South Callaway Superintendent Kevin Hillman will retire at the end of the school year.
"My father told me a long time ago that you would always just know when it's time, and it's just time," Hillman said. "The South Callaway family has been extremely good to me. It was a really good decision for me to come here. I hold the community, the school, the staff and the kids to a very high regard. They've been good to me. It's a difficult, difficult job, but they've all been good to me."
This is Hillman's ninth year as superintendent, making it the second longest run in the position. The longest is a superintendent from the '70s and early '80s, who was there for 11 years.
"It's bittersweet for me because I really do appreciate our school, what we got going and everything, but its just time for the next person," Hillman said.
He will finish out the current school year and then go into his retirement, but the search for his replacement has already started.
Throughout his years as superintendent, Hillman is proud of several things he and the rest of the district were able to accomplish. He said: the district's average test scores have gone up dramatically; they're been able to have a good budget plan despite two record drops in assessment; they've been creating a more transparent and open way to do businesses with their school board members, community and staff; and they have been able to implement new ways to communicate with the community and school by using different social media platforms.