OCT. 1, VETERAN TAKES CCS HELM
Laurens’ Wenck Retired
As Superintendents' Dean
From Start, Educator Solved Problems
Editor’s Note: This profile was prepared after Romona N. Wenck’s retirement as Laurens Central superintendent after the 2019-20 school year. Ms. Wenck will take over Oct. 1 as interim superintendent in the Cooperstown Central School District.
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
LAURENS – When Romona N. Wenck began her first year as Laurens Central school superintendent in 1998, a challenge already awaited her.
“I discovered we had a $4.5 million budget with a $450,000 deficit,” she said. “A tax increase had to happen to pay it off.”
She managed to get a “yes” vote on a 22 percent tax levy. “People wanted this school to remain in the community,” she said. “They’re proud of it.”
Now the longest-serving superintendent in the county is retiring from the school where she has worked, first as a phys-ed teacher, then as superintendent, since 1977.
