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John McKenna
Dr. McKenna has developed and implemented the Tonawanda City School District's Balanced Reading and Writing Program as part of his dissertation at SUNY Buffalo. The program was instrumental in helping the District win a National Blue Ribbon of Excellence and all schools being honored with the High Achieving Gap Closing School Award from the New York State Department of Education.
He has presented at the Local, State, and National level and is known for his enthusiastic, motivational presentations.
John McKenna, Ed.D., is principal of Fletcher Elementary School in Tonawanda, New York. He completed his doctoral dissertation at the University of New York at Buffalo in 2008. It was a comprehensive seven year study entitled A Case Study of the Development & Implementation of a Balanced Literacy Intervention Program.