Resident urges earlier posting of two new fine arts coordinator positions

During the public comment period at the start of the Sept. 18 meeting, local resident and commenter Mr. Miller said the district's timing for posting two newly created positions in fine arts reduced the pool of qualified applicants and forced an internal juggling of duties.

Miller described the district's recent appointment of Matthew Brenner as director of fine arts while he remains band director at Buford High School. He said that arrangement has led to Brenner splitting time and coverage across visual and performing arts coordination, and that the positions did not appear to be widely posted before the start of the school year. Miller urged the board to consider announcing such positions toward the end of the prior school year so external and internal candidates who had already taken other positions would not be excluded.

The committee acknowledged the concern; staff did not announce a policy change during the meeting and said they would take the public comment into account when scheduling and posting future vacancies.