The Audubon Community School District’s Board of Education, Monday night, tabled the hiring of a superintendent to succeed Brett Gibbs, who retires at the end of the current school year. Gibbs said the decision is not something the Board takes lightly. They’ll follow up on a couple of interviews Wednesday (12/19) and hope to make their decision sometime soon thereafter.”

There were originally 13 applicants for the Superintendent’s job in Audubon. Those were narrowed down to five finalists for interviews. They included: Eric Trager, Audubon 5th-12th grade Principal; Dennis McClain, current shared Superintendent/Elementary Principal for the Clay Center Everly Community Schools; Michael Still, Secondary Principal for the Lenox Community School District; Jeff Privia, Elementary Principal for the Underwood Community School District, and Cory Lahndorf, PK-12 Principal for the HLV Community School District, in Victor.

Once the final choice is made, Gibbs said they’ll hold a public meeting and vote. The Audubon School Board chose not to hire a search firm for the job of finding a Superintendent. Instead, they relied in-part on Gibbs’ experience in guiding them. In other business, the Audubon School Board approved three Early Retirement Applications: Randy Spies, Roxanne Hansen and Jo Littleton.

(9-a.m. News)