Former Bushland superintendent John Lemons will take the helm of the Clarendon Independent School District on an interim basis when Monty Hysinger leaves for Dumas in January.
CISD Trustees hired Lemons last Thursday, November 20, after meeting with him in closed session for about an hour.
Lemons will also assist the district with its search for a new superintendent for a fee of $4,000. Hysinger is leaving the position after 16 years.
Lemons said he will work with Hysinger to get the job posted and suggested a closing date of December 19 for accepting applications. The interim superintendent will then review the applications over the holidays, and the board will plan a December 29 meeting to review applications also.
The district would then start the interview process during the first week of January, according to Lemons.
Hysinger told the Enterprise that the district plans to have a public forum on Monday, December 8, at 6:30 p.m. to take feedback on what residents what to see in the next school superintendent.
CISD is also conducting online surveys of employees and residents ahead of the public forum to help guide the selection process. That survey is available on the school’s homepage at www.clarendonisd.net.
In other school business, CISD Trustees approved an application to request a Maximum Class Size Exception Waiver from the state. In the last couple of weeks, both Kindergarten classes have taken new students and now have enrollments of 23 students each, which is one student over the maximum class size of 22.
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