WOODLAND PARK • The Woodland Park RE-2 School District Board of Education has hired Dr. Mathew Neal as its new superintendent.
The decision, made at the board s March 10 meeting, followed months of combing through applications and conducting interviews to find a successor for Steve Woolf, who agreed to a contract termination at the end of November after an incident involving his arrest for driving under the influence in August.
After announcing Neal’s finalist status, the board went into an executive session to discuss contract negotiations.
Neal currently serves as superintendent of the American Creativity Academy in Hawalli, Kuwait.
A native of Fort Collins, Neal earned a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Change from the University of Southern California, a master s from Colorado State University, and a bachelor s degree from Mississippi College.