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Show School Board Names .New Superintendent Garfield County School Board members officially approved the selection of Jerold Judd as the district's new superintendent. The July 12 selection date ended the process in which 20 applicants were considered. Judd, 46, married and the father of five children, was born in Kanab and reared in Fredonia. He received his B.S. degree in education at North Arizona University at Flagstaff. He did post graduate work at Brigham Young University in Provo before moving on to Arizona State University at Tempe where he received his masters degree. He is currently working on a doctorate. Judd's first teaching assignment was at the Navajo Community College in Tsaile, Ariz, where he spent 10 years. He is, he said, quite adept at the Navajo language. After leaving the Navajo college, his next assignment was a four-year stint in Hayden, Colo, as superintendent for the Routt County School District. His next move was. to Big Horn County in Wyoming where he spent four years as superintendent. Most recently he served a one year term as school superintendent at Lyman, Wyo. Judd said that he started up the political side of education but decided that it wasn't the thing that he desired. He said that he felt he had far more to offer by being a student-oriented superintendent. An open door policy is the policy he will keep at Garfield, he said. He also said that he felt each and every employee of the district is as important as anyone in the district. He has owned a summer home in Escalante for five years and has enjoyed the county. He is currently driving the 132-mile round trip from Panguitch to Escalante daily. Judd said he would like to see everyone in the district as well as everyone in all the communtities working together harmoniously. He said his main thrust is to give (See SUPERINTENDENT Page 7) Superintendent GiiEE-EZ) the kids an excellent education. His wife Cheryl, whom he met at Arizona State at Temple, has a degree in elementary education, but he said she will not work in the district. He said that he worked with a Navajo "code talker" at the Navajo Community College. He recalled that during the second war the native American Navajo men confounded the Japanese miltary personnel because the code talkers spoke Navajo and- the Japanese could not detect the language and finally accepted it as a new unbreakable un-breakable code. Being close to the place where he was reared is a good thing said Judd. He also said that he loves this country simply for itself. Board President Quay Simons said, "We're excited about getting a new superintendent with such ex- cellent credentials. He has been superintendent in three different districts. Such varied experience will be an asset to our district." j j . jj |
