New superintendent picked in 'divided' Marysville School District
MARYSVILLE — Zachary Robbins could be the Marysville School District’s new superintendent — signaling a fresh start for a district that’s seen racist death threats and leadership uncertainty over the past two years.
The School Board unanimously voted Wednesday to appoint Robbins, the principal of Cheyenne High School in Las Vegas, as superintendent. Negotiations are to begin “in the coming days,” according to a district news release.
“We’ve got attendance and racial issues, a divided community, we have severe mistrust and a disconnect with our families — there’s so many different little issues that are all big,” School Board President Paul Galovin told The Daily Herald. “So where do we go from here? I see a whole lotta up. And we really think that Dr. Robbins gives us an opportunity to go up.”
Community feedback collected during superintendent finalists’ visit to Marysville last week suggested Robbins exceeded some people’s expectations, Galovin said. And to the School Board, Robbins’ experience with “taking the good and keeping it and taking the bad and working with it” was appealing, he said.
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