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Alicia Thompson Highlight
You cannot make it in this world or be anything in this world without other people.
About Alicia
- I was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
- My mom was a schoolteacher in Wichita, so I spent a lot of my time immersed in the school district.
- The admiration I had for a former teacher paired with my experience teaching vacation bible school in high school drove me to seriously consider going into the education industry.
- I earned my bachelor’s degree in elementary education and teaching from Langston University, an HBCU in Oklahoma.
- I started my career as a teacher for Wichita Public Schools.
- Along my journey, I earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, as well as a doctorate in educational leadership and administration.
- I transitioned from being a teacher, to a building leader, and then to a district-level administrator.
- I was appointed as superintendent of Wichita Public Schools in 2017.
