Newburgh Board of Education names incoming school superintendent

Orange County’s greatest school district has a new man or woman in demand, pursuing a national lookup.

The Newburgh Board of Schooling named hired 24-12 months profession educator Dr. Jackielyn Manning Campbell its superintendent of educational facilities productive July 1.

Manning Campbell is the assistant superintendent of University student Help Providers in the New Rochelle Metropolis School District and previously worked as a instructor, principal and administrator in Mount Vernon, White Plains and New York Town.

She explained she is all set to choose on the problem.

“I am excited to collaborate with the dynamic personnel in the district to carry on the operate that they cultivate and direct,” Manning Campbell claimed Thursday.

She thinks in setting superior anticipations, currently being clear and values equity.

“We will guarantee that each and every scholar will get an opportunity to come to be tomorrow’s leaders,” Manning Campbell explained.

Former Newburgh Superintendent of Colleges Dr. Roberto Padilla was suspended past August right after a former Newburgh educator accused him of sexually harassing her at an out-of-state meeting in the summer season of 2021.

A second former educator came forward with identical allegations two months afterwards.

The district reached a 6-determine resignation settlement with Padilla very last December, which included complete pay and advantages until finally December of next yr.

The two gals at the center of his resignation not long ago filed a lawsuit in opposition to him, the district and the board, which is continue to ongoing.

The district did not remark on the investigation into Padilla.

Considering that the settlement, Newburgh has confronted a wave of scholar violence and academic issues.

Manning Campbell hopes to ease that.

“With training, aid, values and perseverance anything is achievable,” she explained.