By Dana Hess
For South Dakota Newspaper Association
PIERRE—The South Dakota High School Activities Association has received 17 applications for the position of executive director. Current executive director Wayne Carney is retiring.
According to board member Brian Maher of Sioux Falls, they would meet in executive session at its Nov. 2 meeting to vet the applications. Interviews would likely take place in January or March to coincide with SDHSAA board meetings.
To determine the characteristics and qualities of the next executive director, SDHSAA surveyed state groups representing school superintendents, athletic directors and high school principals.
At its meeting, the board heard from Lynn Vlasman, superintendent of the Lyman School and president of the South Dakota School Superintendents Association. He presented the SDHSAA board his organization’s four recommendations for qualities needed in the next executive director:
Leadership and a broad sense of the importance of athletics and fine arts in the development of young people.
A commitment to expanded use of technology to enhance communication, transparency and accountability.
A broad sense of school finance and how mandated expenditures in one budget area can negatively impact financial priorities in other ares of a district budget.
The ability to follow through on initiatives that represent the will of the majority of the association’s member districts even if they conflict with the director’s personal vision.
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