Superintendent Heidrich selected as finalist for superintendent position in Cedar Springs

Karl Heidrich, Superintendent of Stockbridge Community Schools

by Patrice Johnson

The article below contains excerpts from an article by Judy Reed, reprinted with permission from the Cedar Springs Post.

According to the Cedar Springs Post, “the Cedar Springs Board of Education met Friday evening, May 18, at 6 p.m., to review over 29 applications for the Superintendent position.”

After returning from closed session, where board members asked questions of Gary Rider of the Michigan Leadership Institute, “who is leading the search,” they moved back into open session. Then the “board decided on three candidates to interview in a public meeting on June 8, in the Hilltop board room.”

Three finalists were listed as follows:

Karl Heidrich, Superintendent at Stockbridge Community Schools, will interview at 5 p.m.

Scott Smith, Asst. Superintendent at Hudsonville Public Schools, will interview at 6:30 p.m.

John B. VanLoon, Superintendent at Ravenna Public Schools, will interview at 8 p.m.”

During an interview with Stockbridge Community News, Superintendent Heidrich emphasized that he is content at Stockbridge Community Schools and has yet to make any decisions.

“We will see what happens,” he said. “These are long processes.”

In addition to the June 8 public meeting interview, Heidrich referenced July 12 as another critical date in the selection process.

The Cedar Springs Post published a photo and biography of each of the three finalists. Below is the bio as published regarding Superintendent Heidrich:

“Heidrich has been Superintendent at Stockbridge Community Schools, a school with just over 1,400 students located between Lansing and Ann Arbor, since May of 2014. Prior to that, he was high school principal at Stockbridge from 2000 to 2013; and assistant high school principal there from 1999 to 2000. From 1995 to 1999, he was a teacher and athletic director at Deerfield Public Schools. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Hillsdale College in 1995; a Masters of Education in Educational Administration in 1997 from the University of Toledo; a Specialist of Arts in Educational Leadership from Siena Heights University in 2004; and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership at Eastern Michigan University.”

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