At this time last year, Brian Latwis was settling in as the Barnegat Township School District superintendent, replacingKaren Wood. Hemoved up frombeing the district’s special education director, a job he had assumed in the fall of 2015. At the time, Latwis said that coming to Barnegat was the “best decision of my professional career,” and a year at the helm hasn’t changed that feeling.

“To be successful as a superintendent, you need a very dedicated and cooperative administrative team, teachers and…