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Fairfax City School Board approves superintendent search timeline after consultant's presentation
Summary
The Fairfax City School Board voted unanimously Aug. 4 to approve a consultant's multi-month superintendent search timeline, which schedules community input, an Aug. 26 in-person forum at Fairfax High School and candidate interviews through October with an anticipated announcement Nov. 3.
Dr. Phyllis Pujardo, an education consultant and former Fairfax City superintendent, presented a proposed timeline for the School Board's superintendent search and the board voted unanimously to approve it.
Pujardo told the board the search will begin with an advertisement posted for at least two weeks, broad community outreach and both in-person and virtual engagement. "You are about to embark on a very major decision, a decision that's going to impact 5,000 students," she said, stressing the council's role as hiring manager and outlining steps from initial stakeholder meetings to a final contract offer.
The consultant described specific public-engagement plans and dates. She said the board has…
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