BELLVILLE — The Clear Fork Valley Local School board will interview three finalists for the position of superintendent at a special meeting March 4.
Alan Keesee, Cody Reese and Jonathan Burras are the three finalists being considered for the position.
Clear Fork received 13 applicants for the position, posted last month through the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center.
“We are pleased with the number of resumes we received and believe there are qualified applicants to be considered,” school board president Brian Johnson said.
The new superintendent will succeed John Thomas, whom the board hired as an interim last April.
Selected teachers, support staff and local residents will also sit in for the second round of interviews, according to Johnson.
Kimmel said the board will likely vote to hire the new superintendent at its next regular meeting on March 17.
Meet the finalists
Alan Keesee
Alan Keesee is the principal of Hillsdale High School. Keesee began his education career in 2002 and has been a school administrator since 2008.
Keesee has a master’s degree in health and physical education and a bachelor’s degree in business administration, according to his application.
He spent 14 years in retail before going into education. Prior to his work at Hillsdale, he’s been a principal at River View High School, East Knox Junior and Senior High School, Mount Gilead Middle School and Ridgewood Middle School.
Keesee has coached college basketball as well as high school golf, basketball and baseball.
Cody Reese
Cody Reese is junior high and high school principal for East Knox Local Schools.
From 2015 to 2021, Reese was the principal of East Knox Elementary. He spent five years as the district’s head football coach.
Reese has a master’s degree in education administration and a bachelor’s in middle school education.
Jonathan Burras
Jonathan Burras is the principal of Bellville Elementary and special education director for Clear Fork Valley Local Schools. Burras has worked for the district since 2023.
From 2015 to 2023, Burras spent eight years as the director of pupil services for Mansfield City Schools. Prior to that, he worked in other student support roles, as an intervention specialist and a social studies teacher.
Burras has a bachelor’s degree in adolescent education and a master’s in school administration. He has coached boys basketball and junior varsity girls basketball.