On March 11, 2024, South-Western City Schools superintendent Dr. Bill Wise announced his intention to retire resulting in an anticipated vacancy in the position starting August 1, 2024. As the district administration and Board of Education work collaboratively to find our school system's next educational leader and superintendent of schools, this landing page serves as a means to keep our stakeholders informed throughout the process.
Whether you are a student or parent, staff member, community member, or prospective applicant, our Superintendent Search resource page is your resource during and throughout our search. Stay tuned for regular updates to the timeline below to include information regarding stakeholder engagement opportunities for valued feedback to help guide the process.
For prospective applicants, for more information about the South-Western City School District read more about the District in our 2023 Annual Report (
click here) and the Superintendent Search Brochure (
click here).
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Superintendent Search Timeline
For a review of Board minutes from past meetings, please visit our board docs webpage at the link here.
March 11, 2024
At the March 11 regular meeting of the Board of Education, superintendent Dr. Bill Wise announced his intent to retire. Read the release here. Following the retirement announcement, the board discussed hearing from superintendent search firms on March 20. The March 20 date had been previously earmarked as a special meeting date on February 21, 2023 for the purposes of discussing board policies. In lieu of creating a second date, the March 20 date was set aside to now encompass presentations from superintendent search firms.
March 20, 2024
At the March 20 special meeting of the Board of Education, district leadership engaged in presentations from search firms as to various approaches of how a search may be conducted. After further deliberation, the Board identified K-12 Consulting as the district's search firm to lead recruitment, hiring, and advertising efforts for the superintendent vacancy by board action. Further, the Board identified a maximum cap of $75,000 for such search services for FY24.
April 1, 2024
At the April 1 special meeting of the Board of Education, district leadership met with K-12 Consulting to discuss posting, application, and stakeholder feedback timelines.
April 3, 2024
Posting of the superintendent’s position went live on SWCSD.us and various other school administrator hiring sites.
April 8-18, 2024
Community survey window opened April 8 and runs through April 18 for stakeholder feedback regarding the superintendent search.
April 15, 16, 17, 18, 2024
In-person Superintendent Search Profile meetings were held. This data was used to create the Superintendent Search Profile (Deadline for questionnaires April 19, 2024).
April 22, 2024
Results from Search Profile meetings presented by K-12 Business Consulting at the April 22, 2024 regular meeting of the South-Western City School District Board of Education.
May 17, 2024
Deadline for all prospective superintendent candidates to submit required application materials.
May 22, 2024
Candidate screening meeting(s) with the Board of Education (Executive Session)
May 28-29, 2024
First round interviews. (Executive Session)
June 3 and 4, 2024
Second round interviews with staff and community “Meet and Greet” for final candidates
June 8, 2024
Anticipated date of hire for new superintendent.
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Community Feedback: Superintendent Profile Open Houses
During the hiring process, it is vital to hear from members of the South-Western City School District (SWCSD) community regarding their values, hopes, and dreams for the next superintendent. For that reason, K-12 Business Consulting and SWCSD hosted two community feedback sessions for parents and community members to share their valued input. Such feedback was be used by K-12 Business Consulting to develop a profile for prospective applicants so they are aware of the needs of our community. Independent of these community forums, K-12 Business Consulting also met with staff from across the district in small town-hall like forums in each department/building.
Superintendent Search Community Profile events will be held for the community to attend on :
- Night No. 1 was at the new South-Western Career Academy Event Center (4750 Big Run South, Grove City, OH 43123) at 6:30 p.m. on April 16, 2024
- Night No. 2 was at Prairie Norton Elementary School (105 Norton Rd, Columbus, OH 43228) at 6:30 p.m. on April 18, 2024
Superintendent Search Profile - New April 22, 2024
Following a number of feedback opportunities offered to stakeholders, that feedback was captured in the form of an overarching District Profile put together by K-12 Business Consulting and available to the public at the link below.
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For Prospective Applicants: The Application
Whether you are an applicant yourself, or are a stakeholder curious about the expectations of the position, click the link here to be taken to the application page.
The deadline for applicants to apply is May 17.