Enumclaw board announces Dr. Mark Wenzel as next superintendent after multi‑month search

The Enumclaw School District board announced Dr. Mark Wenzel as the district's next superintendent following an extensive selection process that included community forums, surveys and campus visits by finalists.

Chair (speaking at the meeting) said the board is "really excited to have Doctor Mark Wenzel to be our next superintendent of the district," and described the search as a multi‑month effort that included staff, student and community input. Director Fisher noted that the board received hundreds of survey responses and hundreds of written comments that "were invaluable to the board," saying the feedback "truly drove our decision." Jill Burns, the district superintendent who addressed the board at the meeting, congratulated members for a successful search and acknowledged the student interview team members who participated in vetting finalists.

Board members described a process that started with community forums to identify candidate qualities, included full‑day campus visits by the finalists and gave students a role in interviewing. Burns said finalists spent a full day on campus meeting with district leaders, staff and students before the board made its selection. The meeting record does not detail the terms of a contract or an official start date for Dr. Wenzel.

Board members and staff thanked those who participated in the process, including student representatives, search committee members and district staff who coordinated the outreach. The board moved on to other agenda items after the announcement; no separate vote on employment terms was recorded in the public portion of this meeting.

The district did not announce a contract start date or additional hiring terms during the meeting; those details were not specified in the public record shared at the session.