RECORD
OF MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MORRISON
COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT #6
January
15, 2008
The
special meeting of the Board of Education of Morrison Community Unit District
#6,
On
roll call, the following were present: Jim Prombo,
Kevin Schlueter, Steve Swanstrom,
Ted Tilton and Sally Gray. Also present were Superintendent Jody Ware, School
Exec Connect representatives Dr. Edward Olds III and Dr. James Ewing, High
School Principal Janet Ward, and Recording Secretary Wendy Krajnovich. No media representatives were present.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
There
were no public comments.
INFORMATIONAL
REPORT
Dr.
Edward Olds III and Dr. James Ewing were in attendance to give the Board an
overview of the superintendent search process provided by their company, School
Exec Connect.
They
distributed a draft of a letter that they requested be edited and published in
the community from Board President Sally Gray announcing that their company had
been chosen to do the search and describing the search process.
Advertising
the position will begin immediately. An
ad will be placed in Education Week newspaper, and it will be posted on the
IASA and the School Exec Connect websites.
The deadline for applications will be February 15th. They will screen the applicants and present
four to six candidates to the Board. Confidentiality
was stressed as to protecting the identity of these candidates. After the initial screening interviews by the
Board, three finalists will be selected.
Their company will do the reference and background checks and extensive
online searches.
A
questionnaire will be put on the website for community and staff input on the
New Superintendent Profile. Paper copies
will also be available for those desiring to have input but without internet
access. It will be open-ended so
questions and comments can be added. These responses will be due by January 31st.
Two
committees were formed to interview the finalists in addition to the
Board. The committee representing the
community will be the members of the Citizens Advisory Committee. The staff committee will be comprised of a
teacher from each building, the three principals, Superintendent’s Secretary
Wendy Krajnovich, Facilities Director Dean
Wallace, and Junior High Library Assistant Marc Adami, representing the classified staff. Feedback from these committees will be given to the Board,
but will be informational only.
The
Board will conduct second interviews with the finalists and narrow the choice
to one candidate. This final selection
will be the choice of the Board only. A
site visit to the selected candidate’s current school district will be arranged
for the entire Board.
The
contract should be developed by the district attorney as soon as possible. The bottom of the salary range should be at
Dr. Ware’s current rate. The new
superintendent will assume his/her duties on July 1, 2008.
ADJOURNMENT
Board
President Sally Gray adjourned the meeting by consent at 7:54 P.M.
**Correction:
The staff committee will be comprised of a teacher from each building chosen
by the MEA, the three principals…
(President)
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(Secretary)
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