The St Joseph School District hopes to find a retired superintendent to serve on an interim basis while the school board searches for a permanent replacement
for Dr. Fred Czerwonka.

Board members said they hope to find potential candidates this week, interview them by the end of next week, and hire someone in two to three weeks.

Dr. Czerwonka submitted his resignation on Friday.  The Board of Education held an emergency meeting Monday to formally accept the resignation.

Dr. Czerwonka’s resignation capped off a tumultuous career in the St Joseph School District.  His resignation came on the heels of an auditor’s report that gave the district a rating of poor.   In the aftermath of that report, the district fired Dr. Czerwonka and another top administrator, and demoted a third.  The man acting as superintendent has taken work in Arkansas and will leave the district.

Associate Superintendent Jake Long, who has been acting superintendent, will leave at the end of the school year to take a job closer to his home town.

Chief Financial Officer Rick Hartigan was fired and Human Resources Director Doug Flowers was demoted.