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The Year InReview The Year InReview The Year InReview The Year InReviewBoard meeting of 2011. Ms. Kanter served theMilford School District for two and a half years, takingover as Superintendent in 2009 following Dr.Robert Smith.In the summer of 2011, a petition was organizedby Paul Mills to discuss problems he saw with theMilford School District and the removal of SuperintendentSharon Kanter. As it began to gain momentumin the community a second petition in oppositionto the first, led by Dwayne Powell, organized insupport of Ms. Kanter and the job she has done atthe Milford School District.In April of 2012 the University of Delaware Institutefor Public Administration (IPA) was hired bythe Milford School Board to facilitate the processof finding a new superintendent. They held threepublic meetings at the Milford High School, onlinesurveys and interviewed several candidates from thestate of Delaware and across the nation.Ms. Phyllis Kohel will begin the position of Superintendentfor the Milford School District as soon asher current contract from the Woodbridge SchoolDistrict is resolved. Ms. Kohel looks forward to returningto the district that she considers home andwill continue her 28 year tenure as an employee ofthe Milford School District shortly.