School board committee narrows superintendent interview process, moves to executive session to select finalists

At a committee meeting of the School Board on the superintendent search, members agreed to conduct a single, in-person round of interviews (with the option to call a second round if needed), set a target of 60 minutes per interview and about 15 pre-ranked questions, and voted to convene an executive session to review confidential applicant materials and select finalists.

The interview process matters because the committee’s choices will produce the finalists the full school board will consider and negotiate with; members discussed scheduling, question selection, scoring and whether to require tours for finalists.

Committee members discussed logistics for the search and interview timetable. The group agreed to tentatively hold the first round of interviews during the week of March 17. Committee members will submit proposed questions into an online survey; the committee chair (Taylor) will distribute a ranked list to the committee. The group set March 12 as the target date…