SPRINGFIELD — The Superintendent Search Committee selected two city school administrators and the head of a regional school district in Vermont as finalists to become the next school superintendent.

The committee announced Wednesday that Kimberly Wells, the chief schools officer for Springfield Public Schools; Sonia Dinnall, chief of family and community engagement for Springfield’s empowerment zone schools and Rene Sanchez, superintendent of the Champlain Valley School District, are the top candidates out of the initial 12 who applied for the job two months ago.