Just Wondering

Does anyone know a student who participated in the Superintendent Search virtual events yesterday? There were two of them at two different times.

I would love to know the format, what was asked, the vibe, anything.

Anybody?

(I was going to ask the Student Board Members but the form for contacting them has the members from LAST year. I'm not sending a form that the Board office couldn't even update. Sigh.)

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Anonymous School Employee said…
"They" invited principals to some session at 4 PM 5/30/25. Assistant principals, and any other staff members were not invited. Are these "listening" meetings are done in secrecy, without little announcements, and scheduled at inconvenient times so a favored candidate can be snuck in? The whole process is shady, secretive, and excluding most of us school-based employees. It's frustrating.
5/30/25, 11:22 PM
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