District and Leadership Associates outline search plan: survey March 17–26, stakeholder forums and May interviews

After approving the search-services contract, the board heard a detailed presentation on how the superintendent search will be run. Leadership Associates representatives and staff described an outreach plan that includes an online survey (proposed March 17–26), multiple stakeholder focus groups (teachers, classified staff, students, families, community organizations), community forums with interpretation, and proposed interview days in May and early June.

Staff and the consultants discussed logistics for committee composition and confidentiality. They noted the administrative regulation governing curriculum and committee composition when explaining how stakeholder groups are chosen and stressed the importance of majority teacher representation on evaluation committees for curriculum review; for the search process they proposed representative focus groups for diverse perspectives. “Las fechas de la encuesta en línea. 17 a 26 de marzo,” staff stated when confirming the survey window.

Interview logistics were debated: whether to run one long selection day or split across days, whether interviews should be in-person or mixed, and how to arrange finalist visits offsite to keep interviews private. Staff proposed posting the position with an application deadline around April 18, running references and background checks in late April, and aiming for contract negotiations and an approval window in early June. The consultants said they will provide anonymized summaries of stakeholder feedback and candidate strengths to assist the board in narrowing finalists.