PEARCY -- Lake Hamilton School District Superintendent Steve Anderson announced during the regular meeting of the school board Monday his intent to retire at the end of this school year.
Anderson, who has served for 13 years as the district's chief administrator, told The Sentinel-Record Tuesday that he made the school board aware in December during his annual review of his intentions to retire. The board, he said, allowed him to decide when to make his announcement.
"I sent each (board member) a personal message letting them know my plan and yesterday, I held a short administrative staff meeting to let our administrators know," Anderson said. "Mr. (Brian) Bridges then encouraged me to send a message out to staff following the meeting.
"A lot of people knew given the number of years that I was probably getting close to retirement."
Over the course of 38 years, Anderson said he has worked with three school district, two in Garland County. He began his career with the Lonoke School District where he stayed for four years before being hired at Lake Hamilton as an assistant football coach. For five years, he said he worked as an administrator at Lakeside School District before returning to Lake Hamilton.
Between both stints, Anderson has spent 29 years at Lake Hamilton.
The superintendent said there is still "a lot of school year left" and plans to continue serving until June.
See the full article in Wednesday's edition of The Sentinel-Record.