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Board narrows superintendent search approach; members favor TSBA Plan 2, to consider vote next meeting
Summary
Board members discussed three TSBA search packages and agreed the mid-level option (Plan 2) best balanced cost and services; members also proposed committees for the director-of-schools evaluation and for long-term salary-and-benefits planning.
Board members discussed options for conducting the district's superintendent search and first-year evaluation and considered services from the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA). TSBA representative services and three package levels were discussed; members who spoke favored Plan 2 as a balance between cost and comprehensiveness, with several members saying Plan 1 would be insufficient while Plan 3 offered features they could replicate with committee work or did not have time for.
Board members expressed particular interest in Plan 2's combination of candidate vetting, reference checks and electronic survey services. Members noted that TSBA can provide an in-person consultant service for the first-year evaluation at an additional cost (the meeting referenced an extra $1,500 fee for that service). Several members recommended forming a special committee to work on the director-of-schools evaluation and a separate committee to address multi-year salary and benefits planning.
Members asked staff to be prepared to make motions and vote at the next meeting to authorize TSBA services and to form the committees. No formal contract was approved during the work session; the board's preference expressed on the record was to move forward with TSBA Plan 2 if the board votes to proceed.
