Search for Superintendent Kicks into High Gear

If all goes according to plan, the district should have a new superintendent in pocket before April is out. 

The application period for the position closed on March 22. This week the search for a district chief will reach a critical point—the interview process. 

April 1

The search firm School Exec Connect will present a slate of five or six semifinalists to the Board of Education. 

April 2, April 3

Beginning at 5:30 p.m., the board will interview semifinalists at the Administrative Services Center, 100 River Ridge Court, Burnsville. The board will then whittle down the slate to just two or three candidates. 

April 9 through April 11

The public is invited to meet and evaluate the top two or three candidates. Each day from April 9 to April 11, the district will hold one-hour public input sessions, which will run from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Senior Campus Commons, upper level, Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. 

At each session, the candidates will give a brief overview of themselves and then take questions from the audience. Those who attend will be asked to fill out evaluations of each finalist. Comments and evaluation forms will be shared with the board during the decision making process. 

Each candidate will also have an interview at 7:45 p.m. on their assigned day with the board at the Administrative Services Center.

June 30

Sitting Superintendent Randy Clegg retires.

July 1

New Superintendent on board.

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