With the departure of superintendent Pam Tieszen from Lancaster Mennonite School (LMS), the LMS board has announced that Elaine Moyer will be interim superintendent, effective Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Moyer previously spent 11 years as executive associate director of Mennonite Education Agency and, prior to that, 20 years as chief school administrator at Christopher Dock High School, a Mennonite school in Lansdale. She has also worked as an administrator, professor and teacher in elementary, high school, and college settings.
Moyer will be with LMS on a two-thirds-time basis, or two to three days per week in person, and she will be a facilitator and resource to the administrative team throughout this semester.
CFO Lorri Hengst will serve as the interim administrative team lead during this transition. Hengst and Moyer will collaborate to share the workload and respond to questions from internal and external stakeholders.
The LMS board is bringing together a search committee and anticipates posting the superintendent position by the end of January.
LMS has also provided an update on its sustainability initiative and unification project. The school has avoided drawing funds from its unrestricted endowment for the past two years, allowing the endowment to grow to $10.8 million. The school plans to add the $5.9 million in proceeds from the sale of the Locust Grove campus to the endowment and strengthen sustainability, although the funds currently allow the school to proceed with renovations and preparations for unification. The board, administration, and Lead Gifts Task Force are working to invite lead gifts from friends of the school to lay the foundation of the Capital Campaign toward the costs of renovations and upgrades.
LMS plans to unify its campuses in the fall as part of a strategic plan to ensure that the school is positioned to provide excellence in education today and for the future. Preparation for the unification will include new playground equipment, classroom renovations, new classroom furniture, and resurfacing of the turf field.
The board is committed to making decisions that fulfill the school's mission to provide education in a diverse community that nurtures students to become creative and innovative learners who are prepared for college, career, and life.
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