Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School board received information Monday that there are five finalists to consider for the position of Jamestown High School Principal. Current Principal Bill Nold is retiring in June.

Superintendent Rob Lech told the board, that there was a good candidate pool.

The finalists from a pool of 12 qualified applicants are Cody Fisher, Adam Gehlhar, Chris Kittleson, Paul Keidel and John Lynch. The hiring committee includes two administrators, two teachers and two School Board members.

Fisher is the superintendent and high school principal for the Glenns Ferry School District, Glenns Ferry, Idaho.

Gehlhar is the assistant principal and activities director at Cheney Middle School, West Fargo. Keidel is the STEM coordinator for the Missouri River Education Cooperative and Bismarck Public Schools in Bismarck.

Kittleson is the middle school and high school principal for Central Cass Public Schools, Casselton, N.D., and a former principal of Williston (N.D.) High School.

Lynch, the only candidate from Jamestown Public School District, is the director of the James Valley Career & Technology Center in Jamestown.

Lech said the finalists will be interviewed over 10 days. A recommendation to the School Board should be ready by the March 21 meeting, he said.

SchoolBoard2015filephoto The School Board voted to set the next School Board election date to coincide with the city of Jamestown election on June 14, 2016. The deadline to complete an application to run for School Board is 4 p.m. on April 11, with the drawing for name placement on the ballot following at 4:15 p.m. in the Central Office conference room.

Board member terms set to expire in June include one rural and three city representatives. As of Monday two candidates have filed, Roger Haut, a city incumbent, and Jennifer Schmidt, who will also run as a city candidate, according to Sally Ost, business manager and human resources director for the school district.