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School board hears proposal from South Carolina School Boards Association for superintendent search
Summary
Scott Price of the South Carolina School Boards Association outlined a 4–6 month superintendent search process, confidentiality rules for finalist stages, community input options, finalist background checks, and a listed base fee of $18,000 plus unspecified administrative charges.
Scott Price, executive director of the South Carolina School Boards Association, presented a proposal to the Chesterfield County School Board on the association’s typical superintendent search process and timeline.
Price told the board the search is “your search,” and said the association would tailor outreach and screening to the board’s priorities. He described a typical 4–6 month process that includes community surveys and focus groups, statewide and national advertising, preliminary screening of applications, semifinalist interviews and public finalist stages.
The proposal and Price’s presentation emphasized confidentiality until finalists are named, then a public…
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