Carlsen to depart Carbon District for new job in Box Elder County

Carbon School District Superintendent Steve Carlsen will leave his job here to become the superintendent of Box Elder County School District in northern Utah. His resignation is effective June 30.
Carlsen will replace Ron Tolman, who will retire this summer.
“I have loved working in Carbon County with both the school district and in getting to know the community,” Carlsen said Tuesday. “This move is not about this district. It is about opportunity.”
It is also about family. He and his wife have children and other relatives living along the Wasatch Front and in southeastern Idaho.
“That district is right in the middle of them, and that will make it easier to be a part of their lives,” he said.
Carlsen will take over a school district that is considerably bigger than Carbon. Box Elder has more than 11,000 students. Its facilities range from a small school house with Kindergarten through 10th grade students in Grouse Creek to Box Elder High School, a 4A school with a little less than 1/500 students in Brigham City.
It will be a big leap for him, just as the jump to Carbon was in 2011 when he came to Price to serve as top administrator. Carlsen brought experience with rural schools and a broad background in education. He had served as a teacher, administrator and superintendent in North Summit School District for 13 years. That district was half the size of Carbon at the time.
Carlsen has a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree from Idaho State University.
The Carbon Board of Education now has two choices in replacing Carlsen by June 30. They can begin a search for a new superintendent or they can appoint an interim superintendent.