District Administration

Dr. Steven T. Isoye

Steven T. Isoye was named Superintendent of Niles Township High School District 219 in May 2016. Before that, Isoye served as Superintendent of Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 for six years. While at Oak Park and River Forest High School, he: kept a focus on supports to assist students who ...

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Dr. Sandra Arreguín

Sandra Arreguín was appointed Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction effective July 2018. Before D219, she served as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment at Township High School District 113, which comprises Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools. From 2014 to 2017, she served as Principal ...

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Tim Neubauer

Tim Neubauer was appointed D219’s Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, effective on July 1, 2020. Neubauer has served the district as Interim Financial Consultant since September of 2019.  Neubauer served Community Unit School District 220 in Barrington as Assistant Superintendent for Business...

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Tom Kim

Tom Kim joined D219 as Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources in July 2018. Before that he served as Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at Community High School District 155 in Crystal Lake, which includes four comprehensive high schools and one alternate education campus. From 2015 to 2017 he was Principal at ...

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Bridget Connolly

Bridget Connolly became Executive Director of Student Services and Special Education in July 2016. Before moving to the district administration office, she worked at all three schools in D219. She came to the district in 2000 as school psychologist and crisis specialist at Niles Central. In 2006 she became Special Education ...

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Dr. James B. Edwards

Link to Principal's Page
James B. Edwards became Niles North Principal in July 2016. Before coming to D219, Edwards served as Principal of South Elgin High School for three years. Under his leadership, the number of Advanced Placement exams taken by students increased by 27% between 2015 and 2016, and the number of extracurricular ...

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Dr. Karen Ritter

Link to Principal's Page
Karen Ritter became Niles West Principal on July 1, 2019. Before coming to D219, she served as Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, a position she has held since 2012. In that role she led the school’s Equity Team, which nearly eliminated opportunity and achievement gaps...

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Dr. La Wanna Wells

D219 Equity website
La Wanna Wells comes to D219 from Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School, where she has been an English teacher since 2005. She served the school as the Social-Emotional Academic Intervention Leader on the School Improvement Planning Committee and coordinated professional development for teachers and staff on improving the academic ...

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April Stallworth became the Director of Community Relations & Strategic Partnerships on May 18, 2021. Stallworth has served D219 as Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and Recording Secretary to the Board of Education since she joined the district in 2017. She founded and co-facilitates WeLead, the leadership program for women administrators ...

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Ray Chung

Chief Legal Officer/FOIA Officer Ray Chung joined the District in 2013. He began his career in education as a paraprofessional at the Urbana School District 116. His passion for public service and public education grew with his experience at the Illinois Attorney General's office and the U.S. Department of ...

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