PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The Lower Merion School District superintendent is stepping down.<\/p>\n
Dr. Frank Ranelli said the \u201cposition is just not a good match for me.\u201d His announcement went on to praise the staff and students in the district and wished \u201cthe entire school community all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ranelli was hired in January 2025. His last day will be April 30. <\/p>\n
Ranelli will be the fourth superintendent to leave the district in five years. He leaves amid controversy surrounding technology in the classroom<\/a>. Some parents have sued because they want the right to opt their kids out of using tablets or laptops<\/a>. <\/p>\n The school board will begin discussing the search for a replacement at its October meeting. <\/p>\n The board\u2019s statement said there will be \u201cmeaningful opportunities for students, families, staff and community members to share their priorities for our next superintendent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The Lower Merion School District superintendent is stepping down. Dr. Frank Ranelli said the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[183,185,184,2738,186,87342],"class_list":["post-302334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-school-district","tag-lower-merion-township","tag-lower-merion-school-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}