(KNZA)--The name of the second of three finalists to be interviewed for the position of Hiawatha school district superintendent has been released.

According to a press release from the school district, he is Lonnie Moser who currently serves as K-12 principal and assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505.

Moser's administrative experience also includes five years as 6th-12th grade principal in Little River USD 444 and eight years as middle school principal in Pittsburg USD 250.

Moser began his education career as a middle school social studies teacher at Salina South in USD 305.

The public will have a chance to meet him during a public reception Tuesday  afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 in the Hiawatha Middle School commons prior to being interviewed by the USD 415 Board of Education during a special meeting Tuesday evening.

Moser’s wife, Sharese, is an accountant at Pittsburg State University. The Moser’s two oldest children, Kaylin and Grant, are college students. Their two youngest sons, Cameron and Jordan, are in middle school.

The first finalist, current  Hiawatha High School Principal Andrew Gaddis, was  interviewed by the Board Monday evening and the third finalist will be interviewed Wednesday evening.  The name of that finalist will be released Wednesday morning.

Current superintendent, Penny Hargrove, is resigning at the end of the current school year to take a job as superintendent of the Mingus Union High School District in Cottonwood, Arizona.

She has served as superintendent of the Hiawatha school district for five years.