Live Blogging Seattle School Board Discussion of Superintendent Candidates

 Let's see where their Executive Session discussion has taken them.

Topp let us know at 4:40 that the Ex Session will run another half hour and the public session will start at 5:15ish. I would guess they may need a restroom break by then so likely to be more like 5:30 pm.

5:01 pm - They came back into the public domain. Topp, Briggs and Mizrahi were in-person, all others were virtual. 

Topp -  3,4,5,6,7,8 are her top choices

Mizrahi, Rankin - 11

Briggs - 19

The vote was unanimous for all the above candidates to move on in the process. 

Hersey not there to vote. It is unclear to me whether he was participating today at all. 

The Board has moved forward eight candidates.  They did not state how many they considered. 

And that's that. No further discussion.  

Comments

Anonymous said…
Did Sarju weigh in?

~ Wondering
9/26/25, 10:22 PM
Community member said…
Is there a link where the live discussion of candidates is posted so the public could attend?
9/28/25, 7:06 AM
Melissa Westbrook said…
Sorry if this was not clear. The Board went into Executive Session which is closed to the public. Whatever got said there, we will never know. They voted on nothing there (nor could they have).

All we know is what I published - they voted to put 8 candidates through. There is no other information available.

The Board is to select the finalists - I would guess 2-3 - on Thursday, October 9th, again probably in Executive Session. According to their schedule, they will announce those finalists on Monday, October 13th.
9/28/25, 10:05 AM
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