CdA schools superintendent finalist for West Side district

Coeur d’Alene schools Superintendent Hazel Bauman is a finalist to lead a Western Washington school district, the Coeur d’Alene School District announced today. Bauman is one of three candidates for interim superintendent at the Central Kitsap School District in Silverdale, Wash., according to the Kitsap Sun. That district’s current superintendent is leaving July 1. The district has about a dozen elementary schools as well as four alternative schools, three middle schools and three high schools, according to its website. Bauman said it is an opportunity to be closer to family members, a news release from the Coeur d’Alene School District said. Bauman has been superintendent there since 2008.