As regional superintendent of Division 1, she will oversee 109 schools that are currently in Districts 10 and 9.

The administration is eliminating the current 10 regional superintendents and creating a wider role for private groups in supporting schools.

Parents said they complained to the local and regional superintendents, but that nothing was done.

Based largely on her expertise and reputation, she was put in charge of 169 schools, far more than any of the other regional superintendents.

Officials said it was likely that regional superintendents, which oversee two to four smaller districts, would report to several boards.

That could potentially leave the regional superintendents without jobs or perhaps filling a new role in which principals choose them to advise groups of schools.

Officials said yesterday that the new regional superintendents would be paid around $165,000 a year, $15,000 more than community school district superintendents now make.

Others will likely work in the new regional superintendents' offices.

She called the regional superintendent's office and left a message.

She is the person who chose the regional superintendents and played a large role in choosing their deputies.