Rebecca A. Apachito

The board met in executive session to review superintendent applications and subsequently selected five candidates and one alternate for interviews. The board also established an interview process, timeline, and confirmed the date for conducting the interviews, designating the board members to serve as the hiring committee.

The Board convened to discuss the superintendent hiring process, including the resignation and transition, potential interim candidates, and contract negotiations. Action items regarding a professional services agreement for a contract, salary, and stipend study, as well as motions concerning the superintendent contract and appointment of an interim superintendent, were tabled for a future meeting. The Board formally approved initiating a search for hiring consultants and scheduled an additional special meeting.

The board meeting agenda focuses on the superintendent hiring process, including the approval of a professional services agreement for a contract, salary, and stipend study. It also addresses the superintendent contract transition, the naming of an interim superintendent, and the approval of interim contract terms, as well as the consideration of search consultants for the superintendent vacancy. Additionally, the meeting includes an executive session to discuss superintendent resignation and transition matters, conduct interviews for an interim role, and engage in contract negotiations.

The board meeting includes an executive session to discuss interim superintendent contract negotiations, followed by action on the resulting employment contract. Other key topics involve presentations on the district wellness policy, departmental reports from principals and coordinators, and review of various consent agenda items such as budget increases, transfers, and bill lists. Additional action items consist of approving the updated school wellness policy, the unified application, the IDEA B application and plan, out-of-state travel for the Native American Club, and blanket approvals for end-of-fiscal-year budget adjustments and bill payments. The meeting also includes a discussion on the sick leave bank policy.

The Board of Education met to review proposals for superintendent search consultant services and ultimately selected Dynamic Leadership to assist with the vacancy process. The Board conducted executive sessions to discuss personnel matters, including the resignation and transition of the current superintendent, and interviewed candidates for an interim role. Following these discussions, the Board placed the superintendent on administrative leave and appointed an interim superintendent, establishing contract terms and rental arrangements for the position.