With three weeks remaining until the filing deadline, candidate filings have been sparse for city government and school board positions in Baldwin City and Eudo
The Eudora school district has found its next leader.
The school district announced Tuesday that it has selected Stu Moeckel as the district’s new superintendent. Moeckel will take over the position on July 1 and will replace outgoing Superintendent Steve Splichal.
Splichal previously announced that he planned to resign at the end of the school year.
Moeckel, who is currently serving as the superintendent and high school principal for the Madison-Virgil school district in Greenwood County, was one of three candidates considered for the position, the Journal-World previously reported.
“Mr. Moeckel emerged from a very thorough search process as the right candidate to lead Eudora Schools,” Eudora school board President Mark Chrislip said in a news release. “The Board is certain in our choice of Mr. Moeckel, and is confident that under his leadership, Eudora USD 491 (will) continue to be recognized as a top-quality school district.”
Three candidates for Eudora’s superintendent position all of them superintendents from elsewhere in Kansas visited the district this past week, and now it’s up to the Eudora school board to decide which of them will get the job.
During their visits, candidates Darrel Kohlman, Jason Cline and Stu Moeckel each had a daylong tour of the district’s schools, a half-hour meet-and-greet with the public and an interview with the school board in an executive session. Kohlman, superintendent of Nemaha Central school district (Seneca), visited on Wednesday; Cline, of the South Brown County school district (Horton), was on Thursday; and Moeckel, of the Madison-Virgil school district, was on Friday.