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The Pittsburgh Press, Sunday, May 13, 1973 JJ. Ritual Bags Denver Post Kishkunas Wins Job-Hunt Game By DAVID NILSSON Press Education Writer For city school Supt. Louis J. Kishkunas, the elaborate ritual of hunting (or a job while not appearing to be hunting 3 Ptiuliurgh Pren 1 THI llACKOilBUNI for a job is over. He will leave this summer for Denver, where he will take over as CLEARANCE 12 OFF.

For a limited time you can save on two great machines designed to sew new stretch fabrics. And Kishkunas discovered only a couple of days ago that two Denver school board members visited Pittsburgh last weekend and spoke with community leaders here about his performance. The whole procedure can sometimes go awry, such as when the Jacksonville board, after months of searching, finally offered the job to an Oklahoma City educator who suddenly became unavailable. At Least 20 Looking Kishkunas was only one of many superintendents in this year's spring job hunt, and at least 20 large city school districts were seeking new people for the top posts. Besides Jacksonville and Denver, those districts seeking new chiefs included Washington, Orlando and St.

Petersburg, Atlanta, Kansas City and Birmingham. The Denver Job was one of the most sought-after. More than 200 applications were filed, and the candidates came from all 50 states. Kishkunas' move puts him In charge of a somewhat larger system 90,000 students compared with 69,000 in Pittsburghin a city he describes as "very attractive and vibrant." A nine-year resident of Pittsburgh, Kishkunas noted his family had put down roots here and said the move was "not an easy thing to do." But the superintendent said he found it was becoming more and more difficult to get his programs accepted by the Board of Education and by the community. "About 99 out of a hundred recommendations would eventually come through.

But it was a matter of doing everything the hard way it wears you down," Kishkunas said. He emphasized that the "resistance to any change we proposed" came not just from board members but from the community at large. In contrast, he said he found a "unity of purpose" among people in Denver. Desegregation Complex In Denver, Kishkunas says, he expects two of his chief problems will be how to deal with a "rather complex desegregation problem" and how to increase state aid, which now pays for just 17 per cent of the district's budget. All seven Denver school directors support "neighborhood schools" and voluntary busing, and the latter desegregation technique has been promoted by Kishkunas here.

A court case challenging de facto school segregation in Denver is now before the U. S. Supreme Court. Kishkunas also may face a problem if the three Denver board members who are up for election Tuesday are defeated. Their opponents have been charging that the board was trying to rush through the superintendent's appointment.

System 'In Good Shape' The superintendent said he believes his successor here will take over a school system that is in "pretty good shape." He asserted "racial tensions are well accommodated," legislators are aware that urban areas have special needs, and the parent representatives and open a i are "established facts." "We've also gotten an acceptance of the philosophy that we're here to help all students. Our dropout rate is down, and we've expanded the variety of programs offered," he said. The most serious problems he sees still facing the city schools are integration for which he says there is "no good answer" and financing. To get more money, the city schools are going to have to either get a bigger part of the state tax dollar or raise local real estate taxes, he said. i a 46, came to Pittsburgh from Barrington, 111., in 1964 as assistant superintendent for occupational-vocational-technical education.

He became deputy superintendent in 1968 and took over the top post in 1969. Kishkunas Successor Hunted Before Move mm Jm0m 1 1 1 I 1 superintendent of schools in Colorado's capital. But for the past several months he has been dancing in a ritual ballet school boards and Job-hunting superintendents use when courting each other. The ritual ended Friday night when the Denver school board gave Kishkunas a three-year contract at $40,000 a year, plus a $5,000 annual annuity and a car. Rules Unspoken Until then, Kishkunas was following the usually unspoken rules for Job-seeking school chiefs.

For a superintendent, this usually means: Never directly apply for a Job. You'll look desperate and undesirable. When word leaked that Kishkunas was being considered in Jacksonville, he made it clear he had been "sought out" for the Job. Keep It secret. Leaks can hurt you back home.

Expect that school boards will be equally evasive. Some boards, for example, approach a candidate by asking him to recommend others for the job. Panel Noncommittal The Denver board, according to Kishkunas, was noncommittal. After he returned from Jacksonville May 1, he attended the Council of Great City Schools in Washington and met Denver board members there. Although Kishkunas knew he was under consideration, the Job was never mentioned then.

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I know that our entire staff will continue to work for the advancement of the education and welfare of our students." Gladys B. McNairy, president of the Pittsburgh Board of Education, says a successor will be chosen to replace departing school superintendent Dr. Louis J. Kishkunas before he leaves for his new post in Denver. In her first public statement since Kishkunas announced he would be leaving, Mrs.

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