David Hardy

Overview

The Lorain Academic Distress Commission has named St. Louis Public Schools official David Hardy Jr. to be the CEO of the embattled Lorain School District in Ohio. As a state leader in 2013 he was responsible for initiating the district turnaround of the lowest performing schools in New Jersey by catalyzing the transformation of Camden City Schools into what is now seen as the budding national model for school district turnaround. As a district leader in 2017 he led the academic turnaround for St. Louis Public Schools that increased the district's Annual Performance Report (APR) score from 40.5 points to 104.5 in three years. Through Mr. Hardy's strong strategic planning prudent fiscal allocations and goal alignment the academic gains by students have reached highs in St. Louis that have not been seen in almost 20 years. Most recently David was selected to the Board of Trustees at Columbia College in Missouri. Additionally he is an alumni of some of the most forward thinking national educational organizations in the country including the National Superintendents Academy and the PELP Institute at Harvard University and was named a Future Chief for Change Fellow in 2017.