Mary Ronan never thought she would work in Norwood. Heck, she never thought she was going to work anywhere. She was retired. But that all changed after a Friday night phone call in the fall of 2019.
Last week, Norwood’s Board of Education voted to remove the “interim” label that Mary Ronan had carried for five months and make her the new superintendent of Norwood City School District. Her new contract will offer a three year time horizon to build on the good things already happening in the district.
In this episode you’ll hear about:
- what attracted Mary to NCSD
- her top three priorities for the coming years
- how she plans to make the district more attractive
- her vision for pre-school… and much more
Listen here. ⬇️
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Selected links from the Mary Ronan episode
Learn more about Norwood Ready Kids, which provides programming for children age five and under.
Get more involved with NCSD by calling the Board Office at 513-924-2500 and asking about volunteer opportunities.
Several representatives from Norwood were recently in Columbus to speak against EdChoice.
Did you know that Leila Kubesch was recently named Ohio Teacher of the Year? She is now one of four finalists for the National Teach of the Year recognition.
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I am a long time Norwood resident. Born and raised. Now raising my special needs child here. I was counting on the summer program thru avenues for success because I’m a single mom. Grant money was cut and the program hours were drastically reduced. I reached out to the board of education and was told I needed to contact the administration. My letter was forwarded to Mary Ronan by the board president. I followed up with Mary twice. I received no response. I listened to your podcast as well as an interview on WCPO. In both, Mary spoke of her goal to engage parents. A good start would be to respond when a parent takes the time to reach out to discuss ways a program could be saved.