Lake Park, IA (KICD) — The Harris Lake Park School district has hired its former Superintendent – Gary Richardson – as half-time superintendent.  Interim Superintendent Les Douma leaves the position June 30th.  He says seven individuals applied – none local, and some from out of state.  He says the board felt most comfortable with Richardson, interviewed him Wednesday, and hired him Friday.

From HLP Richardson went to M-O-C Floyd Valley, served as interim superintendent of Emmetsburg, a Dean at Northwestern University, and had his own superintendent search service.

Douma says Richardson – who was superintendent the last time the school district passed a bond issue in 2002 – is ready to hit the ground July 1st campaigning for a bond issue for a new elementary wing on the middle and high school.