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Only a few months into her first superintendency, Catherine Finger draws an easy comparison between competing on weekends with her two Buckskin mares and her daily work in the Grayslake, Wis., district.


Only a few months into her first superintendency Su`per`in`tend´en`cy

n. 1. The act of superintending; superintendence.
, Catherine Finger draws an easy comparison between competing on weekends with her two Buckskin buckskin

body coat color in horses, varies from yellow to almost brown; the points, including mane, tail, lower limbs are brown to black.
 mares and her daily work in the Grayslake, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed.
v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis.
., district. She enters decathlon-like events mostly in nearby states, and last year was reserve champion in Illinois Illinois, river, United States
Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway.
, earning a large silver buckle she proudly wears with her gray business suit. "They're versatile, athletic, have a great disposition and are gentle yet competitive," Finger says of her quarterhorses, laughing at the suggestion this also sounded like the requirements for a superintendent.
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Publication:School Administrator
Date:Nov 1, 2005
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