Terri Bresnahan

Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board members have launched a search for their next superintendent after Terri Bresnahan announced this school year will be her last.

The board has retained Libertyville-based search firm BWP & Associates to help identify and select a new superintendent, who would be in place for the start of the 2026-27 school year.

The leadership change in the Elk Grove Village-based prekindergarten through eighth-grade district isn’t unexpected, after a slate of candidates that formed in opposition to Bresnahan’s equity plan was swept into office after the April 2023 election.

The month before, the old board inked a contract extension with Bresnahan, keeping her in the role until June 2026.

Three months before that, board members reje

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