To the honor roll of superintendents who stand up for public education and their students and communities, I add the name of Joe Bruni, superintendent of the William Penn School District in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.

He was nominated by Charlotte Hummel, who was president of the local school board.

I know Charlotte from our email contacts. She wrote a terrific piece for Valerie Strauss’s Answer Sheet about her district’s efforts to shield the schools and children from unwise “reforms.”

Charlotte writes:

Your next super hero superintendent should be Joe Bruni of the William Penn School District in Lansdowne, Delaware County, PA. He attended the SOS rally, walked the walk and stood in the blistering sun. He tells our faculty each year about the DeVoss and Koch connections and implores people to return any school related or other purchases back to Walmart and to NEVER try to sell him any Amway! You should interview him. By the way, most of the kids in our school district (98% minority; 85% poverty) know this superintendent on sight and by name. He is the kids’ hero.

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