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Laval S. Wilson.


Laval Laval, city, Canada
Laval, city (1991 pop. 314,398), coextensive with Île-Jésus (94 sq mi/243 sq km), S Que., Canada, between the Rivière des Mille Îles and the Rivière des Prairies, just NW of Montreal.
 Wilson, who accepted his first superintendent job on an interim basis in Hempstead, N.Y., in 1972-73, has begun his eighth superintendency Su`per`in`tend´en`cy

n. 1. The act of superintending; superintendence.
 as head of the Poughkeepsie, N.Y., school system. Wilson's three decades in top district posts includes the following superintendencies: East Orange, N.J., Newburgh, N.Y., Boston, Rochester, N.Y., and Berkeley, Calif. Wilson also served as state-appointed district superintendent District Superintendent may be:
  • District Superintendent (United Methodist Church)
  • A rank in the London Metropolitan Police in use from 1869 to 1886, when it was renamed Chief Constable
 in Paterson, N.J. He first taught in Chicago in 1958. Wilson holds a doctorate in education from Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. .
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Title Annotation:appointed as school superintendent
Publication:School Administrator
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1U2NY
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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