Many superintendents in today’s uncertain K12 environment have found stability in transformation. At South Sioux City Community Schools in Nebraska, third-year Superintendent Rony Ortega describes his new, service-oriented culture of empowering principals and teachers this way:
“We’re no longer the compliance machine,” Ortega says of the central office’s role. “We’re here to serve. We have reshaped how central office partners with schools.”
Since taking the helm, Ortega has worked to build strong bonds with his principals, who have in turn empowered their teachers in the district nestled in the tri-state area of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.