The Shelton Administration Begins

This from the Herald-Leader:

Fayette's new school superintendent 

brings tech-savvy approach

Tom Shelton takes over as the new superintendent of the Fayette County Public Schools Thursday, replacing, coincidentally, the same man he succeeded in his last job. Shelton, 47, follows Stu Silberman, who recruited him into the Daviess Schools and mentored him in the mid 1990s when Silberman was running that school district.


Shelton learned the ropes so quickly that when Silberman came to Lexington in 2004 to become superintendent, Daviess County named Shelton as his successor. The 2011 Kentucky School Superintendent of the Year, Shelton is taking a big step as he arrives in Lexington. He's assuming responsibility for 56 schools and more than 37,000 students —more than triple Daviess County's enrollment —in an urban community where educational expectations are high and getting higher, and any decision a superintendent makes is likely to be closely scrutinized and analyzed, and possibly criticized...