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Southwestern
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
Elementary District
69 was featured in
a story in the
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
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.
Berwyn South
School District 100
has been named an
Apple Distinguished
Program for the
2012-2013 school
year for its 1:1 Wireless Device
program. Clic k 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.
Olympia District 16
has been recognized
as an AP Honor Roll
School. This
recognition comes
from the College
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 toview 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.
Jim Greenwald will
become
Superintendent of
Granite City School
District 9 on July 1.
Greenwald currently
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
Bushnell-Prairie City
District 170 on July
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
Member News
from the Regions
Southwestern
Corn Belt
Cook West
Central Illinois
Valley
Two Rivers
Abe Lincoln
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.