Several former superintendents found new homes as central office turnover is outlasting the 2023-24 school year.
is taking the helm at the Gary Community School Corporation in Indiana after having previously served as superintendent of Hamilton Southeastern Schools and assistant superintendent of the School Town of Munster.
“The school board, district staff, families, community and state leaders are dedicated to eliminating the effects of structural and systemic inequities that negatively impact students,” Stokes said on the district’s Facebook page. “These efforts resonate with me because I am passionate about breaking down barriers and creating access and opportunity for all our students to be successful.”
will lead the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District in California after serving as dual superintendent for the Amador County Office of Education and Amador County USD. Gibson has spent nine years as a superintendent. In New York, Superintendent is moving to the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District from the Fort Edward Union Free School District.
, an educational consultant who has been superintendent in rural school districts in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, and Shawano, Wisconsin, was named the next superintendent of The School District of Sevastopol in Wisconsin.
First-time superintendents
Dorchester County Public Schools in Maryland promoted Interim Superintendent to the full-time position. Thompson was previously Dorchester’s assistant superintendent. In the same state, , currently a principal in Baltimore County, was appointed the next superintendent of Kent County Public Schools.
Lawrence County Schools in Kentucky has promoted its chief academic officer and a member of its class of 1989, , to become its next superintendent. Webb also worked as an administrator in Paintsville Independent Schools. Ohio’s South-Western City School District has tapped Worthington City Schools Assistant Superintendent as its next leader. Banks spent 13 years as a Worthington administrator after serving as a middle school principal in the South-Western City School District.
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Two Michigan districts hired first-time leaders. East Jordan Public Schools has picked , a principal in a nearby district, and Onsted Community Schools has tapped Jonathan Royce, also a principal in another district.
Back east, Pennsylvania’s Millersburg Area Board of School District has picked its next superintendent, , a former special education teacher and administrator. The Bolivar-Richburg Central School District in New York promoted the principal of its high school/middle school, , to superintendent.
More new hires
- , Clyde CISD (Texas)
- , Douglas County School District (Nevada)
- , Washington Local Schools (Ohio)
- , Litchfield CUSD #12 (Illinois)
- , Hampshire Regional School District (Massachusetts)
- , Live Oak School District (California)
- , Merced City School District (California)
- , Black River Local Schools (Ohio)
- , Bloomfield Hills Schools (Michigan)
Superintendent turnover: Departures
- has resigned as CEO and superintendent of the Capital School District (Delaware).
- will retire from Rabun County Schools (Georgia) on Sept. 30.
- is retiring from the Canon-McMillan School District (Pennsylvania) after holding the position for 13 years.
- has resigned as superintendent of the Winston-Dillard School District (Oregon) to become interim superintendent of the Silver Falls School District.
- was fired as superintendent of New Lothrop Area Public Schools (Michigan), WJRT ABC 12 reported.
