The East Central Kansas Cooperative in Education Board of Directors agreed Tuesday to hire Dan Wray as the cooperative’s next director.

Wray will come to the special education cooperative, which serves the Baldwin, Eudora and Wellsville school districts, from the Ottawa school district, where he has been the special education director since 2013. He will start his duties on July 1 and will succeed Patti Bishop.

Wray’s experience includes positions at Academy High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Douglas County, Colo., schools. He served as director of special education and early-childhood education in the Cherry Creek (Colo.) School District. He has a bachelor’s in English education from Mid-America Nazarene University and a master’s in special education and leadership from the University of Colorado.