Peter, thanks for your post. I’ve been asking this of each of the candidates, One of the key jobs of the board is to hire a superintendent. After decades of conducting open searches where finalists were announced to the public and the district held open meetings with finalists, the current board conducted searches entirely in the dark, w…
Peter, thanks for your post. I’ve been asking this of each of the candidates, One of the key jobs of the board is to hire a superintendent. After decades of conducting open searches where finalists were announced to the public and the district held open meetings with finalists, the current board conducted searches entirely in the dark, without public input.
Would you vote to continue this practice? Or go back to a public-facing superintendent search for the next vacancy?
Thanks for the question, Penny. If presented with the opportunity to conduct a superintendent search, I would be in favor of it being a public-facing one. In that situation, I think we should be guided more by finding the absolute right person for the job vs. simply the last one in the running. If we do a public search, are underwhelmed with the applicant pool, and we believe the lack of anonymity is preventing higher-caliber candidates from consideration, it would warrant further discussion but I'm not convinced that's truly the obstacle it's been made out to be in the past.
Peter, thanks for your post. I’ve been asking this of each of the candidates, One of the key jobs of the board is to hire a superintendent. After decades of conducting open searches where finalists were announced to the public and the district held open meetings with finalists, the current board conducted searches entirely in the dark, without public input.
Would you vote to continue this practice? Or go back to a public-facing superintendent search for the next vacancy?
Thanks for asking this of everyone!!
Thanks for the question, Penny. If presented with the opportunity to conduct a superintendent search, I would be in favor of it being a public-facing one. In that situation, I think we should be guided more by finding the absolute right person for the job vs. simply the last one in the running. If we do a public search, are underwhelmed with the applicant pool, and we believe the lack of anonymity is preventing higher-caliber candidates from consideration, it would warrant further discussion but I'm not convinced that's truly the obstacle it's been made out to be in the past.