School directors launched a new superintendent search last month. The pandemic did more than delay the hiring of a new superintendent. It also changed what the district is looking for in its next leader, General McLane School Board President Carrie Crow said. "A lot of our questions need to change. Everything we asked before was about finding someone to handle business as usual. We've since learned that there is no such thing as business as usual anymore," Crow said. "It's a different world than it was a year ago," she said. The district so far has received nine "very strong" applications for the job, Crow said Wednesday. Applications were to be postmarked by March 6.