High superintendent turnover means many Oregon districts led by newcomers
Nearly one third of Oregon's 197 school districts have superintendents in their first or second year on the job, including two of the largest, Sale...
Nearly one third of Oregon's 197 school districts have superintendents in their first or second year on the job, including two of the largest, Salem-Keizer and Hillsboro, according to the Coalition of Oregon School administrators. Some turnover is natural, as with Mike Scott 's retirement after 14 years at the helm in Hillsboro. But Oregon districts hit three successive record highs in the number of newly hired superintendents after the pandemic hit: 31 in fall 2020, 34 in fall 2021 and an astounding 41 in fall 2022, according to the school administrators group.