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Bolingbrook Administrator Named Assistant Principal at Irene King

Wood View Elementary School Reading Specialist Patti Chow has been named Assistant Principal at Irene King Elementary School in Romeoville effective July 1.


Chow succeeds Laura Lucas, who will become Principal at Jonas Salk Elementary School in Bolingbrook.

A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor’s Degree in elementary education, she also holds a Master of Arts Degree in reading from Concordia University and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

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Chow, who has been with Valley View School District 365U since 2005, has nearly 25 years of teaching experience including seven years with Berkeley School District 87 as a kindergarten and 4th grade teacher and six years as a literacy support teacher and Program Supervisor of Reading and Language Arts in Cicero School District 99.

She came to VVSD in 2005 as the district’s Reading and Social Studies Coordinator, a position she held until 2007 when she joined the Wood View team as a Reading Specialist. She chaired the Wood View Home School Connections Committee and is a member of the district’s College and Career Readiness Committee, the District RTI Processes Committee and the District Equity Team.

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Chow is also a graduate school instructor at Dominican University in River Forest and is a former professional development consultant for La Grange area School District 105 and Naperville Community Unit District 203.


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