Good afternoon.
Gonna get started here.
The special meeting of the board is now called to order at 4 31 p.m.
Please note that the public portion of today's meeting is being recorded.
We would like to acknowledge that we are on ancestral lands and the traditional territories of the Puget Sound Coast Salish people.
For the record I'll call the roll Vice President Briggs Here Director Clark Present Director Hersey Director Mizrahi Present Director Rankin Here.
Director Sarju.
I don't see Director Sarju.
And this is President Topp.
So I want to start off just with a totally off-topic subject, a congratulations to Director Hersey on the new addition to his family.
He and his wife recently welcomed baby Avery Solomon Hersey, and both mom and baby are doing great.
So congratulations, Director Hersey.
I don't...
Director Rankin?
Oh I was just going to say something silly I was going to say thank you for supporting boosting SPS enrollment.
Hopefully my son's school is open when he's ready to go.
But huge congratulations that's really exciting.
Thank you very much.
We are very excited.
Everything went well and I am getting increasingly excited to hold my son at the podium when I come back and give y'all public comment.
I love it.
Thank you so much, Director Hersey.
So now getting down to business, this afternoon we'll be discussing which candidate we will move forward as the superintendent finalist.
We will have an executive session to evaluate the qualifications of each candidate.
We will then return to the public meeting to discuss which individual we will name in a board action authorizing contract negotiations.
We will continue to discuss the candidates via their candidate number this evening.
So I'll say that again.
We will continue to discuss the candidates via their candidate number this evening.
The vote to select the finalists and to authorize contract negotiations will take place on November 5th, one week from today.
I want to take a moment to reflect on this process and thank board members and community for your investment in this process.
From late spring through summer 2025, the board partnered with our community to build a superintendent leadership profile report grounded in input from more than 3000 students, staff, families, community members through 29 focus groups, seven general community sessions, a district wide survey.
We heard clearly what Seattle wants in its next education leader.
We then went back out to these community with the report to make sure it was in alignment with what we heard.
for this profile really became the foundation for every step of our process from initial vetting to interview questions to candidate evaluation.
I think the community's message was clear.
Seattle needs a thoughtful student focus, visible and dedicated superintendent who can build strong relationships.
In addition, we're seeking someone with experience.
a clear voice, a commitment to equity, and the courage to lead with vision and accountability.
To attract such leaders, the process has remained confidential.
This approach allowed us to build a diverse and highly qualified pool of 41 applicants, including candidates recruited nationally and those who applied independently.
After review, the board selected eight candidates for interviews.
we then narrow the pool further to two candidates.
Last Wednesday we conducted final interviews with those two candidates and they shared with us their 100-day plan.
This morning we engaged our labor partner leadership in a discussion on questions they submitted to the candidates and the written responses unidentified for each candidate.
This allowed SCA and PASS to participate in the process in recognition of their employee-employer relationship with the superintendent.
Every step of this process has provided critical information for the board and we will now go into executive session here shortly to discuss the qualifications of the candidates again after executive session to evaluate the qualification if each candidate we will return to the public meeting to discuss which individual we will name in a board action report authorizing contract negotiations but we will continue to discuss the candidates via their candidate number and or candidate number are there any questions from board directors
Director Rankin.
Just reaffirming so the candidate is the candidate number until we vote to authorize contract negotiations.
Yes and that is in consideration to both alert the candidate who will be named the ability for them to alert their sending district as well and out of respect to this process.
Thank you.
Director Clark.
Thanks.
I know you said this, but also just reaffirming that this is a closed process and that is why we haven't been able to do community engagement during this interview period, but have been using the community-informed leadership profile to guide our search process.
I think one of the things that, one of the reasons I think we took an extra month at the start here was to make sure that we properly engaged with our community in our, to get what the information we needed to build this leadership profile report that we've relied on through this process.
And I think one thing that was very clear in the leadership profile report is that we're looking for someone with experience.
And so to do that and to get the candidates that we are looking for, this has been a close process, but we've heavily relied on that report to make decisions.
Thank you, President Kopp.
Others?
Okay.
Well the board is now immediately recessing the special meeting into executive session to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment per RCW 4230 110 1G.
The schedule the session is scheduled for one hour with an anticipated end time of 539 PM.
Thank you.
A board director is a five minute break coming out of executive session, so they have one minute left to get here and then we'll start.
The board recessed out of executive session at 517 p.m.
and a special meeting of the board is now reconvened at 524 p.m.
So just to kind of say some things I said at the start of the meeting, and then we'll go into a little bit of a discussion.
At our next meeting on November 5th, I will bring forward a board action report to select our preferred candidate for superintendent and authorized contract negotiations.
We have held multiple executive sessions to hear directly from, the finalists and to evaluate both finalists, both through initial interviews, hearing from their 100-day plan.
I am very excited and hopeful and I feel prepared to make a selection and would like to seek feedback on which candidate we should include in the board action report.
So I'll say this, this is not a vote to select the superintendent that will require a formal motion and a roll call vote, which is not scheduled for today.
However, I invite discussion to determine whether there is a consensus around a preferred candidate.
that is in consideration of the candidates need to alert their employer, to alert them, to alert their employer and community that they may be selected.
We will still be discussing via candidate number tonight and we have number seven and number eight.
The candidates name will be made public on the date of the vote.
So with that being said I'm going to open it up for feedback from directors.
I'll just kick it off by saying I am so excited by this process.
I think that we have we had a pool of candidates that were highly qualified that I am excited and hopeful for whoever we select and the job that they will do here at Seattle Public Schools.
But hearing from board directors about sort of a preferred candidate Who wants to start us off?
Director Mizorahi.
Yeah, so...
We use the candidate profile, the leadership profile, as really the through line for how we ask questions, how we evaluate it, and I want to go through just the five traits that were identified and where I think each candidate lies on them.
So I'll just start by saying that my preference is for candidate seven, and I'll go through why.
So one of the things of the five traits was experienced and accountable.
I think both candidates have good experience and I think what we heard from a lot of the community was that they wanted someone who could really hit the ground running and I think both candidates checked that box very well.
It's why this is a different process because we're interviewing people who have a lot of experience and therefore need to remain confidential but I think that we heard that loud and clear from the community and both candidates I think fit that bill.
equity driven and student focus.
I think both candidates gave very good examples of times in their career where they've even made hard decisions to keep the focus of of their work on equity and on students.
And so I think both really fit that very well.
Where I think candidate seven stood out to me is on the next three.
So on financial and operational expertise I thought that the my preferred candidate spoke with a specificity and clarity on the budget that I think will be very helpful for us in the coming year.
on communicative, rationale, and authentic.
I think this candidate, Candidate Seven, speaks with a blunt nature that I think will be very helpful for us, and I think the clarity, once again, will just be very refreshing for our district.
And lastly, visionary and courageous changemaker.
I think, once again, the clarity of vision and the ability to communicate that vision just really stood out for me for Candidate Seven, and that is my preference.
Thank you, Director Mizrahi.
Director Clark.
Yeah.
So I agree with the points that Director Mizrahi raised.
I'm grateful that we attracted such high-quality candidates with the depth of experience.
and expertise that I think we were all hoping for.
Similarly, I felt that candidate seven, you know, stood out to me a little bit more than candidate eight.
and really the top two reasons in my mind are related to the budget and financial expertise that community has called for in the leadership profile.
I felt that Candidate 7 not only spoke with specificity to what short-term options could be in front of us if they were to take this role, but also had a vision for long-term financial health.
that just felt a little bit more clear to me than candidate eight.
And then also, I really appreciated how candidate seven has held so many different leadership positions within public school districts beyond and so I'm trying to be mindful of what I say because this is a closed process, but I think the diversity of their background will really help them be successful in bringing, I think, the bringing our district together, the board and staff, and also helping us repair relationships with community and doing the important partnership work with our labor partners, nonprofits, and just the depth of our network.
Thank you so much, Director Hersey.
Hello, so yes.
You know, I was pretty taken with both of the top two candidates.
What really excites me, or rather, let me back up a little bit, I really look at this district in terms of leadership and its needs in phases.
When I first got here, we, were just two months away from being plunged into the pandemic.
And following Superintendent Juneau, what we really needed was someone who had the operational expertise and the community relationships to help stabilize and actuate not only our district, but our strategic plan.
and in many ways, you know, going from an educational institution to a public health institution in many ways, I believe we did that incredibly well.
But as time passed, we quickly discovered that we were no longer in a situation where we needed stability.
We are now in a situation where we need a catalyst for growth and a catalyst for change.
And that being said, the two key areas in which I believe that growth and change are necessitated are in the area of academics and in the area of financial responsibility and fiscal solvency.
And I want to say very clearly, we had two candidates that were very strong in both, as an educator myself and as one of the board directors who is preparing to move on to somewhat greener pastures, I would say.
It keeps me up at night thinking about, well, how is the district going to fare in a situation where we will have a very new board, a new superintendent, a new set of problems, and even more worrying, an old set of problems that have played this district for decades at this point.
So yeah, that caused me a lot of stress, right?
Even more so than trying to figure out how I'm going to get another hour of sleep with this newborn.
But what I can say is that my preference for candidate number seven has given me a level of solace that I had not experienced in a long time around the leadership of Seattle Public Schools.
I feel excited.
I feel energized.
And quite frankly, I'm kind of bummed that if that particular candidate doesn't proceed, that I won't get the chance to work with them and solve some of these really big problems.
There is no one coming to save us.
There are no black helicopters that are coming to drop bags of money out of the sky.
the legislature is not going to give us what we need in order to deliver education at the level and value, quite frankly, that will not only give our students the education that they deserve, but also convince the ones that have chosen other educational environments to come back.
We need something new and different and at the same time we need someone who has the knowledge and expertise specifically around funding and financial acumen that is going to help us deliver not only on our strategic plan but meet the goals that we've set for ourselves and we do not have any time to waste.
My son will be five in five years and I really want him to go to his neighborhood school and that might not have been a possibility a couple of months ago.
I love my neighborhood in South Seattle, and I'm sure that Avery will as well.
I love the school that he has transitioned into, and I know for a fact that whether that school building is physically there or not, he is going to have a home in Seattle Public Schools and Seattle Public Schools has a very far way to go before I am comfortable completely allowing it to be my son's home.
So I'm looking at y'all who are going to be here and whoever matriculates in this process, you got five years before you're really going to be hearing from me on the other end of the diet.
That being said, I am incredibly excited about both candidates but particularly excited about candidate number seven because I believe that candidate will bring our district as close as possible to where we need to be to be prepared for not only my son, but so many children that are being born right now.
I've met so many families.
I don't know if y'all have noticed, but there is a baby boom happening at this moment.
And it is in both an exciting time and a time where we should really feel the fire lit up under us to get a lot of this SHIT figured out because we want to provide the best educational world-class experience for our students as possible so that we can maintain a level of enrollment necessary to do that.
So I'm going to leave it at that.
I'm really excited about Candidate 7 and I'll pass it on to whoever is next.
Amen.
Thank you, Director Hersey.
Director Sarju.
Director Rankin.
Well let's see.
First off it has been a rough it's been a rough time.
It's been a rough time for me as a school board director.
It's been a rough time for a lot of people in our districts.
It's been a rough time for me as a Seattle Public Schools parent with two kids that do not fit the mold.
and something well and then also the a culture that that is ingrained in the school district of deny delay defend retaliation blame and it's really easy to forget that that's actually not normal.
It's really not and we also don't have to take it.
And so part of this interview this whole interview process actually helped me remember that it doesn't have to be that way.
It's OK to want more even though I've been punched down as many times as can be for demanding more.
All the candidates that we interviewed were unequivocally focused on students.
And it seems like that should be a given.
It's not.
So all of the candidates that we interviewed were 100 percent focused on students, 100 percent capable and competent.
100 percent understood and were passionate about doing the job of being a superintendent and especially and this is something that gave me a lot of needed boost given that these were folks from different parts of the country and unequivocal commitment to public education.
And so knowing that this was just a sampling of the people who are out there doing this work alongside us if we'll let them because we don't really like to interact with other districts even within our own state.
But that there are other we're not alone.
There are other people who are committed to students who are committed to public education who are figuring out how to work together how to make this work and do better by kids.
and so that's just, I mean, we could draw any of them out of a hat at random and have somebody who could do the job that we would feel good about.
What's really exciting is that we had two that were phenomenal that were standouts.
and I also am leaning or would select I guess candidate seven for this moment in time.
Our community has a really clear vision for what they want for kids, at least for what they say they want for kids.
We saw very consistent feedback during goal and guardrail development during the superintendent search.
Our city as a whole wants a school system where every student regardless of race, neighborhood, income, language, ability, gender identity, country of origin can thrive in a high quality school.
public school and we have accepted a reality for decades where not everybody has that and it's really yeah so incremental change and talking about the good things that we want to do and talking about how and putting up our yard signs about in this house we believe and talk and saying you know that certain kids matter but we don't treat we don't actually treat them that way and so it's no longer about saying the right things and assuring each other that we're good well-meaning people.
We actually have to put our money where our mouth is and make the changes and that requires courage and much more than I'm just going to say 2 percent growth annually for student outcomes.
and it demands that we align our system with our goals and make the decisions that are uncomfortable.
It means everybody doesn't get everything they want but the kids can get what they need.
And so while I believe that both of these candidates can deliver a system that does those things there's a sense of urgency and immediacy.
that I think is needed right now from candidate seven and their understanding of policy, the relationship with the board, what the role of the board is, what their responsibility is, how to work with community groups, legislators, all the different players is is what we need right now.
And so, yeah, again, it was really uplifting to have a sampling of people who could all do this job and are doing this job.
And so, yeah, District 7 is my pick, or District 7. Candida 7 is my pick.
And I also want to, before I close, thank President Topp.
Being the board president comes with an enormously additional amount of time to an already time-consuming job.
And this process being that we did it in a slightly unorthodox way demanded a lot more time of her.
and some states actually pay their board president and their legislative chair more than other directors, just saying.
But that President Topp did a phenomenal job staying the course, keeping a level of integrity that was needed for this process and so I just wanted to thank you for that and I know that it took a lot of additional time and I think it's gonna be worth it.
Thank you Director Rankin.
I really appreciate those kind words.
It has taken a lot of time and I'm excited for where we're at.
Director Vice President Briggs.
I just saw Director Yoon had raised her hand.
I don't know if we want to.
Yeah.
So we do have Director Yoon here and she's unable to unmute so we'll work on that and then we'll go to Director Yoon.
Okay, I can go in the meantime.
Sorry, I'm in a hallway.
I'm going to keep mine short because everybody has, my colleagues have already spoken very eloquently.
There's not much more to say.
I just want to echo a few things in particular.
One is just gratitude to the two finalists for restoring my hope and faith in the possibility that real change could be possible for this district.
Both of them have demonstrated a level of leadership that I actually didn't know was even possible in this sphere, frankly.
So I'm just grateful to both of them for their leadership and their commitment to their work.
And it was a genuine honor to meet them both I also am going to express a preference for candidate seven.
That was a hard choice because, again, I think they were both absolutely outstanding.
But I do think candidate seven, for reasons that have already been articulated by my colleagues, is the right person for right now.
And I also want to echo Director Rankin's Acknowledgement of how much extra work it was for President Topp to preside over the board during this time.
It was a lot.
It was just a lot on top of what is already a bigger job than it should be, given that we're all expected to do this in the margins of our lives and do it completely unpaid.
So I really appreciate that, President Topp, and I'm very excited for the future.
I think we're in a good place and I think that there's a lot of hope right now that I have for the future of our district.
Thank you so much Vice President Briggs.
I appreciate the kind words as well.
I'm going to go to Director Yoon and then I'm going to go back to Director Mizrahi.
Thank you President Topp.
I also want to just add on to what everyone else has said.
Both candidates were outstanding, but candidate seven really showed that he can create a transparent organizational structure with clearly defined roles, responsibility for outcomes, and measurable accountability so everyone in this district is aligned.
working towards a common goal, which is student success.
And what stood out to me the most is how he is coming in with a mindset to learn from others, like our teachers, students, and families who are most affected by the decisions we make every day.
And he was frankly okay with not knowing everything upfront because he understands that listening, asking questions, learning from the people on the ground is the only way to make decisions actually work for everyone.
And also he he's a doer.
He can get things done efficiently and with purpose which is what we what we need right now in SPS.
So yeah thank you so much.
Thank you Director Yoon.
Director Mizrahi.
I plan to say and then got so wrapped up in what I was saying I forgot I wanted to also expressed gratitude to PASS and SCA who figured out with us a way to be involved in the process and consider the candidates while also working with this confidential process.
And I'm happy I won't speak for either organization but that many of the things that we've listed that we like about Candidate 7 they also felt very good about with Candidate 7. So I appreciated that feedback and also glad that the candidate that we're all talking about is someone that they also liked.
Thank you.
Do you want me to say my piece first?
All right.
So we'll let Director Sarju go last but I will also state a preference for candidate seven.
But I will say the interviews for all the candidates that we did I was extremely impressed with all of them.
They all brought phenomenal qualities with them and really did align with our leadership profile report.
But I think that there were two that just stood out beyond the rest very clearly.
And this was I think that they would both do a phenomenal job.
I think my preference for candidate seven is I'm going to do similar to Director Mizrahi based off of some of the leadership profile qualities that we're looking for.
I think the budget expertise was already brought up but I think I think on the equity driven and student focus there was this real strong student first mentality.
I think candidate seven brings a very authentic way authentic and clear way to communicate that will help rebuild trust but be transparent and honest with our city and that's exciting.
I also think that that ability to communicate really leads to being a visionary and courageous change maker.
But also I would describe candidate seven as bold and innovative in a way that I'm very excited for for our district and then lastly brings that experience to the table.
So with that I am excited hopeful and energized and excited where we're at in this process but have a preference towards candidate seven.
Director Sarju.
So I don't know if you all know Saturday Night Live and Kate McKinnon was one of the former cast members and she had a skit that she did.
Her character was Rafferty.
If you haven't watched Rafferty, I suggest you watch Rafferty, especially in these times when you need a good laugh.
But she was always the one to go, Rafferty always went last and she started with similar concept, different execution.
So I'm gonna have a different execution.
It's a similar concept and I will get to that at the end.
So I'm gonna read my comments because this is something that I wrote some time ago.
This hire for me personally is critically important for all the reasons that Director Hersey spoke of.
When I think of kids in this district, I think of Avery.
And I want that boy to be able to stand a chance in this district.
I don't want his skin color to be the prevention from that happening.
We're so close to hiring a new superintendent.
And I'll be honest, I'm eggshell optimistic.
when we hire well, and I believe we're actually going to hire well, our next superintendent is going to bring their own superpower.
But it will take authentic collaboration and authentic support from us, not performative politics.
Why?
Because the biggest threat to our success, to finally hiring and keeping a long-term leader, is sitting right here, also online.
These seven voting chairs on the dais.
Since well before 1998, that eighth chair, the superintendent's chair, has been a revolving door.
Leader after leader, coming in full of promise and leaving exhausted.
And if you've been paying attention, you know one of the biggest reasons for that churn is us, the board.
Our job is simple.
Hire the best leader we can and then govern.
Lead through policy, lead through trust, lead with integrity.
But too often, these chairs have been filled by people leading with self-interest first.
sidling up with liars and cheaters or with constituents throwing toddler fits about endorsements, driven by personal attacks, by fear of equity that their kid is actually going to lose something if we focused on those who are most marginalized, and by outrage over potential changes that threaten their unearned privilege instead of centering kids and community.
That's the opposite of leadership.
These chairs are not for auditioning for the next gig or building a personal brand.
So to my colleagues, I'm asking you, show our next leader why they should choose Seattle.
Show that we're not about the loudest voices, but all voices.
show that we're adults modeling what we want for our kids, love, integrity, and courage.
In just a few weeks, these seven chairs will look different.
And there's an article I can send you if you want to know about the disappearing black board member happening nationally, and that is likely happening right here in Seattle.
In just a few weeks, these seven chairs will look different.
And for anyone eyeing these seats, know this.
We see who is and who is not about kids.
If you're coming here for ego, for noise, for power, this is the wrong place.
But if you're coming here for kids, all kids, and yes, that means the marginalized kids, not just the kids who have the parents with the loudest voices, then let's get to work.
We have a chance right now to show this city that we are serious.
Serious about loving kids into literacy, not illiteracy.
Let me repeat that in case the not gets confusing.
Serious about loving kids into literacy, not illiteracy.
Serious about ending decades of failure for our most marginalized students serious about proving that Seattle can finally deliver equitable outcomes for all.
Are you ready?
I am.
I also want to acknowledge President Topp.
I don't think it's a secret that I'm different, that to some people is annoying and it's a bad thing.
but one thing I've never done in four years is assimilate.
And I asked President Taught to let me come up to the line.
I made a promise to you that I wouldn't cross the line and I never did.
But as a board director, I need to be authentically me.
I didn't run to assimilate.
I ran for marginalized kids.
and you know what, I've been speaking for four years about those same kids.
And I'm gonna exit those doors speaking the same thing about those same kids.
And when I come back in and I'm at that podium, I'm gonna be speaking the same thing about the same kids.
And my hope is that before I die, because I too have a grand being who right now I would not send to Seattle Public Schools, because I don't trust that this district even cares about that little brilliant soon-to-be five-year-old who's gonna come in with his vivaciousness, his difference, and not be eaten alive, not be drowned out by the loudest voices.
I want him.
I want Avery.
He and Avery are going to be best buds.
They're only two years apart.
Hallelujah.
They're going to be good friends.
They're going to be good friends.
We're going to play dates.
I'm going to come over.
I'm going to send Brandon and Elizabeth out, and it's just going to be me and the kids.
I'm going to spoil them rotten.
Spoil them rotten.
That's my goal.
So to this group here, We had 100%, like Liza said, there wasn't a single candidate that wasn't about kids.
I said I'm eggshell optimistic.
The reason why I'm eggshell optimistic is, is the board going to do what they need to do so we can keep the leader that we need to keep?
That's a question.
That's for them to answer.
Because you know what?
They're going to show you whether they're serious by their votes.
it's gonna be real clear as it already has been.
As it already has been.
So I don't wanna be eggshell optimistic about the board governing.
I don't wanna be eggshell optimistic about this next leader who is gonna come in here with an incredible superpower.
Either one of these candidates have incredible superpowers.
They've done incredible things in the districts they're currently in.
They've led with integrity, they've led with honesty, and they've led with a singular focus on kids.
It's so evident in everything that they presented to us and in doing our own research, you know, Googling.
Google, thank God for Google, right?
Because it'll show you stuff that people don't want you to see if it's out there to exist.
So far, nothing.
I think that says a lot about our search firm actually, HYA.
They did an incredible job of recruiting candidates.
There's not a single candidate that I was disappointed about.
and we are fortunate at this time trying to hire a superintendent at this stage of the game, the school year's just starting, people are settling in.
We have two really incredible finalists, both with superpowers, different superpowers, but superpowers.
And I wish we could have a co-superintendent, because I would recommend hiring both of them, but we can't.
and so like my colleagues, I am leaning more towards candidate seven, some for different reasons, which they know, because I've already articulated it in closed session.
But I do believe that candidate seven, I believe the parents are gonna be hippity skippity hoppity excited I think Seattle is going to be like, oh, I found it.
I finally found it.
You all know that commercial.
I see.
I'm not auditioning for anything because I'm done.
I ain't running for nothing ever again.
No audition.
necessary, unless my director, Liza Rankin, writes a play called Red Hat, Blue Decal, a modern-day version of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.
I would audition for that.
All kinds of meanings in that title.
I made it up.
I think you should produce it.
It's a good title, Red Hat, Blue Decal.
Good title.
Back to seriousness.
the only thing I want for this district is to have a leader that's going to deliver for kids.
That's the only thing I want.
Everything else, it might be accessory benefits, but the number one job for this superintendent is to figure out how to deliver for all kids in this district, to finally figure it out and then execute on that plan.
been a lot of rhetoric, no action.
You can't have action when the chair keeps turning over.
Thank God for Superintendent Podesta stepping in.
Nobody better.
I was at a candidate party and your name came up.
Oh, Fred, he's at the district now?
You know what I remember about Fred?
He is the only effective bureaucrat that I know.
Government bureaucrat that I know.
And I'm like, absolutely, they don't make him like Fred.
Lot of compliments at this place about you because you've built a reputation of action.
And I think you stepped into this role as acting superintendent.
Action, going to schools, sitting down with kids, talking with them.
The superintendent that comes in, they already know.
They gotta be about the action.
If they don't want me up in their office, I'm gonna be up in their office anyway.
Cause somebody's gotta represent for black kids in the city.
And I don't plan to stop doing that.
Director Hersey gets a little break till his kid goes to school.
Then he needs to be up in the office too.
So let's go Seattle.
We really have an opportunity don't you think our kids deserve it?
Whew, so I appreciate everyone's comments.
What I will say hearing from folks is that my intention would be to move candidate seven forward.
If directors agree, I will include candidate seven in the motion language for the board action report for our next meeting.
I will invite candidate seven to attend that meeting.
And I will notify candidate eight that while we appreciate their qualifications, all that they do for students every single day, I intend to recommend another candidate.
Do directors have any questions about those steps or concerns?
I'm not seeing any questions or concerns.
Any further comments from board directors?
Because that concludes our business here.
Okay, so directors, thank you so much.
I will bring a board action report with candidate seven to you on November 5th for a roll call vote to select them as our superintendent and authorize contract negotiations.
I'm gonna repeat that one more time, just so we're all clear.
Thank you so much, directors.
I will bring a board action report with candidate seven to you on November 5th for a roll call vote to select them as our superintendent and authorize contract negotiations.
There being no further business to come before the board, the special meeting of the board is now adjourned at 6.05.
Thank you, everyone.