Teachers are doing so much in their classrooms every day and some of them are even spending part of their time teaching social and emotional skills to their students.
MACHESNEY PARK The Harlem School Board approved a contract with Michael Flanagan on Monday night to fill the role of district superintendent beginning July 1.
Flanagan will replace Julie Morris, who is retiring at the end of June. The board s vote was 7-0.
According to the Harlem School District, Flanagan started his professional career teaching middle and high school music in the neighboring North Boone School District after earning his bachelor’s degree in music education from Northern Illinois University.
Flanagan then taught high school music at Richmond-Burton Community High School while earning a master s degree in education. Shortly after, he pursued a second master’s degree in administrative leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which led him to accept a position as an elementary school principal in Beloit.