LIMA — Martha Holden Jennings Foundation has named Jill Ackerman, Lima City Schools Superintendent, an Ohio Superintendent of Excellence.
The award comes after first being named a statewide finalist for the Jennings Ohio Outstanding Superintendent Performance Award.
Ackerman was nominated by the Lima School Board. A committee of Ohio public school educators evaluated the more than 30 applicants from around the state. Ackerman is one of four to receive the Excellence award. She was the only superintendent in the region to be named a finalist.
Ackerman has been with the Lima City Schools her entire career, beginning as a special education teacher in 1988. She served as an assistant principal, principal and assistant superintendent before being named superintendent in 2012.
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