Board members received an update from Alma Advisory Group, its consultant for the permanent superintendent selection process. Alma’s principal told the board that the division and lack of trust among members of the board was making it difficult at this time to recruit a strong candidate pool for the 4J superintendency. To increase its ability to attract such a pool, the consultant advised, the board should acknowledge to the community its challenges and work to improve its ability to work together in healthy ways. The board would have difficulty completing a successful process to recruit and select a strong leader as 4J’s permanent superintendent without a shift in the board members’ relationships with one another and with district staff, she said.
The consultant advised the board to pause the superintendent selection process while it worked to improve its interpersonal communication and cohesiveness. With good progress, the Alma representative said, the board could resume the superintendent selection process in April with discussions involving finalists in late April or early May.
Several board members said they appreciated the honesty and candor of the remarks and acknowledged the hard work ahead for them. With two members absent from the work session, the board agreed to delay its conversation about next steps, including whether to pause the process as advised, until February 16.
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