Moorestown School District Names New Superintendent

Moorestown, NJ -- The Moorestown School District named Dr. Scott P. McCartney as its new superintendent on Monday night, the Burlington County Times reports. McCartney becomes the superintendent effective July 1.

McCartney was named out of a group of 10 people who applied for the job, each of whom was interviewed at least twice before the field was narrowed to five. The Board of Education interviewed those five candidates, and McCartney was selected from that group, according to the report.

Carole Butler had been serving as the interim superintendent since Timothy Rehm resigned last year to take a position as a superintendent/principal at a school in Ocean County.

Rehm was the third superintendent since 2012 to resign, raising a number of questions from the public at a school board meeting over the summer.

Salaries have been a big problem for school districts in retaining superintendents, and a large number of contracts expire following the 2015-16 school year statewide.

Some residents have called on the school district to re-examine its hiring process.

Residents appeared to be happy with the job Butler was doing as interim superintendent, prompting the start of an online petition aimed at helping her retain her position.

McCartney is the superintendent in the Egg Harbor Township School District.

He currently makes $177,500 a year. Moorestown can offer him a base salary of $165,000 a year, according to the report.