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Big hire in Carolina tops this week’s list of new superintendents

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The most notable hire over the last week saw named the new superintendent of the Wake County Public School System, North Carolina’s largest district.

Robert P. Taylor
Robert P. Taylor

Taylor was briefly the state superintendent of education in his home state of Mississippi and served 10 years as superintendent of Bladen County Schools in North Carolina. He has also worked in administrative positions at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Clinton City Schools and Cumberland County Schools.

is the finalist to become the next superintendent of Georgetown ISD in Texas. Padavil, who had been the superintendent of Taylor ISD since 2021, has also been an administrator in Fort Bend and Leander ISDs.


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And in Kentucky, will become superintendent of his alma mater, Elizabethtown Independent School District, after having led Logan County Schools for seven years. Mullins was named superintendent of the year by the Kentucky Educational Development Cooperative in 2022.

Finally, has been named superintendent of the New Castle Area School District in Pennsylvania after leading the Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District for 11 years, the New Castle News reports.

More new hires

  • , Millcreek Township School District (Pennsylvania)
  • , Devils Lake Public Schools (North Dakota)
  • , Santa Fe Trail USD 434 (Kansas)
  • , Glide School District (Oregon)
  • , Girard School District(Pennsylvania)
  • , Gold-Burg ISD (Texas)
  • Marlboro County School District (South Carolina)
  • , Plum Borough School District (Pennsylvania)
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of District 91心頭istration and a life-long journalist. Prior to writing for District 91心頭istration he worked in daily news all over the country, from the NYC suburbs to the Rocky Mountains, Silicon Valley and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He's also in a band.

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