At a brief event billed as a “meet and greet” between Peoria School District 150’s finalist for school superintendent and members of the media, Grenita Lathan called on the community to get behind the schools.
“During the coming months you will hear me speak a lot about Team Peoria — it will take all of us working together as a team to improve our schools,” said Lathan, 40, currently an interim deputy superintendent at California’s San Diego Unified School District.
Lathan was among several candidates discovered during a nationwide search by Chicago-based Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates and made it through an interview process by a Peoria area community search committee, chaired by Illinois Central College President John Erwin. School Board members made their selection earlier this month.
Board President Debbie Wolfmeyer said final details of a contract for Lathan’s employment still are being worked out, including salary and length, but said Lathan “has the full support of the board.”
Lathan took no questions from the media and stuck to a prepared statement.
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