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Consultants present leadership profile for Gresham‑Barlow superintendent search after outreach to about 200 stakeholders
Summary
HYA presented a leadership profile summarizing input from roughly 200 stakeholders that emphasizes four traits for the next superintendent—strong communication, visible relationship building, student‑centered focus, and instructional leadership—while noting low participation in some focus groups and uneven student survey responses.
Consultants hired to support Gresham‑Barlow School District’s superintendent search told the board Dec. 18 that input from roughly 200 stakeholders produced a leadership profile the board can use to evaluate candidates.
The search firm, identified in the report as HYA, said the feedback includes strengths—financial stability, community support, low staff turnover—and recurring challenges, most notably internal communication and the speed at which misinformation can spread on social media. The consultants said those themes appeared…
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