School Administrator

A schools superintendent filed a lawsuit against the all-male Ridgefield Park school board, saying they suspended her because of her gender and replaced her with a male. Angela Bender, 59, is the first woman to be awarded a full-time contract for this position in the district and has been “faced with hostility and discrimination” by …

A A 42-year career in education is drawing to a close for Ayersville Superintendent Don Diglia, who reached another milestone Monday night when he chaired his last regular school board meeting as head of local schools in ‘Ayersville (see related story, page A3). During her 42 years of study, Diglia taught industrial arts (Elida Middle …

Teachers and supporters protesting in Des Moines in 2017. Educators who teach in public school buildings are immediate families, and other district staff are parents. The immediate family has different jobs and has different levels of skills and training. There are disagreements, skirmishes and even fights. But when attacked from the outside, immediate family and …

She taught at Springboro High School for only seven years. But when Patricia McCandless passed away in 2018, she left her entire estate to Secondary school. “We asked ourselves, ‘Why? Why Springboro High School? “,” Scott Marshall, district communications coordinator said in a statement. Marshall spoke to local news outlets and members of the community, …

The 2020 TSSAA Hall of Fame inductees were initially scheduled to be inducted at the annual luncheon in April 2020. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this ceremony has been postponed not one, not two, but three time. The nine inductees were officially recognized for their contributions to high school athletics during the induction ceremony …

SOUTH HAVEN – When Baseline Middle School students return to school this fall, they will be greeted by a new vice-principal. The South Haven Board of Education on Wednesday approved the hiring of Sara Folkert for the position. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to read premium content. Please enable it …

Corey Graves, principal of Solvay Middle School, has been appointed principal of the Stockbridge Valley Central School District in Munnsville, Madison County. Graves will become superintendent on Aug. 9 after being appointed by the school board on July 13, district officials said. Graves has been Principal of Solvay High School since August. Prior to that …

You can roughly count the number of days the principal of Bend’s new school, Steve Cook, worked on two hands. He’s already planning to do some things differently. The neighborhood board meetings are like many board meetings: hours with flurries of important decisions. Who has time to sit through this? Some people do. We would …

FISH CREEK – A high school in Appleton, Italy and Kuwait may seem far from a “Little House on the Prairie”, but Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic books are a big part of what inspired a resident in time Part of Fish Creek Carol Hoffman to write down her teaching experiences in foreign countries. His memoirs …

MACON, Georgia (AP) – A former Georgia school administrator accused of poisoning his sick wife with a cocaine overdose has been denied bail after prosecutors told a judge that telephone conversations tapes showed him trying to collect a passport and money. The Telegraph of Macon reports that Edward Judie Jr., charged with felony murder in …