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Jarrett Named Superintendent of Rockford Schools

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The Rockford Public School Board has named Ehren Jarrettas its new Superintendent.  The board will begin contract negotiations with the possibility of Jarrett assuming his new role July 1, 2013. Interim Superintendent Robert Willis is expected to stay on until then.

Jarrett was finalist along with Matt Vosberg, both currently Assistant Superintendents with the District. The board decided to keep the applicant pool internal.

Jarrett worked with Alignment Rockford to implement High School Academies.  Jarrett previously served as Hononegah High School’s principal.

Jenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" from the Illinois Associated Press and recipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.