Anoka-Hennepin superintendent to depart after 2025–26

Anoka-Hennepin Schools Superintendent Cory McIntyre has told the school board he will not seek renewal of his contract, meaning his tenure will end when his current deal expires on June 30, 2026. McIntyre, who has led the state’s largest district since July 2023, is exiting less than three years after taking the job and just months after a narrowly averted teachers’ strike that produced a tentative deal in January following 11 bargaining sessions. The district says the board will now develop a leadership transition plan and timeline to select the next superintendent before the 2026–27 school year, but has given no details on search parameters or public input. In a formal statement, board members praised McIntyre for steering major budget cuts and implementing literacy changes under the READ Act, calling Anoka-Hennepin a 'leader in the state' on reading proficiency, while offering no explanation for his decision to leave. For north-metro families and staff, the move injects more uncertainty into a district already wrestling with budget pressures, state literacy mandates, and raw labor relations that only recently stepped back from a strike.