The search for a new school superintendent in Fayetteville, Arkansas appears to be over. The district announced Thursday they offered the position to the current Deputy Superintendent of Operations for the Springfield Public Schools. KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
Dr. John Mulford has never worked or lived in Arkansas, until now. He was offered the position of Superintendent at Fayetteville Public School after an exhaustive search that included two other southwest Missouri Superintendents.
Webb City’s Tony Rosetti and Branson's Brad Swofford. In fact, Fayetteville offered the job to Swofford who turned it down only to stay at Branson Public Schools. This will be the third school district that Dr. Mulford has overseen.
For three years between 2015 and 2018 he was the superintendent of Meramec Valley R-III School District. For nine years prior to that appointment Mulford worked at the West Plains R-VIII School District where he spent four years as an Assistant Superintendent and five years as the Superintendent.
Dr. Mulford will be the 14th superintendent in the 152-year history of Fayetteville Public Schools. He will succeed Dr. John L Colbert, who is retiring in June after a 47-year career with the district. For 89 9 KRPS News, I’m Fred Fletcher-Fierro
