After a months-long extensive search process that included valuable input from teachers, parents, administrators, staff, students and community members, the North Mason School District Board of Directors voted in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2025, to select Dr. Kristine Michael, EdD, as the next superintendent.
“Dr. Michael’s robust presentation to the community, which included a thoroughly detailed 90-day plan for her transition into this role, as well as her extensive instructional experience in Ohio and abroad demonstrate her passion for student achievement and make her an excellent and exciting selection for the next superintendent of North Mason Schools,” said Board Chair Erik Youngberg. “We look forward to this next chapter of North Mason’s story.”
Youngberg and the North Mason School Board express gratitude for the community’s participation in the superintendent search process. This announcement is the culmination of a comprehensive search conducted by the board with the assistance of the search firm, Ray and Associates. The process included many hours of reviewing application materials, interviewing semi-finalist candidates and carefully assessing the qualifications of the candidates in relation to the candidate profiles determined by the board, district employees and community members.
The board received 24 applicants for the position, reviewed video submissions from 11 applicants and conducted seven semi-finalist interviews, narrowing the search down to the three finalists who toured North Mason School District each for one full day at the end of January. Staff and community members participated in surveys after their candidate interactions and submitted responses that the board reviewed on Jan. 31.
Dr. Dana Rosenbach’s final day as North Mason Schools Superintendent will be June 30, 2025, and Dr. Michael’s work will officially begin on July 1. The board, administration and incoming superintendents will be working on a transition plan these next few months.
About Dr. Michael:
Dr. Kristine Michael has 30-plus years’ experience in education, starting with teaching third grade at the International School of Luxembourg. She has 15 years of experience as a teacher in Granville, Ohio, primarily teaching fourth grade. During that time, she graduated from The Ohio State University with a Master’s Degree in Education Theory & Practice and continued to work in the Granville Exempted Village School District, including as a Curriculum Coordinator for nearly four years. She then served as Curriculum Director at the International School of Dakar, Senegal. For the past 10 years, she has worked at various Ohio school districts as a Director of Curriculum & Student Services, Assistant Superintendent and then Superintendent, a role she has served in since 2023 at Northridge School District. She obtained her Doctorate of Education from Miami University in Ohio in 2020. Dr. Michael’s professional achievements as Superintendent include closing achievement gaps via literacy scores, facilitating a public-private partnership that led to raising $1.75 million for a $7.9 million athletic stadium project and creating a K-5 STEM program.
