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Irvine Unified board hires Leadership Associates to run superintendent search
Summary
After hearing two executive-search firms, the Irvine Unified School District board voted to hire Leadership Associates to conduct the superintendent search, citing the firm’s statewide reach, leadership-development work and local ties. The decision followed presentations and a board Q&A about process, timelines and stakeholder engagement.
The Irvine Unified School District board voted to hire Leadership Associates to conduct the district’s superintendent search after presentations from two firms and an extended question-and-answer period. The special session began with a closed-session report that the board had discussed terms of the interim superintendent contract and the search process, followed by public presentations from Leadership Associates and Education Support Services (ESS).
Leadership Associates’ presenters — Peggy Lynch, Michael (first name only, present at the meeting), and Dennis Smith (remote) — outlined a search process built around community input, multilingual surveys, focused recruiting and candidate vetting. “We promise to bring you a deep pool of diverse candidates and highly qualified candidates,” Peggy Lynch said during the presentation. The firm highlighted leadership-development…
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