North Clackamas hires school district leader from within
Internal candidate Shay James to replace current Superintendent Matt Utterback
School board members have chosen Dr. Shay James to replace retiring North Clackamas Superintendent Matt Utterback starting July 1.
James, currently assistant superintendent of education fo
r the North Clackamas School District, joined NCSD as its executive director of high school programs in 2016, when she earned an annual salary of $130,803. As superintendent, she will make a $230,000 annual base salary, and Utterback s annual base salary was $207,500 starting in 2018-19.
Two other finalists for the position included recruits from Nevada or Minnesota: assistant superintendents Debbie Brockett and Timothy Gadson.
The Killeen Independent School District board of trustees will review Superintendent John Craftâs contract this week after voting to postpone the evaluation at the Jan. 19 board meeting.
For the past six years, as superintendent, Craft has been in charge of some 40,000 plus Killeen ISD students and 6,000 employees. Prior to his most recent title, he held the position of KISD deputy superintendent from 2012-14. Before that he was the superintendent of Hamilton School District, which currently boasts 817 students. He began his career in 1999 in Carroll ISD where he held the titles of biology teacher, football and baseball coach, assistant principal and principal.