Dr. Walter “Rick” Clemons, Superintendent of Gloucester County Public Schools, was named Virginia’s Superintendent of the Year at the Virginia Association of School Superintendents Annual Awards Luncheon held Monday in Roanoke.
Clemons was selected for this honor by the presidents of the Virginia Board of Education, the Virginia Education Association, the Virginia Parent and Teacher Association, the Virginia School Boards Association, the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals, and the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals, with support from the president, president-elect and secretary/treasurer of the Virginia Association of School Superintendents.
A release from the Virginia Association of School Superintendents cited Clemons’s leadership in addressing the challenges his school division faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, serving as an example for other school divisions in the state. “He ...