Lafayette Parish School Superintendent Donald Aguillard is retiring. He was appointed superintendent in May 2015. Aguillard had previously served as superintendent of St. Mary Parish Schools.
If school districts are sincere about reversing the history of excessive outdoor suspension numbers and re-engaging students that have violated the student code of conduct, there is much to be done.
In January, Assistant Wisconsin State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor began serving as the state's top education official after her predecessor, Tony Evers, was sworn in as governor.
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Susana Cordova said the district is offering approximately 10 percent raises to teachers this year, putting educators on a track to make as much as $100,000 annually.
The interim has been made permanent. The Alaskan district's board of education voted to confirm Bridget Weiss as the permanent superintendent rather than expand the search nationwide. She has been serving as the interim since August since Mark Miller departed.
Currently the deputy and associate superintendent of student services at the Ventura County Office of Education, Roger Rice has been named as superintendent of the Ventura USD in California. He takes over from Superintendent David Creswell, who resigned in December.
Assistant Superintendent Catherine Carbone has been chosen to lead the Connecticut city's school system after Superintendent Sue Moreau retires. Carbone had served as a senior administrator in the Hartford schools, and before that spent seven years as a middle school principal.
Transition planning for special education students has evolved so that the activities students participate in now mirror more closely mainstream college- and career-prep programs.
Gov. Larry Hogan is allocating a percentage of Maryland's casino revenues to an education trust fund for public school systems. But with that extra monies, some local educators are worried about how it will be dispersed to school districts, and whether it will be on top of maintenance of effort or a part of the existing budget.
