Audubon Community School District Superintendent Brett Gibbs reports that at a Special Board meeting this (Wednesday) morning, the Audubon School Board approved the hiring of Eric Trager, currently the 5 – 12 Principal in Audubon as the new Superintendent of Schools.  Mr. Trager will be shared between the Audubon and Coon Rapids – Bayard School Districts, continuing the sharing agreement that has been in place for the past three years. He will succeed Gibbs, who is retiring at the end of the current school year.

The Board had received 13 applications for the position, and narrowed their choices down to five finalists before re-interviewing some of the candidates on Dec. 19th.