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Press release of January 10, 2012
Twenty-nine candidates apply for
BH-BL superintendent position
Board of Education to hold
first round of interviews in January
BURNT HILLS: Twenty-nine candidates
have applied to be superintendent of the Burnt
Hills-Ballston Lake school district. Board of
Education members have reviewed each applicant's
paperwork and have selected 15 of these men and
women to take part in the first round of interviews
with the board later in January.
Applications were due by December
30.
The Board of Education is working
with Capital Region BOCES superintendent
Dr. Charles Dedrick on the search for a new district
leader to replace Jim Schultz when he retires at the
end of June.
"This is an impressive pool of
candidates," says Dedrick. "There are a number of
individuals here with extensive experience. I look
forward to meeting the applicants and working with
the board to identify the candidate who will be the
best fit for BH-BL."
The single largest group of
applicants is sitting superintendents in other
school districts, Dedrick says. Other applicants are
currently assistant superintendents or school
principals. Most of the applicants are from New York
state, but some have applied from as far away as the
west coast There were no internal applicants.
Three rounds of interviews
Board of Education members will
hold the first round of interviews with 15 of the 29
applicants at the BOCES in January, and will
identify the semi-finalists to advance to round two.
Round two interviews will take
place at the BH-BL district offices on February 6, 7
and 8. Three teams of stakeholder group
representatives will each interview each
semi-finalist and later share their findings with
the school board.
The three stakeholder teams will be
facilitated by BH-BL assistant superintendents
Richard Evans and Jacqueline St. Onge and human
resources director Amy Baluch. Each team will have
14-15 staff and non-staff members including
teachers, administrators, support staff, high school
students, PTA representatives, and
community-at-large representatives. (See the
December 1 press release for details.)
Board of Education members will
hold the third round of interviews with finalists in
early March. They expect to announce the name of the
winning candidate at their meeting on April 3.
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