Dr. Donna Power

Dr. Donna M. Power Appointed As Superintendent for Colonial Beach Public Schools

            COLONIAL BEACH, VA –Dr. Donna M. Power was appointed Division Superintendent for Colonial Beach Public Schools at an Executive School Board meeting on Thursday, August 6^th, 2009. 

            Dr. Power has served as Assistant Superintendent for Mathews County Public Schools in Mathews, VA for the last year.  From 1998- 2008, she was the principal of Lee-Jackson Elementary School in Mathews, VA.  From 1973-1998 Dr. Power has served as a teacher and an administrator in Staten Island, New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

            Dr. Power received her Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership and Policy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2007 with a dissertation focused on Special Education Law. She was also the recipient of the Ken Underwood Scholarship for future research in special education law.  Dr. Power received her Master of Education degree in Special Education from St. John University and another Master of Education degree in Administration and Supervision from Fordham University.  She received her Bachelor in Education degree in Elementary Education from Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Virginia.

            Dr. Power holds a Commonwealth of Virginia Division Superintendent’s License and a Virginia Postgraduate Professional License in Elementary School Principal, Elementary School Supervisor, Emotional Disturbance K-12, Mental Retardation K-12, Specific Learning Disabilities K-12 and Elementary Grades 1-7. 

            Dr. Power looks forward to living in Westmoreland County with her 6 horses and serving the children of Colonial Beach.