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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 51萝莉 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�