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StumbleuponDayton schools picks interim superintendent
Appointee 'has lots of experience in urban districts and districts that have been changing."
Friday, June 20, 2008
DAYTON — The Dayton school board on Thursday night, June 19, named Kurt T. Stanic interim superintendent, a transitional post that could last a full school year.
Stanic, who last year retired as superintendent of North Olmsted schools near Cleveland, was a unanimous choice, board President Yvonne Isaacs said.
"I think he is the right guy to get us through this interim period," she said. "He is just a great leader. He has fantastic leadership skills and is very strategic in his thinking."
With a levy try expected in November, Isaacs said the board does not expect to begin its national search to replace outgoing Superintendent Percy Mack until 2009. Stanic, she said, has offered to work without a contract and leave whenever a permanent replacement is picked.
Mack leaves June 30 to take over the superintendency of Columbia, S.C., schools.
Stanic, who has an undergraduate degree from Wittenberg University in Springfield, has twice retired from superintendent jobs. He served as a superintendent in Black River Schools before moving to Euclid. After retiring as superintendent in Euclid, he moved to North Olmsted from 2002 to 2007 before retiring again.
"He has lots of experience in urban districts and districts that have been changing in terms of demographics and economics," Isaacs said. "He is supportive of teachers, but holds people accountable for performance. He seems to be a very good overall manager.
Dayton Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Debra Brathwaite declined the position, which was offered to her first before the interviews began.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2485 or selliott@DaytonDailyNews.com.
