INDIANAPOLIS – Dr. Craig J. Hintz, superintendent of Warsaw Community School Corporation, was chosen by members of the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents as the 2013 District II Superintendent of the Year.
Winners are selected by other superintendents in their district who consider the qualifications and accomplishments of area colleagues and their instructional leadership in a time of limited resources.
During his tenure at WCS, Hintz has expanded courses and program offerings available at Warsaw over the last three years. With the help of business partnerships and awarded grants, the district has recently implemented full-day kindergarten in all elementary schools. Warsaw Community High School and the Warsaw Area Career now offer additional AP courses, Mandarin Chinese, dance, culinary arts, biomedical, Project Lead the Way and orchestra.
Hintz has served as Warsaw Community Schools superintendent since 2009.
Hintz is a graduate of Truman State University and earned his master’s degree at Phillips University and an education specialists degree from Western Illinois University. He earned his education doctoral degree at Indiana University in 2002.
One of the eight district winners will represent Indiana in the American Association of School Administrators National Superintendent of the Year program.
District II Northeast includes Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, St. Joseph and Whitley counties and portions of LaPorte County.