Columbus schools ask for community input on next leader
The Columbus Municipal School District is moving forward in its search for a new superintendent, with a public meeting scheduled tonight to solicit feedback on the qualities the community would like to see in the city schools’ next leader.
Columbus schools seek community input on next superintendent
Columbus Municipal School District’s search for a new superintendent officially begins on Sept. 13.
Our View: A troubling campaign
If you have your eye on the Columbus Municipal School District lately, you might think the superintendent position is up for election.
Columbus schools hire firm that lured away Phillips
The Columbus Municipal School District took the next step this week in its search for a new superintendent, voting to hire the same national consultant firm that necessitated the search in the first place.
Community says goodbye to Phillips
Emotions were high Monday afternoon at Columbus Middle School as colleagues, supporters, friends and family gathered to pay tribute and say goodbye to Dr. Del Phillips, former superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District.
Columbus schools to hire firm for superintendent search
The search continues for a new superintendent to lead the Columbus Municipal School District following the resignation of former superintendent Dr. Del Phillips last month.
Our View: The school board’s tough new homework: Finding Phillips’ successor
The Columbus Municipal School District is ending its chapter of the Del Phillips era. The 39-year-old Phillips is moving on, taking the reins of the 28,000-student Sumner County School District, north of Nashville, Tenn., in June.
Columbus school board accepts Phillips’ resignation
The Columbus Municipal School District formally accepted superintendent Dr. Del Phillips’ resignation in a special meeting Tuesday night at the central office.
Departing Phillips will oversee vastly larger school district in Tennessee
Del Phillips will receive higher pay and oversee a vastly larger district when he makes the move from superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District to the director of schools with the Sumner County Board of Education in Gallatin, Tenn.
Sumner County, Tenn., OKs four-year contract for Phillips
Del Phillips is officially headed to Tennessee. The Sumner County, Tenn., school board voted Monday night to OK a four-year contract with the Columbus school superintendent, who reports to work in June.
Tennessee school board could approve Phillips’ contract tonight
Columbus Municipal School District superintendent Del Phillips could know by tonight whether or not he will be offered a new job as director of the Sumner County Board of Education in Gallatin, Tenn.
Phillips’ leaving called ‘great loss’ for Columbus
Mayor Robert Smith said Friday morning that it will be “a great loss” if Columbus Municipal School District Superintendent Del Phillips accepts a position with the Sumner County, Tenn., Board of Education, which unanimously named him its top candidate for superintendent.
Columbus schools’ Phillips top candidate for Tennessee post
Columbus Schools Superintendent Del Phillips is the top candidate for director of schools in Sumner County, Tenn., a Tennessee newspaper reported.
School superintendents face tough challenges
The departure of Steve Montgomery as West Point Schools superintendent after four years is lamentable, but right on schedule, according to recent education studies.