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Superintendent turnover: Lots of new hires, just a few departures

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Several superintendents are relocating this week as steady turnover continues from coast to coast.

Bill Thorpe
Bill Thorpe

In Kentucky, Superintendent is leaving Trigg County Public Schools to lead Marshall County Schools, a district where he was previously an administrator. Warren Consolidated Schools in Michigan has chosen its next superintendent, , currently chief of Walled Lake Consolidated School District.

Superintendent is moving to the San Ramon Valley Unified School District in California after leading Fremont USD since 2020. Cammack also served as superintendent of Martinez USD in the San Francisco Bay Area. , currently Superintendent of Davis Public Schools in Oklahoma, will helm the Durant Independent School District in the same state.

Ashley Whitely
Ashley Whitely

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First-time superintendent will take the reins at Lakota Local Schools in Ohio after serving as an assistant superintendent at Wyoming City Schools since 2018. She was formerly an administrator at Lakota East High School.

has been selected to lead the Coos Bay School District in Oregon, his hometown, after having been the associate superintendent in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Alaska. Ainsworth was briefly hired as the superintendent of North Thurston Public Schools in Washington. The Auburn Union School District in Northern California has hired as its next superintendent. She is currently the assistant superintendent of educational services in the Loomis Union School District.

Terra Hancock
Terra Hancock

Union County Public Schoolsin Kentucky has tapped as its next superintendent. Hancock, currently the assistant superintendent of secondary instruction and director of pupil personnel, has served the district for 19 years as a teacher, counselor, principal and administrator. And in Ohio, Copley-Fairlawn City Schools has named Assistant Superintendent its next leader.

More new hires

  • , Harrison County School District (Mississippi)
  • , Charles City Community School District (Iowa)
  • , Alexandria Central School District
  • , Bellevue Community School District (Iowa)
  • , New York Mills Public School (Minnesota)
  • , Leechburg Area School District (Pennsylvania)
  • , Columbia Gorge Education Service District (Oregon)
  • , Higley Unified School District (Arizona)
  • , Muenster ISD (Texas)
  • , Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools (Wisconsin)
  • , Stone County School District (Mississippi)

Superintendent turnover: 5 retirements

Several superintendents have in recent weeks announced plans to step down:

  • is retiring from the South Lane School District (Oregon)
  • is retiring from the Canon-McMillan School District (Pennsylvania).
  • will not renew her contract at the Ravenna School District (Ohio).
  • will retire from Calcasieu Parish Public Schools (Louisiana) this summer.
  • will retire from Washington Township Schools (Indiana) at the end of the 2024-25 school year.
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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