Report: New JCPS Superintendent Selected
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The school board voted on Thursday, but did not name the individual.
The state's largest public school district has reportedly selected its next superintendent. The Courier Journal reports the Jefferson County Board of Education selected Brian Yearwood. In a 5-2 vote, the board voted to allow contract negotiations to begin, although the board has not yet named the finalist.
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Report: New JCPS Superintendent Selected
Clip: Season 3 Episode 257 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
The state's largest public school district has reportedly selected its next superintendent. The Courier Journal reports the Jefferson County Board of Education selected Brian Yearwood. In a 5-2 vote, the board voted to allow contract negotiations to begin, although the board has not yet named the finalist.
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The Courier Journal reports the Jefferson County Board of Education selected Bryan Yearwood for the job in a 5 to 2 vote last night.
The board voted to allow contract negotiations to begin with the finalist, although the board has not yet named the finalists on Facebook.
State Representative Jason Name is a Republican from Jefferson County.
Also said Yearwood is being offered the job.
Yearwood was one of two finalists being considered.
The Trinidad and Tobago native most recently served as superintendent of Columbia Public Schools in Missouri, with less than 20,000 students.
The district is much smaller than JCPs, which has nearly 97,000 students.
The next JCPs superintendent will replace Marty Polio, who is retiring at the end of the month.
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