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School board poised to pick superintendent Interim leader Erin Kane did not make the list of three finalists BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Douglas County School Board is expected to announce its choice for the permanent superintendent position this week, paring down a list of three finalists. Erin Kane, who has served as interim superintendent for nearly two school years, is not among the finalists for the job that became available after the departure of Elizabeth Fagen in July 2016. School board President David Ray said he could not comment on why Kane wasn’t selected as a finalist, but he commended her work in the school district over the past 18 months. The three finalists — each a superintendent for a district much smaller than the Douglas County School District — have “unique” skill sets, talents and gifts that will help the district move forward, he said. “In our interviews with them, we really felt that they were very passionate and knew Douglas County well. All of them did their research,” Ray said. “They weren’t just looking for another superintendent position. They were looking for Douglas County — they wanted to be in Douglas County.” According to a March 29 email to Douglas County families from Ray, the three finalists to lead the district of 68,000 students are: • Educational specialist Karen Brofft, superintendent of the Lewis-Palmer School District in Monument. She has 28 years of experience in Colorado school districts, including 20 years in Douglas County. • Daniel Clemens, superintendent of North Kansas City Schools in Kansas City, Missouri. He has 23 years of experience serving in Missouri public school systems. • Thomas Tucker, superintendent of Princeton City Schools in Cincinnati. He has 29 years of experience serving in the Kansas and Ohio public school systems.
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