Melcher-Dallas — Delane Galvin started his job as the interim superintendent of Melcher-Dallas Schools today. He will split his time between Melcher-Dallas and Southeast Warren.
Galvin is taking the reins at Melcher-Dallas following the mid-year resignation of Superintendent Steve Mitchell. Mitchell also served as the Melcher-Dallas Elementary Principal, a role Galvin is filling as well.
In his fourth year with Southeast Warren, Galvin serves as that district's 7-12 principal and superintendent. Galvin said he will split his time with both districts, by spending alternative days with each district. On days he is not at Melcher-Dallas Elementary, Dan Dow will be in Melcher-Dallas.
Official action to approve Galvin's status is expected at a Melcher-Dallas School Board meeting tonight (Monday, Jan. 16). Southeast Warren has already approved the arrangement. If approved, Galving would likely serve as the Melcher-Dallas superintendent through June 30.
Galvin spent last week meeting with Mitchell and other staff members in preparation for the change. Given the districts' proximity to each other, as well as being of similar size, Galvin says he was already very familiar with Melcher-Dallas and had formed a good working relationship with Mitchell.
Originally from northwest Iowa, Galvin attended college at Simpson in indianola. He earned his bachelor's degree from there in 1991. From there, he taught science for eight years, first in Russell, then Ballard. From there, he went on to Woodward-Granger, which is where he spent nine years before moving to Southeast Warren.
"I really enjoy small schools," Galvin said. He relishes the opportunity to get to know the students and parents. Melcher-Dallas has been good to him so far, he added. He became interested in teaching as a profession, after helping a youth wrestling team and tutoring while in high school.
"I just fell in love with seeing the 'a-has' on kids' faces," Galvin said.
Galvin does not intend to make any significant changes to Melcher-Dallas' operations through the end of this year. However, if there are glaring changes he feels are necessay, he will try to handle them. His biggest challenge over the coming months will be balancing the workload of the two districts.
While Galvin intends to observe and learn while working for both districts, to see if there are even more sharing opportunities the districts are not taking full advantage of, he would like to assure the public that he is not in Melcher-Dallas to allow that district to be absorbed into Southeast Warren. He believes this will be a good test to see if sharing a superintendent might be a good thing for both districts.
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