Search narrows for Fairfield school chief

from the Cincinnati Enquirer 4/23/07
BY SUE KIESEWETTER ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR

FAIRFIELD – Finalists for superintendent of the Fairfield City School District could be determined later this week.

Today, the Fairfield Board of Education will interview the final two of eight candidates from a field of 22 applicants.

Rob Amodio, Fairfield’s interim assistant superintendent, and Susan Lang, executive director, Ohio Center for Essential School Reform, will meet in a closed door session with the board at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, the board will again meet with Dan Hare, superintendent of the Butler County Education Service Center who is acting as a consultant in the search, to discuss first-round interviews.

Candidates that would be given a second interview could be named as early as Wednesday, Hare said.Those interviewed so far in first round interviews were:
-- Arnol Elam, superintendent of Monroe Schools and Fairfield resident.
-- Barbara Fuerbacher, associate superintendent, Hamilton Schools.
-- Lon Stettler, assistant superintendent, Princeton Schools.
-- William Harbron, superintendent, Northern Ozaukee Schools, Wisconsin.
-- Eric Ely, Schenectady Schools, New York.
-- Thomas Maher, schoolwide assistance teams director, Florida Department of Education