Brian Yearwood will be the next superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, according to Middletown Republican Rep. Jason Nemes.

The Jefferson County Board of Education was waiting until to finish contract negotiations before announcing their pick, but in a Facebook post, Nemes beat them to the punch.

“We have a new superintendent in JCPS,” Nemes wrote Friday morning. “I have already reached out to Superintendent Yearwood and offered friendship and support.”

JCPS spokesperson Carolyn Callahan said she could not confirm Nemes’ statement.

“Nothing is official until the Board votes to approve any contract,” she told KyCIR by email.

Reached by phone, Nemes said he would not share anything more about where he heard the news, and that he didn’t know it wasn’t supposed to be shared pu

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