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TSBA to post superintendent vacancy; board edits brochure and confirms timeline
Summary
The Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) will post a national vacancy brochure for Cumberland County's director of schools after two factual corrections were made; TSBA will convene a screening committee and report finalists to the board by mid-June.
The Cumberland County Board of Education confirmed edits to a superintendent vacancy brochure and was told the Tennessee School Boards Association will post the position nationwide this week.
TSBA's search consultant said the brochure will be posted "first thing in the morning" and that once the application deadline passes TSBA will "convene a screening committee" to review applications and present finalists to the board. The consultant said TSBA’s job is to select the top three candidates who best meet the brochure criteria and that TSBA will report results back to the board on June 12.
Board members identified two factual corrections to the materials: the student population should be 6,829 and the total number of employees should be 1,100 (the transcript differentiates certified staff from total employees). The board instructed TSBA staff (Macy) to make those corrections before posting. Macy was introduced in the meeting as the board’s new director of board development and staff attorney and was assigned to follow up with applicants and provide routine updates to the board.
TSBA emphasized that all applicants must use the association’s online portal; board members were told that once an application is submitted it becomes public information by law and TSBA will provide applicant lists to the board as entries are received. The consultant said TSBA will screen and forward finalists according to the board’s adopted criteria and timeline.
Board members discussed whether to add language to the board’s policy barring board members from applying to the superintendent post in both interim and permanent roles; members agreed to insert the word “interim or permanent” into the draft policy language so a board member may not be considered for either form of the director of schools position. The transcript shows this edit will be added to the policy language for next week's meeting.
