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THE BEAT: Elizabeth Brixey discusses search for school superintendent.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 | 11:45 a.m. CST; updated 10:17 a.m. CST, Wednesday, February 11, 2009

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BY Sean Powers

COLUMBIA — Following the retirement of Phyllis Chase as superintendent of the Columbia Public Schools, the search has been on for her successor. After more than a dozen finalists, five remain. K-12 Education Editor Elizabeth Brixey talks to KBIA's Sean Powers about where the Columbia Public School Board is in hiring a new superintendent. 

 

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