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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Board to name Stanic superintendent for 2008-09
The Dayton school board will name Kurt T. Stanic interim superintendent tonight, a transitional post that could last a full school year.
Board President Yvonne Isaacs said Stanic, who last year retired as superintendent of North Olmsted schools near Cleveland, was a unanimous choice.
Three others were interviewed — Jane McGee Rafal, the district’s executive director of elementary education; Norris Brown, recently retired superintendent of Jefferson Twp. schools; and Ronald L. Victor, chief business manager for Toledo Public Schools. Deputy Superintendent Debra Brathwaite declined the position, which was offered to her first before the interviews began.
“I think he is the right guy to get us through this interim period,” Isaacs said. “He is just a great leader. He has fantastic leadership skills and is very strategic in his thinking.”
With a levy try expected in November, Isaacs said the board does not expect to begin its national search to replace outgoing Superintendent Percy Mack until 2009. Stanic, she said, has offered to work without a contract and leave whenever a permanent replacement for Mack is picked.
Mack leaves June 30 to take over the superintendency of Columbia, S.C., schools. Stanic, who has an undergraduate degree from Wittenberg University in Springfield, has twice retired from superintendent jobs. He served as a superintendent in Black River Schools before moving to Euclid. After retiring as superintendent in Euclid, he moved to North Olmsted from 2002 to 2007 before retiring again.
“He has lots of experience in urban districts and districts that have been changing in terms of demographics and economics,” Isaacs said. “He is supportive of teachers, but holds people accountable for performance. He seems to be a very good overall manager.
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