ONEONTA —
Oneonta City School District Superintendent Michael Shea has told The Daily Star that he will retire, effective Dec. 31.
He will be submitting his formal letter needed to take that step during the regular Jan. 25 Board of Education meeting, he said, adding that he discussed the issue with the board at a meeting earlier this month.
Shea will 54 at the time he steps down and will be ending a 32-year-long career. He will have to wait about six months to start collecting from the retirement system, he said.
He said he had long planned on taking this step in the 2012-13 school year. But, he is doing it at the end of this year because, “it just seemed to be the right time for my family.”
He started at Oneonta on July 1, 2005, after serving in the top spot at Franklin Central School for five years.
Shea started his career as a history teacher at Tri-Valley Central School in Grahamsville. When he went into administration in 1995, he said, his goal was to be a superintendent and to work at Oneonta City School, from which he graduated in 1977.
“I’ve been very fortunate in my professional career,” he said, “to have attained those goals.”
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