Lance Amick has been chosen as the next Superintendent for the Scott City R-1 School District by the district's Board of Education on December 11th, 2023. He will begin his duties on July 1st, 2024.
Amick has worked in education for 21 years, all at Scott City Schools. He has been a teacher and coach at SCR1 in a number of high school varsity sports. He has been the high school principal at SCR1 for 6 years. He served as the president of the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MOASSP) for the 2022-2023 school year and was named Principal of the Year by MOASSP in the Southeast Missouri Region for 2023.
Amick will take over duties from Mr. Umfleet, who held the position for the last 5 years (2019-2024). Umfleet was an administrator at SCR1 for 19 years and is set to retire at the end of the 2023-2024 school year.