After two nights of meetings, the School Board for the Pulaski County Special School District decided on Monday to hire Jeff Senn, below, as the new superintendent.
This is Senn’s third time to be hired by PCSSD in a leadership role, as he was previously principal at Maumelle and North Pulaski high schools.
Senn left Maumelle in 2021 to become superintendent at Lonoke School District, a position he currently holds.
“I’m looking forward to building new relationships with the new staff who started since I’ve been gone,” Senn said. “And I’m ready to strengthen relationships with those I worked with previously when I was here.”
Senn, who has been in education for four decades, has been a teacher, coach and administrator, at, among others Hamburg and Mayflower, before going to PCSSD in 2009.
He was the final principal at the now closed North Pulaski High School before taking the same role at Maumelle.
Senn will start on July 1 and was given a three-year contract by the board in a unanimous 7-0 vote.
His annual salary will be $274,500 plus a vehicle allowance and the normal package of benefits in terms of insurance and retirement.
“Whether our students choose to go to a university, a trade school, or directly into the workforce, we’re going to focus on all the individual needs,” Senn said. “It’s about providing those opportunities for the kids so they know they have a future that fits them best.”
There were five other finalists for the position Senn was hired for.
They, in alphabetical order, were:
Tracy Allen, currently the principal at Sylvan Hills High School and former principal at North Little Rock High School.
Brett Bunch, currently the superintendent at Brookland School District in northeast Arkansas.
Dr. Jonathan Crossley, currently the superintendent at Hope School District and a former principal in the Little Rock School District.
Dr. Jerry Gibson, currently a consultant and a former superintendent at several districts in Texas.
Dr. Sonya Whitfield, currently the Deputy Superintendent of Learning Services at PCSSD and has been with the district since starting as a teacher in 1992.
Former superintendent Jerry Guess is serving as interim and he previously served as superintendent from 2011 to 2017.
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After two nights of meetings, the School Board for the Pulaski County Special School District decided on Monday to hire Jeff Senn, below, as the new superintendent.
This is Senn’s third time to be hired by PCSSD in a leadership role, as he was previously principal at Maumelle and North Pulaski high schools.
Senn left Maumelle in 2021 to become superintendent at Lonoke School District, a position he currently holds.
“I’m looking forward to building new relationships with the new staff who started since I’ve been gone,” Senn said. “And I’m ready to strengthen relationships with those I worked with previously when I was here.”
Senn, who has been in education for four decades, has been a teacher, coach and administrator, at, among others Hamburg and Mayflower, before going to PCSSD in 2009.
He was the final principal at the now closed North Pulaski High School before taking the same role at Maumelle.
Senn will start on July 1 and was given a three-year contract by the board in a unanimous 7-0 vote.
His annual salary will be $274,500 plus a vehicle allowance and the normal package of benefits in terms of insurance and retirement.
“Whether our students choose to go to a university, a trade school, or directly into the workforce, we’re going to focus on all the individual needs,” Senn said. “It’s about providing those opportunities for the kids so they know they have a future that fits them best.”
There were five other finalists for the position Senn was hired for.
They, in alphabetical order, were:
Tracy Allen, currently the principal at Sylvan Hills High School and former principal at North Little Rock High School.
Brett Bunch, currently the superintendent at Brookland School District in northeast Arkansas.
Dr. Jonathan Crossley, currently the superintendent at Hope School District and a former principal in the Little Rock School District.
Dr. Jerry Gibson, currently a consultant and a former superintendent at several districts in Texas.
Dr. Sonya Whitfield, currently the Deputy Superintendent of Learning Services at PCSSD and has been with the district since starting as a teacher in 1992.
Former superintendent Jerry Guess is serving as interim and he previously served as superintendent from 2011 to 2017.