Bowling for Supt

only one I applied for"

The selection process picks six individuals and narrow the search to three Bowling made it as the final selection in Maypearl

The Bowlings had just purchased a home in the are and now will be looking to sell it, which is the life of an educator

The highest ladder in the education field in Texas is the superintedent of a school system and Howe's Ritchie Bowling has agreed to become the superintendent of Maypearl ISD Maypearl is a growing 3A school in Ellis County located in the middle of Midlothian, Waxahachie, Hillsboro and Alvarado

Bowling with two young girls thought that now was the time to make the next step in order to have the kids established in a school without a big transition for them later.

"We looked at places that would be good for the girls " said Bowling "There were a couple of school districts that were coming available, but Maypearl was the

Bowling, a Sherman native will have to wait the mandated 21-day period before signing a contract with Maypearl ISD. April 16 will be the next board meeting in which they will vote to offer Bowling a contract.

Prior to coming to Howe in 2005, Bowling was at Lovejoy as the elementary principal He was the elementary principal in Howe for five years before moving to the middle school principal position For the last two years, he has been the assistant superintendent under Kevin Wilson

"It's bittersweet" said Superintendent Wilson "Obviously I'm happy for Ritchie, but it's a big loss to the ISD "

As the assistant superintendent, Bowling's role included federal programs, curricular instruction, and some human resources He replaced Clay Wilson as the assistant superintendent when Wilson decided to go back to the position of middle school principal

Bowling is the first in his family to have a college education and has made a career in educating others

"Our family is very close to this community and our hearts will continue to be no matter where we roam " said Bowling