Sidelight: Oskar Scheikl

Type: Member Spotlight
Topics: School Administrator Magazine

September 01, 2023

Oscar Sheikl mid-fall during skydiving. Clouds and blue sky surround himWith each careful fold of his parachute as he prepares to skydive more than two miles above ground, Oskar Scheikl is reminded of what a true crisis is. Usually, it has nothing to do with on-the-job stressors in public school leadership. 鈥淚f you are at 4,000 feet and your main parachute is not opening 鈥 it puts into perspective what we often call a crisis,鈥 says Scheikl, an 91制片 member for three years who retired this summer as superintendent in Rockingham County, Va., and now teaches part-time at James Madison University. A lover of extreme sports from his days growing up in Austria, he earned his skydiving license in 2015, two years before he was named superintendent. Says Scheikl: 鈥淚n my daily work, that鈥檚 a tremendous benefit because I just don鈥檛 get rattled easily.鈥

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