Jeff Collum New School Superintendent in Hallsville

HALLSVILLE – Hallsville school trustees have made it official, the new school superintendent is Jeff Collum. On February 25th, they named Collum the lone finalist for the post from over 50 candidates. Monday night, the Hallsville school board voted unanimously in favor of Collum, who will start his new duties July 1st. He will be succeeding Jim Dunlap who was named interim superintendent in 2011 and in 2012 was named permanent superintendent. Collum comes to Hallsville from Benton, Arkansas where he has been serving as school superintendent.