'It's My Dream Job:' Richards Welcomes D218 Veteran As New Principal

OAK LAWN, IL — Richards High School welcomed a new principal when students returned last week for the start of the 2024-2025 school year. A veteran CHSD 218 educator, MaLinda Majoch succeeds Mike Jacobson, who has accepted the position of executive director of Student, Family and Community Engagement for District 218.

A former associate principal at Eisenhower High School, Majoch returns to Richards where she started her career with CHSD 218 as a social worker at Richards in 2003. To Majoch, ascending to the position of principal of D218 high school is her “dream job.”

"It is a privilege to be able to return to Richards after ten years and serve as the principal,” said Majoch, who resides in Evergreen Park. “It is a fantastic school and my intention is to provide an optimal learning experience for the students and a supporting environment for staff. It’s an exciting opportunity to build upon the strong foundation and history that makes Richards special.”

In 2007, she oversaw the Small Learning Community at Richards before being named the assistant principal of Attendance, Discipline and Special Education in 2009.

Majoch became the director of Community and Grants before assuming the role of associate principal, most recently, at Eisenhower.