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Jackson seeks promotion
Jeff Schmucker
Published: December 8, 2012
BROOKSVILLE - Assistant Superintendent Sonya Jackson has thrown her hat into the ring for the head school district post, joining at least two other locals along with another applicant who also applied for the role three years ago.Published: December 8, 2012
Jackson submitted her resume for the superintendent job on the last day of the original deadline. School district officials are now accepting applications until the end of the month.
Roughly three years ago, Jackson was a finalist for the lead school district job along with now Assistant Superintendent Ken Pritz. Both lost out to Superintendent Bryan Blavatt, who announced his retirement late last year.
For a brief time, Jackson was the interim superintendent following the resignation of Wayne Alexander, who left following a tumultuous relationship with board members in light of his looking for other jobs and flip-flopping on whether he wanted to leave.
She did so following a controversy concerning Nature Coast admitting out-of-county students. Then school board chairwoman Dianne Bonfield said at the time that Jackson shared some of the blame for the lapses in oversight over the residency requirements for the local magnet high school.
Jackson was the top pick for some school board members in 2010 to officially take on the superintendent role, but Blavatt's experience running a school district along with training and mentoring future leaders won them over.
She and Pritz aren't the only local candidates for the position. Hernando High School teacher Herman Scriven also applied and was initially not deemed to have met requirements for the position.
However, that has changed following school board members' decision to accept all who have a minimum of a master's degree in education or a related field.