Carl Dietz: More Than a Superintendent

By: Sophia

Volunteering is a self-drive for superintendent Carl Dietz. Volunteering is very important to him. When asking him what being an activist means to him he stated “Standing up for what is right regardless of the consequences, and never compromising your personal integrity.”

Mr. Dietz has volunteered in our community in several different ways. One way is as our superintendent of our public schools he has proposed three school bonds since 2008 when he began his job. He has got shot down on all three proposals but won’t back down from trying to do the right thing which is obtaining better learning facilities and educational programs. Most superintendents would have left already after getting struck down three times in a row, but Carl Dietz has a self-driven motivation to stay here and keep helping out in our community. His answer to the questions; why haven’t you given up and why have you decided to stay he states “I haven’t given up because I know the positive impact new facilities can have on the attitude of everyone, as well as the educational and financial improvements. I’ve stayed because this is where I need to be for right now.”

Besides being a superintendent in our community, he also volunteered by participating in fund raising events to help pay for youth projects as a member of the Big Mac Kiwanis and the Ogallala Optimist Club. The clubs also perform community service projects.  Mr. Dietz has also participated in roadside cleanups, the Angel Store, helping out with the Rendezvous breakfast, and he helped start the Jaycees in Wood River, and many others.

So, why did Mr. Dietz become a superintendent? Mr. Dietz states “I became a superintendent to have a greater impact on more students.” Mr. Dietz has worked hard to earn his position of superintendent now.  He has taught at Benkelman and Wood River and also coached sports. He was a principal at Amherst and a superintendent at Eustis-Farnam. Before he moved here he lived in Kearney, Nebraska. For now he remains in our small community still volunteering and accomplishing great things.