Superintendent Candidate Has Strong Greenfield Ties

Lisa Elliott, the lone candidate interviewed by the Greenfield School Board this week for its superintendent vacancy who is not herself a superintendent, has a strong Greenfield connection.

Before becoming the director of curriculum and instruction at Nicolet High School, Elliott had been with the Greenfield School District for 20 years, her most recent role as principal at Maple Grove Elementary School.

Elliott initially taught chemistry at Greenfield High School, became an assistant principal at the school and then took over the top spot at Maple Grove.

NOW Newspapers also reports Elliott has been an adjunct lecturer at Alverno College since 2004.

Before the Greenfield School Board whittles down its list of candidates, here’s a little more on the five others who were slated for interviews this week:

• Dave Anderson was the Human Resources Director for the Stevens Point School District and was in the running for the Wisconsin Rapids School District superintendent back in 2010 before being named the superintendent of the Chequamegon School District.
• Vance Dalzin has been superintendent in Williams Bay for two years after serving as the Whitewater High School principal for 12 years.
• Mark Elworthy began his education career in 1994 at James Madison High School in Milwaukee, where he taught for half a year before moving to Eau Claire. He’s been the superintendent of Wisconsin Heights School District for nearly five years.
• Dan Olson, superintendent of Campbellsport, has guided his grief-stricken district through three fatal car crashes over the last 14 months, including the recent death of Lance Beyer, a 31-year-old associate high school principal and athletic director, who was killed in a two-car accident in March.
• Lynette Zimmer, who has been Superintendent in Prairie Grove Consolidated District 46 in Illinois for three-plus years, dealt with a one-day teacher strike in her Illinois district last fall. In addition, her husband George retired this spring as the superintendent of the Richmond School District in Sussex.