Superintendent Finalists go before R-II board

MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville R-II Board of Education is holding a series of closed sessions this week to interview finalists seeking the job of district superintendent.

Current Superintendent Larry Linthacum will leave the post at the end of June in order to accept the top administrative position with Jefferson City (Mo.) Public Schools.

R-II School Board President Frank Grispino said Tuesday that 19 educators applied for the superintendent’s job, and that five were to be interviewed behind closed doors this week at the district’s central office adjoining the Maryville High School campus.

Names of the candidates were not released.

The first interview was to take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Subsequent sessions were set for 5 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. on Thursday.

At the R-II board’s last open meeting on Feb. 17, Linthacum said the governing panel could select a new superintendent as soon as Friday. However, Grispino said he was unsure if a decision would be announced this week.