Friday, June 18, 1999
List for NCH school leader down to 3
BY BERNIE MIXON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
NORTH COLLEGE HILL — The North College Hill Board of Education will meet Monday to conduct interviews with three final candidates for superintendent.
Superintendent Stanley Wernz, who has been with the district more than 30 years, announced this year his decision to retire in January.
The board met in a special session Wednesday to reduce the candidates from five to three. The board has set a July 1 deadline to name a replacement for Mr. Wernz.
The three candidates are:
• Robert Hoover, superintendent of Bright schools in Mowrystown, Ohio.
• Randy Stortz, superintendent of the Wilmington, Ohio, schools.
• Gary Gellert, principal at North College Hill High School.
Characteristics that made them stand out were “their experience and the attitude they brought to help us get out of academic watch,” board member Jean Parmenter said.
After advertising the position this spring, the district received 16 applications, which were reduced to seven. Five candidates were interviewed. The other two withdrew.
A citizen's committee also conducted interviews with the five candidates. Input from the committee was forwarded to the board of education which used it in making their decisions.
Ultimately, the board is looking for someone to have a strong vision about the future of the district, Mrs. Parmenter said.
“We definitely want someone who has a definite plan of action as far as our academics and achievement scores,” she said.
The board also wants the new superintendent to be visible in the community, to attend PTA meetings and have a good relationship with city government and the police department.
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