Connie Schawann Lindsay

Biography

Connie Schawann Lindsay, M.Ed., is "retired" from Sycamore Community Schools as she took a leave of absence to raise her family and did not return to paid employment but focused on volunteering in the schools instead.

She worked as a teacher for Wyoming City Schools (OH), grades 5-8, 1979-1986; District Computer Coordinator, Wyoming City Schools, 1985-1986; teacher for Sycamore Community Schools, grade 4, 1986-1989; and as Assistant Principal, Symmes Elementary, Sycamore Community Schools, 1989-1990.

Connie became a stay-at-home mom to two children and continued to support the schools through administrative positions on PTO, chairing various fundraisers, and being a room mom (spanning 10 years!). She co-chaired the 2004 Sycamore Community Schools Operating Levy, the 2007 Sycamore Community Schools Renewal Levy, and served as consultant for the 2016 Sycamore Community Schools Operating Levy. She also co-chaired the 2007 and 2008 Jim Walter Memorial/Sycamore Athletic Booster Golf Outing (the Boosters major fundraiser), the 2010 and 2011 American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event for high school students in Cincinnati's Northeast Region, and served as chair for the Montgomery Nursery School Board of Education for 8 years.

Connie enjoys being involved with the Miami University Alumni Association and has attended and thoroughly enjoyed Miami's Winter College in 2014, 2017, and 2018. She is happy to have donated to the Armstrong Center's Slant Walk Tile and Bicentennial Wall. She is parent to Sara K. Lindsay, a 2015 Miami graduate.

Education

• BS Elementary Education, Miami University, 1979
• M.Ed. Elementary Education/Comprehensive, Miami University, 1982

Member of the Advisory Council Since

2020