Sidelight: Oskar Scheikl
September 01, 2023
With 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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