Dr. Jason Wysong will be sworn in as Superintendent of the School District of Manatee County during a special meeting of the School Board on Monday, July 3, 2023, at 10 a.m. The ceremony will take place at the Walter E. Miller School Support Center, located at 215 Manatee Avenue West, in Bradenton. Dr. Wysong is replacing Cynthia Saunders as superintendent. Ms. Saunders is retiring June 30, 2023, after serving 34 years in education in Florida, including the last five as superintendent in Manatee County. The ceremony will be live streamed by Manatee Schools Television (MSTV) on the district website at the following link: https://www.manateeschools.net/Page/3700 on YouTube @SchoolDistrictManatee, and Spectrum Channel 646 and Frontier Channel 39. A Deputy Superintendent for Seminole County Public Schools since 2021, Dr. Wysong’s responsibilities included leading K-12 instruction and organizing strategic action across district departments and schools. Prior to becoming Deputy Superintendent, Dr. Wysong served Seminole County as Executive Director for Instructional Excellence and System Equity (2020-2021), Executive Director of Education Pathways and Strategic Partnerships (2016-2020), Director of Education Pathways and Strategic Partnerships (2013-2016), and Coordinator of Race to the Top (2011-2013). He served in Seminole County schools since 2007. An “A” rated district located northeast of Orlando, Seminole schools are home to more than 63,000 students. Earlier in his career, Wysong was a Social Studies Teacher and Debate Coach (2000-2007) followed by Dean of Students (2007-2008) and Assistant Principal at Lake Brantley High School (2008-2011). Wysong earned a doctorate and a specialist degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida, as well as a master’s in Social Studies Education and a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Political Science and History from the University of Florida.