Niles Community Schools holding superintendent interviews next week

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The Niles Community Schools Board of Education will interview candidates for the position of superintendent starting Monday.

There are four finalists for the job, and they’ll be interviewed over two days.

There had been a fifth finalist. It was Benton Harbor Area Schools Superintendent Kelvin Butts, but he withdrew from the process on Thursday.

Interviewing for the job Monday will be Adam Burtsfield, the assistant superintendent at Niles Community Schools, and Cathy Bildhauser, the director of curriculum at Michigan City Area Schools.

Interviewing Tuesday will be Raphael Rittenhouse, a former superintendent for Gull Lake Community Schools, and Steven Hope, the director of FlexTech in Brighton.

Current Niles Community Schools Superintendent Dan Applegate is stepping down.