Livingston super finalists named

Livingston County Board of Education has narrowed its search for a new superintendent to five candidates, with one of those currently serving as an employee of the district and another a former Crittenden County High School football coach.

From a board meeting last night, the five finalists being interviewed and considered are as follows:

• Riley Ramsey, currently serving as director of pupil personnel of Webster County schools;
  
• Kennith Bargo, former Rocket football coach in the 1980s and currently director of pupil personnel of Warrick County Schools in Booneville, Ind.;
  
• Shirley Menendez, instructional supervisor in Livingston County;
  
• Jason Hamby, now assistant superintendent in Trigg County; and
  
• Thomas Dimit, an education attorney and consultant from Toledo, Ohio.

The board will meet again Monday and Wednesday evening of next week, said Pat Wyatt, Livingston County schools director of public relations.

Meantime, Critenden County's board of education meets tonight to further discuss their search for a replacement for John Belt, who will be retiring as superintendent at the end of the year. Belt said the names of three candidates were suggested Monday from a screening committee to board members.

It is possible at tonight's meeting that the board will schedule interviews with finalists beginning Monday and running through May 13.

"As a best case scenerio, those decisions will be made tonight," Belt told The Crittenden Press in an e-mail.

The board has set May 20 as the deadline for hiring a new superintendent.