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School committee approves surplus curriculum items and establishes superintendent screening committee
Summary
The committee unanimously approved declaring outdated curriculum and library materials surplus, approved the screening committee charge and membership for the superintendent search (adding Anne Burman and Yami/Yamalise/Yamaly Cruz), appointed a screening committee chair, and dissolved the ad hoc search committee.
At the special April 13 meeting the Salem School Committee took several procedural actions after the FY27 budget discussion.
The committee voted unanimously to declare certain curriculum and library materials surplus, following a packet and linked memo listing outdated, damaged or misaligned items. Member Hoffman moved to approve the surplus list and Member Miranda seconded; the chair called the vote and the motion carried unanimously.
The committee then approved the charge to the superintendent screening committee—a multi-point process document included in the meeting backup—and accepted a recommended screening-committee membership list drawn from roughly 90–95 applicants. Member Miranda proposed adding STU President Anne Burman and Bentley assistant principal Yami/Yamalise/Yamaly Cruz to the list; the committee approved the additions by voice vote.
Member Cornell moved to appoint Member Hoffman as chair of the screening committee; that motion was seconded and carried unanimously. The committee also voted to dissolve the ad hoc superintendent search subcommittee.
Officials reviewed next steps and timeline details for the screening process: the screening committee was scheduled to meet Wednesday (the transcript cited a screening committee meeting on Wednesday evening) and the job application window was noted to close this week (the presenter said the application closes on the coming Thursday). Committee members asked staff to publish the screening timeline and any public dates for candidate forums or subsequent meetings.
All procedural votes at the special meeting were recorded in the transcript as unanimous; exact numeric tallies were not included in the meeting record.
