Former resident selected new superintendent

After hours of interviews, a public forum and an additional executive session, former Douglas resident Sheila Rogers was selected as the district’s new Superintendent.

In a special meeting on Monday, July 26, the Douglas Unified School District Governing Board finalized a two-year contract at $105,000 annually.

Since 1989, Rogers has served as principal of the Gilbert Elementary School, and 38 years with the district.

In addition to her term as principal, she has worked as a interim personnel director, helped implement a classified and job description study and developed and implemented a district staff development program.

In 1989, Rogers earned he Principal/Supervisor/Superintendent certificate.

She has a bachelors degree from Arizona State University in Elementary Education with a Special Education certification. She completed an additional 30 hours of graduate work in Special Education and earned a masters in Educational Administration and Supervision.

She has served as a adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University in Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Leadership and Special Education siknce 2002.

In 2005, she was selected as the Arizona School Psychologists Administrator of the Year and in 2009 as the Gilbert Education Foundation Administrator of the Year.

She is a fourth generation Arizona resident.