1. Short bio for Jerri Kemble
Jerri Kemble’s career spans over30 years in education.She began her
career as a middle school teacher in 1986. After 13 years in the
classroom, Kemble became a school counselorand was honored as
the 2003 Kansas Counselorofthe Year. In 2004 she entered
administrationservingas an elementary,middle and high school
principal. Jerri began her superintendent career in 2007 as not only
the superintendent,but also as the K-12 principal and the creator of
the Kansas Online LearningProgram in a small rural school district
serving 360 students. This pioneeringspirit teamed with
Superintendent Kemble’s “out-of-the-box”thinkingand creativity
landed her at a White House meeting on technologyand virtual
learningin 2010. In 2011, Vice-President Biden’s office asked to meet
with her again to get an update on this progressive,innovativelittle
school district in Kansas.eSchool News noted Kemble’s innovative
spirit and named her as one of the nation’s Tech Savvy
Superintendents in 2012.
In 2014, Kemble was invited to attend the White House in honor of
the rollout ofPresident Obama’sFuture Ready initiative. Today,Jerri
is the Assistant SuperintendentofEducational Programs and
Technologyin Lawrence, Kansas,serving 12,000 students. The
Lawrence School District is actively working toward personalized
education through a blended learning model and participating the
#GoOpen Project with the US. Department of Education No matter
the size of the district, Kemble is an active proponent oftechnology
and has been a pioneer in digital learning.When asked why she is so
passionate about technologyin her school district,Kemble simply
states,“The technologylevels the playingfield for our students, and it
MAKES MY POOREST STUDENT RICH.”