Jon Acton
4 min readJan 28, 2021

Cancer is Cruel — My Superintendents Journey

The path of being a Superintendent is not linear. It does not go from point A, to point B, to point C and so on with predictable ease. The path is more like going forward, backwards, up, down, sideways, upside down and even turning in circles. It varies by day depending upon the phone call, text message, email, visit, meeting or event. Even the order of blog topics adjusts depending upon outside factors. My last piece left off describing the beginning of school shut-downs last March due to Covid. Today I jump ahead. Today my best friend died from cancer. The same cancer I have. Diagnosed two months ahead of…

Jon Acton

Husband, Father, Former School Superintendent, National Blue Ribbon School Principal, Teacher, Coach, Author in progress