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Riverdale considering two superintendent finalists | OregonLive.com

Riverdale considering two superintendent finalists | OregonLive.com

Riverdale considering two superintendent finalists

By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian

April 28, 2010, 5:35PM
Leaders of the Riverdale school district are weighing which of two finalists to hire as the next superintendent for their small high-achieving school district.

Brook McNamara was director of student services for Corvallis schools before becoming curriculum director for Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok, Thailand.

Jonathan Schoenwald directs Hunter College's Macaulay Honors College, which serves 430 undergraduates.

Those two finalists, chosen from a field of 17, will be in the Riverdale district

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