Bentonville Superintendent Will Not Renew Contract

Superintendent Gary Compton, right, and Steve Potts, executive director of human resources for the Bentonville School District, talked with Libby Wolfe, 17, of Bentonville before a Bentonville School Board meeting held at the Bentonville Public Library in October 2009.
Superintendent Gary Compton, right, and Steve Potts, executive director of human resources for the Bentonville School District, talked with Libby Wolfe, 17, of Bentonville before a Bentonville School Board meeting held at the Bentonville Public Library in October 2009.

— Bentonville School District superintendent Gary Compton announced Monday night that he will not seek to renew his current contract with the district. Compton is currently contracted to serve as superintendent until June 30, 2012.

Compton read a prepared statement to members of the Bentonville School Board and other district administrators Monday after the completion of the board's monthly meeting. Compton said that he is now in his 40th year in education. He said that changes in his family circumstances, including his son's upcoming high school graduation, were the main motivation "to look forward to the next challenge in my life."

Compton joined the Bentonville School District in 2000.

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