Joe Jarosz
Northeast News
June 11, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The Kansas City Public Schools Board of Directors have selected Allan Tunis, Chief Financial Officer of the KCPS, to serve as Interim Superintendent.

According to a press release, the board voted to approve Tunis’s temporary position while in executive session during its June 10 school board meeting. Tunis will continue to serve as the KCPS chief executive while the board conducts its nationwide search for a permanent replacement. Current Superintendent Dr. R. Stephen Green announced this past May that he is leaving the KCPS to take the superintendent’s position at DeKalb County School District in Georgia.

Jon Hile, board chair, stated in the release the Board selected Tunis as Interim Superintendent with the expectation that he will continue the programs, policies and approach established by Green. According to the district’s timeline, a new superintendent will be selected between October 2015 and March 2016.