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 multiple news reports. A district regional superintendent, Eduardo Galvan, was immediately named interim leader.
On the hiring front, Kimberlee Armstrong 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 Sonia Dinnall as its first female superintendent. Dinnall—a lifelong resident of the city and graduate of the district—is 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.
Also in Oregon, the Tigard-Tualatin School District chose its next superintendent, Iton-Etok O Udosenata, now a deputy superintendent with the Salem-Keizer School District. In Ohio, the Stow-Munroe Falls City School District appointed Felisha Gould 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, Monica Schroeder, who has worked for the Chicago-area school system for nearly two decades. Ava Tasker-Mitchell, formerly an administrator in Prince George’s County Public Schools, has been chosen to lead Somerset County Public Schools in the same state.
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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 Jeremy Smalline, who has been with the district since 2005. And in Ohio’s Portsmouth City School District has hired its next leader, Matthew McCorkle, a longtime administrator and former superintendent of Washington Court House City Schools.
More new hires
- Jason Bing, South Orange & Maplewood School District (New Jersey)
- Tracy Curley, Fall River Public Schools (Massachusetts)
- William F. Dupere, Bedford County Schools (Virginia)
- Michelle Helie, Chattooga County School District (Georgia)
- Amy Irwin, Barren County Schools (Kentucky)
- Joseph Monastero, Cold Spring Harbor Central School District (New York)
- Timothy Mitzel, Littlestown Area School District (Pennsylvania)
- Michael Podraza, South Kingstown School District (Rhode Island)
- James Rook, East Palestine City Schools (Ohio)
- Scott Salow, Addison Community Schools (Michigan)
- Karri Schiavone, Holley Central School District (New York)
- Misty Slavic, Auburn Enlarged City School District (New York)
- Kim Spacek, 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 William Riker, the Pocono Record reported.
- Superintendent Anna Shepherd has announced her retirement from Floyd County Schools (Kentucky)
- Superintendent Tom Wilson is retiring from the Watson Chapel School District (Arkansas)
