Superintendent List Down To Two

The Brainerd School Board decided Saturday to pare the list of four final candidates for superintendent down to two. Board members completed hour-long interviews with each candidate Saturday morning. After the interviews, each board member wrote down the names of two candidates. Five of the six members agreed that current Assistant Superintendent Steve Rizidlo and Waconia Superindent Jerry Kjergaard were their favorites. Member Kent Montgomery told the Brainerd Dispatch that the board would meet on Thursday to select a finalist and offer him the job. Current Brainerd Superintendent Jerry Walseth will retire at the end of June.