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Superintendent turnover: Dozens of new hires and 6 departures

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Superintendent turnover continued its churn over the last week as school boards hired dozens of new leaders while several others resigned, announced their retirements or otherwise departed.

Michelle Garven
Michelle Garven

In Wisconsin, Superintendent is moving on from the Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District, which she has led since 2015, to take the helm at the School District of Cudahy. Garven was previously an administrator in the Grafton School District and Saint Francis Public Schools. In the same state, has been named superintendent of the Ellsworth Community School District, after having held the top spot at Plum City School District for three years.

, who has led several Pennsylvania districts, has been hired as the next superintendent of the Central Bucks School District. Yanni is now superintendent of the Lower Merion School District and previously served as superintendent of the Upper Dublin and New Hope-Solebury school districts.

Superintendent is moving to New York’s Arlington Central School District from the nearby Haldane Central School District. , superintendent of Oregon’s Pendleton School District from 2017 to 2022, has been chosen to lead the Castle Rock School District in Washington.

Superintendent turnover: First-timers

Elsewhere, a fresh crop of administrators, including several female educators, have been elevated to the superintendency for the first time. Montville Public Schools in Connecticut has selected its assistant superintendent, , as its next leader.

Suzanne West
Suzanne West

Across the country in Oregon, will become superintendent of the Forest Grove School District after having been an administrator in Salem-Keizer Public Schools and a director of technology and innovation in the Sherwood School District. Also in Oregon, the Hood River County School District has promoted its interim superintendent and former curriculum and instruction coordinator to the top spot.

The in neighboring California has tapped Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Mike Fowler to replace retiring Superintendent Mary Beth Kastan. Farther north, Assistant Superintendent will be the next superintendent of Washington’s North Thurston Public Schools after having worked in the district for 27 years.


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Valley View Local Schools in Ohio picked as its next superintendent. Cook is now the assistant superintendent of instruction for the Springboro Community City School District. In Georgia, Dalton Public Schools has promoted Chief of Student Services and Activities as its next superintendent.

More new superintendent hires

E. Xiomara Herman
E. Xiomara Herman
  • , Tenaha ISD(Texas)
  • , School District of Borough of Morrisville (Pennsylvania)
  • , Ross Valley School District (California)
  • , Romulus Community Schools (New York)
  • , Amherst-Pelham Regional School District (Massachusetts)
  • , Somerville Public Schools (New Jersey)
  • , Triton Public Schools (Minnesota)
  • , Lumberton ISD (Texas)
  • , Rankin ISD (Texas)
  • , Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (Indiana)
  • , Beekmantown Central School District (New York)
  • , Paris-Union School District 95 (Illinois)
  • , Folsom Cordova USD (California)
  • , Kenston Local Schools (Ohio)

Replacements needed

Resignations, retirements and other departures in recent weeks include:

  • Tyson Bennett reached a voluntary separation agreement with in Texas
  • Bob Grover resigned from the in Michigan
  • Rick Maxey retired from in South Carolina
  • Ra炭l Pe単a resigned from in Texas
  • Marian Kim Phelps was terminated by in California
  • Superintendent Lane Ledbetter announced he will retire from in Texas in December
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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