ARCADIA, Wis. –The Arcadia School Board voted to hire a Green Bay high school principal as the district’s new superintendent. Lori Ann Frerk begins in July, succeeding Lance Bagstad, who is retiring after six years. Her new salary: $152,500. At Green Bay, Frerk has been principal at the 1,100-student East High School for 10 years. Frerk began her career as a math teacher. Her age: 55. Arcadia schools have almost 1,300 students. The president of the Arcadia School Board, Paul Servais, said Frerk’s experience with an ethnically diverse school population will be helpful in Arcadia, whose students are 76% Hispanic.
Frerk. To have $22 million annual budget for a high school, a middle school and two grade schools.