Northeast News
May 13, 2015

Submitted photo.
Submitted photo.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Dr. R. Stephen Green, superintendent of Kansas City Public Schools, might be leaving the Kansas City.

According to Ray Wiekal, public relations and marketing coordinator for the KCPS, and a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Green is expected to accept the superintendent position for the DeKalb County School District. Green will take over for Michael Thurmond, who has led the district since February 2013.

Green is currently in the middle of a five-year contract with KCPS that ends in June 2018. He started with the district in August 2011 as interim superintendent, then taking over permanently in 2012. During his time, he helped the KCPS reach provisional accreditation in August of 2014.

The school district plan to hold a formal announcement tonight, May 13, at the Board of Education building. We’ll have more information as it becomes available.