Litchfield Public Schools announced the pending resignation of superintendent Daniel Frazier Friday morning.
Frazier has served as superintendent since the fall of 2012.
Frazier could not be reached for comment Friday morning. School staff said he was out of the office.
The Litchfield School Board will hold a special meeting on the matter at 7 p.m. Monday at the Wagner Education Building. The board will meet with a search consultant and discuss filling the vacancy.
Administrative assistant Kris Dollerschell said the effective date of Frazier's resignation will be announced at the special meeting Monday.
In January 2016, the Independent Review published an article stating that Frazier was considering leaving the district and was one of four finalists for a superintendent position in Rapid City, South Dakota. At that time, two board members agreed it was normal for a professional to continue to look for advancements in their careers and that he had a right to improve his career.
A native of Guthrie Center, Iowa, Frazier attended public school in Harlan, Iowa, where his father served as superintendent for 25 years. Frazier served 13 years as a public school superintendent in Iowa and two years overseas prior to his arrival in Litchfield, according to his biography on the Litchfield School District's website. A former secondary English teacher, Frazier also has experience as an activities director, assistant principal and middle school principal.
Frazier earned a bachelor's degree from Morningside College in Sioux City, a masters degree from the University of Nebraska, a specialist degree from Drake University in Des Moines and a doctorate on campus from the University of Nebraska.
For two years, Frazier served as the superintendent of education for the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific. Frazier managed the school that served the children of military personnel, civilian contractors and a native population there.
