Public Invited to Meet New MSDLT Superintendent Raimondi

A special School Board meeting was held in Lawrence Township on June 1, 2009 to appoint the new Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Concetta Raimondi.

Dr. Concetta Raimondi’s thirty-four years of service in public school education has provided her rich leadership opportunities in diverse communities including urban, rural, and suburban.  Each setting presented its own unique set of challenges that allowed Dr. Raimondi to pursue her passion for teaching and learning and to champion educational excellence for all children through high quality learning opportunities.  Dr. Raimondi began her career as an English teacher with the Indianapolis Public Schools where she later served as a guidance counselor, assistant principal, and principal.  She  also served as an associate superintendent in the Monroe County Community School Corporation (Bloomington, Indiana) and as the superintendent of Hamilton Southeastern Schools (Fishers, Indiana).  Recently, Dr. Raimondi worked in the private sector as the Director of Government and Community Relations with Education Networks of America.  In this rol! e she continued to advocate for the success of all children through universal access to Twenty-first Century Internet technology.  Dr. Raimondi is also an associate faculty member at Indiana University.

Dr. Raimondi has been active in local, state, and national professional organizations including the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPPS), the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and the Coalition of Growing and Suburban Schools, an organization for which she served as president.  Dr. Raimondi has given numerous presentations and workshops at both the state and national level and has authored articles and monographs.  She has been honored for her work by the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, being named Monroe County Educator of the Year and has been presented the Educator of the Year award by the Stacey Toran Foundation.  For her scholarship and research she was named the B.L. Dodds Fellow by the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

A community reception will be held on June 9, 2009 and all Lawrence Township stakeholders are invited to participate.

Date:  June 9, 2009                                        Time: 5-6 PM
Location: 7601 East 56th Street, Educational Services Center
Invited:  All Lawrence Township Stakeholders

Contact Information:
Dr. Nikki Woodson
Director of Communications for Lawrence Township Schools
E-mail:  nikkiwoodson@msdlt.k12.in.us, 317-423-8320