EDITOR’S NOTE: A third-grade teacher is a third-grade teacher, whether they’re in Bonners Ferry or Boise. It’s not the same for superintendents, whose tasks may vary from lobbying the Legislature to driving a school bus, depending on the district. That breadth of work makes hiring and retaining superintendents difficult in Idaho.
To illustrate the differences, EdNews spent a day with a superintendent in a small town and a superintendent in a mid-sized, college town.
CRAIGMONT — On most days, it’s easy to find Highland Superintendent Tana Kellogg…