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 Norris Resigns AGAIN?
Category: Educational Links
This is the second time that Norris has publicly talked of giving up his job, but this announcement did not come as a surprise to administrators and School Board members.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
WATERLOO, Iowa — An Iowa district selected a Gary Norris as its new district superintendent Monday evening.
The Waterloo Community Schools education board unanimously approved 57-year-old the Sarasota superintendent and would start July 1 after current Superintendent Dewitt Jones retires.
Norris has been head of the Sarasota County School District since 2004. He began his career in 1972 as a vocal music teacher and earned a doctorate from Kansas State University.
According to the district's Web site, Waterloo has about 10,000 students and is one of the 10 largest school districts in Iowa. About 60 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunches; at some schools that number approached 90 percent.
Most recently, Norris is one of six finalists for the top school post in Albuquerque, N.M..
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier is reporting that Norris will take the job and be paid $195,000 his first year.
"I think we're getting a very qualified, a very energetic person," board member Mike Kindschi told the newspaper. "I think he'll be a great asset to our staff and take us into the future."
Norrisvdid not attend the meeting but spoke to the Courier by phone: "I have a strong desire to work with a school board that wants to work as a team on closing the achievement gap and work with at-risk populations of young people," he said.
"I really sensed that the seven board members were really intent on doing that," he said.
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