Liberty Elementary board votes to hold in-person candidate screening after vendor refuses to share resumes electronically

The Liberty Elementary Governing Board voted 4-1 on June 27 to require an in-person candidate screening meeting on Monday, June 30, after the search vendor, the Arizona Superintendents Association (ASA), declined to provide applicants' resumes electronically.

Board President Michael Todd said ASA’s policy left the board with three options: hold the meeting without distributing electronic copies, postpone the screening (which would delay hiring), or replace the vendor and restart the search. “There’s no problem with that,” Todd said of changing vendors, but advised it would likely be costly and time-consuming.

The vote affirmed a motion by Vice President Chris Kenyon, seconded by Board Member Brian Cerencioni, that Monday’s screening be in person and that Wednesday’s finalist interviews continue as planned with a virtual option. The motion passed with Schmidt, Kenyon, Cerencioni and…