By Mark Evenstad
Jan 27, 2021 3:45 PM
A local principal and former Belmont native will become the new superintendent of Belmont Community School District. Beau Buchs, elementary principal and special education coordinator at the River Ridge school district in Hanover, Illinois will start in his new position on July 1st, pending final approval at the February school board meeting. He will replace Interim Superintendent Wayne Anderson. Buchs is a 1994 graduate of Belmont High School and 1998 UW-Platteville graduate.