Kurt Tenopir

Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services Kurt Tenopir oversees the functions of the Human Resources Department, recruitment and staffing, employee and labor relations, human resources compliance, and employee training and development. In addition to these primary duties, Mr. Tenopir also provides assistance to the Director of Administrative Services and Director of Communications. He was appointed to this position in 2021, following a career as William Fremd High School Principal that began in 2014. Mr. Tenopir began his District 211 career as a 12-month assistant principal at Fremd High School in 2011, after gaining administrative experience as an assistant principal for instruction at Deerfield High School and an assistant principal at Belvidere High school. He began his teaching career in 1998 as an English teacher in Nebraska before moving to Illinois to teach English in 2001. He received his bachelor’s degree in English education from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln in 1998, and a master’s degree in educational administration with an administrative endorsement from Northern Illinois University in 2005. In 2007, he received his superintendent’s endorsement from Northern Illinois University.