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BWP outlines superintendent search plan for Richland 1, emphasizing community engagement
Summary
BWP and Associates presented a four-step, nationally scoped superintendent search plan to the Richland 1 School District Board of Commissioners on Feb. 18, 2025, highlighting wide community outreach, a SurveyMonkey quantitative survey, confidentiality for applicants, and a timeline targeting a July 1 start for the new superintendent.
BWP and Associates consultants Dr. Deborah Hill and Dr. Kevin Kastner presented a four-step superintendent search plan to the Richland 1 School District Board of Commissioners on Feb. 18, 2025, at the Stevenson Administration Building in Columbia.
The consultants told the board the process will emphasize community engagement, data-driven candidate screening and confidentiality. "The intent is that this will be a transparent process," Dr. Deborah Hill said, and she described multiple ways residents, staff and students can provide input. The firm recommended a 30-day advertising window and a timeline that would allow a new superintendent to begin by July 1, 2025, with candidate interviews in May and a likely application cut-off in April.
BWP outlined four phases: develop specifications and a leadership profile from stakeholder input;…
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