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Board outlines superintendent search timeline, debates teacher-experience requirement

Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education · April 22, 2026
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Summary

The board heard a presentation from search firm McPherson & Jacobson on timelines and community panels for the superintendent search, agreed to close applications May 11 and recruit community participants for two-day interviews in May, and debated whether classroom teaching experience should be a hiring requirement.

McPherson & Jacobson updated the Palo Alto Unified School District board on the superintendent search calendar and process, telling trustees that applications will close on May 11 and that finalist interviews are expected to be a two-day process that includes a community interview panel.

The search firm representative said the calendar is built backward from a targeted July 1 start and that the interview phase typically includes students and community members alongside the board. "The application will close May 11," the…

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