The Whitefish School District board of trustees took the next step forward in the process to find a new superintendent after its current one announced his intention to retire at the school year’s finish.

Dave Means is stepping away from the role after a long career in education, including what will be six years helming the Whitefish district at the school year’s end. At the school board’s Tuesday meeting, it selected national board of education search firm McPherson and Jacobsen, LLC, to lead the search for Means’ successor.

“We chose them for a number of reasons, but the few that stood out are — they have a representative in Montana who will help us in person with a large part of the process, they have an onboarding structure to help with the transition once a superintendent is hired, a

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