)
  • Superintendent is retiring from the Watson Chapel School District (Arkansas)
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of District 91心頭istration and a life-long journalist. Prior to writing for District 91心頭istration he worked in daily news all over the country, from the NYC suburbs to the Rocky Mountains, Silicon Valley and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He's also in a band.

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