Paintsville Independent Hires Superintendent 

Kentucky School Advocate
October 2024

The Paintsville Independent Schools Board of Education has hired Bryan Auxier as the district’s next superintendent. 

Auxier graduated from Paintsville High School in 1991, and he has earned degrees from Ohio Valley University and Morehead State University. Auxier has spent the past 28 years working at the district. He served as an elementary school teacher for 10 years and has spent the last 18 years serving in various administrative roles including both elementary and high school principal, innovation coordinator and, most recently, as head start director, food service director and elementary school vice principal. 

“I feel like I’m prepared, in a sense, in that I know our school district very well,” Auxier told the Paintsville Herald. “I know the community. I live right here in town. I walk to work, and I’ve done that for years. I think what prepares me best is my relationship with our community, with our parents, with our kids, with our faculty. I think the education business is all about relationships anyway.”

Auxier, who began his new role Oct. 1, said he plans to use the school district’s seal, “In Search of Excellence,” as a starting point for his administration.

“I’m going to try to make decisions with that thought in mind,” he said. “Is this decision going to help us in search of excellence or is it going to take us away from that?”

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