Sevastopol Seeking New Superintendent

Kyle Luedtke. Submitted.

Sevastopol schools superintendent Kyle Luedtke has submitted his resignation, effective June 30. 

Sevastopol school board president Lisa Bieri said Luedtke has accepted a job as superintendent in the Frederic School District in Clam Falls in northwestern Wisconsin. The Frederic district office confirmed that the hiring was on the agenda to be finalized Wednesday – after the deadline of this issue of the Peninsula Pulse – and Luedtke is scheduled to begin there July 1.

“Frederic is located about an hour south of where my wife’s parents and her extended family live,” Luedtke said Wednesday morning, adding: “I appreciate the community support the [Sevastopol] school has received, and I hope that continues into the future especially with the operating cost referendum upcoming in November.” 

Luedtke, who has served at Sevastopol since summer 2017, is completing his 31st year in education and 13th as a superintendent. In October he was named Rural School Administrator of the Year by the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance.

Bieri said the district and students benefited from Luedtke’s efforts in 2017 and 2018, working with a 30-member committee to get a $22 million referendum passed to build a new addition and replace 96-year-old portions of the building.

“His financial expertise, student focus and commitment to the school district are appreciated and will be some of the qualities we will likely seek in Sevastopol’s next superintendent,” Bieri said. 

In addition, the board was expected to consider hiring a new varsity boys basketball coach Wednesday. Luedtke filled in as the Pioneers’ head coach this year.

In his resignation letter, Luedtke said it had been a pleasure to serve the district for seven years. 

“Academic improvements during my tenure would include increasing our English learner’s department, adding a gifted and talented program and moving to 1:1 devices for our high school and middle school students,” Luedtke wrote in his letter. “The last initiative became significant when we were forced to be closed by governmental action in March of 2020.”