So don’t ask him.

Brooks told me, after other media inquiries, that he has no desire to be the state’s highest ranking educational guru.

As the leader of the largest urban school district in the state (and in the region for that matter) Brooks sits in a high profile position. He is the president of the Kansas Association of School Administrators. His term ends in June. Brooks was also a finalist for the Richard R. Green Award, a national award given to leaders of urban school districts. (He lost out to Atlanta school superintendent Beverly Hill.) And he’s also gotten national exposure for the money he receives from area business owners that supplements his salary as well as expelling the Edison concept out of the district.

State education board members are meeting today with Brenda Welburn, executive director of the National Association of State Boards of Education, the group in charge of finding the next commissioner.