Neil Pedersen ended the speculation tonight and announced his plan to retire as superintendent of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools next summer.
His last day is expected to be June 30, 2011, when his current contract expires.
“Although I am giving you a year’s notice I want to assure you I will be as focused as ever on meeting the goals that we mutually agreed upon for the upcoming year,” he told the school board.
Pedersen has served as superintendent since 1992, making him the longest serving superintendent in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district’s 101-year history.
His 18-year tenure makes him the second-longest serving superintendent currently serving in one district in North Carolina, according to a news release distributed at tonight's meeting.
Board Chairman Mike Kelley thanked Pedersen for his service.
“The school board and community are very grateful to Dr. Pedersen for his many years of dedicated service,” Kelley said. “There’s almost no component of our school system or even the Chapel Hill Carrboro community that he has not affected during his tenure.”
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What I will miss most
Sat, 07/24/2010 - 05:34 — elvisboy77Is the Chinese Immersion program he started, here's hoping his successor will eliminate high dollar low student programs like that. Do we really need to teach our elementary students Chinese? With public money? All the while some kids are failing in the 3 Rs.
I am sure he did a good job, but it is time for some "change".
Hey Markoploos- Did Pederson
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 05:33 — elvisboy77Violate the State Energy Code with his building designs? What exactly do you mean when you say "resisted"??
Energy Efficient Schools
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 23:13 — marcoplosPedersen energetically resisted energy-efficient schools throughout the 1990"s. I don't really know why. Local citizens revealed to him that energy-efficient schools would save money for the taxpayers & result in a better learning environment for the children. The local school system lost many years of potential innovation while Pederesen was coming in 2nd to Bush's Secretary of Education as a national winner.. For a while, he was a proponent of privatized schooliong via the Edison Institute. I am at a loss as to why he got paid so much and is so lauded. Just another hack focused on No Child Left Behind bs.