Schools
Decatur's Associate Super Doesn't Get Iowa Job
Thomas Van Soelen had interviewed to be the superintendent in the Cedar Falls School District. They hired a school superintendent from another Iowa district.
Thomas Van Soelen, the associate superintendent of the City Schools of Decatur, will be sticking around.
Van Soelen was one of four finalists .
That school district announced Wednesday that Andy Pattee of the Charles City, Iowa, school district had been hired.
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Van Soelen grew up in Iowa and went to school there. He'd said he sought the job to be closer to his and his wife's family.
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