Tecumseh Board of Education picks 4 to interview to be superintendent

TECUMSEH — Four candidates will interview Saturday to be the next Tecumseh Public Schools superintendent.

The school board met Tuesday with its search consultant, Rodney Green of the Michigan Association of School Boards, and selected the four candidates from 23 applicants, a news release said. The candidates are Tecumseh High School Principal Kimberly Irish, East Jackson Community Schools Superintendent Stephen Doerr, Milan High School Principal Aaron Shinn and Matt Hilton, executive director for elementary education in Ann Arbor.

Current Superintendent Rick Hilderley is planning to retire at the end of this school year. Hilderley's last day in the office is expected to be June 7. He will then use up his remaining vacation time until his contract ends June 30.

The board plans to appoint a new superintendent to begin on or about June 1.

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The interviews will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Tecumseh High School media center. The public is invited to attend. Each interview is anticipated to take about one hour, with a lunch break scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Following the interviews, the board will determine the candidates who will proceed to a second round of interviews.

The second round is planned for Tuesday, March 19, with an “open house” to introduce the candidates to staff and community at 4 p.m. prior to interviews that will begin at 6 p.m.

People attending Saturday's interviews should plan to park in the parking lot off Brown Street, as a youth wrestling tournament will be taking place in the gym and parking is expected to be at a premium in the lots on the south end of the high school.

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Saturday's schedule is:

9 a.m.: Stephen Doerr. He has been superintendent of the East Jackson schools since 2016. Previously, he was a school improvement and data consultant for the Jackson Intermediate School District from 2013-16. He also was a high school classroom teacher, athletic coach, science department chair, academic coach (Science Olympiad and FIRST Robotics) and school improvement leader from 1994-2013 for East Jackson schools.

10:10 a.m.: Aaron Shinn. He has been high school principal in Milan since 2016. Previously, he was eighth/ninth grade principal, chief operations officer and sixth/seventh grade principal in Lapeer from 2014-16. He was also assistant principal and athletic director in Lapeer from 2012-14.  He taught math and history in Milan from 2009-12, Waverly in 2008-09, and Niles in 2007-08.

11:20 a.m.: Kimberly Irish. She has been high school principal in Tecumseh since 2022. Previously, she was middle and high school principal in Morenci from 2013-22. She taught math and science in Morenci from 1998-2013.

1 p.m.: Matt Hilton. He has been executive director for elementary education in Ann Arbor since 2021. Previously, he was assistant principal and principal at Mitchell Elementary in Ann Arbor from 2014-21. He was also a reading specialist and Title I teacher in Ann Arbor from 2005-14. He was kindergarten through third grade literacy coach from 2003-05 and classroom teacher from 2000-03 for Holland Public Schools.

— Contact reporter David Panian at dpanian@lenconnect.com or follow him on X, formerly Twitter: @lenaweepanian.

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