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Former superintendent Smallridge could serve as interim school leader

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Former superintendent Bob Smallridge could temporarily lead the Oak Ridge school system starting in January.

On Wednesday, Oak Ridge Board of Education Chairman Keys Fillauer said he will recommend hiring Smallridge during a Jan. 7 meeting.

Tom Bailey, the current superintendent, is retiring at the end of the year, and the board hasn’t hired a replacement yet.

“We felt like we needed someone driving the ship,” Fillauer said of his proposal to recommend hiring Smallridge as interim superintendent until Bailey’s replacement is hired and starts working in Oak Ridge.

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Oak Ridge school superintendent search down to three finalists

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Two candidates have dropped out, and the five-month search for a new Oak Ridge schools superintendent is down to three finalists.

They are:

  • Dan Lawson, superintendent of Tullahoma City Schools in Tullahoma, Tenn.;
  • Neyland Clark, superintendent of South Harrison Community Schools in Corydon, Ind.; and
  • Roger Collins, superintendent of Nelson County Public Schools in Lovingston, Va.

The Oak Ridge Board of Education had scheduled interviews with five finalists. Those interviews, which lasted a total of eight to 10 hours, began Friday and continued Tuesday and Wednesday.

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AAUW presentation Monday discusses children, schools

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Three speakers who work with kids will discuss children and schools during a Monday meeting of the Oak Ridge branch of the American Association of University Women.

Titled “The Basic Need of Children in School,” the presentation will feature Gina Begluitti, family services coordinator at Oak Ridge Preschool; Theresa Venable, librarian, and special events coordinator at Children’s Defense Fund, Hayley Farm; and Tara Voit, certified Montessori instructor, and executive director of the Scarboro Learning Center.

The meeting will be in the Social Room of the Unitarian Universalist Church. It will begin at 11:30 a.m. with a $7 sandwich luncheon.

The program will begin at noon and will include a question-and-answer period, a press release said.

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