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Assistant superintendent and four new principals hired in District 59 Susan Savage
Updated 5/6/2021 6:27 PM
A new assistant superintendent and four new principals will begin next school year in Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59, under hirings approved by the school board this week.
They will join new Superintendent Terri Bresnahan, who was hired by the board in January to take the helm from Art Fessler on July 1.
Susan Savage will be the new assistant superintendent of instruction after the retirement of Maureen McAbee. Savage, who has been principal of Robert Frost Elementary since 2017, will earn an annual salary of $158,000.
Michael Wheatley will be the new principal of Friendship Junior High School. He currently is principal of Creekside Middle School in Woodstock Community Unit District 200, where he s worked for the last five years. He was previously an assistant principal at Cooper Middle School in Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 and di