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Carmel Central board recesses to executive session to discuss superintendent appointment; search firm clause noted
Summary
The Carmel Central School District board voted to enter executive session to discuss the appointment of an interim or permanent superintendent and reviewed its search timeline and contract with Strategic Educational Advantage, which will run a free screening if the board reopens the search within two years.
The Carmel Central School District board voted on April 28 to recess into executive session to discuss "matters leading to the appointment of a specific person or position" and to receive legal advice exempt from open-meetings law. The board chair restated the amended motion before a voice vote and declared the motion passed.
The decision moves the board into a closed session expected to last at least an hour and possibly up to 90 minutes, during which trustees will discuss candidates for an interim superintendent and the timeline for hiring a permanent successor. "May the Board of Education recess into executive session for the purposes of discussing matters leading to the appointment of a specific person or position, and to receive legal advice that is exempt from open meetings law," an unidentified board speaker said as the motion was offered.
Board members said the district will seek an interim superintendent who can provide a transition overlap with the current superintendent and will accept and interview candidates in the coming weeks while simultaneously launching the permanent search. The board reported meeting with the search firm Strategic Educational Advantage to plan the process. An unidentified speaker identified the firm by name during the discussion.
Board members clarified a clause in the district's contract with Strategic Educational Advantage: if the board must reopen a superintendent search within two years of hiring a new superintendent, the firm will conduct search screening interviews at no charge to the district; the only fees would be travel-related expenses. "The only fees for these screening interviews will be travel expenses," an unidentified speaker said.
The board voted by voice to approve the amended motion and moved into executive session; the transcript records a collective "Aye" vote and the chair's statement that the motion passed. No roll-call votes listing individual trustees' votes were recorded in the published transcript. The meeting was adjourned afterward; the board said it would reconvene on Tuesday.
The closed-session discussion is limited to appointment considerations and legal advice; the board has not announced any selections or public actions following the executive session.
