The Seattle School Board voted 6-0 in favor of having Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson become the superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.
The school board held a meeting on April 12 to select Dr. Goodloe-Johnson, who most recently served as the superintendent to the Charleston County School District in North Carolina.
"Maria is a teacher's teacher whose own educational experience will complement the extraordinary strengths of the teachers and staff in our district," said board president Cheryl Chow.
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson began her career as a high school special education teacher in Colorado in the 1980s and has served as the a high school principal, assistant principal, superintendent and assistant superintendent in Colorado, Texas and North Carolina. She holds a bachelor of science in special education from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, a master of art in educationally handicapped K-12 from the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley and a doctorate in educational administration, supervision, curriculum and instruction from the University of Colorado at Denver.
Among her numerous awards, she's been recognized and honored by the Denver Chapter of the American Association of University Women and the Mount Pleasant District for "The Superintendent of Education Excellence" in 2006.
As Superintendent of the Charleston County School District, she was responsible for the administration and supervision of 43,000 students and 5,500 employees working under a $308 million budget.
"She inherited a budget deficit [as superintendent in Charleston county]," said school board director Michael DeBell, the chairman of the board's finance committee. "Maria turn[ed] that situation around... I am confident that Dr. Goodloe-Johnson will sustain and enhance those efforts [in Seattle]."[[In-content Ad]]
