Search continues for Fort River Elementary School principal Fort River Elementary School GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 6/1/2021 10:37:59 AM AMHERST — A search for a new principal at Fort River Elementary School is reopening after the preferred candidate in the previous process took a job outside public K-12 education. A letter sent last week to staff and families at Fort River from Superintendent Michael Morris and Doreen Cunningham, assistant superintendent for Diversity, Equity and Human Resources, informed them that a new search would have to start. “The screening committee, interview committee, staff members and Fort River family members who provided feedback strongly supported one of the four finalists as the best fit for Fort River Elementary, and we agreed with their recommendation,” Morris and Cunningham wrote. “Unfortunately, that candidate chose to accept another position outside of public K-12 education.”