by Sherry Kelley
Jamie Delikowski, Ro-sholt, has been hired to replace current Tri-County School District Administrator Anthony “Tony” Marinack, who plans to retire after 23 years working for the district. The Tri-County school district hired CESA 5 to search for eligible candidates, followed by candidate interviews with Tri-County board members, support staff, teachers, and parents. Delikowski will begin his official duties as district administrator on
July 1.
Delikowski is leaving his school district administrator job in Auburndale, where he spent 4 years as the high school principal and three years as the district administrator. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in 1996 and a Master’s Degree in 1998 at the nationally-recognized Christian George Fox University in Newberg, OR, a second Master’s Degree in 2002 at Yale University in Newhaven, CT, and a third Master’s Degree in 2004 at the University of Nebraska.
He was born and raised in Galloway, which is in the Birnamwood/Wittenberg area in Marathon County and earned his high school degree from Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam. Following high school graduation, he was a foreign exchange student in Germany from 1991-1992.
Delikowski met his future wife, Doreen, while living and going to school in Newberg, OR. She was from Schofield; they married in 2001 and have two children, a daughter who is 18 and will be attending the University of Minnesota this fall and a son who will be a high school junior. She is a school psychologist in the Rosholt School District
The Delikowski family has a small farm just outside of Ellis, which is near Rosholt. They rent out most of their farmland, but raise chickens and pigs and have three cats and a dog. Delikowski likes to bike, hike, feed birds and cook meals.
When Delikowski was seven years old, he was in a tragic farming accident, losing this entire left arm. “I overcame that loss through great parenting,” he said. For example, if he asked for help taking the cap off of the ketchup bottle, his mom would tell him that he needed to figure out how to accomplish that on his own, which he did, and learned he had to adapt in various situations and was able to do that successfully. He went on to become the starting center on his high school football team and was a state swimmer in the 100-yard butterfly. “I never let my missing arm get in my way.” Delikowski said he is very comfortable without his left arm and wants others to be comfortable with it and comfortable asking about it. He plans to talk about it during one of his student assemblies when school starts so that students can feel comfortable around him.
Delikowski said he was impressed that the current district administrator, Anthony “Tony” Marinack, had been with the district for 23 years. “It shows stability of the district,” said Delikowski. He added that the students in the district seem to have more stability, too. He said he was worked in districts where 20-40 students would move into or out of their school district each year.
He was also impressed when meeting with the board. “They were very professional and supportive of the district and staff, said Delikowski. “I’m excited to become a part of this great community.”
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Jamie Delikowski