Nieskens new Superintendent

The Whitehall School Board of Trustees did not have to look far to select a new Superintendent.

The board voted 6-0 last week in favor of hiring current high school principal Hannah Nieskens. Trustee Jeff Briggs abstained from the vote.

She will take over for John Sullivan whose resignation will go into effect this summer.

Nieskens has served as principal of the high school since the 2015-16 school year and has been named Montana High School Principal of the Year and was one of three finalists for the National High School Principal of the Year.

Sullivan said they opened the position in-house a...