Spending just a few minutes with Lishansky, you get a feel for the school district's central office. No day is the same as another and there's never a slow time. That keeps Lishansky energized. As comfortable as we are with each other, there's always the line of command. Since her boss' head is always spinning, the main thing Lishansky has learned on the job is to prioritize, she said.
Anticipation is also important because one meeting or one committee usually leads to another.
Nancy Lopez, secretary to School Business Administrator Tom Austin, said Lishansky's help was invaluable when she first started. She even offered to help me move in. They've been married for 20 years. He's a special education teacher with the Otsego Northern-Catskills Board of Cooperative Educational Services. The couple stay busy attending baseball games and other activities their children participate in, Lishansky said.