Fontanelle, Iowa – The Nodaway Valley and CAM Community School District Boards of Directors will hold a joint, Special (Closed session) Meeting Monday at the Nodaway Valley Middle School, in Fontanelle. During their closed session that begins at 3-p.m., they will interview three candidate finalists for the shared district position of Superintendent. This past week, school officials announced the three candidates to be interviewed for their superintendent vacancy include:

● Michelle Arneson Havenstrite, Prairie City, IA
● Jonathon Mendoza, Norwalk, IA
● Pam Stangeland, Stanhope, IA

Interview teams will include community members, students, certified staff, support staff, administrators, and Board members. All participants will have the opportunity to meet the final candidates and submit input to the board about each candidate.

Following the interviews, the Boards will deliberate in a continued closed session and possibly hold an Exempt Session for Collective Bargaining purposes, before they return to an Open Session. At that point, that combined Nodaway Valley and CAM School District Boards of Education may take action on the hiring of a new, shared Superintendent, who would succeed current Superintendent Paul Croghan. The Boards voted in November of 2024 not to renew his contract at the end of the current school year.

After the superintendent has been hired, a Board/Superintendent workshop will be held to assist in the establishment of performance objectives for the new superintendent.