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Pages in category "School superintendents in Pennsylvania" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the American education system, a superintendent or superintendent of schools is an administrator or manager in charge of a number of public schools or a school district, a local government body overseeing public schools. All school principals in a respective school district report to the superintendent.
Each public school is headed by a school principal, who reports to the superintendent of schools appointed by the board of the school district. [ 5 ] There are 500 public school districts in Pennsylvania, consisting of 3,287 schools and 120 charter schools.
Mayoral control of schools is governance over American schools based on the business model, in which the mayor of a city replaces an elected board of education (school board) with an appointed board. The mayor may also directly appoint the head of the school system, called the CEO , superintendent or chancellor. [ 1 ]
Zahorchak is the 16th superintendent of the district, which serves about 18,300 students and is the fourth largest public school district in Pennsylvania. He was chosen over four potential candidates, including former Harrisburg School District Superintendent Gerald Kohn, deputy superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools Carlinda Purcell and ...
Pedro A. Rivera is the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, having been nominated by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and confirmed in June 2015. Previously, he served as superintendent of the School District of Lancaster. Starting October 1, 2020, he began a new role as President of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. [1]
[2] [1] He moved to the West Coast to teach junior high school in Tacoma, Washington. His first superintendent’s job came in 1969 when he was chosen to lead the School District of Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. [2] In 1973, Payzant became superintendent of the Eugene School District. He instituted kindergarten classes ...
The 10 highest paid school superintendents in Pennsylvania last year were all in school districts in southeastern Pennsylvania at salaries between $275,980 to $340,000, according to recent salary ...