Bledsoe County school board members will pick from five local candidates for the school system’s top slot, beginning with interviews set for Jan. 19.
The interviews will lead to a decision as soon as Jan. 23, according to officials.
Four of the five applicants come from within the school district and the fifth lives in Marion County, records show.
Current Superintendent Bill Kiper will leave his post at the end of the 2011-12 school year, and officials have said they’d like someone in place before his exit to work with him through the transition.
Applicants include former Pikeville Elementary School Principal James R. Ellis, Bledsoe County High School Vice Principal and Athletic Director Greg Harwood, Bledsoe High band director and music teacher Frank Hudson, South Pittsburg High School Principal Allen Pratt and Bledsoe County Vocational School Principal Jennifer Terry.