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Monday, February 11, 2013

School Board to Form Community Committee for Superintendent Search

Parents can apply to interview semifinalist candidates for Fairfax County's next superintendent.

The Fairfax County School Board is seeking parents, staff and community members for a committee that will help interview candidates for the school system's next superintendent. Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates (HYA)—the search firm hired by the board this fall that held a number of input meetings with stakeholders — met with thousands of parents, staff, members of the business community and other stakeholders in late 2012. Those meetings were to gauge what kind of qualities people would look for in a leader to replace Superintendent Jack Dale, who retires in June after nine years at the helm of one of the country's largest school systems. But the board, in an effort to make this search process more open and inclusive than the one that …

harry lehman

11:06 am on Monday, February 11, 2013

SOUNDS like a great idea! TOO BAD the parent application form is due back to the PTA group by Feb. 13, 2013!! Hopefully interested parents knew about this before today........ Good luck to our County parents, Harry Lehman.   more ›

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