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<b>From:</b> Office of the Superintendent
[<a href="mailto:superintendent@kssdb.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:superintendent@kssdb.org</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2017 9:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Anne Gurss; Jeri Hile; Kari Howell; Kristi Sykes; Madeleine
Burkindine; Menely Hogan; Nancy Johnson; Susie Stanzel; Todd Morando; Tom
Anderson; Tom Page<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Memo Regarding Madeleine's Retirement<br>
<br>
I apologize that the memo regarding Madeleine's retirement was sent in a
format that did not accommodate a screen reader. I believe the following
format will solve that problem. If you continue to be unable to access
it, please call me at 913-210-8111. Thank you. Marva<br>
<br>
DATE: March 24, 2017<br>
TO: KSSB
Advisory Board<br>
FROM: Madeleine Burkindine<br>
RE: My
Retirement<br>
As some of you already know, I am retiring at the end of the school year,
effective July 1<sup>st</sup>. This is a decision I have been
contemplating for some time, but putting it in writing and saying it out
loud to others is difficult.<br>
<br>
I have enjoyed a 40-year career at KSSB, where I started as a summer
school “counselor†in 1970 and 71 while still a student at KU. (I
even met my husband here—a fellow summer intern.) I began teaching in
1973 and have relished my life’s work teaching children with blindness
or low vision, and working with staff, parents and community as I have
transitioned from teacher to principal to superintendent at KSSB and
ultimately superintendent of both schools for the blind and the deaf. I
have been a part of helping KSSB grow and change to meet needs of
students all across the state while keeping our campus program strong and
dynamic. We have all worked together as we have refocused our attention
statewide by modifying our programs and services to meet the complex and
changing needs of school districts statewide and of our campus
students.<br>
<br>
The vacancy in the superintendent’s position has been widely published
– you can see the application brochure posted on Facebook and on our
website. Notice has been given to the Council of Schools and Services for
the Blind website, the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of
the Blind and Visually Impaired website, all schools for the Deaf, all
schools for the Blind, the dual schools for both the Deaf and the Blind,
and other sites as well. The search is being handled by the Department of
Education; the deadline has been extended to Monday, April
3<sup>rd</sup>. The following dates have been reserved to conduct
interviews and give you, as stakeholders, the opportunity to come and
meet the candidates and provide feedback on each of them. Depending on
the number of candidates selected to interview, all three of these may
not be used. We will keep you updated on any changes to the meeting
schedule on the KSSB website and Facebook page. The <i>stakeholders
meetings</i> are scheduled to take place in the <i>Vogel Library</i> from
<i>3:30 to 4:30 p.m.</i> on the following dates: <br>
<br>
Friday, April 7 <br>
Monday, April 10<br>
Thursday, April 20<br>
<br>
The interview team is as follows:<br>
Two Kansas Board of Education members: <i>John Bacon and Janet Waugh<br>
</i>Two persons from the Kansas School for the Deaf: <i>Joelle Allen and
Kelly Grove<br>
</i>Two persons from the Kansas School for the Blind: <i>Jon Harding and
Aundrayah Shermer<br>
</i> <br>
You will note that each school is represented by a parent whose
child/children has/have benefitted by attendance or services at one of
the schools.<br>
<br>
Please share this information with your organization. If you have
questions or concerns, please let me know
(<a href="mailto:mburkindine@kssdb.org">mburkindine@kssdb.org</a>) so I
can work through the Department of Education and the Commissioner to get
them addressed. I look forward to seeing you at the first stakeholder
meeting on Friday, April 7. Thank you for your support.<br><br>
<br>
-- <br>
Madeleine Burkindine, Superintendent<br>
Marva Thompson, Executive Secretary</blockquote></body>
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