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HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

 

NAME                                   TENURE                REASON FOR TERMINATION

A.J. Murray                              1884-1890            joint position with superintendent

Maud Cady                            1890-1892            joint position teacher-principal

Cora Doolittle                       1892-1894            to Painsdale as principal (Mrs. Jeffers)

Ella Bowine                           1894-1896            joint position teacher-principal

Francis Harris                       1896-1897            joint position teacher-principal

Olive Maveety                        1897-1904            joint position teacher-principal

William Prakken                   1904-1911            joint position teacher-principal

R. J. Norton                           1911-1912            joint position teacher-principal

L. E. Birdsall                          1912-1914            joint position teacher-principal

C. H. Bryan                             1914-1918            first full time principal

C. W. Bemer                          1918-1925            retired in position

HAROLD PONITZ                   1925-1926           

Foss Elwyn                           1926-1940            to superintendent position

Harold Bruce                        1940-1964            retired in position

Sam Dubow                          1964-1979            retired in position

Charles Flower                    1979-1985            retired in position

John Swart                            1985-1995            to personnel director position

Phil Pfannenstiel                 1995-1997            retired in position

Curtis Finch                          1997-1999            to downstate district as superintendent

John Swart (John Sherry) 1999-2000            interim

John Sherry                           2000-Present

 
Carl McCready
Jeanine Sherman
 
 
 
 

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

NAME                                   TENURE                REASON FOR TERMINATION

A.J. Murray                           1884-1895            to Professor Michigan Normal School

Edgar Ferguson                 1895-1911            to Grand Rapids as Superintendent

M.J. Walsh                           1911-1915            to Detroit as Administrator

E.C. Hartwell                       1915-1916            to St. Paul, Minnesota as Superintendent

George C. Malcolm            1916-1940            Deceased

Foss Elwyn                          1940-1955            Retired, later Consultant in Lansing

Hugh Holloway                    1955-1967            to Burnsville, Minnesota as Superintendent

William Poppink                  1967-1975            Retired in Position

Edwin Olds                           1975-1980            Retired, Administrative Position Green Bay

Johann Ingold                      1980-1991            Retired in Position

David Gonyeau                    1991-1995            Interm

Tony McLain                          1995-2003            Retired to become President of Lake Superior State University

 

Dr. Daniel Reattoir               2003-2011             to Superintendent of E.U. P. Intermediate School District

Dr. Timothy Hall                   2011-2021 

Amy Scott-Kronemeyer

Average tenure 10.6 years, longest stay G.C. Malcolm 24 years