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s announced after the ZCS board of trustees regular meeting in June, Coffman is poised to succeed Dr. Robison as superintendent when he retires Feb. 1, 2023, as confirmed by board vote at the meeting. I sat down with Dr. Robison and asked him to share his reflections on the goals achieved throughout his tenure that began June 2006, as well as his insight on what issues and challenges lie ahead for ZCS and for his successor.
UPON REFLECTION OF HIS TENURE AT ZCS
Dr. Scott Robison’s Impending Retirement:
In His Own Words Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Submitted
Over the past decade plus, I’ve had the pleasure of reporting on several Zionsville Community School (ZCS) district matters and have sat down with ZCS Superintendent Dr. Scott Robison and several members of his leadership staff, including ZCS Associate Superintendent Rebecca Coffman, for countless discussions.
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“It’s hard to not be bullish about the Zionsville Community Schools,” Dr. Robison stated. “It is such a resourceful and well-resourced community. From my experience, working in a lot of different communities in Indiana, this tends to yield high quality first teachers in terms of parents—who are the first teachers of young people and then the handoff happens as school begins.” Dr. Robison emphasized that he and the entire ZCS try to match those hopes and dreams that parents have for their children with teachers who “nurture the notions of helping young people become well-rounded individuals.” “What I have seen in the 16 years here, is that [ZCS] is a resilient community,” Dr. Robison said. “When I do leave [ZCS], I will have a big smile because I can remain bullish on ZCS and that’s just a wonderful thing, given the challenges that everyone in this community has seen and everyone in this world has seen.”
HITTING THE MARKS WHILE PUSHING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES During his tenure, Dr. Robison has worked with the ZCS Board throughout some historically challenging times. “I am most proud of the team and the ‘team’ includes elected board members who had the right notions about the robustness of this community school district and making sure that it stayed strong and was on the right trajectory,” Dr. Robison stated. “We built an admin-
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