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Board considers formal parent role on interview committees, suggests PTO recruitment
Summary
Board members discussed reinstating non‑employee parent participation on principal and director hiring committees and favored asking PTOs to nominate or provide members rather than a district‑wide open signup.
Board members discussed whether and how to include parents who are not district employees on interview committees for principal and director hires. The draft hiring procedures require inclusion of a parent on certain committees; board members said that requirement is already in policy for some openings but that the selection process was not specified.
Participants said the district previously invited community members to serve but reduced that practice after confidentiality breaches. Board members proposed several approaches: ask the PTO of the relevant school to nominate a parent member for that hiring committee; identify parents with relevant experience (for example, a parent of a student with disabilities for special‑education director hiring); or maintain a small roster of willing parents and select by role or need.
Staff suggested practical steps such as contacting PTO leadership for committee candidates or maintaining an annual sign‑up on the district website for parents willing to serve on interview panels, with screening questions about the candidate’s experience. The board did not adopt one single selection process during the meeting but agreed that PTO nomination or targeted outreach would be appropriate for upcoming director and principal hires.
