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Board chair lays out superintendent selection plan with blind review, timeline
Summary
Trustee Dr. Johnson, chairing the superintendent selection committee, described a selection process using blind application reviews, a scoring rubric and a multi‑stage interview schedule aimed at hiring by July 1; trustees debated committee composition and public‑meeting (Sunshine) requirements.
Dr. Johnson, the trustee tapped to chair the superintendent search committee, outlined a multi‑stage hiring process that she said is designed to reduce bias and identify the candidate “most qualified based on their experience, their leadership ability, and the alignment with what this system needs.” The board approved the selection process during the meeting.
The nut of the process is a two‑phase review. Dr. Johnson said an internal selection committee will perform an initial “weed‑out” using a scoring rubric and a blind review in which identifying information is removed from applications. She told trustees the goal is to present a board‑approved group of up to 10 candidates for the first round of interviews, with the selection committee conducting the initial interviews and the full board conducting…
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