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Larry Smith calls with news from Green Co. Schools Highly respected educator, Jim Frank, will become the third superintendent of Green County Schools in nearly three-quarters of a century. Smith says stability of the system is one of major reasons for its excellence Larry Smith called this morning to let CM readers who may not have heard his full report on The WAVE, 92.7 FM this morning, know that a highly respected educator, Jim Frank, is the new Superintendent of Green County Schools. According to Smith, a Green County native, there have only been three superintendents of the Green County School System in almost three-quarters of a century, starting with legendary Lucille Pickett Guthrie, who, he said, led Green County Schools from the 1940's until 1980, when Marshall "Buddy" Lowe became superintendent and led the schools until his replacement, Jim Frank, takes office. "Lucille Guthrie was the power in Green County," Larry Smith said. "She was a woman with power when women didn't have power." He added that Superintendent Guthrie may have been the most powerful woman in Kentucky and remembers her having Adolph Rupp down to Green County on more than one occasion. Smith remembers, that, while he himself was working in the system from 1972-1984, he took a picture of the famous coach and Mrs. Guthrie. Jim Frank won the appointment over his closest contender, Wayne Ackerman, principal of Jamestown Elementary School in Russell Co., KY. Smith said that Frank has held the post of Assistant Superintendent for the past five years, and, before that, served as Chief Financial Officer of the system. Smith said that he personally would ascribe much of the credit for the excellence of the Green County system to stability of its leadership. "Think about it," he said, "three superintendents in 75 years. It makes a lot of other Kentucky systems look like Banana Republics." He said that he'd also cite the strong faculty and, most of all, he said, the heritage of the school and the town being so closely intwined. "No doubt about it," he said, "we were at Green County High School because we wanted to be there. Not because it was locked down like a prison." This story was posted on 2011-03-01 06:55:18
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