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Resident asks board how community input shaped new superintendent hire; calls DEI "opportunity, not a substitute for merit"
Summary
At the Feb. 6 McKeesport Area School District special meeting, resident Cynthia Baldwin asked whether citizens had input into the hiring of the district's new superintendent and urged the board not to conflate diversity, equity and inclusion with a lack of merit.
Cynthia Baldwin, a resident, asked the McKeesport Area School District Board of Directors on Feb. 6 whether there had been public input into the hiring of the district new superintendent, and urged the board not to equate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies with a lowering of merit standards.
Baldwin opened her public comment by asking directly whether citizens had been able to contribute to the superintendent search: “I am here tonight because I heard that we have a new superintendent. Do we? We do. And I wanted to ask if there was citizen input into that.” A board member responded that the district had hired a search organization and that the consultant…
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