Omaha Public Schools superintendent withdraws D.C.-area job application

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The superintendent of Omaha Public Faculties educated the district a short while ago that she would continue being for the upcoming college 12 months.

Previous thirty day period, Dr. Cheryl Logan informed the faculty board that she experienced been approached by a university district in the Washington, D.C.-area to use for the superintendent work there, which is also in closer proximity to her household, according to Tuesday’s launch from the OPS college board.

“You could hear news that I was not too long ago a prospect for a superintendency in the Washington metropolitan area. Participating in that research was not a determination taken flippantly and 1 I did not seek out. It offered a distinctive option to serve one more excellent university district near my husband, adult daughter and nearly all of my extended spouse and children,” Dr. Logan mentioned in a letter to OPS staff.

Around the weekend, however, she informed OPS employees that she experienced withdrawn her identify from thing to consider for the work.

“Omaha is a exclusive college district, and we have a lot more to accomplish alongside one another. As a result of difficult situations, we’ve created sizeable development aligned to our Strategic Prepare of Motion. Those endeavors will not cease,” she claimed in the letter.

The school board expressed their gratitude that Dr. Logan would keep on being in Omaha for the 2022-23 faculty 12 months.

“The curiosity from a district so a lot larger sized than Omaha General public Colleges, and for what is deemed by lots of to be 1 of the top rated superintendent employment in the nation, is a gratifying affirmation of the caliber of our Superintendent. We are heartened that Dr. Logan’s alternative to continue to be in Omaha demonstrates the help she has obtained from the Omaha community.”

Read through Dr. Logan’s letter to OPS team

To my fellow Omaha Public Educational institutions staff members,

It is an honor to provide as your Superintendent, and I incredibly a lot glance forward to our collective operate in the faculty yr to appear.

You may possibly hear news that I was a short while ago a prospect for a superintendency in the Washington metropolitan location. Taking part in that look for was not a conclusion taken frivolously and a person I did not search for. It introduced a exceptional possibility to provide one more excellent college district in the vicinity of my husband, adult daughter and just about all of my extended family. I was born, elevated and put in considerably of my job in the Washington metropolitan area before doing work in Philadelphia and shifting to Omaha. As you can imagine, major the very last a few a long time isolated from my relatives has taken a own toll.

Omaha is a distinctive college district, and we have far more to execute with each other. By means of difficult occasions, we have built major development aligned to our Strategic Program of Action. People endeavors will not end. I am grateful to our Board of Schooling and informed them a week ago that I was no for a longer period taking part in the research.

I am happy to be section of our district group.

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