Pleasant Valley School District Superintendent Lee Lesisko has decided to retire effective Thursday.

School board President Donna Yozwiak said his retirement has to be approved by the school board during its regular meeting on Thursday evening.

“Dr. Lee has decided to retire after about 16 years of service to the school district,” she said. “We extend our gratitude to him. He has been a very hardworking member of the administration. We wish him all the best in the world.”

Once Lesisko’s retirement is approved, the board has to approve an acting superintendent.

Charlene Brennan, a retired executive director of Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, has been asked to return to the school district to serve a second time as acting superintendent.

She first served as acting superintendent in late 2019, after then Superintendent David Piperato resigned to take a position as superintendent for the Easton Area School District. Brennan filled that role until March 2020, when Lee Lesisko was hired as the new superintendent.

Lesisko’s contract had stated that his term would run until June 30, 2023.