The USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education now has a roadmap toward securing a new leader.
Board members convened for a special meeting in Hartford Monday evening to lay out the framework as it begins the search for its next superintendent. In a news release from Board President Emily Darbyshire, she states the board met with Kansas Association of School Boards Assistant Executive Director of Leadership Britton Hart during the meeting.
The purpose was to begin identifying suitable candidates to fill the soon-to-be vacant superintendent role following the retirement of longtime superintendent Mike Aragabright at the end of the academic year. Details on those conversations or any potential candidates have not been divulged.
Darbyshire says the board will be looking to engage the community for input as the selection process unfolds. The district has declined any additional comment on the process at this time.
KVOE has reached out to Hart for additional perspective from the state level.
Argabright has spent more than 40 years in education and has led the district the past 16 years following the tenure of Paul Dorathy.
