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Foundation hiring process explained: committee interviews, recommendation to superintendent
Summary
Staff described the hiring process for the Leon County Schools Foundation executive director: the foundation’s MOU with the district establishes a five‑member interview committee (three non‑district foundation members and two district employees) that interviews candidates and recommends finalists to the superintendent.
District staff outlined the hiring process for the Leon County Schools Foundation executive director and said the foundation’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) governs the search and the interview committee composition.
The superintendent described that, under the MOU, the foundation forms a five‑member interview committee composed of three foundation members who are not district employees and two Leon County Schools employees. That committee conducts interviews, may require a second interview with a presentation, and then makes a recommendation to the superintendent from the candidate pool.
The superintendent said the position had closed and reopened after receiving only three applicants; at the time of the board briefing there were five applicants and the posting remained open “until filled.” She said the foundation’s executive board will meet to discuss the candidate list and that the committee’s recommendation is forwarded to the superintendent, who makes the personnel recommendation. The board itself does not typically interview finalists before hire under the MOU, staff said, but the district will provide the MOU and foundation bylaws to the board for review.
Board members said they wanted clarity on whether the board or foundation would see candidates prior to hire; staff said the MOU governs the process and that they would circulate the MOU and bylaws to the board.
