Ed Graff, the outgoing Anchorage School District superintendent, has a new job offer at the helm of Minneapolis Public Schools.
The Minneapolis Board of Education selected Graff as the school district's next superintendent, according to a prepared statement issued Tuesday.
Graff is expected to start his new job in July, pending negotiations over his contract, reported the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He was selected over Brenda Cassellius, Minnesota's education commissioner.
Graff's contract in Anchorage runs through the end of June. In October, the Anchorage School Board announced it would not renew Graff's superintendent contract and would begin a nationwide search for a new leader. The board later chose Deena Paramo, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District superintendent, as his replacement.
Earlier this month, Graff was also named as a finalist for the superintendent job at St. Michael-Albertville School District, a small district about 30 minutes outside of Minneapolis.
But the St. Michael-Albertville School Board chair announced Graff did not possess a superintendent certificate because Alaska law allowed him to rise in ranks without one, reported North Wright County Today, calling it a "bombshell of an announcement."
The Star Tribune reported that Minneapolis Public Schools had less of a problem with Graff's lack of a license. District officials said they did not anticipate problems with Graff aquiring a two-year variance while he worked toward getting his Minnesota license.
Graff is from Bemidji, a small city in northwest Minnesota.