Argo hired as new Alva superintendent
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February 23, 2018
Lynn L. Martin
Tim Argo is the newly selected superintendent of schools for the Alva district, replacing Steve Parkhurst, who is retiring. Argo (on the right) is all smiles after being voted to that position by the Alva Board of Education. From left are Jane McDermott, Larry Parkhrst, Pam Gale (secretary) Tiffany Slater, Karen Koehn and Shane Hansen.
The Alva School Board met in a special meeting, Thursday noon, Feb. 22, at the downtown administrative office.
They had four agenda items: administering the oath of office and the signing of documents by two candidates for board positions; reorganization of the board, and the hiring of a new superintendent.
After Tiffany Slater and Shane Hansen completed the oath of office paperwork, the board voted to name Jane McDermott as president, Tiffany Slater as vice-president, Karen Koehn as clerk and Larry Parker as deputy clerk.
The board then voted to enter executive session and excluded Pam Gale, the recording secretary; Steve Parkhurst, current superintendent; and Lynn Martin of the newspaper. They met for about 45 minutes with Tim Argo, who was described on the agenda as Candidate 1.
After the executive session, the board entered open session and unanimously voted to hire Argo as the superintendent. Argo has been serving as assistant superintendent for about 13 months.
Tim Argo
Argo came to Alva when his dad, Ron Argo, moved to town to serve as minister of the First Baptist Church. He attended the Alva schools until his dad took a job at Deer Creek of Edmond and the family moved there during Argo's freshman year of high school.
After graduating from Deer Creek of Edmond, Argo obtained his bachelor's degree in education, with a history emphasis. He started his classroom career at Deer Creek High School teaching freshman geography. In 1998, he and April moved to Alva where he joined the faculty at Alva Middle School, teaching seventh-grade geography and coaching boys basketball and track.
In 2007, Argo joined the education staff at Bill Johnson Correctional Center as the site administrator. After five years there, he moved back into the Alva school system as principal at Lincoln School. He was promoted to assistant superintendent in January 2017.
The family includes wife, April, who teaches kindergarten at Washington school, and three children: Kendall, age 4; Chance, age 9; and Carly, age 12. The Argos have been married 16 years.
Asked his reaction to being hired to the Superintendent's job, Argo replied, "I am honored and humbled at getting an opportunity like this to lead our school district."
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