Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Two administrative positions are currently vacant, and three more are expected to be by the end of the school year. With a new superintendent at the helm, district officials are ready to move on filling those spots.
The hiring of Lisa Elliott as the new superintendent should set off a chain reaction of administrative hirings within the Greenfield School District over the next 7-8 weeks. Interim Superintendent David Ewald said the district would now shift its focus to hiring a business manager, principals at Glenwood and Maple Grove elementary schools and two coordinators now that Elliott has agreed to replace Conrad Farner, starting July 1. “(Lisa and I) have talked about it. We recognize that we are crossing paths,” Ewald said. “I have to make sure we don’t mess it up in preparing for her. … We look forward to giving her a good start. Ewald said Elliott would participate in some of the hiring activities for the five key positions before her official …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Melissa Yow is leaving Maple Grove, meaning the school will have its third principal in as many years in 2013-14. The district also learned its data and assessment coordinator is leaving.
Maple Grove Elementary School will have its third principal in as many years after the Greenfield School Board approved the resignation of Melissa Yow on Monday. Yow was hired last June to replace Michelle Weisrock, who was principal for the 2011-12 school year. Yow’s last day will be June 30. “Melissa had done an excellent job for us throughout this school year,” Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Todd Bugnacki wrote in a memo to the School Board. “We are disappointed to see her go; however, under Melissa’s leadership and with the efforts of the Maple Grove staff, parents and students, the building has made great strides moving forward and is in a wonderful position to welcome a new leader who will continue with the …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Greenfield School Board approved 14 new teacher contracts Monday for three teachers at the high school, two at Glenwood Elementary and nine at Maple Grove.
The Greenfield School District is working feverishly to fill in the many blanks created by this summer’s resignations and retirements. And at Maple Grove Elementary, where several teachers need to be replaced, the district is surrounding new principal Melissa Yow with her former colleagues. The Greenfield School Board approved 14 new teacher contracts Monday for three teachers at the high school, two at Glenwood Elementary and nine at Maple Grove. The district also hired a new nurse. Board member Cathy Walsh questioned the circumstances surrounding the Maple Grove hires. Three of the teachers formerly taught at Whittier Elementary School in Waukesha, the same school Yow was hired away from. A fourth Maple Grove hire came from another …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Yow has 11 years of teaching experience across all elementary grade levels in both Texas and Waukesha.
Greenfield School District administrators introduced Melissa Yow as the new principal at Maple Grove Elementary School. Yow has 11 years of teaching experience across all elementary grade levels in both Texas and Waukesha. Her most recent positions have included working as a reading specialist, instructional resource teacher and the summer school principal for the Waukesha School District. “We’re very excited about her joining our team,” Superintendent Conrad Farner said Monday when the School Board approved Yow’s two-year contract. According to Board packet notes, Yow has extensive experience and training working with special education students and students with diverse backgrounds, and she has spear-headed several initiatives already in …
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Cali Ware
7:34 pm on Saturday, April 6, 2013
Let them go, especially Grieber. Why the admin turnover? That is easy, with Farner gone all his croanies are running scared. Grieber was one of them. What did she actually do for those two years anyway? more ›