It appears the superintendent search is a bit behind schedule. Review of applications and candidate screening and selection of semifinalists was part of Phase 2, to be completed in late February to March.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Returning to the Superintendent Search
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Maybe one of the interview questions should query the intent to stay with the district longer than a year.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should sincerely look at hiring someone who is already in the community and suited to the task.
ReplyDeleteJohn is absolutely right: hire someone from the community so that we can begin to get the district back on track. The academic disaster for our kids from successive screw-ups by superintendent hires is already apparent.
ReplyDeleteConsider bringing in Nuns as Teachers.
ReplyDeleteThey don’t back down
I’ve commented on this topic before but have been thinking about it more even before this timely reminder. I saw firsthand in my teaching career how crucial the leader of a school/district is to success. I taught in a high needs/hard to staff school that became a School Under Registration Review (SURR). NYS Dept. of Education was threatening to take our license! There had been five principals in four years at that point and none of them were change agents, that’s for sure. The weeklong NYS team evaluation that gave us the SURR status was read aloud to staff and parents in the auditorium and it was damning. They criticized the principal and administrators roundly. They also said, The vast majority of teachers here do not know how to teach a child to read but then there is a small minority who are among the best educators we’ve ever seen (for the record, someone on the team told me I was in the second group). The Fall after this awful review we got a new principal and an influx of money for staff training and materials. Things really changed. In a short time we became the top school in the district (this was NYC where they are multiple schools in each district). Having a competent person at the top that we all had to answer to and who made sure we were supported as a staff made the difference. Those of us who were doing okay in the classroom now didn’t have to close our doors and teach, ignoring all the chaos out in the halls. We were a part of the culture of the school and able to be mentors and have agency through developing curriculum, family and community activities and even write grants for the school. And many teachers who were struggling got the support they needed. And some did not continue in their positions (yes, you can fire union staff if you don’t mind keeping records, lots of records.)
ReplyDeleteThe number of the posts and comments on this crucial job shows that many already understand how crucial this appointment is. I really hope those in charge of making it understand this. It’s all the difference in the world.