The Kansas State Department of Education says after serving the State of Kanss and its students for 53 years, Deputy Commissioner Dale Dennis is retiring effective September 30th.Dennis joined KSDE as a State School Finance Administrator in 1967 and was named Deputy Commissioner in 1976 and he has served as Interim Commissioner of Education four times since July of 1995.
Stepping into his place, Ottawa High School graduate, Class of 1977, Craig Nuenswander. In his role as Deputy Commissioner of Fiscal and Administrative Services, Nuenswander will supervise the administration of about $5 Billion in State and Federal Funds that flow through the KSDE to Unified School Districts and nonpublic schools annually. Craig’s father, Dan, was the Superintendent of USD 290 in the 1970’s.
