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Brainerd board interviews Dr. Mike Neubeck, who cites fiscal turnaround and student-centered programs
Summary
The Brainerd Public School District board interviewed Dr. Mike Neubeck for superintendent. He described prior superintendent experience, a discovered $2 million budget shortfall that required deep cuts, and plans to use diagnostic data and targeted staff development to raise reading and math results.
The Brainerd Public School District School Board on the record interviewed Dr. Mike Neubeck as a candidate for superintendent. Neubeck, currently interim superintendent at Jackson County Central Schools, outlined his career from classroom teacher to district leader and emphasized communication, fiscal stewardship and hands-on student programs as priorities.
Neubeck told the board, "No surprises," when asked how a superintendent should partner with a school board, saying frequent, proactive outreach and visible unity build trust in district leadership. He described meeting regularly with board chairs and offering timely updates so trustees are not surprised by events in the schools.
On finance, Neubeck recounted discovering a significant budget error in a previous district, Byron Public Schools. "By the time March came, we were $2,000,000 in the hole," he said, explaining that prompted…
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