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Providence School Board approves 360 evaluation and authorizes revised superintendent contract
Summary
At a July 16 special meeting the Providence School Board approved a 360-degree evaluation of the superintendent, authorized procurement of a vendor with costs capped at $10,000, and authorized the board president to sign a revised employment contract to reflect a return to local control.
The Providence School Board on July 16 approved a 360-degree evaluation of the superintendent, authorized procurement steps to hire a vendor for the evaluation with costs capped at $10,000, and voted to let the board president execute a revised employment contract that replaces the commissioner with the board as the superintendent's employer.
Chairman Jim Branson, reporting the Committee of the Whole's work, told the board the newly formed committee met in executive session earlier and took four votes that resulted in recommendations to the full board. "That vote was a 9 to 0," Branson said when describing the committee's recommendation to conduct a 360 evaluation, and he reported the committee also voted 9–0 to ask the chair and vice president to develop a scope of work and request informal quotes for the evaluation.
Branson said the committee recommended authorizing the chair to work with Providence Public School District (PPSD) staff to secure and engage a vendor "in accordance with the procurement provisions in the Home Rule Charter, the cost of which not to exceed $10,000." The committee also recommended that the board president be authorized to execute a revised employment contract that substitutes and replaces the commissioner with the board as the superintendent's employer "to reflect the return to local control," Branson reported.
On the board floor members moved to accept the committee's recommendations. A motion to accept the 360-evaluation recommendation was made on the record and passed by voice vote. The board then approved a motion authorizing the chair of the Committee of the Whole to work with PPSD staff to secure vendor quotes and engage a vendor consistent with procurement rules, with a cost cap of $10,000. The board also voted to authorize the board president to execute the revised superintendent employment contract. The transcript records the votes as voice approvals; specific roll-call tallies for the board votes were not stated on the record.
Board members emphasized the committee's focus on fairness, independence, diligence and confidentiality during the committee discussion, according to Branson's report. The committee's reported numerical votes provide the clearest recorded counts (each reported 9–0) for the committee-level recommendations; the wider board approved the committee's recommendations by voice vote during the special meeting.
Next steps include the committee chair and vice president developing the scope of work and submitting it to PPSD staff for procurement, and the chair working with staff to identify and secure a vendor within the $10,000 cap. The board adjourned after completing those actions.
