Celine Wicks, the current principal at Strawberry Park Elementary School, has been picked to become the next superintendent of the Steamboat Springs School District. The board of education had chosen to bring in four candidates.
Following Steamboat Springs Superintendent Brad Meeks’ retirement announcement in April, the board of education decided to use a search firm to find both an interim and permanent superintendent for the district.
About 40 Steamboat Springs teachers showed up to the district’s first in-person meeting since early in the pandemic on Monday, March 28, amid ongoing contract negotiations.
Candidates for the Steamboat Springs School District Board of Education were asked what they believe the district’s role should be to address the local child care crisis and how it could try to improve access…
Kim Brack was very involved in the workings of the Steamboat Springs School District before she was elected to the school board. She got to know a lot of the teachers and administration, and eventually, Superintendent Brad Meeks asked her to serve the district’s Strategic Planning Committee.
Ahead of the 2019 school board election, teachers encouraged her to run, telling her she wouldn’t have to spend any money and they would support her in the race.
“If the teachers want you, it is kind of hard to say ‘no,’” said Brack, who ended up winning one of the three four-year terms available that year.