LPS: Board to consider naming John Skretta as full

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Lincoln Board of Education will consider making John Skretta the district’s full-time superintendent on Tuesday.

By naming Skretta, who became interim superintendent in January, as the next leader, LPS would avoid a “costly search process,” Board President Bob Rauner said in a news release.

Rauner also noted that the last eight months with Skretta at the helm gave the board “confidence” in removing the interim title.

“Based on significant board interactions and observations, and uniformly positive community and staff input, the Lincoln Public Schools Board of Education now wishes to remove the interim title and employ Dr. John Skretta as the full-time superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools,” Rauner said in the release. “Dr. Skretta’s extensive experience, fr