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Wells to resign as head of USD 466
Published 10/18/2010 in Local News
By JEROME P. CURRY
Scott County Public Schools Superintendent Don L. Wells will resign his position, effective June 30, 2011, at the end of his current contract.
"I will be looking for other opportunities," said Wells, who confirmed his resignation in a telephone interview on Saturday night. "It has been a great time in Scott City. At my age, I need to look around and see what's there."
Wells, 64, has been more than the chief administrator of the about 900-student USD 466 for the past five years. He is on the executive board of the Scott City Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Scott City Economic Development Committee. He said he would remember with pride the work he and other Scott Countians did in the past year on the All America City Project and how the Scott City boosters got their town into the finals of the national competition among cities of comparable size.
"This is a good town, a wonderful community and a great school district," Wells said. "I will miss the kids. I'll miss them most of all."
Wells tendered his resignation today, and the USD 466 Board of Education accepted it.
"For anyone seeking this position, I would highly recommend it," Wells said. "There are good people, good opportunities here. But it is time for me to look around at my life. I don't have another job."
He said there had not been any major capital improvements in his tenure.
"That came before me, and they did an excellent job," he said. "We did get the track replaced and a transportation building."
Wells and his wife, Karen, have five children — three daughters and two sons. Two of the girls are educators. Lesley Wilson is a cross country coach at Paola; Sarah McCormick, is the basketball coach at Garden Plain. The third daughter, Whitney, is a senior at the University of Kansas. Their two sons, Vance and Nick, are in Wichita. Vance is a large construction machine technician and mechanic; Nick is in robotics.
Wells earned his doctorate of education at Oklahoma State University, his master's at Wichita State and his bachelor's at Emporia State. A graduate of Washington High school, he began his higher education at Coffeyville Community College.
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