Search for a new Superintendent
One of the most important things that a school board does is to hire (and keep) a good qualified Superintendent. Great school districts need great leaders.
Last night the school board held a special meeting to set a time line to recruit a new permanent superintendent for CUSD. The plan to hire a new superintendent is a good one and it is definitely something that needs to be a priority in our district however there are going to be issues that were not addressed last night.
The search firm that has been retained gave an in-depth presentation and worked with trustees to establish the time line. They appear to be qualified and know what they are doing however, we all must question do they know what is going on in CUSD? From conversations last night, it doesn’t look like it.
The search firm is not located in Orange County (which is fine) but that means they are not in touch with the climate and issues our district is facing. For instance, how can you possibly attract the type of candidate that we need and deserve with a strike looming and a recall effort underway? Not to mention a huge lawsuit pending from the former superintendent.
I can’t imagine that too many top-notch superintendent’s would leave their jobs to come here while all this is going on. The trustees faced similar issues last year when trying to hire a new superintendent and that is how we ended up with Dr. Mahler.
I commend the trustees for realizing that this needs to be done however I don’t think that we have a snowball’s chance in h*ll of getting the right person on board this year. I think we are going to have to work with another interim until some of these other issues are resolved.
Tags: Capistrano Unified, CUSD, erin kutnick