HISD’s interim superintendent hired to lead Missouri’s Springfield Public Schools

Houston Independent School District’s interim superintendent, Grenita Lathan, will leave for a new job at the end of the school year.

The Springfield Public Schools Board of Education in Springfield, Missouri, has hired Lathan as its superintendent. She starts her new position on July 1.

In a March 8 announcement sent to the media and posted by HISD’s Twitter account, Lathan called the moment bittersweet.

“The students, teachers, principals, staff, parents and community of HISD are close to…