Controversial Wilson Sears To Lead Superintendents' Group

This from Mark Hebert:

The local school chief who led the charge to make it tougher for private and parochial high school to recruit athletes has been named the new head of the Kentucky Association of School Superintendents.

Wilson Sears retired from his job as superintendent of Somerset Independent School District at the end of last school year. He had previously led the Bowling Green and Meade County School districts. But Sears is best known as the spokesman for a huge group of public school administrators who almost got Kentucky's rules on school transfers changed to make it tougher for private and parochial high schools to recruit middle school athletes. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association overwhelmingly approved the change but the proposed "feeder schools" regulation was ultimately rejected by the Kentucky legislature.

As the head of KASS, Sears will be the main lobbyist for Kentucky school chiefs. He may have a tough time convincing catholic legislators like Sen. Tim Shaughnessy because of the divisive fight over the public vs. private school issue...