Who’s who in the district
Four new and five returning district administrators told the JagWire about their positions and themselves
Nick Booth and Jason Chen
Dr. Ron Wimmer, interim superintendent
What does your job entail? My main responsibility is working with the Board of Education. In addition to that, I support the staff members that work here in the office, the directors primarily. I am a source of information and give advice and guidance. I am here to support and help all of the people who work here. The superintendent’s job is to know a little bit about everything. Quite techni...
Alvie Cater, assistant superintendent for administrative and educational services
What does your job entail? My role is to support the organization, to make sure that we remain focused on providing the best possible learning environment and learning opportunities for students. In addition to that, I also support day-to-day operation of the school district, and I also support our principals and superintendent, and then I am also assigned projects by the superintendent to benefit the s...
Ken Larsen, assistant superintendent of business and operations
What does your job entail? I handle all of the finances of the district, and, in addition to that, the facilities department reports to me, as does student nutrition department reports to me and the parents as teachers program reports to me. What do you like about your job? It’s just what I do; I love it. I’ve been in this type of work, accounting and so forth, my entire working c...
Steve Deghand, director of facilities
What does your job entail? Oh boy, there is a lot I do. Transportation and maintenance of grounds, I oversee those. I also oversee any new construction and/or capital outlay projects that are done each and every year, and I also manage the warehouse. What do you like about your job? I like working with the maintenance personnel and the ground personnel. I like working with contractors whe...
Amy Droegemeier, director of student nutrition
What does your job entail? I manage all the cafeteria operations for the district, so all 12 schools, the lunch and breakfast programs, as well as anything else food related. What do you like about your job? I love getting to work with students, to meet expectations, to hear new ideas and to provide great customer service. This is my second career, so I intentionally chose to work with kids....
Lee Hanson, director of special services
What does your job entail? My job is to oversee and administer the provision of special education services for all students who currently receive special education services, and make sure that we adhere to both federal and state requirements, and that we’re in compliance with all those regulations. I also work to develop professional development for our team — our special services team — s...
Tara Harmon-Moore, coordinator of health services
What does your job entail? Briefly, it is the coordination of the promotion of health and safety for all of the students and staff in order to facilitate student learning. What do you like about your job? It’s never a dull moment. Every day is a challenge. You always learn something new. You have the ability to use your strengths and work on your weaknesses. I’m very fortunate in that I h...
Dr. Lowell Martinie, interim director of human resources
What does your job entail? I wish I knew. In this position, your main responsibilities are as follows. About 25 percent of your position is recruiting and selecting all staff necessary for the district in all positions. That would be teachers, for example, principals, but that’s also classified staff like custodians and secretaries. The rest of your time, which is a large amount of your time, yo...
Dr. Stacey Yurkovich, director of teaching and learning
What does your job entail? It’s a responsibility, along with some other people in the department, to oversee curriculum and instruction, and selecting curriculum, and selecting teachers, principals and quality instruction. So, we provide professional development along with that. My specific position has some other responsibilities. I oversee the [English Language Learning] program, I also fac...
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