Omaha General public Educational institutions superintendent withdraws D.C.-place position software

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The superintendent of Omaha Public Faculties knowledgeable the district a short while ago that she would continue to be for the future school yr.

Last thirty day period, Dr. Cheryl Logan knowledgeable the college board that she had been approached by a university district in the Washington, D.C.-location to apply for the superintendent occupation there, which is also in nearer proximity to her spouse and children, in accordance to Tuesday’s launch from the OPS university board.

“You may possibly hear news that I was a short while ago a applicant for a superintendency in the Washington metropolitan region. Taking part in that search was not a final decision taken evenly and just one I did not seek. It presented a exclusive chance to serve an additional excellent college district around my spouse, adult daughter and just about all of my prolonged family members,” Dr. Logan reported in a letter to OPS staff members.

Around the weekend, however, she informed OPS personnel that she had withdrawn her name from thing to consider for the task.

“Omaha is a special faculty district, and we have more to execute with each other. By means of complicated situations, we’ve manufactured considerable development aligned to our Strategic Approach of Action. Those endeavors will not halt,” she explained in the letter.

The college board expressed their gratitude that Dr. Logan would stay in Omaha for the 2022-23 school yr.

“The curiosity from a district so substantially larger than Omaha Community Faculties, and for what is thought of by many to be a person of the top rated superintendent jobs in the state, is a gratifying affirmation of the caliber of our Superintendent. We are heartened that Dr. Logan’s choice to remain in Omaha reflects the help she has obtained from the Omaha group.”

Examine Dr. Logan’s letter to OPS team

To my fellow Omaha Community Colleges staff,

It is an honor to provide as your Superintendent, and I quite a lot appear ahead to our collective get the job done in the university yr to arrive.

You may perhaps hear information that I was not too long ago a prospect for a superintendency in the Washington metropolitan region. Participating in that research was not a choice taken flippantly and 1 I did not seek. It introduced a special option to serve a further outstanding school district in close proximity to my partner, adult daughter and pretty much all of my extended household. I was born, raised and expended substantially of my profession in the Washington metropolitan location before doing work in Philadelphia and going to Omaha. As you can visualize, main the past a few yrs isolated from my family members has taken a particular toll.

Omaha is a distinctive faculty district, and we have far more to carry out jointly. As a result of difficult moments, we have made significant development aligned to our Strategic Prepare of Action. Those endeavors will not end. I am grateful to our Board of Education and educated them a week in the past that I was no for a longer period taking part in the lookup.

I am proud to be section of our district local community.

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