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Utica board hires SED consultant for superintendent search, hears $65M first-phase capital plan
Summary
The Utica City School District board voted to hire Dr. Patricia Kilburn of Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES as search consultant and reviewed a phased capital plan that would start with a $65 million referendum in May and a $15 million capital reserve to leverage state building aid.
The Utica City School District Board of Education on Monday approved hiring Dr. Patricia Kilburn, a district superintendent who represents the New York State Education Department in the supervisory district, to serve as the board's superintendent-search consultant.
Dr. Kilburn told the board she recommends a confidential search to attract experienced superintendent candidates and protect finalists from counteroffers, and she outlined a sample timeline of outreach, surveys, vetting and multiple interview nights beginning with vacancy advertising in April and candidate materials available in late May. "I do recommend that you go with a confidential search," Kilburn said, adding that confidential searches often secure higher-quality pools of candidates already serving as superintendents elsewhere.
The board also heard a detailed presentation on a proposed, multi-phase capital program from La Bella Associates and Fiscal Advisers. Fiscal adviser Mike Fiscay told the board the district's high building-aid ratio makes it efficient to borrow now and use state reimbursement: "If it's…
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