Here are the top candidates to be the new superintendent of Phenix City Schools

Mark Rice
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Three months after the search for a new superintendent of Phenix City Schools reopened, the names of the top four candidates have been announced. And they will be interviewed in public.

The specific dates, times and locations for those interviews haven’t been released, but the Phenix City Board of Education plans to interview the following candidates April 10-13:

  • Elgin Dixon of Dublin, Georgia. Dixon is a retired superintendent of Twiggs County Public Schools in Jefferson, Georgia.

  • Don McPherson of Cullman, Alabama. McPherson is a consultant for the Walker County Board of Education in Jasper, Alabama. He previously was superintendent of the Coffee County Schools System in Elba, Alabama.

  • Janet Sherrod of Northport, Alabama. Sherrod is executive director of learning supports for Tuscaloosa City Schools.

  • Nathan Walters of Phenix City. Walters is operations director for Phenix City Schools.

The PCBOE reopened its superintendent search in December when, a week after selecting Huntsville City Schools deputy superintendent Clarence Sutton Jr., the board announced he had decided to not become the next leader of PCS as they failed to agree on a contract.

Darrell Seldon, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in PCS, has been the school system’s interim superintendent since Randy Wilkes ended his eight-year tenure June 30 to lead a new school system in Alabama. The Orange Beach Board of Education unanimously approved the hiring of Wilkes on June 7 to be the Gulf Coast resort city’s first superintendent.