Champaign Unit 4 School District: Board Of Education Announces Administrative Appointment

Press release from the Champaign Unit 4 School District:

02/16/2022

On February 14th, the Unit 4 Board of Education approved the appointment of Dr. Montia Gardner as the new Assistant Principal at Central High School. Her appointment begins February 22, 2022. 

Dr. Gardner began her career in education in 2003 when she joined O.W. Huth Middle School (Matteson, IL) where she held positions as a Theatre/Communication Arts Teacher, English Teacher, and Social Studies Teacher. In 2006, Dr. Gardner accepted a position as a 9th/10th Grade English and Social Science Teacher at the Thea Bowman Leadership Academy (Gary, IN). In 2008, she rejoined O.W. Huth Middle School as a Middle School English and Social Science Facilitator for six years. In 2014, Dr. Gardner accepted a 9th Grade English position at Calumet New Tech High School (Turn-Around Program) (Gary, IN). After relocating to Baltimore, Maryland in 2017, she joined the University of Maryland-Baltimore County as an Adjunct Professor in Education. In 2020, she also joined Community Colleges of Baltimore County as an Adjunct Professor. This year, Dr. Gardner served as the Vice President of Education at Northside

Achievement Zone (Minneapolis).

Dr. Gardner holds a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education from DePaul University, a Master of Arts in School Leadership from Concordia University (Chicago), and she earned a Doctorate in Language, Literacy, and Culture from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (Baltimore).

This is an important message for Unit 4 Families: Today, February 17th, Champaign Unit 4 Schools will have reduced yellow bus services for our rural route bus riders. There will be no yellow school busses operating morning or afternoon for elementary or secondary students living in the areas of Bondville, any rural address, Hartwell & Hartwell (by U of I Golf Course), Field Stone (Savoy), Lake Falls, Liberty on the Lake, Summerfield Road (Old Church, west of Staley Road), Churchill Downs Drive, Belmont Drive, and Laurel Park Place. Generally, all yellow bus routes will be affected today. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. 

Additionally, because of the predicted inclement weather this afternoon, Unit 4 will dismiss all students one-hour early. There will not be PM CECC (Champaign Early Childhood Center). All afternoon, after-school activities are canceled. 

This press release was produced by the Champaign Unit 4 School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.