Lawrenceburg's Galey Named District VIII Superintendent Of The Year

Press release from Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents  Karl Galey, Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation superintendent. Photo provided. (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) - Karl Galey, superintendent of Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation, has been named 2018 Superintendent of the Year for District VIII by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS). Winners are selected by other superintendents in their district who consider the qualifications and accomplishments of area colleagues and their instructional leadership in a time of scarce resources. Galey has been Lawrenceburg superintendent since 2009. Lawrenceburg Community School Corp.’s graduation rate has increased from 76 percent in 2008 to an average of 95 percent since 2011. This district with just under 2,000 students has a certified early college high school, which allows students to graduate with an associate’s degree from Vincennes University at the same time they graduate from high school. The district has instituted a one-to-one computing initiative with all elementary students receiving an iPad and all middle and high school students receiving a Chromebook. Galey graduated from Northern Kentucky University and earned M.A. and Ed.S. degrees from Indiana State University. He is a past president of the Southeastern Indiana Superintendents Study Council and a member of the Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce, the Lawrenceburg Lions Club and the Dearborn County Juvenile Detention Center Advisory Board. He also serves on the Ivy Tech-Lawrenceburg Roundtable Committees for the advanced manufacturing and nursing programs. One of the eight district winners will be named Indiana Superintendent of the Year for 2018 and will represent Indiana in the American Association of School Administrators National Superintendent of the Year program. District VIII includes Bartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Clark, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, Scott, Switzerland and Washington counties.