Rizzo appointed acting superintendent
The Spring-Ford Area School Board has selected Assistant Superintendent Robert Rizzo to serve as the acting superintendent for the district through June 30.
The board unanimously voted at its Feb. 22 meeting to appoint Rizzo to the new role while it searches for a permanent superintendent.
The district is searching for a new superintendent after David Goodin announced in December he was stepping down to take a new job as the superintendent of schools in Sampson County, North Carolina, and is returning to his native South to be closer to his children and grandchildren.
Rizzo began his career as a band director in the East Allegheny School District in 1993. Since that time, he has served as a band director for Penn Hills School District and Indiana Area School District, as well as an assistant principal at Indiana Area Senior High School, principal at Ben Franklin Elementary School, coordinator of instructional technology for Indiana Area School District, and most recently, assistant superintendent of the Indiana Area School District.
Rizzo is currently pursuing his doctor of educational leadership/ instructional technology through Wilkes University. He earned his superintendent’s letter of eligibility in 2015 from California University of Pennsylvania, his principal certification and master of education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is graduate of Penn State University.
Rizzo joined the Spring-Ford Area School District in June 2019 as assistant superintendent.