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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
St. Johns County school board unanimously picks new superintendent
The St. Johns County School District has a newly nominated superintendent: Dr. Brennan Asplen, the district's current deputy superintendent of operations. Asplen, who was unanimously selected by the school board, has been working that job since 2023. The school district said he's the only one of the four candidates considered for the superintendent job who has served as a district superintendent in the past. Asplen worked as superintendent for Sarasota County schools between 2020-2023 after a 14-year stint going from job to job in the St. Johns County School District. 'I'm so excited and I so much appreciate the board's confidence in me to move forward,' Asplen told Action News Jax in a phone call less than a half hour after learning he'd been picked. RELATED: St. Johns County School Board hires new superintendent | Who is Brennan Asplen? Action News Jax asked Asplen what his first priorities are when he starts as superintendent. In no particular order, he told us they are building more schools, hiring and retaining more employees, and school safety. Asplen, as deputy superintendent, has already overseen the building of the school district's new K-8 schools, two of which opened last year. Another opens this fall and the other two are set to open in the fall of 2026. Asplen is promising to put together more ways for parents, families and students to weigh in on the building of future schools. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] 'I'm really hoping that the community and parents and students and families and our employees will all be able to come together, collaborate,' Asplen said. Another challenge the school district is facing is finding more employees, especially teachers, to both come and stay for work in St. Johns County. Asplen tells Action News Jax around 5,200 employees have left the district in the last five years and about 4,200 of those hadn't even worked for five years. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] 'We need to really look at what is going on during those first five years and how we can support,' Asplen said. The district said the school board and Asplen will now begin meeting to go over his contract for the superintendent job, which will include the amount he's set to be paid. The contract will go for a final vote by the school board during one of their meetings within the next month, since Asplen is set to start the job by July 1. Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
St. Johns County School Board hires new superintendent
The St. Johns County School Board hired its next superintendent at its meeting Tuesday morning. With a unanimous vote, the board chose Brennan Asplen, the current deputy superintendent of operations for the school district. The new superintendent is expected to start on or before July 1. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
St. Johns County narrows search for next superintendent
St. Johns County School District superintendent finalists went before the school board on Tuesday for in-person interviews. All four of the finalists are local, with experience working for either SJCSD or Duval County Public Schools. The finalists are: Scott Schneider, DCPS Chief of Schools Dr. Brennan Asplen, SJCSD Deputy Superintendent of Operations, former Sarasota County Superintendent Dr. Marianne Simon, DCPS Elementary Region Superintendent Dr. Kyle Dresback, SJCSD Regional Superintendent for Secondary and Alternative Schools [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] St. Johns County School District published the applications, written responses, and video responses from each of the finalists. You can access those here: The county expects to have a superintendent named by May 20. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Meet the finalists: St. Johns County Public Schools to select a new superintendent this month
During a meeting at the end of April, the St. Johns County School Board selected four finalists for its superintendent position. The meeting helped narrow the list of candidates down from the previous ten. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] The final four candidates all have leadership experience either within the St. Johns County School District or another district in Northeast Florida. Scott Schneider, Chief of Schools for Duval County Public Schools Dr. Brennan Asplen, Deputy Superintendent of Operations, St. Johns County School District Dr. Marianne Simon, Region Superintendent, Duval County Public Schools Dr. Kyle Dresback, Regional Superintendent for Secondary and Alternative Schools, St. Johns County School District To read each candidate's application and written interview responses, click here. The finalists will be interviewed by the School Board during a public meeting on May 13th, before a final decision is made at the May 20th meeting. The new superintendent is expected to start on or before July 1st. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
