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A longtime Bucks County educator is the final candidate in the search for the new superintendent of the Pennsbury School District.
Dr. William Gretzula, who currently serves as curriculum coordinator for the Upper Dublin School District in Montgomery County, was announced Thursday evening as the final candidate to replace outgoing Superintendent Dr. Kevin McHugh when he retires at the end of this school year.
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“The Board intends to formally name Dr. Gretzula to this position at an upcoming public School Board meeting,” according to a statement from the district.
School Board President Gary Sanderson said Gretzula and McHugh will tour the district’s schools and meet with the community in the coming weeks.
Gretzula spent 10 years working in the Neshaminy School District before becoming assistant superintendent and later superintendent of the Bensalem School District. He resigned from leading Bensalem, moved back to the classroom and later led Benjamin Rush Elementary School in Bensalem before moving to the Upper Dublin school system.
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Gretzula, who previously interviewed to lead the Neshaminy School District in 2012, said at the time that he resigned from being superintendent of Bensalem based on his mother’s battle with stage-3 cancer after that caused him to realize he need to spend more time with his two children.
“I’d ensure that teachers would know what they’re supposed to do … but at the same time they will be held accountable,” said during his 2012 public interview in Neshaminy.
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According to a press release, more than 741 responses from a community survey about the superintendent search were received. The board interviewed with several candidates and there were multiple rounds on candidate screening.
Pennsbury worked with Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 to help find their next superintendent.
Pennsbury will host a forum with Gretzula on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. in Keller Hall at Pennsbury High School West Campus located at 608 South Olds Boulevard. The event will allow the community to submit up to two questions to moderator Dr. Mark Hoffman, executive director of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, until Monday, April 26 at noon.
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Officials said the format for the event has been choose to allow the maximum number of questions can be asked in the time allotted.
