1995 Article about Bill Hyten, The First Superintendent of Triad High School

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This is a 1995 newspaper article about the first superintendent of Triad School District, Bill Hyten. He also talks about his family and how happy he is to see his daughter for the holidays.

This newspaper article was brought in by Sam Cowlingas a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020.

Transcription

Bill Hyten is a hometown type
Profile
By Ron Wisdom
Staff writer

The holiday season is especially heartwarming for Triad School District Superintendent Bill Hyten.

The Christmas holiday marks the return of his daughter Shelli, 24, for the first time in several months.

“We’re really looking forward to this Christmas,” said Hyten said last week. “This is the first time we have had one of our children away, beyond a state or so, where we haven’t had easy access to them.”

Shelli recently earned a degree in marketing and is working in Winterpark, Fla. She is the first of the Hyten children to have lived more than just a short car ride away.

Hyten also has two sons, Michael, 22 and Ty, 8. Michael is a senior at Illinois State University studying graphic design and Ty is a second-grader at C.A. Henning Elementary in Troy.

“Everyone is really looking forward to spending the holidays together,” said Hyten. “Especially Ty. He idolizes his brother and sister.”

Hyten said Ty is the best thing that happened to him and his wife, Carla, (or “CJ”) of 16 years. “We have certainly gone to many of his activities and have gotten to know a lot of people,” said Hyten. “Sometimes Ty wants to know why I am so much older looking than many of the other parents,”he said with a smile.

[Photo Caption: (Staff photo by JOHN SWISTAK JR.) Triad Superintendent Bill Hyten]

Hyten, who is 48, said Ty has brought some lost youth back to him and his wife. “It’s revitalized us and out lives,” he said. “Having Ty allows us to relive some of the fun experiences that we shared with Shelli and Mike.

“It’s actually keeping me young at heart. My body may look old and ragged, but my mind is young.”

Hyten is currently in his seventh year as superintendent.

He has been in education for 27 years, starting off as an elementary school teacher in the Edwardsville school district.

His first administrative position came along in 1981 when he came to the Triad school district as the principal of what was then called the Troy Primary School.

That school is now W.S. Freeman Elementary.

He was there for three years when he also became principal of. Molden Elementary School.

He said he split his days between both schools.
(See HYTEN, page 3A)

HYTEN

(Continued from Page 1A)
In 1987 the Henning Elementary School was built and Hyten left [the] other two schools and became the first principal of that facility.

“I’ve worn many hats. But its all been food experience for me,” [said Hyten.] “I’ve spent 12 years in Edwardsville and 15 years in Triad—[and] it has flown by,” he said. “I must be having fun if it’s gone [by so] quickly.”

Hyten and his family have lived in Troy for the past six yea[rs,] but before that he had always lived in Edwardsville.

He graduated from Edwardsville High school in 1965 before spe[nd-]ing two years at Illinois State University.

He graduated from Southern Illinois. University at Edwardsville [in] 1968.

Hyten said the Triad district has increased its enrollment by [unintelligible] 30 percent in the last 10 years and is now seeing anywhere from [unintelligible] to 6 percent increase each year.

Because of this rapid growth, Hyten said the district is try[ing to] prepare for the future.

It is doing so by enacting strategic planning committees to [unintelligble] blueprints for the future.

“Right now we’re utilizing every basement area, every stage [unintelligble] and every small room that might have been a storage area [in the] p[ast for classrooms,” he said. “We are literally bursting [at the] seams.”

Hyten said there are eight different pmanning committees [working] with the public, truing to decide what the necessary steps will [unintelligble] prepare for a growing school district.

“Probably, the first thing that will have to happen is some [type of] major building project,” Hyten said.

Profile:
William “Bill” Hyten
Birthplace: Edwardsville.
Occupation: Triad School District Superintendent
Hobbies: Doing landscape work, spending time with his family.
Favorite book: Anything by John Grisham.
Biggest accomplishment: Successfully raising two children and working towards the third.
Biggest disappointment: His father’s sudden death adn his wife’s many bouts with cancer and multiple sclerosis
Most admired person: My parents.
Last movie seen: I like to watch Forest Gump over and over.
In high school, people thought I would: Work with a wide variety of people.
On my day off, I: Get up early.
Favorite Food: Any type of seafood and my mother’s lemon meringue pie.

Source

Hyten-Ribbing, Shelli

In Collection

2020 Liberty Middle School Class Visit

Subjects

education
culture

Contributor

Cowling, Sam

Date

December 27, 1995

Format

Identifier

Cowling-Sam-N-001

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