Courtesy Photo/Image George Schere

Lincoln Elementary School will have a new principal next fall following the departure of Glennesia R. Profit.

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George Schere, 39, will head up operations at the school beginning Aug. 1. Schere is currently at Papillion LaVista near Omaha, where he is a physical education instructor, coach and building supervisor at G. Stanley Hall Elementary School.

Schere (pronounced sheer) was chosen over 20 applicants, assistant superintendent Dan Twarling said.

“He has a very positive approach to children, a genuine love of teaching and working with young people, and a good rapport with adults, which is so important,” Twarling said.

“He’s the kind of person who wants to talk to people — and people want to talk to him.”

Schere has worked at G. Stanley Elementary for more than 16 years. He became acquainted with North Platte last summer during a mini-family vacation, when he, his wife Melissa and two young sons stayed a weekend.

They were impressed.

“North Platte people were very friendly and genuine — just good people,” he said. “We had been discussing if I should pursue a career in administration. I told my wife, ‘I would like to work in a town like that.’”

A few months later, Schere’s principal at G. Stanley notified him of the opening in North Platte.

He interviewed with a committee of staff and parents at Lincoln, with the other elementary principals and with superintendent David Engle.

After the interviews, Schere felt like he and North Platte would be a good fit.

Schere chaired a curriculum committee at Stanley Elementary and was active in school improvement plans, which were positive factors in his hiring, Twarling said.

“My first goal is to build relationships with the community, the kids and the staff,” Schere said. “I think of it as a triangle. The three points are the parents, teachers, and students. If you are missing one of those three the quality of the child’s education is not going to be as good as it should be.”

Schere has coached numerous junior high sports and was an assistant basketball and golf coach at Papillion La Vista. His sons are four and two years old.

Profit convicted

Profit left the position after she was convicted April 3 of lying to the North Platte police about a stolen car. She was fined $150 and ordered to pay court costs.

Profit affirmed an unidentified womans friend’s story that Profit’s car was stolen in November from the Walmart parking lot. Profit said the car had been in her possession earlier that evening, but investigators located the car in Omaha in the possession of John Skipper, Profit’s fiancé.

Skipper told officers he helped Profit purchase the car and appeared to have every right to the vehicle. Police believed Profit was not honest with officers.