Comings and goings

AT CLARK STREET The Chicago School Board voted to appoint Arne Duncan as chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools. Duncan, who was handpicked by Mayor Richard M. Daley, was previously deputy chief of staff to former CEO Paul Vallas, who stepped down in June. Duncan, 36, is a Harvard graduate and previously played professional basketball in Australia and founded the Ariel Education Initiative. He joined the Chicago Public Schools in 1998. Duncan and newly-appointed School Board President Michael W. Scott, who succeeded Gery Chico, are expected to choose a new chief education officer shortly. ... Region education officers Sherye Garmony- Miller (Region 6) and Hazel Steward (Region 3) have retired. Replacements have not yet been named. ... Also retired: Powhatan Collins, deputy officer, High School Cluster South; Adrian Beverly, deputy chief, Schools and Regions; Leon Hendricks, director, Department of Character Education. No replacements have been named. ... Hilton Clark, who previously coordinated the Teacher Recruitment Initiative at FRAC, joined the CPS Human Resources Department to manage teacher retention efforts. ... Reginald Williams, a former Chicago police internal affairs officer, will become the new deputy director of the Bureau of Safety and Security. He succeeds Nathalia Walker, who passed away this spring.

NEW PRINCIPAL TRAINING This fall, New Leaders for New Schools will launch its pilot principal training program in Chicago, New York and California. Seven of the 15 trainees will be placed at CPS schools as one-year residents. They are Patrick Baccellieri, a nonprofit program director and former parochial school teacher; Claudy Chapman, a former pricing analyst and algebra teacher; Kate Garrison, an Indianapolis public school teacher; Kathleen Harris, education director at the Chicago Urban League; Jennifer Henry, a recent Kellogg Business School graduate; Elizabeth Kenner, a former teacher at the Juvenile Detention Center; Susan Kilbane, a bilingual and dual language educator; and Alfredo Nambo, a bilingual teacher at Telpochcalli. Sylvia S. Gibson, principal of the Cregier Multiplex, is taking a year-long leave of absence to serve as New Leaders' executive director.

MOVING IN/ON Beverly Tunney was re-elected in May to another term as president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association. Tunney and the other officers were elected to three-year terms effective July 1. Other officers are: Fenger High Principal Janice Ollarvia, secretary; Swift Elementary Principal Emil DeJulio, treasurer; Irving Park Elementary Principal Carmen Sanchez, vice president; Bogan High Principal Linda Pierzchalski, vice president for high schools; South Loop Assistant Principal Shelton Flowers, vice president for elementary assistant principals; Fenger High Assistant Principal Patricia Nichols, vice president for high school assistant principals; Dolores Gonzalez of the Illinois Administrators Academy, vice president for administrators. ... Wendy M. Stack has been appointed director of the Chicago Teachers Center, replacing Jerry Olson who retired. Stack was formerly the Center's director of professional development. ... Peg Cain has been named executive director of the Dolores Kohl Education Foundation. Cain, who was previously director of the Golden Apple Foundation, succeeds Lana Weiner, who left to pursue other projects. ... Susan Adler Yanun, previously an organizer for the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, was named senior program officer for education at the Steans Family Foundation. ... Kris Reichmann-Crowley was appointed executive director of the Chicago Foundation for Education. Reichmann-Crowley, who was a founding director of the North Lawndale Learning Community, replaces Angela Pilgrim, who moved to Germany. ... University of Chicago professor Mark Courtney has been named director of the Chapin Hall Center for Children, effective Sept. 1. Founding director Harold A. Richman will return to research and teaching.

PRINCIPALS Rafael Sanchez, a former Region 1 administrator, has been named interim principal of Sauganash Elementary. He replaces Larry Garstki, who resigned to become an assistant principal at Roosevelt Middle School in River Forest. Other interim principal appointments include Rosyln Armour, Woods Academy; Millicent Robersone, Bright Elementary; Kathleen Singleton, Evers Elementary. ... The following interim and acting principals have been awarded principal contracts: Carmen Giafortone, McPherson; Sabrina Jackson, Turner-Drew Language Academy; Andrew Manno, Hubbard; and Marva Whaley-Anobah, Tesla Alternative. ... New principal contracts have been awarded to: Lawrence Gurga, Saucedo Scholastic Academy; Karen Saffold, Vanderpoel; Nathaniel Mason, Lincoln Park; Donna Newton- Holland, Lovett; Pat Mizerka, Washington Irving. ... The following principals have had their contracts renewed: Sharon Rae Bender, Schurz; Ruby Coats, Hurley; Deborah Heath, Fernwood; Delene Little, Drake; Luis Molina, Logandale Middle; and Susan Stoll, Hanson Park.

PRINCIPAL RETIREMENTS Principals who retired this summer were: Beverly Blake, Libby; Emmerine Clarkston, Evers; Nina McKiney Cook, Fort Dearborn ; Nancy Ellis, Guggenheim; Diane Foster, Woods Academy; Inez Gayle Garber, McCutcheon; Larry Grant, Beasley Magnet; Christ Kalamatas, Von Humboldt; Madeleine Maraldi, Washington Irving; Karen Morris, Saucedo Scholastic Academy; Margaret O'Keefe, Louis D. Armstrong; Victor Tocwish, Bright; Janis Todd, Lincoln Park; Teretha Walton, Cather; and Helen Wooten, Vanderpoel.

NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS The board awarded its last two charters to Global Village and the Lawndale Educational and Regional Network (L.E.A.R.N). Both programs plan to open pre-K to 6th-grade schools this fall, eventually expanding through 12th grade. Global Village represents the combined programs of two charter school applicants— Asian Human Services, a non-profit service agency, and Chicago Children's Choir. The organizations had to pool their applications to qualify for CPS' last charter available from a state-mandated limit of 15. Global Village will operate two campuses: Passages at 1447 W. Montrose and the Chicago Children's Choir Campus at 3737 S. Paulina. Each will enroll up to 150 students and will concentrate on educating immigrant children and teaching choral music. L.E.A.R.N. will open an elementary school this fall for 100 K to 8th-grade students at 3400 W. Grenshaw. There will be a parent in every classroom.

MEMBERS UNSEATED The board removed 138 LSC members for failing to complete a required three-day training program. Unseated members cannot run for their positions again until April 1, 2002, and cannot be appointed until after July 1, 2002.

ON LEAVE Fifth-grade teacher Jane Bushwaller is taking a one-year leave of absence from Clissold Elementary to become teacher-in-residence for the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's new Teacher Leadership Center, scheduled to open in November. The Center will be a resource for teachers who wish to integrate museum exhibits into their science lessons. Bushwaller will work with museum education staffers on programs to improve CPS academic achievement in science. ... Teacher Steve Arnam of Edison Regional Gifted Center will to do fieldwork in Alaska this summer. His work is supported by the Field Museum through a program founded by Titanic discoverer Robert Ballard. Arnam will send regular updates on his findings to CPS schools.

SCHOLARSHIPS Four CPS seniors were recipients of the first Grow Our Own Illinois Professional Learners' Partnership teacher awards for students who plan to pursue a teaching career. They are: Anthony Baldwin of Hyde Park Academy, who will be attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nancy Hernandez of Bowen High, who is going to Loyola University; Carina Ayala of Bowen, who will attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Heidee Ortiz of Lane Technical High, who is heading to Northeastern Illinois University. ... Another 28 seniors have received a total of $1.2 million in scholarships from the United Negro College Fund.

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