Superintendents are on the move in Georgia and Texas, where leaders with nearly 80 years of K12 experience are preparing to say goodbye.
Noris Price, who has been superintendent of Georgia’s Baldwin County School District since 2014, plans to retire at the end of the school year, according to local press reports. The district’s high school graduation rate surged from 66% to 88% during Price’s 10 years at the helm. She also helped obtain over $10 million in grant funds, the charter system says on its website.
In 2022, Price, who has been an educator for 40 years, was named Georgia Superintendent of the Year and was a finalist for national Superintendent of the Year. She previously served as deputy and associate superintendent in the Clarke County School District and as a principal in Fulton County Schools.
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In Texas, Scott Muri is retiring after five years leading the Ector County Independent School District. He will remain with the district as superintendent emeritus until January. Keeley Boyer, the district’s chief of schools, has been named interim superintendent.
“Serving the children, staff, and community of Ector County ISD is one of the greatest experiences of my life,” Ector said on the district’s Facebook page. “Nothing compares to the joy and excitement that the process of learning creates. It is absolutely magical.”
Muri was also superintendent of Spring Branch ISD for four years and an administrator in Georgia’s Fulton County Schools and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina.
Superintendents on the move: New hires
The past week was one of the quietest for hiring in quite a while. Tawas Area Schools in Michigan hired its first female superintendent when it promoted its high school principal, Sarah Danek, to the top spot, the Iosco County News-Herald reported.
In West Virginia, Mason County Schools promoted its director of elementary educator, Melissa Farmer, to superintendent, according to the River Cities Tribune & Register.
