Noreen Bush, Cedar Rapids Colleges superintendent, dies after battle with most cancers

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Noreen Bush, superintendent of Cedar Rapids Faculty District, has handed away after greater than two and a half years of battling most cancers.

The district introduced Sunday.

“We’ll miss her caring spirit, cheerful spirit and powerful dedication to the Cedar Rapids Neighborhood Faculty District,” David Tominsky, on behalf of the varsity board, mentioned in a press release. “Noreen led the Cedar Rapids Neighborhood Faculty District with compassion for each pupil and power in making vital choices. She is admirably identified for her management and onerous work, alongside along with her caring smile and overwhelming laughter to all who’re lucky sufficient to know her.”

The district says grief help providers can be obtainable to district employees.

She grew up as a resident of Cedar Rapids after her household moved to the town from Detroit. Bush attended Cedar Rapids colleges from elementary via highschool and was a proud graduate of Cedar Rapids Jefferson Excessive Faculty.

Bush’s educating profession started in Clayton, Mo., as an English and drama/forensic instructor after incomes a bachelor’s diploma in English training from the College of Northern Iowa. She was appointed everlasting director of Cedar Rapids Faculty in February 2020, taking up that function formally in early July 2020 after serving as interim director since 2019. Previous to that, she held deputy and deputy superintendent of the district. She was each the primary girl to carry the publish of superintendent of the district, and the primary to be elevated to that place from throughout the District.

Bush was named Director of the Yr by the Iowa Faculty Board of Trustees in October 2021. Roark Horn, the group’s government director, known as her a “chief of leaders” and famous that “The eagerness to be taught and the flexibility to realize nice issues whereas overcoming obstacles is an inspiration to all of us.”

She is thought for her cheerful stance on training and sensible strategy, together with main district efficiency choir competitions. She has demonstrated her ardour for her function by having her personal official county enterprise.

Bush has guided the district via the COVID-19 pandemic, strongly advocated for the district, and dealt with troublesome choices whereas present process most cancers remedy.

She additionally led the district in responding to the August 2020 derecho explosion that prompted injury, some substantial injury to all colleges within the district. From the troublesome choice to delay the beginning of the 2020 college yr, to the rebuilding course of that pressured college students to finally return to repaired buildings, Bush has put college students first.

After starting his training profession, Bush earned a grasp’s diploma in academic management administration with a superintendent’s certificates from Drake College.

Bush took medical go away on September 19 and submitted her resignation as superintendent on September 22. The board accepted her resignation on September 26 at its assembly, with a number of members members pay their respects to her.

She was initially slated to proceed serving as superintendent till June 30, 2023, however that was shortened to November 1 after the varsity district introduced on Thursday that the house board The college plans to nominate an interim superintendent throughout its assembly on Monday, October 24.

An out of doors consulting agency is searching for a long-term substitute for Bush.

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