Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Announcement was made at the Ladue School Board meeting last night.
Dr. Donna Jahnke, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for the Ladue School District was just named the new superintendent of schools. She takes over for Dr. Marsha Chappelow who officially retires June 30, 2013. A transition process and plan will be developed over the next few weeks. Dr. Judy Sclair remains Acting Superintendent. Dr. Jahnke has been with the Ladue School Disrict for 22 years. She came to the district first as a teacher in 1991, served as Director of Community Services including running the Ladue Early Childhood Center (LEEC) and became principal at Reed School in 1998. Dr. Jahnke holds both a Philosophy degree and Ph.D in Education Administration from Saint Louis University. She developed the first …
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Board of Education is now expected to announce a new leader Tuesday night.
Friday 10:50 a.m. Update A previous version of this story indicated that Dr. Fred Czerwonka would be interviewing with community members and the Board of Education on Saturday. The Board interview will take place Saturday, but the community interviews will be held Monday. Patch apologizes for any confusion and has corrected the story below Weather conditions which have canceled classes Thursday and Friday at Ladue Schools will delay the naming of a new superintendent until Tuesday. Dr. Fred Czerwonka, the Superintendent of the West Plains (MO) School District, will interview with the Board of Education Saturday and with community stakeholders on Monday. Dr. Jonathan Lamberson, currently Superintendent of the Riverside (IL) School District …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Three candidates are scheduled to interview this week in closed-door sessions. An announcement of a finalist was scheduled for Monday.
Mother Nature is having an impact on the Ladue School District's search for a new superintendent. Finalists for the post had been scheduled for interviews with district leaders, staff and groups of community stakeholders this week, with plans to announce the new superintendent Monday night. Dr. Donna Jahnke, Ladue's Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning was interviewed Tuesday night at Ladue's administrative headquarters. Plans to interview Dr. Jonathan Lamberson, Superintendent of the Riverside (IL) School District 96 in suburban Chicago Thursday and Dr. Fred Czerwonka, Superintendent of the West Plains (MO) School District on Friday have now been consolidated to Friday and Saturday. Before that switch, Ladue School …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Next superintendent expected to be presented at school board meeting Feb. 25
The Ladue School Board has narrowed the field of candidates for the position of Superintendent of the district to three: This field includes a superintendent from an in-state district (Dr. Czerwonka from West Plains); a candidate from an Illinois district (Dr. Lamberson from Riverside) and a candidate already working in the district (Dr. Jahnke, who has worked for Ladue for 22 years). Here's a brief profile of the final three candidates: Dr. Fred Czerwonka, West Plains Dr. Czerwonka has 13 years in adminstration and 21 years in education overall. He is in his 10th year with the West Plains district, fifth as chief executive officer. West Plains, a community of 12,000 is located due south of Rolla, MO. Born in Houston, TX, he holds a …
Monday, February 11, 2013
Final field includes Dr. Donna Jahnke of the Ladue School District.
The Ladue School Board has narrowed the field of candidates for the position of Superintendent of the district to three: Dr. Lamberson was a finalist for the same position in the West St. Paul, Mendota Heights-Eagan School District outside Minneapolis last year. Ladue Schools engaged the services of McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C., a company that specializes in finding administrators out of Omaha, NE. Candidates will have a full round of interviews February 19-22 and the board of education anticpates making the announcement of the new hire at the regular school board meeting on February 25. The field was narrowed from 12 or 13 original candidates. More on the Ladue School Board workshop meeting on Wednesday on Patch.
Sam Goodman
10:17 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
I made a mistake on the amount of the contract of the recruiting company. It is $16,210 instead of $50,000. So in the last two months the board threw away $116,200 instead of $150,000. more ›