Farmington Board appoints Cave Executive Search Services to lead superintendent search

The Farmington Board of Education on March 3, 2025, appointed Cave Executive Search Services to assist the personnel search committee in conducting the search for the next superintendent and authorized Andrea Simitsky, chair of the personnel search committee, to negotiate and sign the contract for those services.

The decision follows a request for proposals (RFP) the district posted on Feb. 5 with proposals due Feb. 19. The board received five proposals, interviewed three consulting firms and — after the interviews — selected a single firm as the top choice. Board members held interviews on two days, with seven participants on the first day and six on the second, and reported that the committee’s review produced a clear top candidate. The board moved into executive session to discuss the search and, upon returning to regular session, passed the motion to appoint Cave Executive Search Services by voice vote; the transcript records a voice vote and the chair stating “motion carries,” but does not record individual named votes.

The motion the board approved read: “To appoint Cave Executive Search Services as the Executive Search Services scribe to assist the personnel search committee in the search to appoint the next superintendent of schools and to authorize the chair of the personnel search committee, Andrea Simitsky, to negotiate and sign the contract for such services.” The transcript does not identify who formally moved or seconded the motion by name but records that a motion and second were made and that members voted by saying “aye.”

Board members and the committee described the selection process in brief remarks at the meeting: the RFP timeline, number of proposals received and the interview schedule. After the motion passed, board members thanked committee members for their participation and for Andrea Simitsky’s leadership in the review and interviews.

The board began the special meeting by calling the session to order and moved into executive session to discuss the search; it later returned to regular session and completed the appointment. The transcript notes the meeting resumed regular session at 7:13 (time as spoken during the meeting).

Next steps recorded in the action include allowing the committee chair to finalize contract terms with Cave Executive Search Services; the transcript does not specify a contract amount, a timeline for the firm’s work, or a deadline for announcing or hiring the new superintendent.

The record shows the board handled this single substantive agenda item — selection of a search firm for the superintendent — and took formal action to appoint the firm and vest signing authority with the committee chair. The transcript does not provide details about the firm’s proposed scope, fee, or schedule, nor does it identify additional conditions or contingencies for the appointment.