The Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education made the right call in sticking with in-house candidates for the successor to Superintendent Harriet Wolfe, who is retiring at the end of the current school year.
We are hopeful they and school administrators will make the right call again when the time comes to round out the district roster.
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