The Ottawa Elementary School District has announced their next superintendent. Michelle Lee takes over on July 1st.
Lee is the current superintendent at the LaHarpe Community School District in western Illinois. She says the reason she decided to apply was because she knows people locally. She says she has friends who live in Mendota and knows Dr. Steve Wrobleski at LaSalle-Peru High School.
Audio PlayerShe graduated from Western Illinois University and is originally from Macomb, IL. Lee also says she’s had a good experience so far meeting people in the district. She she was able to tour all five schools in the district.
Audio PlayerShe says she’s really excited to be in Ottawa and can’t wait to see what she can bring to the district.
This is the entire interview when Dr. Lee was introduced herself at a special school board meeting Monday afternoon:
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