Board Authorizes Use of Search Firm and Funds for Superintendent Search

June 4, 2010 - At its June 1 meeting, the Board of Education approved requests from the Superintendent Search Committee to authorize use of a search firm in the process and to designate $125,000 from the undesignated fund balance for the superintendent search.

The Superintendent Search Committee is an ad hoc committee formed for the purpose of assisting in the recruiting/hiring of a new superintendent. Board vice-chair Debra Goldman, who chairs the search committee, presented information to the Committee of the Whole on May 4 about the use of a search firm. The board offered its support and requested that the committee gather more information. In meetings on May 19 and May 25, the committee reviewed proposals and developed a request for funding.

The Committee plans to present recommendations for a search firm to the board for approval prior to the development of a service contract. Funds not used in the superintendent search will revert to the fund balance.

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