FAIRFIELD, Maine — Good Will-Hinckley announced Friday that it has hired a retired Maine school superintendent to serve as president and lead the “advancement and development” of the organization, which runs the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences in Fairfield.
Kenneth Coville, 58, announced plans last month to retire from his post at the helm of RSU 74, which includes the towns of Anson, North Anson, Embden, New Portland and Solon. He led that district for 12 years.
He’ll start his new duties at the charter school at the end of August, according to a Good Will-Hinckley news release.
“Mr. Coville is a proven educational leader, we are fortunate to have him join our team,” said Good Will-Hinckley board chairman Jack Moore. “I want to welcome Ken back to the Good Will-Hinckley family. Ken brings a set of skills to help us build on our current strengths and realize the enormous potential and promise that this organization has.”
Coville taught at the Good Will-Hinckley School in 1981 to start his career in education. He spent the next 35 years as a teacher, principal, special education director and superintendent.
The organization says Coville will work alongside Robert Moody, who has been serving as interim president. Moody will continue to oversee Good Will-Hinckley’s internal operations.
The announcement came on the same day that Democratic Speaker of the House Mark Eves, who was once poised to take the post, filed an appeal in his federal case against Gov. Paul LePage.
Eves sued LePage on July 30, 2015, in U.S. District Court in Bangor alleging the governor illegally retaliated against Eves over their political differences by threatening to withhold state funding from his future employer, Good Will-Hinckley.
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in May.
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