2020 EDUCATION MAGAZINE

2020 Education Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS FEBRUARY 20, 2020 Page 27 of the process has been very exciting and very worthwhile and it’s something that excited me about the job.” Not only has Lamkey been busy with the new construction business, but he’s also in the midst of staff changes. This year Mount Pulaski Grade School has two teachers retiring and so their replacements are currently being sought after. With Mount Pulaski Grade School Principal Gene Newton retiring at the end of the current school year, Mr. Lamkey and the school board were also busy finding a new principal. The announcement was recently made that Danielle Lora of Lincoln will be the new principal at MPGS. The Mount Pulaski Community Unit School District 23 Board of Education has hired Danielle Lora to fill the position of Mount Pulaski Grade School Principal effective July 1, 2020. - Danielle Lora Hired as New Principal for Mount Pulaski Grade School http://archives. lincolndailynews.com/2020/Jan/28/NEWS/ today_LORA.shtml “We just hired a new elementary principal, Danielle Lora,” said Lamkey. “We feel like she’s going to be a really good fit for us. She’s a really strong educator and she’s already been on the job. She’s been participating in interviews for the two new teachers we need to hire.” Lamkey is also excited about the Strategic Planning Meeting that will include Lora. That all-day process has attracted strong attention, “We are getting close to 50 participants. That’s a really strong number. I am probably most excited about that Strategic Planning Meeting because that’s going to shape where we go. Strategic Planning is designed to give us a three to five-year plan for what our vision of our district is. So that draws the big picture of where we’re going, what we’re doing.” Patrick Allen from the Illinois Association of School Boards will facilitate the session, then draw the conclusions. In that manner, Lamkey said, “This isn’t what my vision of the district is, it’s not the vision of our principals, it is a collective view of the district.” “From there we will have systems that we follow, we are going to have directions that we go, we are going to have a clear vision for what it is we are doing,” he said. Continued p