How to Use superintendent in a Sentence

superintendent

1 of 2 noun
  • The superintendent does not have a vote on the board.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The board will then set a timeline to find a new superintendent.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The superintendent told us the old pipes spring leaks once a month and need replacement.
    — Asia Fields, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2023
  • It’s also been talked about by superintendents past and present.
    — Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 17 Feb. 2026
  • One superintendent who sees misaligned data will close the app and not come back.
    — Mike Winn, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Jose Dotres has less than a year left as superintendent, as laid out by his contract.
    — Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
  • The school board announced the new superintendent's hire last week.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The board cannot fire or silence the superintendent.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Most voters don’t know who a state superintendent is.
    — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the eighteen-nineties, one of the park’s first acting superintendents kept bears chained to the side of his house.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • The next superintendent of this county’s schools faces a steep learning curve.
    — East Bay Times Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
  • The superintendent would later say the book was cited in a bomb threat made against the district.
    — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2023
  • What should the state superintendent and department do to help?
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • What should the state superintendent and department do to help?
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • For the most part, the overwhelming bulk of superintendents’ total pay came from their base salaries.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • Hammond has been seeking a new superintendent since last year.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Slansky served as the superintendent on the job site, and Giles was the foreman.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
  • Both of the city’s school districts will also have new superintendents starting next school year.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The state superintendent can interpret state law on this issue but has no direct say in what this law will be.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Michael Capra had worked his way up the ranks, from guard to superintendent of Sing Sing.
    — John J. Lennon september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • An audit is not the same as running a whole school district and picking a superintendent.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The incident also led the school board to vote out the superintendent.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • His mother was a schoolteacher and then a county superintendent of schools.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The board hopes to have a new superintendent named by the beginning of the next school year in August.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The superintendent said the district will seek public input on what to rename the school.
    — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • If the role of superintendent is changed prior to my taking office, my approach to the job will remain the same.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • The superintendent said a single bullet was fired, striking the victim in the head.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • The superintendent says last week, a phrase supporting Hitler was scrawled in an eighth-grade bathroom.
    — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Now, Robertson said, the superintendent’s office sends a private van to pick up her nephew.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The superintendent did not say what that money would be used for if not for preserving those positions.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 4 June 2026

superintendent

2 of 2 adjective
  • Lisa Allen has been with the district for three decades and was superintendent for less than three years.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The superintendent race will be a close one, and a new leader is guaranteed.
    — Alexandria Sands, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • As part of its effort to improve that, the memo said, the board was taking steps to up its superintendent salary to fall more in line with national levels.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 16 June 2026
  • Chait would be expected to continue in his current role in the lengthy superintendent-search scenario.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • The board has favored current employees for their superintendent choices in recent years.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • Folse succeeded Gayle Sloan, the only woman to hold the job, who was superintendent for seven years.
    — Sara Pagones | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Davis also said that Hook is a superintendent finalist in another school district.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 14 June 2022
  • Can state superintendent candidate Brittany Kinser pull it off?
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Only one current member, Linda Duncan, has been part of the superintendent selection process in the past.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Keller’s school board identified Cory Wilson as the lone finalist for the superintendent job on June 5.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
  • In 2016, Michael Cardona was named superintendent and tasked with a turnaround mission.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Martinez, who has both a superintendent endorsement and a background in finance, repeatedly argued against taking out bonds to balance the district’s books.
    — Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
  • Most superintendent headhunters operate within one state or one region, limiting the candidate search to the firm’s network and a recycled list of resumes.
    — Doug Roberts, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • Ledbetter will replace David Faltys, who has been superintendent for nearly 15 years.
    — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Kaiser was previously superintendent at Beech Grove City Schools for 13 years.
    — Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2021
  • Pollio, a former teacher and principal, first stepped into the superintendent role on an interim basis in the summer of 2017.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Yarbrough comes into the superintendent role from her current job as BCPS’ deputy superintendent.
    — Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2023
  • Sean Buck, the school's superintendent vice admiral, offered his condolences to the Cummings family.
    — Wilson Wong, NBC News, 1 July 2021
  • Christy said the school system was in need of someone with a fresh perspective, noting that anyone internal would have been new to a superintendent role but that House would already be coming in with experience.
    — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • Support for Whitfield Whitfield took the superintendent role at Treetops in 2023.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2025
  • Supporters turned out in front of the school district headquarters in a show of solidarity for Runcie, who has been superintendent since 2011.
    — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The district hired Brenda Smith in 2019, before her husband became superintendent.
    — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Purnell has been superintendent for three years and gave a tearful address to about 100 people at the meeting, convened in the Adrian High School gymnasium.
    — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Spray has been superintendent at Clark-Pleasant schools in Johnson County for 15 years and prior to that served as assistant superintendent for four years.
    — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The Texas Education Agency has yet to release information on the superintendent candidate pool.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The Jefferson County Board of Education voted to offer a contract to one of two superintendent finalists.
    — Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 May 2025
  • West Ada projects enrollment drop, ups superintendent salary In West Ada, the district has been seeing drops in kindergarten enrollment for the past several years, and is projecting this year will be no different.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 16 June 2026
  • When Henderson became superintendent, roughly half of Holmes County teachers were long-term substitutes or uncertified workers who hadn’t passed the licensure exam.
    — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Top school officials say Ramone Davenport, Dohn's ex-superintendent, used school money to pay for construction work that never happened and awarded construction contracts to his business partner.
    — Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2025
  • While Gearing has been superintendent, voters also passed a voter-approval tax rate election and a $763 bond election to support safety and security enhancements and additional facilities.
    — Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 9 Dec. 2025

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