Sep 25, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Brooklyn and Greylin interview Kevin O'Shea, our former principal and now superintendent, who has dedicated a career to education, leadership, and serving…
For listeners who may not know you outside of your role in the district, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I was a junior in high school, and I remember Mr. Dreyfuss's integrated U.S. history class, and I was just enamored by everything in that room.
to have just some wonderful educators in my life that were just like, I want to do this with my life, right? So I ended up going to Defiance College in my undergrad, got my integrated social studies teaching license, taught for eight years, eight or nine years at Springfield Local Schools in Holland, right down the road.
And then I got a phone call from someone in this district that was like, hey, the principal's job is posted.
And along the way, I'd gotten my master's in school administration from Bowling Green State University.
They're not going to hire me as a high school principal right out of the classroom.
So I took an interview here with Otsego Local Schools, met a wonderful human being who was the superintendent at the time, Adam Koch, and an interview committee that had like 15 people.
For listeners who may not know you outside of your role in the district, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I was a junior in high school, and I remember Mr. Dreyfuss's integrated U.S. history class, and I was just enamored by everything in that room.
to have just some wonderful educators in my life that were just like, I want to do this with my life, right? So I ended up going to Defiance College in my undergrad, got my integrated social studies teaching license, taught for eight years, eight or nine years at Springfield Local Schools in Holland, right down the road.
And then I got a phone call from someone in this district that was like, hey, the principal's job is posted.
And along the way, I'd gotten my master's in school administration from Bowling Green State University.
They're not going to hire me as a high school principal right out of the classroom.
So I took an interview here with Otsego Local Schools, met a wonderful human being who was the superintendent at the time, Adam Koch, and an interview committee that had like 15 people.
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