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Board selects CESA 7 to lead superintendent search after two consultant presentations
Summary
After presentations from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards and CESA 7, the Green Bay Area School District Board voted 6–1 to contract CESA 7 to conduct the district's superintendent search. Board members questioned recruitment reach, cost and candidate vetting before selecting CESA 7’s lower-priced, locally focused proposal.
The Green Bay Area School District Board of Education voted 6–1 on Sept. 8 to hire Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) 7 to manage the district’s superintendent search. The board considered two responses to its request for proposals — from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) and CESA 7 — and heard 30‑minute presentations followed by board questions.
Why it matters: the search will determine the district’s next chief executive and leader for policy and operations. Board members said they wanted a process that produced a broad pool of qualified candidates while preserving the board’s authority to make the final hire.
WASB presentation: Ben Niehaus, identified in the meeting as director of member services for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, and Patty Vickman, a WASB search consultant and former superintendent, described a standard WASB process that emphasizes wide marketing, a planning meeting to set the leadership profile, and transparency through a Revelus portal that makes all application materials available to board members as soon as the posting closes. Niehaus said WASB…
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