NLRSD Selects 5 Candidates for Superintendent

Thursday night in a Special Board of Education meeting the North Little Rock Board of Education unanimously voted to interview the following five candidates for Superintendent of Schools in the North Little Rock School District:
 
Bobby Acklin, Assistant Superintendent of Schools
North Little Rock School District, NLR, Arkansas
 
Rhonda Dickey, Administrative Director of Secondary Schools
North Little Rock School District, NLR, Arkansas
 
Kelly Rodgers, Superintendent of Schools
Terrell Independent School District, Terrell, Texas
 
Dr. Belinda Shook, Superintendent of Schools
Beebe School District, Beebe, Arkansas
 
Dr. Larry E. Smith, Superintendent of Schools
White Hall School District, White Hall, Arkansas
 
Interviews will be held for in-house candidates, Bobby Acklin and Rhonda Dickey, on Jan 15 and 16.

The three interviews for the remaining out-of-house candidates will be conducted Jan. 23-25.

Ken Kirspel, Superintendent of Schools in the North Little Rock School District announced in December of 2010 that he would be retiring from the District at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.

The North Little Rock Board of Education hired McPherson and Jacobson in the spring of 2012 to conduct the superintendent search.