TRANSITIONS - superintendent appointments and retirements - Brief Article

School Administrator, April, 2001

APPOINTMENTS

Eric Bartleson, from professor of educational leadership, Minnesota State University, Mencato, Minn., to superintendent, Winona, Minn.

Ron Ciranna, from assistant superintendent, Lakeshore School District, Stevensville, Mich., to superintendent, East Detroit, Mich.

Gary Cooper, from superintendent, Sweet Home School District, Amherst, N.Y., to superintendent, Frontier Central School District, Hamburg, N.Y.

Rose Ellis, from principal, Douglas Elementary School, Douglas, Mass., to superintendent, Williamstown, Mass.

Mary Ellen Grant, from assistant superintendent to superintendent, Newark Valley, N.Y.

Jerry Kjergaard, from assistant superintendent, Sioux City Community Schools, Sioux City, Iowa, to superintendent, Waconia, Minn.

Keith Lester, from principal to superintendent, Mora, Minn.

Ron Oswald, from superintendent, Lenox, Iowa, to superintendent, Lexington, Neb.

Larry Palmer, from junior/senior high principal, South Fulton, Pa., to superintendent, Forbes Road School District, Waterfall, Pa.

Patricia Sanker, from acting superintendent to superintendent, South Middleton Schools, Boiling Springs, Pa.

A. Paul Scott, from assistant superintendent, Taconic Hills Central School District, Craryville, N.Y., to superintendent, Peru, N.Y.

Lynn Steenblock, from superintendent, Minnesota River Valley School District, Montevideo, Minn., to superintendent, Forest Lake, Minn.

Joseph Stoner, from superintendent, Unadilla Valley Central School District, New Berlin, N.Y., to superintendent, Geneva, N.Y.

Charles Stratton, from superintendent, Stockbridge Valley, N.Y., to superintendent, Unadilla Valley, N.Y.

John Van Bonn, from director of instruction, Otsego, Mich., to superintendent, Big Rapids, Mich.

Norman Wetzel, from superintendent to assistant to the superintendent for strategic planning and instructional services, Community Unit School District 300, Carpentersville, Ill.

RETIREMENTS

Joe Anderson, superintendent. Alma, Neb.

Charles Borchetta, superintendent, Cameron County School District, Emporium, Pa.

Tom Bradley, superintendent, O'Fallon Township, Ill.

Clair Brown, superintendent, Upper Dublin Schools, Maple Glen, Pa.

Ron Cornwell, superintendent, Kenesaw, Neb.

Rene X. Diaz, superintendent, Phoenix Union High School District, Phoenix, Ariz.

M.B. "Sonny" Donaldson, superintendent, Aldine, Texas

Orlando Falcione, superintendent, Cornell School District, Coraopolis, Pa.

William P. Gussner, superintendent, Webster Groves School District, St. Louis, Mo.

Edmund J. Harvey, superintendent, Southwestern Central Schools, Jamestown, N.Y.

Bob Jones, superintendent, Lakeland School District, Rathdrum, Iowa

James E. Jurs, superintendent, Paradise Valley Unified School District, Phoenix, Ariz.

Robert Kattman, superintendent, Maple Dale-Indian Hill and Glendale River Hills School Districts, Milwaukee, Wis.

James LaScola, superintendent, Crawford Central Schools, Meadville, Pa.

Robert W. Murphy, superintendent, Bainbridge-Guilford Central Schools, Bainbridge, N.Y.

Ken Rasmussen, superintendent, Pierre, S.D.

Duane Stehlik, superintendent, Falls City, Neb.

Don Wagner, superintendent, Mitchell, Neb.

DEATH

Peter A. Hartman, 63, superintendent, Saddleback Valley Unified Schools, Mission Viejo, Calif., Jan. 20