The USD 465 Board of Education has named Dr. Nathan Reed as the next superintendent for the district. He will begin his duties in Winfield July 1 and is replacing J.K. Campbell.
The board voted 7-0, during a special Monday evening meeting, to offer the position to Reed. The offer was accepted.
Currently superintendent of USD 310 Fairfield, Reed earned his doctorate in educational leadership from Wichita State University.
He previously had been principal of grades 6-12 in Deerfield, Kan., assistant principal at Colvin Elementary and Irving Elementary in Wichita, and an elementary school teacher in Lakin and in Andover.
“We were impressed by Dr. Reed’s commitment to relationships and his quiet leadership in his district,” Lyle Weinert, president of the USD 465 board, said in a written statement released to the media. “It was especially intriguing to see the process by which he led administrators in his district in analyzing areas of concern, and building plans to deal with these concerns.”
Weinert adds that Reed was profiled in a recent issue of the Kansas Association of School Boards publication, with explanations of how the Fairfield district is dealing with a high percentage of low-income students, student mobility, and absentees.
In addition to his leadership of USD 310, Reed is an adjunct instructor in the Fort Hays State University master’s program and is a member of the FHSU Ed.S. advisory council.
He is a graduate of the KASB’s Leaders for Tomorrow class of 2014-15, and has been a professional development leader and designer. He also organized a bond issue in Fairfield, and has been the district budget writer.
A native of Lakin, Reed earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree from FHSU, where he was a two-time NCAA All-American in track and was on the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference all-conference academic team.
Reed and his wife, Chelsea, will move to the Winfield area with their two children, Tyler, 7, and Teryl, 4.
