LIVINGSTON - The Livingston Parish School Board will hold a special meeting on June 9 to interview four candidates who applied to be the district's next superintendent.

The board hopes to announce a successor to retiring Superintendent John Watson before July 1. Watson's last day will be June 30.

The applicants are:

-Arronza LaBatt, executive director to the deputy superintendent of schools for Montgomery County Schools in Maryland.

-Elizabeth "Liz" Swinford, superintendent of schools/consultant for the Tuscaloosa County School System in Alabama.

-Mark Torbert, principal at South Terrebonne High School.

-Rick Wentzel, assistant superintendent of school operations for Livingston Parish public schools.