District 308 Veteran Administrator Resigns

Todd Colvin, assistant superintendent for administration, has resigned and will leave the district June 30.

Colvin was hired Thursday night by Township High School District 214 as its associate superintendent of human resources, according to a news release from District 308. District 214 serves Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Elk Grove, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows and Wheeling, and his the second largest high school district in the state.

"Todd has been an outstanding administrator at all levels in our district,” said District 308 Superintendent Dan O’Donnell. “As a principal, he helped improve the programs and student achievement at both the junior high and high school levels. Most recently he has served as an incredible associate superintendent with a particular expertise in finding and recruiting an impressive group of teachers, staff and administrators to our district. He has successfully filled every role we asked of him, and he will be sorely missed by me and our entire Leadership Team.”

Colvin was first hired by District 308 in 1994 as an assistant principal at . In 1997 he was promoted to principal to for four years and another four years at OHS. In 2005, he moved into his current position, according to the release.

Colvin will begin at District 214 July 1 and will continue on in his role here in helping the district redraw its attendance boundaries, set the 2012-13 school calendar and oversee operations within the district, the release said.

“In my dealings with Todd, he has always been someone of integrity and high values who always fought hard for what was best for the kids,” said board member David Behrens. “Our leadership team that Todd helped assemble can stand toe-to-toe against any other team in the state.  Todd will surely be missed and hard to replace but I am delighted that he is taking another step up the ladder.”

District 308 is also in the process of searching for an assistant superintendent for teaching and learning to fill the vacancy left by the retiring Marsha Hollis.