Superintendent hiring did not rest in the days leading up to the big summer holiday as school boards continued to fill vacancies and shuffle their leadership.
Perhaps the most notable hire occurred at North Carolina’s Durham Public Schools, which has hired Anthony S. Lewis as its next leader. Lewis has served as superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools in Kansas since 2018 and was appointed to the Kansas African American Affairs Commission in 2019.
He was previously an administrator in Missouri’s Kansas City Public Schools. “I’m in this work to improve outcomes for all students,” Lewis said on Durham Public Schools’ website.
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Another superintendent on the move is Indiana’s Tara Paul, who will take the helm at the Indianola Community School District after serving as the Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District superintendent. Paul was formerly the curriculum director, ESL coordinator and equity coordinator for Columbus Community Schools.
Denton ISD in Texas has promoted Acting Superintendent Susannah Holbert O’Bara to the full-time position. O’Bara, a district graduate, previously served as Denton ISD’s deputy superintendent and a principal. In New York, James Lupini, a longtime administrator in Depew Central Schools, has been named superintendent of the Newfane Central School District.
And in Connecticut, Suffield Public Schools has chosen as its next superintendent, Matthew H. Dunbar, who is currently an assistant superintendent in Glastonbury Public Schools.
More new superintendent hiring:
- Brian Becher, Ayersville Local Schools (Ohio)
- Stephen Bournés, School City of East Chicago (Indiana)
- Frances Esparza, Coachella Valley Unified School District (California)
- David Foster, Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School District (New York)
- Bill Long, Center Grove Community School Corporation (Indiana)
Superintendent turnover: Departures
- Brian Dunn has resigned from the Pine Bush Central School District (New York).
- David Foster has resigned from the Wellsville Central School District (New York).
- Charles Foust’s contract was terminated by the New Hanover County Schools Board of Education (North Carolina).
- Superintendent Silvia Ibarra will retire from Valley View ISD (Texas) later this summer.
- Monty Sabin has resigned from the Moses Lake School District (Washington).
- Susan Yom and the Nyack Public Schools (New York) have mutually agreed to separate.
