When Summer Schultz, the former superintendent of the Dell Rapids School District left and accepted the role of superintendent in Brookings, it set off a chain reaction of superintendents and administrators shuffling around school districts.
After the former superintendent of Brookings resigned in March, Schultz accepted the position and officially transferred to Brookings in July. This left a hole in the Dell Rapids School District, which was filled by Donovan DeBoer, who served as the Parker superintendent for nine years. The Parker position was then filled by Janelle Johnson, the current elementary school principal in Parker. Johnson will be performing both roles for the upcoming school year.
“We have great people but we have to continue to create a relationship amongst those in the state that we support school superintendents,” Schultz said. “We need to unite on a state-level, we need to make South Dakota a place where superintendents want to stay, where they feel valued and respected.”
