Stanifer to be named Blue Ridge superintendent

Posted on November 14, 2019
Dr. Hillary Stanifer is in her third year as curriculum coordinator with Blue Ridge schools. (Photo courtesy Blue Ridge schools)

By Greg Halbleib

FARMER CITY – A current administrator in the Blue Ridge schools is the choice to become the district’s next superintendent.

A district release says the Blue Ridge board next week is expected to formally name Dr. Hillary Stanifer as superintendent. Stanifer is in her third year as the district’s curriculum coordinator.

Stanifer previously served 10 years at Liberty Middle School in Edwardsville as assistant principal and principal, and one year at Garden Hills in Champaign just before coming to Blue Ridge.

Stanifer and her husband Scott are parents of three young adult daughters and have one grandchild. Scott is worship pastor at New Horizon United Methodist Church. They live in Mahomet and plan to move to the Blue Ridge district.

Stanifer will take over the superintendent’s role on July 1st, 2020 from Susan Wilson, who is retiring in June after serving since 2010.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected]. 

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…