Deborah S. Delisle was named Superintendent effective March 1, 2004. Immediately prior to this, Delisle served as Interim Superintendent beginning August 1, 2003. Prior to this position, she served as the District’s Associate Superintendent for Educational Services beginning in fall 2001.

Before joining the CH-UH staff, Delisle was Director of Academic Services in the West Geauga School District. She also held the positions of Director of Curriculum & Professional Development and Elementary Principal in West Geauga. Her prior experience includes Language Arts Specialist for the Orange School District 1988-1995 and Coordinator of K-12 Gifted & Enrichment Program, in Shaker Heights from 1985-1988. She has taught graduate level courses at Kent State University, Ursuline College, University of Northern Colorado and Simon Fraser University.

She is an active member of many educational associations and committees, including the Greater Cleveland Educational Development Center. She served on the editorial board for Roeper Review, a journal on gifted education research, on the Advisory Board of Midwest Talent Search at Northwestern University and the Language Arts Standards Council for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. She has given numerous professional presentations as far away as Hong Kong, China.

Delisle’s broad range of experience includes producing publications and grant writing. Her most recent publication Growing Good Kids received a Parent Choice award. She has written and received over one million dollars in grants from a variety of sources.

She has been listed several times in Who’s Who of Professionals and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, was selected as one of America’s Top Twenty Educators by Learning Magazine, was a Finalist for Ohio Teacher of the Year and received the Golden Apple Achiever Award from Ashland Oil Co.

Mrs. Delisle received her Bachelors degree from Springfield College in Massachusetts, and a Masters degree in Special Education from Kent State University, where she continues to pursue postgraduate studies in administration and curriculum development. Her husband, Jim, is a professor in the College of Education at Kent State University. Her son, Matt, lives in San Francisco, where he works in the film industry.