Lansing USD 469 Superintendent Candidate #4 Tour, Community Forum, and Interview Notice: Thursday, March 23, 2023
Jim Goracke will be interviewing for the Lansing USD 469 Superintendent position with the Board of Education on the evening of March 23, 2023.
Mr. Goracke is the fourth of five candidates the Lansing USD 469 Board of Education will interview. Lansing USD 469 partnered with KASB to select candidates for interviews based on their fit with desired characteristics developed with input from focus groups utilized through the search process.
Mr. Goracke has served as Superintendent of Sterling USD 376 in Sterling, Kansas, since 2017. Previously, he served as Elementary Principal (2005-2017) and Director of Technology (2006-2017) in USD 413 in Chanute, Kansas and First-Grade Teacher in USD 261 in Haysville, Kansas (1997-2005). He received his Bachelor's in Elementary Education from Kansas Newman College in Wichita, Kansas and went on to receive his Master's in Educational Administration from Wichita State University. Mr. Goracke also has received his District Level Certification from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.
"Tracy and I have six daughters, including three that live in the KC metro. The youngest two are college sophomores, one at Fort Hays, and one at Pitt State. We love to camp, hike, spend time at the lake and watch the Chiefs and KU basketball."
Superintendent Schedule
09:30 - 09:45 am |
Tour the Lansing USD 469 District Office |
09:50 - 10:30 am |
Tour Lansing Elementary School |
10:35 - 11:20 am |
Tour Lansing Intermediate School |
11:25 - 12:15 pm |
Tour Lansing High School |
12:20 - 01:10 pm |
Lunch |
01:15 - 02:45 pm |
Tour Lansing Early Childhood Building |
02:50 - 03:30 pm |
Tour Lansing Middle School |
03:30 - 05:00 pm |
Break |
05:15 - 06:00 pm |
Community Forum at Lansing District Office |
06:15 - 06:50 pm |
Dinner with board |
07:00 |
Formal interview with the board and candidate conducted in executive session |
The Lansing Board of Education will hold a special board meeting to conduct the interview at 7:00 pm. This meeting will only be for executive session.
Please click the link and follow the instructions below to view the agenda for all Board of Education meetings:
https://go.boarddocs.com/ks/usd469/Board.nsf/Public
1. Once on the page, select "Meetings" in the upper right corner.
2. Select the meeting date of the agenda you would like to see.
3. Click "View the Agenda".