Fairfield schools moves forward with superintendent search

(Fairfield) –Fairfield Area School District approved Karen Kugler’s application to be the district’s next superintendent at a school board meeting April 13.

The application was approved by a 5-2 vote, Kugler said.

Kugler, who currently serves as the district’s substitute superintendent, will be interviewed in the coming months, she said.

Kugler’s title is not considered to be “acting supervisor” because she took over the position without the normal protocol for appointing a superintendent, Kugler said.

“I haven’t been given a timeline for how the process will work,” Kugler said.

Before accepting the role of substitute superintendent in December, Kugler was the director of special education and the coordinator of special programs. While she still performs those duties now, the district would look to fill that position if Kugler was hired as a full-time superintendent, she said.

“My goal is to put students first,” Kugler said. “Their needs come first in all of my decision making.”

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