Chris Lennox, who was a high school principal in Stillwater and South St. Paul, has been tapped to be superintendent of Mounds View Public Schools.
The school board approved the hire Tuesday. If contract negotiations are successful, Lennox will begin his new job July 1.
Lennox will replace Dan Hoverman, who announced in March that he would retire at the end of the school year. Hoverman served nine years as superintendent, the culmination of a 41-year career with the Mounds View district.
Lennox has been Mounds View’s assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction since July 2015, coming from an assistant superintendent post with Bloomington Public Schools. He spent nine years with the Stillwater district and before that, eight in South St. Paul.