News : Vinton-Shellsburg Announces Finalists for Superintendent Interviews

The Vinton-Shellsburg Board of Education is pleased to announce that they have selected 3 candidates to interview for their superintendent vacancy. The second candidate, who will interview on Monday, February 10th is:

• Mr. Kyle Koeppen, Cedar Rapids, IA

Interviews will be conducted on the 6th, 10th and 11th of February. Numerous stakeholder groups will have the opportunity to meet the final candidates and submit input to the board about each of them. The board intends to make its selection on February 11th.

Vinton-Shellsburg retained the services of McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C. to assist in conducting their search. The consultants reviewed, screened, and conducted extensive background checks on 27 applicants in Iowa and across the nation. On January 29th the consultants presented the applicants to the Board of Education and provided them detailed background information on each applicant. The board selected six candidates as semi-finalists.

On February 1st the Board of Education interviewed the six semi-finalists, choosing three of them on February 3rd to advance to the final interviews. The names of the other finalist will be released in a subsequent release.

To learn more about the Vinton-Shellsburg Community School district, please visit www.vscsd.org. Additional information about the selection process for the superintendent can be found by following this link: bit.ly/3bei82T