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NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The Neenah Joint School District has selected three finalists for the district’s next superintendent.
The finalists are Steve Harrison, Assistant Superintendent for Assessment Curriculum and Instruction for the Appleton Area School District, Michael McMahon, Director of Teacher and Student Learning for the Grafton School District, and Tina Owen-Moore, Superintendent of the School District of Cudahy.
Each candidate will spend a day in the District the week of March 25.
Harrison will visit the district on Monday, March 25. He has worked in Appleton since 2015 and been in his current position for five years after previously serving as the District’s Continuous School Improvement Coordinator for Math, Science and Health. He was an Assistant Principal at Oshkosh West High School for two years and also taught science at Oshkosh West for 10 years. Harrison began his teaching career at Badger High School in Lake Geneva in 2000. He holds a Ph.D. from Cardinal Stritch University and Master’s Degrees from UW-Milwaukee and UW-Oshkosh.
McMahon will come to Neenah on Tuesday, March 26. He is in his third year in his current position after spending six years as principal at Woodview Elementary School in Grafton. McMahon was previously the principal for two years at Hawthorn Hills Elementary School in Wausau. He began his career as a fourth grade teacher for one year in Poynette and six years in Chippewa Falls. McMahon earned a Doctoral degree from Edgewood College and a Master’s Degree from UW-Eau Claire.
Owen-Moore will visit the District on Wednesday, March 27. She has been the superintendent in Cudahy for the past four years. She previously worked with the Chicago International Charter School and was the founder and school leader of The Alliance School of Milwaukee for 13 years. She began her career as a teacher at Milwaukee Washington High School in 1998. Owen-Moore is a graduate of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program at Harvard University. She earned a Master’s Degree from Alverno College.
The candidates will each tour the high school, middle school and an elementary school while meeting with other administrators and high school students. All District staff members are invited to meet the candidates from 3:45-4:45 p.m. on their respective days in the high school Performing Arts Center. The community is invited to meet each of the candidates from 6:15-7:15 p.m. on their respective days in Pickard Auditorium at Neenah Middle School. The community meetings will be livestreamed on the District YouTube page.
Feedback from all participants will be collected and shared with the Board. The candidates will participate in a final interview with the Board of Education on April 8. The hiring is expected to be finalized and announced by April 15.
The new superintendent will replace Dr. Mary Pfeiffer, who is retiring in June after 15 years.
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