Good job: SDUSD hires Bill Kowba from within as superintendent

I like the idea of hiring from within. This way you really know who you're getting.

District promotes from within for superintendent
Kowba loses 'interim' tag
By Maureen Magee, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
June 22, 2010

Bill Kowba
Age: 58
Occupation: Interim superintendent, San Diego Unified School District. Retired Navy rear admiral.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in history, St. Bonaventure University; master’s degree in history, University of Richmond ; master’s degree in resource management, Webster University; master’s in business administration in accounting and marketing, UCLA.

Bill Kowba, a retired Navy rear admiral and trusted administrator, has been named superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District.

In a hastily scheduled announcement Tuesday, the board of education ended a four-month search for a schools chief by identifying the district’s interim superintendent as its choice for the job...