 Commissioner Shirley Holloway Set to Retire March 3 February 21 , 2003
Rehfeld, currently director of Education Support Services at the Department of Education and Early Development, will serve temporarily in the position until a permanent commissioner is named. "I appreciate the good work Commissioner Holloway has given to the children of Alaska, as a leader in the education community and as commissioner," Murkowski said. "I have worked with her during my years in the Senate and over the first months of this new administration, and she has been a strong advocate for Alaska's children." During her tenure, Holloway built on an educational reform movement that began in Alaska under Governor Walter J. Hickel in 1991. "I feel very satisfied that school reform in Alaska has the momentum to continue until each and every child reaches state academic standards and has a bright and promising future," Holloway said. Holloway became commissioner
in 1995, but left in 1998 due to ill health. She was asked again
to serve in 2000, after she recovered her health. She began her
career in 1963 as a speech and hearing clinician in Oregon. She
later became a teacher, principal, university professor, and
school superintendent. She worked with the North Slope Borough
school district for 16 years, serving as superintendent from
1987-90. Holloway also served as president of Arctic Sivunmum
Ilisagvik College in Barrow, before being appointed commissioner.
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