Incoming Bay Village Schools superintendent honored

Jodie Hausmann, who will join the Bay Village City School District as its new superintendent in August, received the Betsy M. Cowles Leadership Award by the Buckeye Association of School Administrators on March 14 in Columbus.

The award annually recognizes a woman in school administration who has demonstrated outstanding education leadership and made significant contributions to educational administration in a school district, education service center or educational institution.

Hausmann currently serves as superintendent of Perkins Local Schools in Sandusky.

Bay Village Board of Education members Beth Lally and Lisa Priemer attended the presentation made at the Buckeye Association of School Administrators Women’s Conference in Columbus on March 14.

“This honor by her peers recognizes exactly what we saw in Jodie during our superintendent search,” Lally said. “She demonstrates an unwavering commitment to providing children with all they need for the best education possible.”

Priemer said the award is really quite an honor, and that Bay Village is lucky to have Hausmann joining the school district.

“It’s nice to see our choice of Jodie as our new superintendent affirmed this way,” she said. “Her leadership will be exactly what we need to move our district forward as we face multiple challenges ahead.”

Hausmann noted she was humbled to receive the award “named for a woman recognized as a disruptive innovator, a true educational visionary and a human rights activist.”

Betsy M. Cowles was one of the earliest and most notable female superintendents in the State of Ohio, according to BASA.

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