THUNDER BAY — The Lakehead District School Board will be looking for a new Superintendent of Education.
Current superintendent Sherri-Lynne Pharand is moving to Kenora, where she will assume the position of Director of Education for the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board.
Her appointment takes effect Jan. 21, 2020.
Pharand began her career in education as a teacher in 1990.
She served as a vice-principal and principal, and took on various leadership roles in the ensuing years, including the development and implementation of the Lakehead board's Urban Aboriginal Education Project.
Keewatin-Patricia board chair Cecile Marcino said that, during the evaluation process, Pharand's "passion for education and putting students first was evident to us as Trustees."
