Four superintendent candidates to be interviewed for Summerfield Schools

PETERSBURG — Summerfield Schools’ school board is interviewing four superintendent candidates Friday morning. The district hopes to have a new superintendent in place in August.

Interviews will begin at 8 a.m. Friday in the high school media center, 17555 Ida West Road. The public is welcome to attend. The second round of interviews is planned for July 24.

The chosen candidate will replace Scott Salow, Summerfield’s superintendent since 2021. Salow was recently hired as the superintendent of Addison Community Schools in Lenawee County.

The board received 13 applications and on July 15 chose four to interview.

“The board felt the candidate pool was excellent,” said Rodney Green, consultant with Michigan Association of School Boards.

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Candidates and their interview times are:

8 a.m.: August Ost, M.A., assistant superintendent of Dundee Community Schools since 2022. Ost also served as middle school principal last school year. Previously, he was an elementary principal in Dundee and a classroom teacher and at-risk director.

9 a.m. Steven Michael Petty, Ed.S. in educational leadership. He’s been a science and social studies teacher for Jefferson Schools since 2021. Previously, he was the Jefferson superintendent from 2018-21. He held various positions in administration in Jefferson from 2008-18. He also served as a teacher and alternative teacher from 1995-2008.

10 a.m.: Camryn Klocinski, M.S. in educational leadership. She’s been a junior/senior high school principal in Summerfield since 2021. Previously, she was a social studies educator for Summerfield Schools since 2005. She has held various leadership positions in Summerfield.

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11 a.m.: John Sattler, M.Ed., superintendent in Carson City-Crystal Area Schools since 2020. Previously, he was superintendent/principal in Fairview, 2017-20; high school principal in Kalkaska, 2015-17; high school assistant principal in Kalkaska, 2009-15; and teacher at Moreau Center High School, 2001-09.

— Contact reporter Suzanne Nolan Wisler at swisler@monroenews.com .

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