Two administrators with county connections are candidates for state superintendent

Seven candidates are interviewed to develop into the subsequent superintendent of Michigan of public directions.

The State Board of Training chosen the semi -finalists, together with two with ties of Oakland County, from a discipline of 33 candidates.
The primary is Thomas Ahart, former chief inspector of the DES MOINES, IOWA, Public Faculty System. He was chosen by the Waterford Faculty Board in October 2024 to take over for Scott Lindberg, who retired after 5 years as a superintendent. The 2 events couldn’t attain an settlement on a contract and Ahart went additional to a different place to power the board to reopen their seek for a brand new superintendent.

Adam Martin formally took over because the superintendent of Waterford on 1 July.

The second is Paul Salah, Chief Inspector of Huron Valley Colleges.

He has been the superintendent since 2018 and supervises a district of almost 8,000 college students in 16 colleges.

The board has deliberate interviews with the candidates for public conferences on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday 19 August. Particulars are introduced after they’ve been accomplished.

The board is presently planning to pick out finalists to interview the week of 25 August, with the intention of choosing the popular candidate by 26 August.

State superintendent Michael Rice introduced in April that he’ll retire on 3 October as a State Superintendent. The board is planning to have a brand new superintendent earlier than 4 October.

Initially printed: August 18, 2025 at 11:37 am Edt