The Norristown school board plans to hire Delaware’s Superintendent of the Year
Dorrell Green will begin leading Norristown schools in July. He previously led the Red Clay Consolidated School District in Delaware.
The Norristown school board plans to vote Monday to hire Delaware’s Superintendent of the Year as the district’s next leader.
The board announced Sunday that it had selected Dorrell Green, the superintendent of the Red Clay Consolidated School District in Delaware, as its pick for superintendent.
Green is expected to start as superintendent in Norristown July 20, under a five-year term with an initial salary of $270,000, according to an agenda for Monday’s meeting.
Green’s selection comes after the board, which has a new majority after November’s school board elections, moved this spring to oust Superintendent Christopher Dormer, citing poor test scores. The board has since sparked controversy with other changes, including eliminating its DEI director.
Throughout the superintendent search process, “our community made it clear that they were seeking a visionary leader who is committed to student achievement, educational excellence, and meaningful engagement with all stakeholders,” the board’s president, Jeremiah Lemke, said in a statement.
He said Green’s “experience, leadership record, and commitment to serving diverse school communities” set him apart during a search process that was led by a consulting group and attracted 88 applicants.
Green has worked in public education for more than 25 years, including as a teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent.
In Red Clay, Delaware’s largest school district with 15,000 students, Green has served as superintendent since 2019. He expanded early childhood education during his tenure there and increased access to advanced course work, according to the Norristown board.
Before that, Green was the first executive director of the Delaware Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement, an office created by former Delaware Gov. John Carney to support the state’s neediest schools.
Green has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Delaware. He has a doctoral degree in organizational leadership from Wilmington University.
