Sunday, January 27, 2019

District 116 Superintendent Search Firm Interviews


The District #116 Board of Education interviewed three of the search firms out of the five they're looking at in their search for a new superintendent for the district. Full video of the special meeting of the board here on the Urbana Public Television YouTube channel. From Wednesday's News-Gazette:
3 of 5 search-firm finalists to make pitches to Urbana school board Wednesday
Representatives from three national firms will present their cases to the Urbana school board Wednesday, each hoping to be the one selected for a contract with the district.

After putting Superintendent Don Owen and Assistant Superintendent Kathy Barbour on leave in late November, board members are on the hunt to fill the district's top administrative positions through a more "transparent" process — Wednesday's 5:30 p.m. meeting will be recorded on UPTV and be open to the public...

The board is hoping to fill three open administrative positions in the district — those vacated by Owen, Barbour and Assistant Superintendent Samuel Byndom, who was already on leave due to a felony eavesdropping charge.
Full blurb here. One of the search firms, Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates, has a questionable history of recommending flawed candidates. More on that in a previous post here.

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