(Perryville) Perry County 32 School District superintendent Andy Comstock recently announced to his board that he would retire after the 2022-2023 school year. In reaction to that, the board decided to try to hire his replacement for next school year. The board will create a new position that it will call Deputy Superintendent…

That person will then take over for Comstock the following year. Comstock says that means they’ll have to find some extra money for a year…

Comstock will have served seven years as the Superintendent of the Perry County School District 32 when his retirement becomes official.

The district also decided to take the entire Thanksgiving week off from school. Comstock says with a shortage of substitute teachers, the regular staff has taken on more work…

Comstock says the pandemic has effected everyone in this regard…

The Perryville County School Board voted to increase pay for subs in order to attract better and more consistent candidates…

The search for a new superintendent is underway.

 

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