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Biography
Leslye S. Abrutyn, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Penn-Delco School District
Dr. Leslye S. Abrutyn was appointed superintendent of the Penn-Delco School District in 1997. As superintendent, she oversaw the direction, growth and educational effectiveness of four elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. Dr. Leslye Abrutyn was also the liaison for the three municipalities that comprise the District, which is home to about 26,000 residents. Located about 15 miles southwest of Philadelphia in Delaware County, Pa., PDSD is the community’s largest employer. The District has an operating budget of more than $44 million, a staff of 25 administrators, and more than 500 employees to serve a student population of 3,300.
Penn-Delco School District Responsibilities and Achievements
Dr. Leslye Abrutyn’s responsibilities included oversight of the development and implementation of the educational curriculum, technology, finance, human resources, legal, transportation, facilities, public relations, and community outreach. In addition, Dr. Leslye Abrutyn ensured the District’s compliance with state and federal policies and mandates.
As the District’s educational leader, Dr. Leslye Abrutyn analyzed academic performance and initiated steps for continuous educational improvement. Reporting directly to the Penn-Delco School Board of Directors, Dr. Leslye Abrutyn conducted monthly public school board meetings and provided information to the community via local cable television as well as through community newsletters, seminars and special events. Dr. Leslye Abrutyn was also a member of community-based boards and committees.
Dr. Leslye Abrutyn helped raise the national profile of the Penn-Delco School District, in part through her presentation of a paper entitled “Using Technology to Improve Achievement, Accountability and Public Support” at the 2001 Technology + Learning Conference. The T+L Conference is an annual event focusing on educational technology for district leadership teams, organized by the National School Boards Association.
Under Dr. Leslye Abrutyn’s leadership, the Penn-Delco School District was selected by the Milken Foundation as a case study for effective use of technology in schools. Four of the District’s schools were among only 18 nationwide to be named in the Computer Curriculum Corporation’s Honor Roll in 2001.
Awards and Publications
Dr. Leslye Abrutyn has achieved many personal honors over the years. Among them:
• Recipient of the “John Kresovich Award for Innovation and Instruction in the Use of Technology” from the Pennsylvania Association for School Administrators, and induction into Temple University’s Education Hall of Fame “Galley of Success,” 1999;
• Recipient of the Friends of Delaware County Women’s Commission Spirit of Excellence Award for Individual Business Achievement, 2003;
• Recipient of the March of Dimes Delaware County Salute to Women of Achievement Honoree for Education, 2003;
• In 2006, Dr. Leslye Abrutyn was selected from more than 35,000 School of Education alumni of Boston University to receive the Dean Arthur Herbert Wilde Society Award for service to the profession;
• In 2007, Dr. Leslye Abrutyn was invited to be one of the nation’s first superintendents to testify before Congress on her views on the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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