Taking inspiration from her own mother's story, new U-46 superintendent's ready to listen and learn
School District U-46 Superintendent Suzanne Johnson never forgot something her mother told her back when she had just been named principal of Bartl...
School District U-46 Superintendent Suzanne Johnson never forgot something her mother told her back when she had just been named principal of Bartlett High School. It came from her mother's own experience, and it's inspired her approach to the job ever since, she said. As the story goes, when Johnson's mother was a child in grade school, she was having trouble with math. Her teacher was dismissive and seemed prejudiced against girls, she said. But when she asked her mother — Johnson's grandmother — to speak to the teacher on her behalf, she refused.