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Superintendent of struggling Iowa district plans to leave

FARRAGUT, Iowa (AP) — The Farragut Community School District will have to find a new superintendent if it manages to survive this week's State Board of Education meeting.

The board is expected to act Wednesday on a proposal to dissolve the western Iowa district. A report given to the state board in October indicated that enrollment is down 28 students from last year's 167 students. The district also has been exceeded its spending authority.

Superintendent Tom Hinrichs has told the state and local boards that he's leaving at the end of the school year. The Daily Nonpareil reports (http://bit.ly/1Mx3q33 ) that Hinrichs says his decision to leave is being made for personal and family reasons, citing his 75-mile commute from west Omaha in Nebraska.

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Information from: The Daily Nonpareil, http://www.nonpareilonline.com

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