Vita
Date and Place of Birth:
16 May 1951 in Covington,
Kentucky
2003 Ed. D. University
of Kentucky
1976 M. Ed. Xavier University
1973 A. B.
University of Kentucky
1989-present Principal, Cassidy Elementary School,
Lexington, KY
2003 Graduate Instructor, part-time, University of Kentucky
1985-1989 Principal, Meadowthorpe Elementary
School, Lexington,
KY
1981-1985 Principal, Ryland Elementary School,
Independence,
KY
Summer, 1983 Part-time Instructor, College of Mount Saint
Joseph,
Cincinnati, OH
1978-1981 Elementary Supervisor, Kenton County
Public Schools
Independence, KY
1981 District Adminsitrator in charge of establishing Kenton
County’s
first program for Gifted and
Talented students.
1973-1978 Teacher, R. C. Hinsdale Elementary
School, Edgewood,
KY
2003 Outstanding Dissertation of the Year, Education Law Association,
for Each
Child, Every Child: The Story of the Council for Better Education,
Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky’s Schools.
2003 Member, Education Law Association
2003 Member, Education Advisory Committee for gubernatorial
candidate Ben Chandler
1998-2003
1998-2003
Member, Fayette County Public Schools Equity Council
2002 Kentucky PTA
Educator of the Year
1998- 2000 Member, State Board for Adult and
Technical Education, Frankfort, KY
2000 Service Award, Fayette County Administrators
Association,
Lexington, KY
1996-1998 Chair, Fayette County Elementary
Principals Association,
Lexington, KY
1994-1998 Chair, State Advisory Council on Adult
Education and
Literacy, Frankfort, KY
1985 Regional Finalist, Whitehouse Fellowship Program,
Washington, DC
1985 Ambassador, United States Jaycees, Tulsa, OK
1984 Vice President, Kentucky Jaycees, Louisville, KY
1983–1989 Member, Kentucky Literacy Commission,
Frankfort,
KY
1983 Thoroughbred, Kentucky Jaycees, Louisville, KY
1983 Principal’s Honor Roll, Kentucky PTA, Louisville, KY
1976 Member, Phi Delta Kappa, Northern KY chapter
1973 Sullivan Medallion Recipient, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, KY
1973 President, University of Kentucky Student Center Board,
Lexington, KY
1969 Boy of the Year, Ludlow High School, Ludlow, KY
2000 Academic Achievement for All, Committee on Education
and the Workforce, U. S.
House of Representatives
(edworkforce.house.gov/hearings/106th/fc/aaaky42000/day.htm)
Day, Richard, “For the Good
of the Group: Personal Feelings, SBM
and the Principal,” in
Rogers, Pam and Paul Weaver, eds. School
Based Management. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of Education,
1990.
From 1989 until 1994 Cassidy School was
recognized annually by the Kentucky
Department of Education with a Flag of
Excellence and additionally, several Flags
of Progress.
Cassidy School was recognized as a “Pacesetter
School” by the
Kentucky Department of Education in 2000, and as
a “Four-Time
Rewards School” by the Prichard Committee, the
Kentucky Chamber
of Commerce and Partnership for Kentucky Schools
in January 2002.
Cassidy School was also the first Kentucky
school (and among the first thirty
Schools nationally) to receive the National
PTA, Parental Involvement School of Excellence
certification. The
school has achieved “Rewards” status in every
KIRIS and CATS
assessment cycle.