Joan Raymond

Joan M. Raymond (February 1, 1936 – February 22, 2017 ) was a school district superintendent. She was such of Houston Independent School District (HISD) from 1986, until 1991, as well as for the Yonkers Public Schools, Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205, and the South Bend Community School Corporation.

She originated from the Northern United States,

Career Her first job in the education sector was for Chicago Public Schools,

Former HISD board member Donald R. McAdams described Raymond as "smart, informed, and decisive",

Raymond was voted out by Rod Paige, Felix Fraga, Wiley Henry, and other board members. Tim Fleck of the Houston Press wrote that the board members were "fed up with her abrasive style of management". Paige later gave more favorable statements about Raymond after he served as superintendent himself. Paige stated that he had a "stronger" view of her in retrospect.

From 1991 to 1993 she served as superintendent of two different school districts in the Chicago area: Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 and River Forest Public Schools. In 1993 she became the superintendent of Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205, with her terms ending in 1999. In Elmhurst she helped convince voters to pass a referendum for a school bond.

In 2000 she became the superintendent of the South Bend Community School Corporation. Under her leadership she changed attendance boundaries as part of the "Plan Z" program and facilitated construction of new school facilities. She left her position in 2006 after announcing she would retire the previous year.

She chose to move to Melbourne, Florida. Circa 2016 she developed cancer, and died in her residence, in Melbourne on February 22, 2017.