Joseph Jones III has been hired as the Neshaminy School District’s new superintendent.
The school board on Tuesday evening voted to hire Jones to lead Neshaminy. He will be paid $182,000 per year and his contract run from August 1 until June 30, 2020.
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Jones comes to Neshaminy from the smaller the 1,500-student Woodbury, New Jersey City Public School system. He has worked in that district since 2005 and previously worked at the 1,900-student Northern Burlington County, New Jersey Regional School District.
Jones, according to his resume, has a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and received his MBA from Temple University’s Fox School of Business. He notes his current district has won accolades, including one for academic achievement, during his time as its leader.
NJ.com reported in 2015 that Jones was named the countywide superintendent of the year and was named South Jersey Regional Superintendent of the Year by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators.
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Neshaminy has been without a permanent leader since former Superintendent Dr. Robert Copeland left for the Lower Merion School District in Montgomery County toward the end of last school year. Copeland’s interim replacement, Dr. David Baugh, left Neshaminy’s temporary position after a few weeks to take a five-year superintendent deal at the Centennial School District. Dr. Gloria Hancock was then appointed by the school board to fill the superintendent position until a permanent hire could be made. Hancock has told LevittownNow.com she had no interest in applying for Neshaminy’s superintendent position.
