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Published on: 1/29/2006
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At Honeoye Falls-Lima's Manor school, Diane Reed, right, visits with Jolene Alu and teacher Jeanne Hicks.
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Reed retires, will teach future administrators
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(January 28, 2006) - HONEOYE FALLS , Diane Reed has been busy tying up loose ends in her final week as superintendent of the Honeoye Falls-Lima school district.
But Thursday, she took time out to attend a program by third-graders at Manor School.Dressed in various costumes, the children introduced their classroom audience to cultures around the world.
Reed wanted to spend some time with them."That's what this job is all about," she said later.
She retires Sunday after 19 years with the district, the past 14 as its leader.
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Reed, 59, is ending a 39-year career in public education, as teacher and then administrator.The New York City native will begin what she calls her "third career" as a full-time associate professor at St. John Fisher College's Graduate School of Educational Administration.She will work with teachers in the master's degree program.
"I can teach future administrators," she said."They can be my legacy."
She had been an adjunct professor at Fisher for the past few years."My real love has always been teaching," she said.
A graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College with a doctoral degree from the University of Rochester, Reed began her career as a teacher in the Hilton school district and later served as an elementary principal in Canandaigua.She joined the HF-L district in 1987 as assistant superintendent.
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Reed also leaves a legacy with the New York State Council of School Superintendents.Reed, who was president-elect of the council, submitted her formal resignation this week during the council's midwinter conference in Albany.She counts that as one of the two disappointments of her tenure as superintendent.She would have become president in the fall.
During the conference, Reed was presented with the council's distinguished service award, one of the highest awards given to members by the professional/advocacy organization.
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Reed said the other disappointment is that she won't be superintendent when her daughter, Ashley, an HF-L junior, graduates next year.Divorced, Reed also has a son, Brad, who lives in Canandaigua.
Crediting community and staff support and work, Reed said, "I feel the school district has gone from good to great over the last two decades."