- December 26, 2024
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The School Board of Manatee County has narrowed its search for the next superintendent to three finalists.
Doug Wagner, Jason Wysong and Scott Schneider were selected among 12 semifinalists to be finalists in the search for the next leader of the School District of Manatee County.
Schneider is the only semifinalist to receive support from each of the five school board members to be a finalist.
Wagner and Wysong received support from four board members.
Schneider and Wysong are finalists in the superintendent search for Brevard County School District, which will announce its superintendent May 9.
Schneider withdrew from the superintendent search in Charlotte County because he considers the school districts in Brevard and Manatee counties to be his priorities, according to Bill Vogel, who is with the Florida School Board Association. The association is the firm assisting the School Board of Manatee County with the superintendent search.
Wysong also has been recommended by a selection committee for the superintendent search in Osceola County, which will select its superintendent June 13.
Wagner, Wysong and Schneider will be in Manatee County May 10-11 for in-person interviews with each school board member as well as the collective board.
The finalists also will be able to interact with the community during a reception at 6 p.m. May 10.
Vogel said each finalist will have 5 minutes to introduce themselves to those who attend the community meeting before each finalist goes into a different part of the room to interact with community members.
Community members will be able to submit feedback to the school board via a QR code that will be posted around the room as well as on the School District of Manatee County’s website. They will be able to submit feedback through May 14.
The finalists will go on a tour of the district and county with district personnel May 10, and board members will interview the finalists May 11.
The school board will select the next superintendent during a special meeting at 10 a.m. May 16.
The finalists’ applications as well as video and written responses to pre-selected questions from the School Board of Manatee County are posted on the district’s website: ManateeSchools.net.
Schneider has been serving as the chief of schools at Duval County Public Schools since 2021 and has been with the district since 2011.
He previously served as a region superintendent of high and alternative schools for the district from 2019 to 2021.
Schneider also served as principal of Robert E. Lee High School from 2011 to 2019.
Wysong has been serving as the deputy superintendent for Seminole County Public Schools since 2021 and has been with the district since 2007.
He previously served as the executive director of instructional excellence and system equity from 2020 to 2021.
Wysong became the executive director of education pathways and strategic partnerships in 2016 after serving as the director of the department from 2013 to 2016.
From 2011-2013, he served as the coordinator for differentiated accountability, response intervention and the district’s three-year, $4.9 million Race to the Top grant. The grant funded the implementation of state requirements and district initiated STEM innovation programs.
Previously, Wysong also served as an assistant principal and dean of students at Lake Brantley High School and a social studies teacher and debate coach at Trinity Preparatory School and Cypress Creek High School.
Wagner is the only internal applicant from the School District of Manatee County. He has been serving as the deputy superintendent of operations for the district since 2018.
He previously served as the executive director of Manatee Technical College from 2017 to 2018. He also served as the director of MTC and the executive director of adult, career and technical education for the School District of Manatee County.
Wagner has been with the district since 2001, serving as the director of adult, career and technical education from 2001 to 2014.
Wagner started working in education as a teacher of engineering technology in Clay County School District in 1991 and has since consulted with Florida school districts on technology education programs from, served as the state supervisor for industrial education and technology education for the Florida Department of Education and more.
