Whynot-Vickers Named Interim Superintendent
The Portland School Committee has unanimously approved Jeanne Whynot-Vickers’ appointment as interim superintendent, effective immediately.
Whynot-Vickers brings 32 years of experience as a teacher and administrator. She has worked for the Portland Public Schools for 26 years and has served as assistant superintendent since 1999.
“I am honored to become the leader of our vibrant and educationally innovative learning community,” Whynot-Vickers said. “I am committed to restoring public confidence in our schools and look forward to having a sound financial basis so that we can again turn our primary focus to our students - assuring that all students are learning for their futures.”
Whynot-Vickers holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in elementary counseling from the University of Southern Maine. She taught for two years at the American Community School in London before joining the Portland Public Schools in 1977.
Whynot-Vickers taught at Hall, Riverton and Lyseth elementary schools for nine years. She was a finalist for Maine Teacher of the Year in 1986. She served as assistant principal at the former Jack Elementary School and principal of Sawyer School in South Portland before becoming principal of Portland’s Riverton Elementary School in 1991.
Whynot-Vickers was hired as the district’s assistant superintendent for elementary education in 1999, but her duties broadened last year to include work across all grade levels.
She has served on district committees working on services for at risk students, an evaluation process for teachers and teaching standards for the Portland Public Schools.
Whynot-Vickers and her husband, Trevor, live in Portland. They have two children who graduated from the Portland Public Schools.
