Meet The Superintendent

Mrs. Jan Strecker became the 30th superintendent for Hutchinson Public Schools on July 1, 2010. Her selection represents Mrs. Strecker's third tenure with the district. Mrs. Strecker retired as assistant superintendent for student learning after the 2008-09 school year.
The educator's first teaching position was as a fifth grade teacher at Grandview Elementary School in January 1967. She taught 12 years in the district, including fifth grade, second grade, kindergarten, language development classroom and the developmentally delayed first grade.

In 1985, Mrs. Strecker's family moved to Great Bend, and she was hired to finish the year in fifth grade. In 1987, Mrs. Strecker became a teaching principal at Shady Grove, a two-room school in Great Bend. In 1988, Mrs. Strecker became full-time principal at Jefferson Elementary School in Great Bend.

In 1992, Mrs. Strecker became Hesston Middle School principal, a position she held for three years. In spring 1997, Mrs. Strecker served as interim principal in Sterling.

In 1997, Mrs. Strecker began her second tenure with USD 308, becoming principal at Graber Elementary School, where she spent seven years before becoming director of elementary education and then to assistant superintendent.