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Stepping Up To Lead

By Pat Louise

When she attended Waterville High School, Colleen Simmons found a role model for her career.


As a student, WCS Class of 1991, she admired the way then-Principal and later Superintendent Jim Van Wormer showed respect and courtesy to everyone.


“Mr. Van Wormer had a profound impact on me and how I wanted my educational career to go.’’


Now, Colleen Simmons Rutherford, that educational career has been rooted in Brookfield Central School District for 28 years.


This year the longtime elementary teacher was appointed principal of the district.


It comes after a long commitment to BCS, which began after college in 1996 when she was hired as a long- term substitute teacher for reading. ...

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