The USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education has a special meeting coming Wednesday, and now it’s looking for two key administrative leaders instead of one.
The board was already planning to get an update from the Kansas Association of School Boards on the search for a new superintendent with the recent retirement announcement from longtime superintendent Mike Argabright. The board now has to find a principal at Olpe schools. Principal Shane Clark tells KVOE News he is pursuing other opportunities and will leave his post in June.
Argabright, the 2023 Superintendent of the Year, is retiring at the end of the academic year in June after leading the district for 16 years. Clark, meanwhile, had been connected to Olpe schools for 14 years and had been a candidate for the USD 251 North Lyon County superintendent position before the district selected Bob Blair to replace then-interim superintendent Mike Mathes.
Wednesday’s meeting is at 4 pm at the USD 252 board office in Hartford.
