Wayne Westland school district names new superintendent
Members of the Wayne-Westland Board of Education last week named Dr. Catherine M. Cost as the permanent superintendent of schools following a rigorous search and multiple candidate interviews.
Cost was named as interim superintendent last June. Her new title will become effective July 1, pending successful contract negotiations, according to an official statement from the district.
Cost is an experienced Michigan educator and school administrator who has served as a superintendent, assistant superintendent, and principal in multiple districts. She has a career spanning two decades, focusing on school administration, public education, and supporting student and family services.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, a master's degree from Oakland University, and a doctorate in Education Administration from Wayne State University. Cost served as the assistant superintendent for Farmington Public Schools for eight years and worked in that district as both a school principal and teacher.
Cost served as superintendent of Wyandotte Public Schools from 2014 through 2023 and as interim superintendent at Hazel Park Schools prior to accepting the interim superintendent position at Wayne Westland in June.
