The board of the troubled West Ada School District voted unanimously last night to hire Mary Ann Ranells, former Lakeland School District superintendent and former deputy state superintendent, as the district’s next superintendent. Rannells will start the first week of January; she replaces former longtime superintendent Linda Clark at the head of the state’s largest school district/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Anyone out there familiar with Rannells work at Lakeland School District want to comment?