MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The search for Menasha’s next superintendent is narrowed down to three candidates.
The Menasha Joint School District Board of Education selected three finalists who will meet with a community stakeholder group and the board on March 10.
They are:
Steven Hill
District administrator for the Waupun Area School District since 2018. Hill previously served as principal of Woodworth Middle School in the Fond du Lac School District for 13 years. Hill is also a member of the Moraine Park Technical College District Board and a 2022 recipient of the Eastern Wisconsin Excellence in Education award in Culture.
Kurt Krizan
Superintendent of the Shawano School District since January with a dual role as Director of Instruction and Personalized Learning. He was named Shawano’s Interim Superintendent in September 2022. Krizan previously served as Appleton Area School District’s Director of Elementary STEM for two years and Principal of the Elementary Virtual School for one year. Before Appleton, Krizan was Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for the Little Chute Area School District for five years and a middle school teacher for the Oshkosh Area School District for 10 years. He has served as a board officer of the Wisconsin Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) since 2018.
Matthew Zimmerman
Assistant Superintendent of the Appleton Area School District since 2021 with dual role as Director of Technology Services and Innovation since 2018. Zimmerman previously served as Principal of Stephen Foster Elementary Charter School for seven years. Before Appleton, he was Assistant Principal of Oshkosh West High School for one year and Dean of Students for three years. He taught social studies at Oshkosh West for three years. Zimmerman is a member of two Appleton Education Foundation committees and serves on the boards of Winagamie Inc. and St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation.
The next superintendent will replace Chris VanderHeyden when he retires in June after a decade leading the district.
Board President Mark Mayer said the survey input helped guide board members in narrowing the search and will be used in making a final decision.
