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Beloit board moves to hire outside firm to lead superintendent search
Summary
Trustees agreed to begin a superintendent search using outside firms and outlined criteria — cost, community engagement, track record and candidate longevity — while asking staff to get price estimates and schedule firm interviews.
The School District of Beloit board opened a formal superintendent search discussion and agreed to engage an external search firm to assist in recruiting the district’s next superintendent.
Dr. Leah Gordon Mallett summarized five firms recommended by the superintendent: Hazard Young and Associates (HYA), WASB, BWP & Associates, School Exec Connect, and Ray & Associates. Trustees broadly supported hiring a firm and discussed cost estimates (trustees cited a WASB range of roughly $10,000–$15,000 and other firms up to $40,000), outreach reach, track record (longevity of placed candidates), capacity to lead community engagement and public listening sessions, and whether firms provide post‑placement support or guarantees.
Trustees requested staff to contact the listed firms for ballpark cost information, to narrow the list for interviews, and to schedule interviews so the full board can assess methodologies, references and how each firm will build a candidate pool that fits Beloit’s demographics and challenges.
Trustee comments emphasized the need to vet firms’ placement longevity and community-engagement capability; no final vendor was selected at the meeting.
