Newstrack: O’malley Nears End Of Second Year In Mount Vernon

BackgroundGary O’Malley spent four years as an administrator in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, overseeing and eventually hiring middle school and high school principals. While O’Malley was in Cedar Rapids, the district expanded programs for English language learners and eighth-grade students interested in taking high-school classes.O’Malley left Cedar Rapids in 2013 to become superintendent of the Mount Vernon Community School District.What’s happened since?CEDAR RAPIDS — Gary O’Malley walks to school every day and waves at passing cars and pedestrians in his new hometown.O’Malley, the former Cedar Rapids school administrator now in his second year as the Mount Vernon Community School District superintendent, said Mount Vernon is “a good match” for him.“Thirty-three schools was a job,” he said of Cedar Rapids.