The search for a new school superintendent for the Ada Exempted Village School District is progressing as planned, according to board of education President Ron Fleming. 

The search process was organized in January, progressed through a 6-week  recruitment period, several community and staff focus group sessions, a first  round of interviews with eleven candidates, and has now moved to the next  stage, where the board has chosen three candidates as finalists.

Each of the finalists has been invited to attend a "meet the candidate" event from 5:30-7:30pm on Tuesday, March 19 in the Auditorium. Any staff, parents or other community members interested in meeting the finalists are invited to attend. The finalists are: John Massara, Julie Simmons and Andrew Sprang.

The board of education will be conducting reference calls and background checks in the coming week and will interview each of them again on March 19. 

"The board really enjoyed meeting all the candidates in the first round. We had consensus on those we have chosen to move forward in our process," said Mr. Fleming.