appointment of Dr. Robert V. Lichtenfeld as Interim Managing Director of
Operations, effective Monday, February 1, 2010. See attached for more
information.
Kim Eves
Director of Communications
Greenwich Board of Education
290 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 203-625-7415
e mail: kim_eves@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Fax: 203-869-8003
SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF
INTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
(For immediate release: Greenwich, CT – Friday, January 29, 2010) Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Sidney A. Freund, has announced the appointment of Dr. Robert V. Lichtenfeld as Interim Managing Director of Operations, effective Monday, February 1, 2010. Dr. Lichtenfeld retired as Superintendent of Schools from the Katonah-Lewisboro School District having served in the district for twenty-nine years. Dr. Freund said, “Bob is an experienced education leader and has extensive knowledge on managing the operations of a school district. As a Greenwich resident and member of the RTM, he knows the community; and as a parent of two Greenwich High School graduates, he knows the schools. We are very fortunate and grateful that he has agreed to assist us during this time oftransition.” Dr. Lichtenfeld will assume the responsibilities of the position open due to Dr. Susan Wallerstein’s retirement, including Budget and Systems, Facilities and Maintenance, Transportation, Food Services, and IT/MIS. He will support the departments in moving forward with the projects, initiatives and goals currently in progress and planned for this year
BIO BRIEF: Robert V. Lichtenfeld
After beginning his career in education in New York City, NY as an elementary and special education teacher, and ultimately an Assistant Principal, Dr. Lichtenfeld left the New York City schools in 1972 to become Principal of an independent school, Rye Country Day School in Rye, NY. He returned to the public school system in 1978 as Principal of Lewisboro Elementary School, thus beginning his 29-year tenure with the Katonah-Lewisboro School District (KLSD). From 1980 to 1984, he served as Principal for John Jay Junior High School, and then as Assistant Superintendent for KLSD for sixteen years (1984-1999) before becoming Superintendent for the District in 1999. Dr. Lichtenfeld has a track record of success in improving achievement for students, providing professional development for staff, mplementing new programs designed to improve outcomes, managing large-scale facility projects, and planning for long-term improvement in the schools
Dr. Lichtenfeld received his B.A. from New York University, New York, NY; and his Masters in
Education, Masters in Educational Administration and his Doctorate of Education from Columbia
University Teachers College in New York City, NY
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