Jamestown, ND (CSiNewsNow) — At the Monday Sept 17, 2012 school board meeting, Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent Robert Toso announced that he will retire at the end of this school year.

The announcement was made official at the school board, meeting, and the board unanimously approved Toso’s resignation letter.

School Board President, Roy Musland said the board has taken steps to begin looking for the next superintendent, working with Toso to find his replacement.

Toso has spent 37 years as an educator, as a teacher, administrator and superintendent.

He joined the Jamestown school district twelve years ago as an administrator and has been superintendent since 2006. 

Toso highlighted improvements in facilities, technology and the overall performance of the district that have taken place during his tenure.

Toso said, in the future specifically, Toso pointed to preparing for a new state assessment in the spring of 2015.

He also pointed to adopting Common Core standards for next school year.

Other improvements concern overall reading proficiency, developing a statewide pre-K program and balancing the district’s budget.

He also addressed the need to improve Jamestown Public Schools facilities.

The meeting was recorded by KCSi-T.V. 10 –  THE REPLAY CHANNEL, and started showing Tuesday morning.