Lisbon School Committee Approves Green as Superintendent

Rick Green, Lisbon’s Superintendent of Schools

Article and photo by Monica Millhime

 

Lisbon – On Monday, November 9, the Lisbon School Committee rescinded the Interim Superintendent status and approved Richard Green as Superintendent of the Lisbon School Department for the 2009-2010 school year.  “Mr. Green is a skilled educational leader,” comments Prudence Grant, Chair of the Lisbon School Department.    “He has worked with others to create a foundation for our efforts to become an even higher performing and more efficient organization.  Mr. Green easily met the demands of the Interim position which he had assumed on July 1, 2009 after having been appointed by the Lisbon School Committee on April 13^th of this year.”

As part of the new Lisbon School Department superintendency which involves one third curriculum time, Green has focused on areas of the curriculum and establishing communication with existing curriculum teams. It is the intention of the School Committee and Green that both the curriculum foundation and the framework which have already been laid will continue seamlessly into next year. 

“Communication and involvement have been very important during this time of change and transition.  Green has met with various staff, teams and work groups from administrators, central office staff, teachers, nurses and support staff, custodians, bus drivers and cafeteria workers in an effort to familiarize himself with the unique contributions each group makes to the Lisbon School System. Those strategies made the start of the school year a smooth event,” according to Grant.

“In the time since Green’s appointment in April, he has been thinking creatively and outside the box,” shares Grant.  “So far his ideas have been visionary and exciting.  He has brought the various groups together and improved morale.  Because of all those qualities and efforts and because his first evaluation has been completed, the School Committee believed there was no reason to extend the Interim title beyond this month.” 

FMI contact 

Prudence Grant, Chair 

Lisbon School Department

353.4603.