Boice resigns from Norwich
NORWICH – With words of regret, the Norwich City School District’s Board of Education accepted the resignation of long-time administrator Margaret Boice, effective March 7.
Boice, a Norwich native who has served as the district’s deputy superintendent for the last 15 years, confirmed she will be leaving the district. She has accepted a position as the assistant superintendent of business services for the Ithaca City School District.
“I am reticent to leave here, but excited about the challenges at Ithaca,” said Boice, who added that she will miss the people she has worked with at Norwich over the years.
According to the district’s website, Ithaca City Schools serves approximately 5,500 students within a 155-square mile area. It operates a total of 12 schools, including eight elementary, two middle and one high school as well as a 6-12 alternative school. The district’s budget for the 2009-10 academic year is over $98.5 million.
Norwich, by comparison, serves roughly 2,170 students on a $37.87 million budget.
Boice’s current salary is $123,540. How much she will be making in her new position is unknown.
Before accepting Boice’s resignation, several board members took the opportunity to express their regrets about her impending departure and wish her well in her new position.
“We will miss your dedication, loyalty and honesty; your direct and clear responses; your analytical skills and ability; your confident, knowledgeable awareness about yourself and our community; your reliability and focus, and efficiency; and your ideas and resolve to stick with us over the years,” said Board President Bob Patterson. “Congratulations and good luck.”
“I don’t want you to go,” added board member Priscilla Johnson, who cast the lone dissenting vote as the board moved to accept the administrator’s resignation.
Superintendent Gerard O’Sullivan also expressed about Boice’s departure.
“She has been a wonderful resource,” O’Sullivan said.
The search for Boice’s replacement has already begun, according to the superintendent, who provided the board with a timeline for filling the position by the end of March. He said he intends to post the opening as both an administrative vacancy and a civil service position in order to draw a large pool of applicants. According to him, only a small number of schools in the DCMO BOCES district have a certified administrator in that functional area.
O’Sullivan also provided the board with copies of the district’s organizational chart and suggested that this could be an opportunity to review that structure.
Boice, a Norwich native who has served as the district’s deputy superintendent for the last 15 years, confirmed she will be leaving the district. She has accepted a position as the assistant superintendent of business services for the Ithaca City School District.
“I am reticent to leave here, but excited about the challenges at Ithaca,” said Boice, who added that she will miss the people she has worked with at Norwich over the years.
According to the district’s website, Ithaca City Schools serves approximately 5,500 students within a 155-square mile area. It operates a total of 12 schools, including eight elementary, two middle and one high school as well as a 6-12 alternative school. The district’s budget for the 2009-10 academic year is over $98.5 million.
Norwich, by comparison, serves roughly 2,170 students on a $37.87 million budget.
Boice’s current salary is $123,540. How much she will be making in her new position is unknown.
Before accepting Boice’s resignation, several board members took the opportunity to express their regrets about her impending departure and wish her well in her new position.
“We will miss your dedication, loyalty and honesty; your direct and clear responses; your analytical skills and ability; your confident, knowledgeable awareness about yourself and our community; your reliability and focus, and efficiency; and your ideas and resolve to stick with us over the years,” said Board President Bob Patterson. “Congratulations and good luck.”
“I don’t want you to go,” added board member Priscilla Johnson, who cast the lone dissenting vote as the board moved to accept the administrator’s resignation.
Superintendent Gerard O’Sullivan also expressed about Boice’s departure.
“She has been a wonderful resource,” O’Sullivan said.
The search for Boice’s replacement has already begun, according to the superintendent, who provided the board with a timeline for filling the position by the end of March. He said he intends to post the opening as both an administrative vacancy and a civil service position in order to draw a large pool of applicants. According to him, only a small number of schools in the DCMO BOCES district have a certified administrator in that functional area.
O’Sullivan also provided the board with copies of the district’s organizational chart and suggested that this could be an opportunity to review that structure.
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