R-II hires new superintendent

Becky Albrecht

Maryville R-II Board of Education President Frank Grispino announced Friday that Becky Albrecht will become the district’s new superintendent effective July 1.

Albrecht is currently superintendent of the Trenton (Mo.) R-IX School District in Grundy County.

She will succeed current R-II Superintendent Larry Linthacum, who is leaving Maryville to assume the top administrative post with Jefferson City (Mo.) Public Schools.

“We are very pleased that Ms. Albrecht has accepted this position,” Grispino was quoted as saying in an email sent to district staff and the news media. “Her vision and dedication to students, staff and the community will ensure that (the) Maryville R-II School District continues to be one of the best school districts in Missouri.”

R-II officials said the district planned to host a reception in the near future in order to introduce Albrecht to members of the Maryville community.

The R-II School Board has scheduled a special meeting with regard to staffing that was to begin at 12:15 p.m. Friday in the district’s central office adjoining the Maryville High School campus.

Albrecht, who grew up on a farm near the village of Jameson in Daviess County, has been with the Trenton school system for the past 16 years, serving in a variety of faculty and administrative positions.

She began her career as an educator in Mountain Grove in south-central Missouri, where she taught from 1992-1999.

Albrecht graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a degree in English education in 1992 and went on to earn a master’s in educational administration from Missouri State University in Springfield.

She also holds a specialist in education degree from William Woods University in Fulton, where she is currently pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership.