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Megan Gildow of the News-Sun newspaper in Springfield, Ohio, covers local school districts, their teachers, students and anything in between. Districts she covers include: Springfield City Schools, Clark-Shawnee Local Schools, Northeastern Local Schools, Northwestern Local Schools, Tecumseh Local Schools, Southeastern Local Schools, Greenon Local Schools, Catholic Central Schools, Emmanuel Christian, and area charter schools.

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Springfield announces superintendent pick

By Megan Gildow | Sunday, April 12, 2009, 11:47 PM

A man who began his career in education administration in Springfield, Ill., will take the reigns of another Springfield, board members announced today, April 13.

Board members will vote tonight to hire David Estrop, superintendent of Lakewood City Schools in Cuyahoga County, to be the next city schools’ chief, according to board President Donna Picklesimer.

Estrop, 62, was selected over two other finalists, Butler Technology and Career Development Schools CEO/Superintendent Bob Sommers and Austintown schools Superintendent Douglas Heuer. All three men were interviewed by board members, residents, parents, teachers and staff in recent weeks.

Estrop also was named as one of two finalists for the top job in Cincinnati schools. He was scheduled to interview there this Thursday.

I’ll update as soon as I have more information about what he plans to do about the Cincinnati opening, salary and a starting date. The board meets at 7 p.m. tonight at South High School to vote on the hire.

UPDATE: Picklesimer tells me Estrop will be at tonight’s meeting and plans to withdraw his name from the Cincinnati search today. He will begin in the district Aug. 1, but there will likely be some overlapping during the month of July between him and Interim Superintendent Don Thompson for transitioning, she said.

UPDATE 2.0: My education counterpart (well, one of them) at the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Estrop confirmed his intention to withdraw his name from their search if Springfield approves the contract tonight.

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